U Johnu 10:17-18 it is written that Jesus had the authority to lay down His life and to take it again. Jesus had received this commandment from His Father with the corresponding authority to execute the commandment of His Father. But it was up to Jesus to obey the commandment of His Father or disobey the commandment of His Father. Because Jesus had a choice to keep His life on earth or to lay down His life. But Jesus loved His Father and because of that, Jesus didn’t do His will but the will of the Father, just like Jesus prayed during the crucifixion of His soul in the garden of Gethsemane. Through His fervent prayer, Jesus overcame this heavy battle and Jesus went the way of obedience to God and obeyed the commandment of the Father and laid down His life and took it again. The same commandment that God the Father had given to Jesus Christ, Jesus has given to everyone, who believes in Him and wants to follow Him. And the same authority that God the Father had given to Jesus, Jesus has given to everyone, koji Ga prima. Everyone has been given this commandment and has received the authority (snaga) da postanem Božji sin (Ovo se odnosi i na muškarce i na žene), by laying down his own life and taking on his new life through regeneration in Christ and the process of sanctification, whereby the old man is put off and the new man is put on.
The commandment and authority Jesus had received from God the Father
On this account My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life in order that again I might take it. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down Myself. Authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it. This commandment I received from My Father (John 10:17-18)
Vjerno, vjerno, ja vam kažem, he that heareth My word, i vjeruje u Onoga koji Me je poslao, ima večni život, i neće doći u osudu; ali se prenosi iz smrti u život. Vjerno, vjerno, ja vam kažem, Dolazi čas, i sada jeste, kada će mrtvi čuti glas Sina Božijeg: i koji čuju oživeće. For as the Father hath life in Himself; tako je dao Sinu da ima život u sebi; I dao mu je ovlasti da izvrši i presudu, jer On je Sin čovječji (John 5:24-27)
When God gives a commandment, God always grants His authority and power to the commandment through obedience to His words and commandment.
Jesus had not only received the commandment of His Father, but also the associated authority to lay down His life and take His life again.
No one took the life from Jesus, but Jesus freely laid it down Himself and took it again.
The word ‘power’ is translated from the Greek word ‘exousia’ (G1832) i znači (in the sense of sposobnost); privilege, to je, (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, sloboda, ili (objectively) mastery (concretely magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of kontrolu), delegated influence (KJV usage: autoritet, jurisdiction, liberty, snaga, u pravu, snaga)*.
Jesus walked in obedience in the will and authority of His Father (the Name of God) and in His power on earth and thereby brought the Kingdom of God to the house of Israel.
Jesus was fully obedient to the words of God and did what God had commanded Him to speak and do (Oh. Matthew 11:27, John 5:30; 8:38; 10:32)
Kada pogledamo Isusov život, we see that the authority and power of God and His Kingdom were greater than the authority and power of the devil and darkness.
The Father loved the Son because of His obedience to the commandment of His Father
Although the devil thought he gained the victory over Jesus on the cross, when God laid all the sins of the world upon Him and made Him sin and darkness reigned (for a short period of time) Na zemlji, it was Jesus Christ, Who was victorious through His obedience to God the Father and rose as a Victor from the dead (Oh. Mark 15:33, Luke 22:53; 23:44).
Because through His obedience to the commandment of His Father, da položi svoj život, and to take His life again, the power of God was manifested in Jesus through the resurrection from the dead.
Jesus rose from the dead and is alive and is now seated on the throne at the right hand of the Father and is put above all principality, snaga, autoritet, i dominion (Oh. Efežanima 1:21, Kološanima 1:13; 2:10, 15, 1 Peter 3:22, Jude 1:25).
The Father had given Jesus the commandment and the authority to lay down His own life and to take it again. Because of His obedience to the commandment, the Father loved the Son.
Jesus showed His love for His Father through His obedience and knew that God the Father loved Him because of His obedience to Him.
The commandment that Jesus has given to His disciples
Ko voli oca ili majku više od Mene, nije Me dostojan: a ko voli sina ili kćer više od Mene, nije Mene dostojan. I ko ne uzme svoj krst, i prati nakon mene, nije dostojan mene. Ko nađe svoj život izgubiće ga: i ko izgubi život svoj radi Mene, naći će ga (Matthew 10:37-39, takođe Mark 8:34-35, Luke 9:23-24)
Tada je Isus rekao svojim učenicima, Ako će neko doći nakon mene, Neka se negira, i zauzeti krst, i prati me. Jer ko će se spasiti život izgubiti ga: i ko će izgubiti život zbog mene, naći će ga (Matthew 16:24-25, Luke 14:27)
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it (Luke 17:33)
Jesus had given (and still gives) His disciples the commandment to deny themselves and to take up their cross and follow Him. He had given the commandment to lay down their old life and take on their new life and walk in it (Pročitajte također: ‘Kako odložiti starca?‘ i ‘Kako staviti novog čovjeka?‘)
The power that Jesus has given to become the sons of God
Bio je na svijetu, i svijet je stvorio On, a svijet Ga nije poznavao. On je došao svojima, a Njegovi Ga nisu primili. Ali onoliko koliko mu je primilo, to them gave He power (authority G1832) da postanu sinovi Božiji, čak i njima koji vjeruju u njegovo ime: Koji su se rodili, ne od krvi, niti volje mesa, niti volje čoveka, Ali Božji (John 1:10-14)
Jesus not only gave them this commandment, but also the authority (snaga) to execute this commandment. But everyone has a choice, to either obey the words and commandment of Jesus or reject the words and commandment of Jesus.
The same power (autoritet (G1832)) that the Father had given to His Son Jesus Christ, has been given by God through Jesus Christ to His disciples.
Svima, who believes in Jesus Christ and receives Him and becomes born again in Him and belongs to God, He has given the power (autoritet) da postanu sinovi Božiji.
So many excuses are used by Christians to not have to change so that they can stay the old carnal man. But no one has an excuse to stay the old man and to take on a victim’s role and keep living as a slave of sin (Pročitajte također: ‘Čiji si rob?).
Because Jesus Christ has delivered everyone, Ko vjeruje u njega, from the power of sin and death.
Jesus has redeemed everyone, who through faith and regeneration in Him has become a new creation, from the power of darkness and transferred them into His Kingdom ((o.a. Rimljanima 6; 8:2-10, 1 Korinćanima 15:34, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Efežanima 4, Kološanima 1:13, 1 Peter 1:16, 1 John 3).
No one has to remain a slave and a victim of sin and death and keep obeying and serving sin through the works of the flesh.
The authority to put off the old man and put on the new man
Ovo zato kažem, i svjedočiti u Gospodu, da od sada ne hodate kao što hodaju drugi neznabošci, u taštini njihovog uma, Pomračenje razumijevanja, otuđeni od Božjeg života kroz neznanje koje je u njima, zbog slepila njihovog srca: Koji su se, budući da su se osećali, predali raskalašnosti, da sa pohlepom radiš svu nečistoću. But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard Him, and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: To ste odložili u vezi sa prethodnim razgovorom starca, koji je pokvaren prema varljivim požudama; I obnavljaju se u duhu vašeg uma; I da ste obukli novog čoveka, koji je nakon Boga stvoren u pravednosti i istinskoj svetosti (Efežanima 4:17-24)
Ako onda budete porasli s Kristom, tražite te stvari koje su gore, gde je Krist sitteth na desnoj ruci Boga. Podesite svoju naklonost gore, ne na stvari na zemlji. Za da ste mrtvi, A tvoj život je sakrio sa Kristom u Bogu. Kada Hriste, ko je naš život, će se pojaviti, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.
Umrtvi, dakle, udove svoje koji su na zemlji; Blud, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepe, što je idolopoklonstvo: Za koje stvari’ radi gnev Božiji dolazi na decu neposlušnosti: U kojoj ste i vi hodali neko vrijeme, kada ste živeli u njima. But now ye also put off all these; ljutnja, gnjev, zlonamjernost, bogohuljenje, prljava komunikacija iz vaših usta. Ne lažite jedno drugom, videći da ste odložili starca sa njegovim delima; I stavili su novog muškarca, koji se obnavlja u znanju nakon imidža njega koja ga je stvorila: Gde nema ni Grka ni Jevreja, obrezivanje niti neobrezivanje, Barbarian, Skit, vezani niti slobodni: ali Hrist je sve, i u svemu (Kološanima 3:1-11)
Jesus has given to everyone, who believes in Him and is willing to deny themselves and follow Him, the power (autoritet) to lay down the old man and his works and put on the new man and his works and reign over unclean spirits of darkness (Oh. Mark 1:27; 3:15; 6:7; 13:34, Luke 10:19).
Ako ste ponovo rođeni u Hristu, you have received the power (autoritet) to resist sin and to put off the old man and put on the new man.
Međutim, it’s all about whether you want to lay down the old man and his works or not. Since you are the one, who puts off the old man and put on the new man. Baš kao i Isus, Who laid down His own life and took it again.
Jesus has given the commandment and authority to you, but you decide whether you obey His commandment or reject His commandment.
Are you willing to lay down the will and works of the flesh and follow and obey the Word and because of that put on the new man? Are you willing to do what Jesus has commanded you to do? To whom do you belong? Who do you serve? In whose service are you and in whose service do you want to remain? Who reigns in your life as king? Jesus Christ or sin?
All power has been given to Jesus and you have received all power in Him
Šta onda? hoćemo li griješiti, jer nismo pod zakonom, Ali pod milošću? Bože zabraniti. Znam da ne, da kome visete sluge da se pokoravate, njegovi sluge ste kome se pokoravate; Bilo od greha do smrti, ili poslušnost u pravednosti? Ali Bogu hvala, da ste bili sluge grijeha, ali ste iz srca poslušali onaj oblik doktrine koji vam je predao. Biti tada oslobođen grijeha, postali ste sluge pravednosti. Govorim na način ljudi zbog slabosti vašeg tijela: jer kao što ste svoje članove predali za sluge nečistoći i bezakonju u bezakonje; tako i sada prepustite udove svoje u sluge pravednosti do svetosti.
Jer kad ste bili sluge grijeha, bili ste slobodni od pravednosti. Kakav ste plod tada imali u onim stvarima kojih se sada stidite? jer kraj tih stvari je smrt. Ali sada oslobođeni greha, i postanite sluge Božije, imate svoj plod za svetost, i kraj večnog života. Za plate grijeha je smrt; Ali dar Boga je vječni život kroz Isusa Krista našeg Gospodara. (Rimljanima 6:15-23)
A Isus je došao i spakeo im, govoriti, Sva moć mi je dana na nebu i na zemlji. Idite dakle, i podučavaju sve nacije, krsteći ih u ime Oca, i sina, i svetog duha: Podučavajući ih da posmatraju sve stvari koje sam vam naredio: i, lo, Ja sam s tobom, Čak i kraj svijeta. Amen (Matthew 28:18-20)
If you stand in the service of God and belong to Jesus Christ and serve Him, you shall obey Him and therefore obey His words and commandments and walk in the authority He has given you
Through your obedience to Him and His words and commandments, you shall walk in the authority of Jesus Christ on earth and put off the old man and put on the new man.
Kao nova kreacija, as son of Bože, you shall fulfill the great commandment in the Name of Jesus (His authority) i moć Svetog Duha.
"Budi sol zemlje"
