U Kološanima 3:5-9, Paul je napisao, 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 po liku Onoga koji ga je stvorio: Gde nema ni Grka ni Jevreja, obrezivanje niti neobrezivanje, Barbarian, Skit, vezani niti slobodni: ali Hrist je sve, i u svemu. Šta znači umrtvljivanje vaših članova koji su na zemlji? How do you mortify your members which are upon the earth?
The responsibility of the new man (Sin Božji)
If you are risen with Christ and are seated in Him, tražit ćeš ono što je gore, gde je Krist sjedeći, and not the things on this earth. The spiritual transformation (the new birth in Christ) shall become visible in your life on earth by putting off the old man and putting on the new man.
God has not only given you the authority in Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, but God has also given you the responsibility to (duhovno) mortify your members on earth and to put off the works of the flesh, so that the flesh shall no longer reign as king in your life and dictates you what to do, and make you walk after the flesh in disobedience to God and His Word, but that Christ reigns as King in your life and you walk after the Spirit in obedience to God and His Word (Pročitajte također: Neka grijeh više ne vlada kao kralj!).
That responsibility has been given to the new man, and no single excuse can be cited, to relieve the new man from this responsibility and duty.
Niko, who says to be a Christian and claims to be born again has an exceptional position and is excluded.
No one has the right to keep walking in ignorance and be carnally minded, which is enmity against God and is death, and live as children of disobedience as enemies of God and His righteousness (Oh. Efežanima 2:2; 4:18-19, 1 Peter 1:14).
Starac (đavolji sin) je razapet sa Hristom
If you say that you are born again in Christ, you shall live as a regenerated person, koji pripada Bogu, since your nature has changed.
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death. Therefore you no longer live under the law of sin and death, koja vlada u mesu, because your flesh has been crucified with Christ. You have been made free in Christ and live under grace and the law of the Spirit of life (Rimljanima 6:14; 8:1).
When you were the old man, you were alive to the world, ali mrtav za Boga, due to your trespasses and sins (Oh. Efežanima 2:1-3, 1 Peter 1:13-16).
You belonged to the world and therefore you walked according to the course (stil života) ovog svijeta, Prema princu moći zraka, Duh koji sada radi u djeci neposlušnosti.
The old man doesn’t do the will of God, but the will of the devil (Vladar ovog svijeta), and lives in obedience to the devil in disobedience to God in unbelief.
The old man walks in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the (tjelesno) um, and is by nature a child of wrath (Efežanima 2:1-3).
The new man is raised from the death in Christ
Šta ćemo onda reći? Da li ćemo nastaviti u grijehu, ta gracioznost može obiliti? Bože zabraniti. Kako ćemo, to su mrtvi za grijeh, živi više u njemu? Znam da ne, da su toliko nas kršteni u Isusa Krista kršteni u njegovu smrt? Stoga smo sahranjeni s njim krštenjem u smrt: Kao što je Krist podignut iz mrtvih po slavi oca, Čak i tako da bismo takođe trebali hodati u novoininu života.
Jer ako smo sadili zajedno u ličnosti njegove smrti, Bićemo i u ličnosti njegovog vaskrsenja: Znajući ovo, da je naš stari raskinut s njim, da bi se tijelo grijeha moglo uništiti, da od sada ne bismo trebali poslužiti grijeh. Jer on je mrtav oslobođen greha. Sada ako smo mrtvi sa Hristom, vjerujemo da ćemo i mi živjeti s Njim: Znajući da Hristos koji je uskrsnuo iz mrtvih više ne umire; smrt više nema vlast nad Njim. Jer u tome je On umro, Jednom je umro grehu: nego u tome On živi, he liveth unto God. Isto tako i vi sebe smatrate mrtvima za grijeh, nego živi Bogu kroz Isusa Hrista Gospoda našeg
Neka grijeh, dakle, ne vlada u vašem smrtnom tijelu, da mu se pokoravate u njegovim požudama. Niti udove svoje ne prepuštajte grijehu kao oruđe nepravde: ali prepustite se Bogu, kao oni koji su živi od mrtvih, i vaše udove kao oruđe pravednosti Bogu. Za grijeh neće imati dominaciju nad vama: jer niste pod zakonom, Ali pod milošću.
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? (Rimljanima 6:1-16)
By faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him, the old man has died in Christ and the new man is raised from the death in Christ and made alive unto God.
The spirit of man has been made alive and the Spirit shall reign in the life of the new man. Through submission to God and obedience to His Word and by the power of the Holy Spirit, the new man shall mortify the members which are upon the earth and lay down the works of the flesh and deprave sin from its power, by not giving in to the will, Požude, and desires of the flesh and not act upon the thoughts, which oppose the words of God.
If you have become the new man, you shall no longer seek the things which are on the earth and sow in the flesh and reap corruption, but you shall seek those things, which are above and sow in the spirit and bear the voće duha.
You are no longer a servant of sin and death, but you have been made free in Christ and have become a servant of righteousness.
Therefore you shall no longer yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin. You shall no longer let your members on earth dictate to you what to do, but from your new position in Christ, you shall take authority over your members and mortify your members which are on the earth and yield yourself unto God and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
What are your members, koji su na zemlji?
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 (Kološanima 3:5-7)
Your members, which are on the earth, are fornication, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepe, što je idolopoklonstvo.
If a Christian keeps walking in fornication, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepe, the person is still the old man and not the new man, since the person still bears the fruit of the old carnal man.
It’s important that the person repents and becomes born again in Christ, and from the Spirit mortifies his or her members which are upon the earth.
U Kristu, you have been given all authority and power to mortify your members on the earth and put off the works of the flesh by resisting the devil, Greh, and death so that they shall not have dominion over you anymore.
Ali na vama je, if you want to do it or not. It all depends on whether your love for Jesus and the Father is stronger than your love for your flesh (Pročitajte također: Do you love God above all?).
Mortifying your members which are upon the earth and putting off the works of the flesh is something you have to do yourself. Nobody else can do that for you. It’s your responsibility, you will be held accountable for it.
But if you don’t take your authority in Christ and you don’t mortify your members which are upon the earth, then your members will eventually mortify you.
How do you mortify your members, koji su na zemlji?
Ako si postao sin Božiji (Ovo se odnosi i na muškarce i na žene), you shall no longer feed yourself with the things of this world that will arouse and strengthen the will, and the lusts and desires of your flesh.
You know the truth and the will of God and you will be careful with whom you associate with and the things you get involved with and what you do. You will be cautious about what you watch, what you listen to, šta čitaš, itd.
When you stop feeding your flesh and subdue the flesh, then the lusts and desires of the flesh shall not be aroused and strengthened but shall die.
You mortify your members, which are upon the earth by reigning over your members and resisting them. You’re not giving in to what your will and the lusts and desires of your flesh want.
The new man is an obedient son of God
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 po liku Onoga koji ga je stvorio: Gde nema ni Grka ni Jevreja, obrezivanje niti neobrezivanje, Barbarian, Skit, vezani niti slobodni: ali Hrist je sve, i u svemu (Kološanima 3:8-11).
Besides mortifying the members, koji su na zemlji (Blud, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepe), you shall also put off anger, gnjev, zlonamjernost, bogohuljenje, prljava komunikacija iz vaših usta, because they don’t fit in the life of the new man (Pročitajte također: Šta Biblija kaže o starcu? i Kako odložiti starca?).
The old man is a liar, just like his father the devil, but the new man is not a liar, but speaks the truth just like his Father. Therefore the new man shall not lie, despite the fact that in some countries lying is considered normal and is part of a culture.
The devil uses cultures to execute his destructive work and to keep the people in bondage to the beggarly elements of this world and sin and death and control the people so that they will do what the devil wants and the devil can build his throne (Pročitajte također: Tron sotona)
Ali istina je, that every culture disappears in Christ. Both the old nature of fallen man as the culture disappears in Christ (Pročitajte također: Svaka kultura nestaje u Hristu)
There is no distinction in Christ
Jer svi ste vi djeca Božja po vjeri u Krista Isusa. Jer, koji ste se u Hrista krstili, u Hrista ste se obukli. Nema ni Jevrejina ni Grka, nema ni veze ni slobodnog, ne postoji ni muško ni žensko: jer ste svi jedno u Hristu Isusu (Galaćanima 3:26-28)
Zato opaši bedra svoga uma, budi trijezan, i nadaj se do kraja za milost koja će vam se donijeti prilikom otkrivenja Isusa Krista; Kao poslušna djeca, ne oblikujte se prema prijašnjim požudama u svom neznanju: Ali kao što je svet Onaj koji vas je pozvao, Zato budite svili na sve strane razgovora; Jer je napisano, Biti ti svet; jer sam svet (1 Peter 1:13-16)
Kroz proces posvećenja, you shall renew your mind with the Word, skini starog i obuci novog, Ko se obnavlja u znanju nakon slike o njemu koji ga je stvorio, whereby there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, obrezivanje niti neobrezivanje, Barbarian, Skit, vezani niti slobodni, but Christ is all and in all.
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