Hver eru b\u00f6rn lj\u00f3ssins, og hver b\u00f6rn myrkursins?\u00a0 Fyrsta J\u00f3hannesarbr\u00e9f svarar \u00feeim spurningum.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00f3tt Fyrsta J\u00f3hannesarbr\u00e9f s\u00e9 kalla\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed nafni, vantar \u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 margt af \u00fev\u00ed sem einkenndi sendibr\u00e9f \u00ed Grikklandi til forna, t.d. \u00e1varp \u00ed upphafi.\u00a0 \u00dear sem Jes\u00fas er \u00ed \u00feessu riti nefndur „or\u00f0 Gu\u00f0s“ og\u00a0 hinir kristnu eru hvattir til \u00feess a\u00f0 bera elsku hver til annars,\u00a0 hefur Fyrsta J\u00f3hannesarbr\u00e9f\u00a0 um margt\u00a0 \u00fe\u00f3tt l\u00edkjast J\u00f3hannesargu\u00f0spjalli.\u00a0 \u00cd br\u00e9finu gefst og inns\u00fdn \u00ed \u00fea\u00f0, hvernig menn \u00ed frumkirkjunni j\u00f6fnu\u00f0u miskl\u00ed\u00f0 \u00e1 milli sannra l\u00e6risveina Jes\u00fa og \u00feeirra, sem a\u00f0hylltust ranghugmyndir.<\/p>\n
Fyrsta J\u00f3hannesarbr\u00e9f, og raunar einnig hin J\u00f3hannesarbr\u00e9fin tv\u00f6, vir\u00f0ast hafa veri\u00f0 skrifu\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 br\u00fdna fyrir l\u00e6risveinum Krists a\u00f0 halda fast vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0, a\u00f0 Jes\u00fas, sonur Gu\u00f0s, hafi veri\u00f0 sannur ma\u00f0ur og bl\u00f3\u00f0i hans \u00fathellt til syndafyrirgefningar (1.7).\u00a0\u00a0 Sumir l\u00e6risveinar h\u00e9ldu \u00fev\u00ed ranglega fram, a\u00f0 Jes\u00fa hef\u00f0i einasta virst vera ma\u00f0ur, en hef\u00f0i \u00ed raun veri\u00f0 andavera.\u00a0 \u00deeir hinir s\u00f6mu voru \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 l\u00edf andans skipti meiru en si\u00f0g\u00e6\u00f0i og andleg \u00feekking v\u00e6gi \u00feyngra en si\u00f0areglur. \u00deeir kenndu, a\u00f0 si\u00f0areglur v\u00e6ru handa \u00feeim einum, sem b\u00e6ru einungis skyn \u00e1 hi\u00f0 jar\u00f0nesku \u00ed l\u00edfinu.\u00a0 \u00deeir sta\u00f0h\u00e6f\u00f0u ennfremur, a\u00f0 \u00feeir hef\u00f0u endurf\u00e6\u00f0st \u00ed anda, og \u00fea\u00f0 ger\u00f0i \u00feeim \u00f3m\u00f6gulegt a\u00f0 syndga, og hef\u00f0u \u00feeir \u00fearaflei\u00f0andi enga \u00fe\u00f6rf fyrir a\u00f0 j\u00e1ta yfirsj\u00f3nir e\u00f0a bi\u00f0ja fyrirgefningar \u00e1 \u00feeim (1.9,10).<\/p>\n
Auk \u00feess a\u00f0 j\u00e1ta, a\u00f0 Jes\u00fas hafi veri\u00f0 „Kristur, kominn sem ma\u00f0ur“ (2.22; 3.23), hl\u00fd\u00f0a b\u00f6rn Gu\u00f0s („b\u00f6rn lj\u00f3ssins“) vilja Gu\u00f0s og elska hvert anna\u00f0 (3.11-24).\u00a0 Eil\u00edft l\u00edf eignast \u00feeir einir, sem tr\u00faa \u00fev\u00ed og treysta, a\u00f0 Jes\u00fas Kristur hafi veri\u00f0 sannur ma\u00f0ur, og bera elsku hver til annars.<\/p>\n
Riti\u00f0 er tr\u00falega til or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1 ofanver\u00f0ri fyrstu \u00f6ldinni eftir Krists bur\u00f0 ellegar \u00fe\u00e1 snemma \u00e1 \u00f6ndver\u00f0ri annarri \u00f6ld.\u00a0 \u00c1 \u00feeim d\u00f6gum var frumkirkjan a\u00f0 f\u00e1st vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilgreina \u00fea\u00f0, hverjir g\u00e6tu \u00ed sannleika talist vera Gu\u00f0s b\u00f6rn.\u00a0 En \u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma komu l\u00edka fram m\u00f6rg n\u00fd tr\u00faarbr\u00f6g\u00f0.\u00a0 Gnostisismi h\u00e9t stefna \u00feeirra \u00e1 me\u00f0al og taldi hina efnislegu ver\u00f6ld vonda, en heim andans g\u00f3\u00f0an.\u00a0 Gnost\u00edkar tr\u00fa\u00f0u \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 tilgangur l\u00edfsins v\u00e6ri s\u00e1, a\u00f0 menn \u00f6flu\u00f0u s\u00e9r s\u00e9rstakrar \u00feekkingar, sem leysti \u00fe\u00e1 \u00far fj\u00f6trum jar\u00f0l\u00edfsins.\u00a0 \u00deeir sta\u00f0h\u00e6f\u00f0u, a\u00f0 \u00feessi \u00e6\u00f0ri viska vernda\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 fyrir spilltri ver\u00f6ld.\u00a0En h\u00f6fundur Fyrsta J\u00f3hannesarbr\u00e9fs s\u00fdnir fram \u00e1, a\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 hafi skapa\u00f0 heiminn, gefi\u00f0 m\u00f6nnunum anda sinn og sent Jes\u00fa til \u00feess a\u00f0 frelsa \u00fe\u00e1 fr\u00e1 illu og \u00fev\u00ed megi \u00feess vegna treysta, a\u00f0 mennirnir s\u00e9u \u00ed Gu\u00f0i og Gu\u00f0 \u00ed m\u00f6nnunum.<\/p>\n
* \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Lj\u00f3s og myrkur: <\/em>\u00a0Jes\u00fas kalla\u00f0i sig „lj\u00f3s heimsins“ (J\u00f3h 8.12).\u00a0 Gu\u00f0 er og lj\u00f3s, enda sag\u00f0i Jes\u00fas:\u00a0 „‘Eg og fa\u00f0irinn erum eitt.“\u00a0 \u00cd helgiritum Gy\u00f0inga (Gamla testamenti) segir, a\u00f0 Drottinn s\u00e9 „lj\u00f3s“ (Slm 27.1;\u00a0 139.11,12).\u00a0\u00cd Bibl\u00edunni t\u00e1knar lj\u00f3si\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 og Gu\u00f0s or\u00f0s (J\u00f3h 1.3,4;\u00a0 Slm 119.105), en jafnframt f\u00f3lk e\u00f0a fyrirb\u00e6ri, sem birta sannleika Gu\u00f0s (Jes 49.6).\u00a0L\u00e6risveinar Jes\u00fa eru nefndir „b\u00f6rn lj\u00f3ssins“ (Ef 5.8) og „lj\u00f3s heimsins“ (Matt 5.14).<\/p>\n * Myrkri\u00f0 t\u00e1knar \u00fej\u00e1ningu, eymd (Slm 107.10) og heimsku (Pr\u00e9d 2.14).\u00a0Andst\u00e6\u00f0ingar Gu\u00f0s eru kalla\u00f0ir „heimsdrottnar myrkursins“ (Ef 6.12) og \u00feeim sem ekki gj\u00f6ra vilja hans kann a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a „varpa\u00f0 \u00ed ystu myrkur“ (Matt 22.13).\u00a0 H\u00e9r eru \u00feeir, sem segjast eiga samf\u00e9lag vi\u00f0 Gu\u00f0, en ganga \u00fe\u00f3 \u00ed myrkrinu, sag\u00f0ir lygarar, sem ekki i\u00f0ka sannleikann (1.6).<\/p>\n * dj\u00f6fullinn: <\/em>\u00a0Dj\u00f6fullinn, \u00f6\u00f0ru nafni Satan, er h\u00f6f\u00f0ingi andst\u00e6\u00f0inga Gu\u00f0s og l\u00fd\u00f0s hans.\u00a0 Or\u00f0i\u00f0 „dj\u00f6full“ \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir r\u00f3gberi og „Satan“ \u00e1k\u00e6randi.\u00a0 Jes\u00fas var af Gu\u00f0i sendur til \u00feess a\u00f0 bera siguror\u00f0 af dj\u00f6flinum og gera a\u00f0 engu \u00f6ll verk hans ( 3.7,8).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"