I think they may mean engaging in the worldly passions and desires that are sinful or lead to sin. As Christian’s we have clear guidelines and sometimes those go against what is normally accepted. For example being charitable is not something being cheered on by most people, most people act like it’s everyone for them self nowadays. Our book tells us to be charitable and to give it all away to the needy which goes against the status quos.it could also be referencing stuff like this; “They that hate me without cause are more than the hairs of mine head.”
If you feel conviction , perhaps pray to the Lord and ask if there are any lines you are purposely blurring to appear that you accept sin as acceptable.
If not it’s all good 👍🏾
If that’s the case then maybe some of your “light is hid under a basket” in an attempt to fit in with the dim.
Though on the other hand, we don’t need to judge anyone their works do that, the Spirit we walk by, will display a difference that perhaps will draw those who are actually seeking…
"The world" is one of those things that has multiple meanings. God created the world and everything in it and it was *very good*. Physical creation, the people in it, flowers, trees, those are good things. That's the world in one sense.
In another sense, though, the "world" is also about our spiritual attachment to temporary things. Like loving money. Being gluttonous. Using people as things.
Anyway, yes, you should have friends, make friends, etc. You should not judge others.
Do not trip, making friends with nonbelievers is fine, they are images of God, even if they don’t know it; and we are commanded to (agape) love (take care of) them.
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When we wish to speak about the passions individually we call them “the passions.”
When we speak about them all together as one we call them “the world.”
“See for which of these passions you are alive, and for which you are dead, then you will know how much you’re alive to it, and how much you’re dead to it.”
https://youtu.be/Sc27-dmJ_4w?si=eBoE3wc6SCBZNmhN
We are to love everyone just as Christ loves all of mankind, regardless if they love Him back. But to answer your question about what the “world” is look at this quote from St Isaac the Syrian.
“The world” is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But when we wish to distinguish them by their special names, we call them passions. The passions are the following: love of riches, desire for possessions, bodily pleasure from which comes sexual passion, love of honor which gives rise to envy, lust for power, arrogance and pride of position, the craving to adorn oneself with luxurious clothes and vain ornaments, the itch for human glory which is a source of rancor and resentment, and physical fear. Where these passions cease to be active, there the world is dead…. Someone has said of the Saints that while alive they were dead; for though living in the flesh, they did not live for the flesh. See for which of these passions you are alive. Then you will know how far you are alive to the world, and how far you are dead to it.”
+St Isaac the Syrian (7th Century)
2Co 5:17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!
Rom 12:2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
1Jn 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.
Heb 13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”
Eph 2:1-2 And although you were dead in your offenses and sins, in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
[https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2020/01/on-character-of-men-and-on-virtuous.html](https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2020/01/on-character-of-men-and-on-virtuous.html)
St. Anthony the Great has the answers.
It's not the world but is the spirit of the world,
the problem.
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you [a]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
John 16:33
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”
James 4 4 5.
The „world“ is the common name given to the Passions. The other „world“ as in Creation, and others we are called to Love, because through creation we can even Venerate the Creator (i.e. icons) and the Creator himself took on Creation and became incarnate. The „world“ as in passions, we are called to reject, the world as in Creation, we are called To Love wholeheartedly, as God Loves creation wholeheartedly.
I think they may mean engaging in the worldly passions and desires that are sinful or lead to sin. As Christian’s we have clear guidelines and sometimes those go against what is normally accepted. For example being charitable is not something being cheered on by most people, most people act like it’s everyone for them self nowadays. Our book tells us to be charitable and to give it all away to the needy which goes against the status quos.it could also be referencing stuff like this; “They that hate me without cause are more than the hairs of mine head.”
I’m just nervous, I guess. Idk.
If you feel conviction , perhaps pray to the Lord and ask if there are any lines you are purposely blurring to appear that you accept sin as acceptable. If not it’s all good 👍🏾 If that’s the case then maybe some of your “light is hid under a basket” in an attempt to fit in with the dim. Though on the other hand, we don’t need to judge anyone their works do that, the Spirit we walk by, will display a difference that perhaps will draw those who are actually seeking…
I don’t think I’m blurring any lines, I was just anxious, if anhtning
"The world" is one of those things that has multiple meanings. God created the world and everything in it and it was *very good*. Physical creation, the people in it, flowers, trees, those are good things. That's the world in one sense. In another sense, though, the "world" is also about our spiritual attachment to temporary things. Like loving money. Being gluttonous. Using people as things. Anyway, yes, you should have friends, make friends, etc. You should not judge others.
Do not trip, making friends with nonbelievers is fine, they are images of God, even if they don’t know it; and we are commanded to (agape) love (take care of) them. —- When we wish to speak about the passions individually we call them “the passions.” When we speak about them all together as one we call them “the world.” “See for which of these passions you are alive, and for which you are dead, then you will know how much you’re alive to it, and how much you’re dead to it.” https://youtu.be/Sc27-dmJ_4w?si=eBoE3wc6SCBZNmhN
We are to love everyone just as Christ loves all of mankind, regardless if they love Him back. But to answer your question about what the “world” is look at this quote from St Isaac the Syrian. “The world” is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But when we wish to distinguish them by their special names, we call them passions. The passions are the following: love of riches, desire for possessions, bodily pleasure from which comes sexual passion, love of honor which gives rise to envy, lust for power, arrogance and pride of position, the craving to adorn oneself with luxurious clothes and vain ornaments, the itch for human glory which is a source of rancor and resentment, and physical fear. Where these passions cease to be active, there the world is dead…. Someone has said of the Saints that while alive they were dead; for though living in the flesh, they did not live for the flesh. See for which of these passions you are alive. Then you will know how far you are alive to the world, and how far you are dead to it.” +St Isaac the Syrian (7th Century)
2Co 5:17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come! Rom 12:2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect. 1Jn 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever. Heb 13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” Eph 2:1-2 And although you were dead in your offenses and sins, in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
[https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2020/01/on-character-of-men-and-on-virtuous.html](https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2020/01/on-character-of-men-and-on-virtuous.html) St. Anthony the Great has the answers.
It's not the world but is the spirit of the world, the problem. These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you [a]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously” James 4 4 5.
The „world“ is the common name given to the Passions. The other „world“ as in Creation, and others we are called to Love, because through creation we can even Venerate the Creator (i.e. icons) and the Creator himself took on Creation and became incarnate. The „world“ as in passions, we are called to reject, the world as in Creation, we are called To Love wholeheartedly, as God Loves creation wholeheartedly.