"If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." John 15:19
2007-01-15 06:26:03 · 26 answers · asked by Micah 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This forum has an abundant example of this. Have you noticed the amazing number of wise cracks in answer to serious questions dealing with Jesus? That is the world hating Jesus and by association hating us. It's interesting that this forum is the only one where this happens. Other forums, not dealing with the question of Jesus enjoy courteous questions and answers. But the World is bent on distorting and corrupting Jesus and anything about Him, therefore we get the foolishness that is plain, here.
2007-01-15 06:35:11 · answer #1 · answered by Bruce 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Jesus did not mean we were from another planet. When he was reffering to the "world" in this context, the world means the people in the world. People only like those who are like them and those who have their same beliefs. Jesus knew that what he was preaching to the people went against what they "wanted" to believe, or how they wanted to live life. People don't like being told what to do, especially when it involves a little sacrifice. That is why Jesus said only a few would find the true path to everlasting life. Many people, especially the religious pharisees and priests, hated Christ because he reprimanded their way of teaching and the way they treated the people. And he proved them right when Caifas, one of the pharisees, was the first to move the masses to murder Christ.
In short, because TRUE Christains are different in the way they act and think to everyone one else who CLAIMS to follow Christ, these people will hate them, just as they hated Christ. But when your life depends on it, it pays to be different.
2007-01-15 14:54:23 · answer #2 · answered by yangeles13 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In the original Greek text, that particular form of the word "love" meant to have "common interest" with the world.
The common interest of our world depends a lot on the age of a person.
To a teenager ---- freedom from authority
To a young adult - Marriage, kids, and an SUV or minivan
To a middle age adult - Money, Money, Money
To a senior citizen - Health and eternal life.
(In the Bible days and in 1611 when the Bible was translated into English, the word "hate" meant to ignore or disagree with you. (Apathy but not anitpathy)
2007-01-15 14:38:57 · answer #3 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was speaking to His disciples. The disciples were not of this world, because they were receiving Spiritual insight, instead of looking at the world through the world's standards.
Jesus told them in the verse before this that the world hated Him. The reason the world hated Him was because He tells the Truth, and you know the expression "truth hurts"? Well, the world hated Him because he revealed truths to them -- of their sinfulness and need for repentance.
So, Jesus was telling the disciples the same thing. He was telling them that when they go out in the world and begin preaching the gospel, that they were going to rub alot of people wrong. And they did. And they died, all except one, who was sent to the island of Patmos for the rest of his life.
The same with you. If you are a disciple of Christ, you will rub people wrong. You will tell them things they don't want to hear. The world will hate you, too.
But, that's a mere price to pay for eternal life.
2007-01-15 14:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by Dianne C 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
self explanitory jut look at the anwsers posted some not all some reached out to help you others spit at you he chose us to be weapons against things that are sinnful and wrong in this world people dont want to hear the truth they like there lives just the way the are and if someone comes along and throws a wrench [no pun intended ] in to the machine they get mad and hatefull towards us we cant expect everyone to hear the truth becouse JESUS EVEN SAID THE DARKNESS HATE THE LIGHT !!!! have you ever woke up suddenly and turned on the light from the darkness hurts a little doesnt it till your eyes get adjusted same principle here whaen you throw on the light of GOD'S goodness and forgivness it hurts them becouse the are blind to it and they are adjusting to it ...KEEP THE FAITH SIS becouse we are called to be witnesses for him in this time of DARKNESS!!!!!
2007-01-15 14:41:48 · answer #5 · answered by THE WAR WRENCH 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is the same as when Jesus said, because the world hates Me, it will hate you.
That is an interesting thought about the carbon dioxide.
Since we breathe out carbon dioxide, maybe we should help the world out by not breathing.
The living green things love carbon dioxide and they emit oxygen.
Wow.
What a deal.
I wonder who designed it that way.
grace2u
2007-01-15 14:31:35 · answer #6 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It means that the world loves you as long as you "go with the flow", or run with the pack, so to speak. So, as long as you go with popular opinion, the world will love you, but if you go against popular opinion, as Jesus did, the world will dis-own you.
2007-01-15 14:43:48 · answer #7 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, just look at what is being said on this website.
THe world does apparently hate Christians, so the
words of the Bible are true even to this day.
2007-01-15 14:36:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It shows some influences of Gnosticism. Note how the Jesus in John is completely different from the Jesus in Matthew, Mark and Luke. Almost incompatible.
2007-01-15 14:53:06 · answer #9 · answered by sassback8 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
He was telling us, the world (consciousness of mortal thought, human thought) hates truth, so as you surrender to divine love, human thought rejects you. We see that here with atheists, agnostics, and other groups that do not desire the truth.
2007-01-15 14:54:56 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋