В Колосяни 1:18, Paul wrote to the saints at Colosse that Jesus is the Head of the Body, Църквата: кой е началото, the Firstborn from the dead; за да може Той да има първенство във всички неща. Какво означава това?
Значението на колосийците 1:18
Исус е образът на невидимия Бог, the Firstborn of every creature and Jesus is the Head of the Body, Църквата. The only way to access the Church is through faith and regeneration in Jesus Christ. Ако си новороден в Христос, ти принадлежиш на Неговото Тяло, Църквата.
The Head reigns, decides, and directs the Body and the Body submits and follows and do the will of the Head.
Следователно всички, who is born again and belongs to the Church, should submit to Jesus Christ and obey Him and последвайте Го и изпълнявайте волята Му.
The mind is in the head
The mind is in the head. Следователно, тези, who are born again and belong to the Body of Christ, Църквата, should renew their mind with the Word of God. Защо? So that their mind and thoughts will line up with the Word and they may prove what is that good, и приемливо, and perfect will of God.
Затова ви моля, братя, чрез милостта на Бог, че принесете телата си в жива жертва, свят, приемливо за Бог, което е вашата разумна услуга. И не се съобразявайте с този свят: но бъдете преобразени чрез обновяването на вашия ум, за да можете да докажете какво е това добро, и приемливо, и перфектно, воля Божия (римляни 12:1-2)
Before you believed, покаял се, и станароден отново, ти беше старото творение.
You belonged to the generation of fallen man. Your mind was filled with the wisdom, знания, and the things of the world.
The devil was your father and you belonged to the world. Следователно, you thought, talked, acted, and lived like the world.
Обаче, чрез вяра в Исус Христос и новорождение в Него, чрез смъртта на плътта и възкресението на духа от мъртвите, бяхте пренесени от царството на тъмнината в Божието царство.
You no longer belong to the devil and the world and are вече не съм грешник. But you belong to God and His Kingdom and have become a saint.
Another kingdom means another king and another law
Another kingdom means, наред с други, another king, another law; other commandments and other rules. Накратко, it means a change of life.
Therefore it’s essential when you become born again, да обновите ума си с Божието Слово. Because by the renewing of your mind, you will get to know the will of God and come to the knowledge of the truth and your thoughts will line up with God’s thoughts and you shall walk in His ways. (Прочетете също: Божиите мисли ли са нашите мисли? и Дали Божият път е вашият път?).
If your mind is renewed with the Word of God and you know His will and His truth, you will no longer believe the lies of the devil and think, акт, and walk like the world, and live the same life before you were born again, когато ти беше старото творение, грешник.
But through the renewing of your mind, you shall spiritually mature and think, акт, and walk like the new creation, like Jesus Christ, and in submission and obedience to the Word, ще вършиш волята Му.
Исус е главата на тялото, Църквата
Исус е главата на тялото, Църквата. When you belong to the Body of Christ, you ought to think the way He thinks and act the way He acts and keep His commandments and do His will.
Като вършим Неговата воля, you shall not only be a hearer of the Word but a doer of the Word. (Прочетете също: ‘Слушащите срещу изпълняващите’).
Jesus is the Living Word and is Първородният на новото творение, Who walked upon this earth. Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit. He did the will of His Father, whereby He glorified and exalted His Father. The Word and the Spirit are the Witnesses of God upon the earth.
Jesus faced death and conquered the death and rose from the dead unto eternal life, така че всеки, who would lay down his or her life and by faith in Jesus Christ become born again, would not see death, but enter eternal life.
Jesus Christ gave the example
Ето, каква любов ни е дал Отец, че трябва да се наречем синове Божии: затова светът не ни познава, защото не Го познаваше. любими, сега ние сме Божии синове, и още не се вижда какво ще бъдем: но ние знаем това, когато Той ще се появи, ще бъдем като Него; защото ще Го видим такъв, какъвто е. И всеки човек, който има тази надежда в Него, очиства себе си, even as He is pure (1 Джон 3:1-3)
Jesus Christ has given us the example. He showed us how to live as sons of God (както мъже, така и жени) in the authority of God in obedience to His will.
Jesus showed us His relationship with the Father. He showed us the words He spoke as One having authority and the works He did in the Name of His Father and the power of the Holy Spirit, which glorified the Father.
Jesus is the Head of His Body, Църквата. We are the Church and He is our Head. Therefore the Church, who represents and preaches the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, shall speak, act and walk in the authority of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit and expose and унищожи делата на тъмнината.
Is Jesus the Head of your life?
If Jesus is the Head of the Church and if you are born again and belong to the Church, then Jesus Christ is the Head of your life. Since you died in Christ, you no longer live, но Христос живее във вас. Your body is the temple of God, where the Holy Spirit dwells(о. Галатяни 2:20, 1 Коринтяни 3:16; 6:19, 2 Коринтяни 6:16).
Сега, прочее, не сте вече чужденци и чужденци, но съграждани със светиите, и от Божието домакинство; И са изградени върху основата на апостолите и пророците, Самият Исус Христос е главният крайъгълен камък; В Когото цялата сграда, подходящо събрана заедно, расте до свят храм в Господа: В Когото и вие сте съградени заедно за обиталище на Бога чрез Духа (Ефесяни 2:19-22)
Не знаеш, че не си Божият храм, и че Божият Дух живее във вас? Ако някой дефилира храма на Бог, него ще унищожи Бог; защото Божият храм е свят, Кой храм сте (1 Коринтяни 3:16-17).
Какво? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s (1 Коринтяни 6:19-20)
If you let Jesus be the Head of your life and you submit to Him and walk according to His will and obey Неговите заповеди, then you will become like Him and speak, act and walk like Him. Because God has given power to everyone, който Го приема, да станем Божии синове (Джон 1:12-13).
If Jesus is the Head of your life then you will obey Him
If you belong to Jesus Christ and submit to Him, you shall do what He says and what pleases Him. Through your life and walk you shall honor and glorify Him.
И по това ние разбираме, че Го познаваме, ако пазим заповедите Му. Той, който каза, Познавам Го, и не спазва заповедите Му, е лъжец, и истината не е в него. Но който пази думата Му, в него наистина Божията любов е съвършена: по това познаваме, че сме в Него. Който казва, че пребъдва в Него, сам трябва да постъпва така, дори когато Той вървеше (1 Джон 2:3-6).
But if you can’t let go of the world, because you love the world too much. And if you keep doing the things you want to do, instead of doing the things Jesus wants you to do, and you walk after the flesh, doing the works of the flesh and persevere in sin, then Jesus shall no longer be your Head and you shall no longer belong to Him, because you don’t do what He says.
Jesus gave His body, so that the Church could become His Body
Това важи и за Църквата. Jesus gave His body, so that we could become His Body. But if the Church leaves Jesus Christ; the Word and doesn’t do what He says and (духовно) behead Him of the Church, then the Church shall be a humanistic social institution, that focus on man and feeding and pleasing the flesh, instead of being a power of God, that focus on Jesus Christ and His Kingdom and feeding the spirit of man. (Прочетете също: The Church a social institution or a power of God?)
The church shall be spiritually powerless and shall not be able to stand against the powers, владетели, княжества, тронове, и така нататък. of the kingdom of darkness, causing the devil to manifest himself in the church; in the lives of people through the works of the flesh (Идолопоклонство, магьосничество, сексуална нечистота, блудство, изневяра, развод, алчност, и т.н.)
Therefore stay in the Word. Don’t leave the words of God. Let Jesus Christ be the Head of the Church and the Head of your life.
„Бъдете солта на земята’
