Creator And Teacher

Καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν, ὅτι ἐγνώκαμεν αὐτὸν, ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν. Ὁ λέγων ὅτι ἔγνωκα αὐτὸν, καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν, ψεύστης ἐστὶ, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν. Ὅς δ' ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ τετελείωται. Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν, ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμέν. Ὁ λέγων ἐν αὐτῷ μένειν, ὀφείλει καθὼς κακεῖνος περιεπάτησε, καὶ αὐτὸς περιπατεῖν. Ὤ τῆς μακαρίου θρέμματα παιδαγωγίας τὸ καλὸν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας πληρώσωμεν πρόσωπον, καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἀγαθὴν προσδράμωμεν οἱ νήπιοι μητέρα· κἂν ἀκροαταὶ τοῦ Λόγου γενώμεθα, τὴν μακαρίαν δοξάζωμεν οἰκονομίαν, δι' ἤν παιδαγωγεῖται μὲν ὁ ἄνθρώπος, ἁγιάζεται δὲ ὡς Θεοῦ παιδίον· καὶ πολιτεύεται μὲν ἐν οὐρανοῖς, ἀπὸ γῆς παιδαγωγούμενος, πατέρα δὲ ἐκεῖ λαμβάνει, ὄν ἐπὶ γῆς μανθάνει. Πάντα ὁ Λόγος καὶ ποιεῖ, καὶ διδάσκει, καὶ παιδαγωγεϊ. Ἵππος ἄγεται χαλινῷ, καὶ ταῦρος ἄγεται ζυγῷ, θηρίον βρόχῳ ἀλίσκεται· ὁ δὲ ἄνθρώπος μεταπλάσσεται Λόγῳ, ᾦ θηρία τιθασσεύεται, καὶ νηκτὰ δελεάζεται, καὶ πτηνὰ κατασύρεται. Οὕτος ὡς ἀληθῶς τεχνάζεται ἵππῳ χαλινὸν, ταύρῳ ζυγὸν, θηρίῳ βρόχον, κάλαμον ἰχθύϊ, πάγην ὀρνέῳ· οὗτος πολιτεύεται καὶ γεωργεϊ, ἄρχει καὶ ὑπουργεῖ, καὶ τὰ ὅλα δημιουργεϊ. ἐν μὲν γαῖαν ἔτευξ᾽, ἐν δ᾽ οὐρανόν, ἐν δὲ θάλασσαν, ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται. Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Ὁ Παιδαγωγός, Λογὸς Τρίτος, Κεφ. ΙΒ' Source: Migne PG 8.677b-680a

And by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, 'I know Him,' and does not keep His commandments is a liar and the truth is not in Him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know we that we are in Him. He who says he remains in Him, should walk as He did.' 1 O nurslings of the blessed teaching, let us complete the fair face of the Church, and to our good mother let us run as little children, and so as listeners of the Word, let us glorify the blessed dispensation by which man is educated and sanctified as a child of God, and has his citizenship in heaven, being taught from earth, and there receives the Father, whom on earth he learns about. All things the Word does and teaches and educates. A horse is guided by a bit, a bull is guided by a yoke, a wild beast is caught in a noose, but man is changed by the Word, by whom wild beasts are tamed, fish caught, and birds are snared. Truly He it is who fashions the bit for the horse, the yoke for the bull, the noose for the wild beast, the rod for the fish, the snare for the bird; He both rules and farms; He commands and gives aid and creates all things.  'Therein he made the earth, therein the heavens and the sea, And therein all the constellations with which heaven is crowned.' 2 Clement of Alexandria, from The Instructor, Book 3, Chap 12 1 1 Jn 2.2-6  2 Homer Iliad 18.483,485