U Kološanima 3:1-4, Paul je napisao, ako ste uskrsnuli sa Hristom, tražite te stvari koje su gore, gde Hristos sedi s desne strane Boga. Podesite svoju naklonost gore, ne na stvari na zemlji. For you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. Šta je Pavle mislio pod tim? What does it mean to be risen with Christ and to seek those things which are above?
Ako tada uskrsnute sa Hristom, tražite te stvari koje su gore
Ako tada uskrsnute sa Hristom, tražite te stvari koje su gore, gde Hristos sedi s desne strane Boga. Podesite svoju naklonost gore, ne na stvari na zemlji. Jer si mrtav, A tvoj život je sakrio sa Kristom u Bogu (Kološanima 3:1-3)
Ako ste uskrsnuli sa Hristom, tražit ćeš ono što je gore, gde Hristos sedi sa desne strane Boga.
You shall set your mind on the things above and not on things on the earth anymore, since you (Stara kreacija, who is sense-ruled and led and controlled by the will, Osećanja, Požude, and desires of the flesh and the beggarly elements of the world), don’t live anymore, but are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Stoga, when you become born again in Christ, your life shall change.
You shall no longer live as you lived before in ignorance from your blinded carnal mind that is controlled by darkness and is enmity with God. You shall not fill yourself with the knowledge and wisdom of the world and put your trust in it.
But you shall renew your mind with the Word of God and fill yourself with the knowledge and wisdom of God, so that you find out the truth and the will of God. You shall live by faith in Jesus Christ and walk from a renewed mind in obedience to the words of God in the truth according to His will and you shall put your trust in Him (Pročitajte također: Imajte vjeru u Boga).
The old man has died in Christ
Although you still live in the world, više ne pripadaš svetu. Because you have been bought with a price and are redeemed from the power of darkness with the precious blood of Jesus Christ (Oh. 1 Korinćanima 6:20, 1 Peter 6:20, 2 Peter 2:1).
Kroz regeneraciju u Hristu, your flesh has died and you no longer live under the authority of the beggarly elements of this world (spirits of this world) that cause you to live in pride, pobuna, and disobedience to God and His Word. You have died to (stvari od) Svijet.
Since you don’t belong to the evil generation of the old man (Pali čovjek), you shall no longer do the works of the old man.
You have become a new creation and belong to God and therefore you shall walk as a new creation; the new man in holiness and righteousness (Pročitajte također: Žive li kršćani kao izabrana generacija, kraljevsko sveštenstvo, and a peculiar unto God?)
The new man has been made free from the law of sin and death
Through the death of the flesh in Christ Jesus, you have been redeemed from the curse of the law. You have been delivered from the law of sin and death, koja vlada u mesu. Zbog toga, you shall no longer live after the flesh under the law in the bondage of death and persevere in sin, but you shall live after the Spirit under grace in the will of God and keep His words and commandments.
Let no one deceive you, by making you believe that you have to go back to the Old Covenant and keep the law of Moses with all its precepts, rituali, žrtveni zakoni, zakoni o hrani, gozbe, itd. (Pročitajte također: Zašto se kršćani vraćaju u stari savez? i Koja je tajna zakona?).
One, who are born again in Christ are no longer carnal but have become spiritual and shall walk after the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus and keep the commandments of Christ (John 14:15, 21;15:10, Rimljanima 8:2, 1 John 2:3; 3:24; 5: 2-3, 2 John 1:6, Otkrivenje 22:14).
The commandments of Christ are the same commandments as the commandments of the Father. Jesus even tightened some of them, since the new man, who walks after the Spirit is able to establish the law (Rimljanima 3:31 (Pročitajte također: Božije zapovesti naspram Isusovih zapovesti).
Establishing the law refers to the moral part of the law, which represents the nature and will of God, and refers not to all the precepts, rituali, žrtveni zakoni, zakoni o hrani, gozbe, itd, which were all meant for the sanctification and justification of the flesh of the old man (koji je rođen od semena Izraela).
Jesus was the Firstborn of the new creation and didn’t walk after the flesh but after the Spirit and fulfilled the law. One, who have become a new creation in Christ shall also fulfill the law by submitting to God and His Word and walking in obedience to God after the Spirit in His will (Oh. Rimljanima 8:29-30, Kološanima 1:13-20, Hebrejima 12:22-24).
The new man has risen with Christ from the death
Kada ste bili kršteni, your flesh not only died, but your spirit was raised from the dead. And through the baptism with the Holy Spirit, Sveti Duh živi u vama.
Kroz regeneraciju, you are reconciled with God and your fallen state and position are restored in the Son.
You are risen with Christ and seated in Him at the right hand of the Father above all principality, snaga, moći, i vlast i svako ime koje se imenuje. That’s your new place and position (Oh. Efežanima 1:20; 2:4-10).
Since you are born of God, rođen od vode i Duha, God’s nature has become your nature and His will has become your will.
Therefore you shall seek and desire those things which are above, gde je Krist sjedeći.
You shall desire the Word and renew your mind with the Word of God and you shall set your affection on things of the Kingdom of God, instead of feeding your mind with the things of the world and keeping a carnal mind and letting your mind be controlled by the lies of the devil (Svijet) and the destructive thoughts, which derive from darkness (Pročitajte također: Vodite autoritet nad svojim mislima, Prije nego što pohađaju autoritet nad vama)
Jesus Christ is your life!
Kada Hriste, ko je naš život, će se pojaviti, then shall you also appear with Him in glory (Kološanima 3:4)
Through the change of nature and the renewing of your mind, you shall no longer live like the world, as you lived before, in the power of sin and death. You shall no longer walk in darkness in rebellion against God and His words and break every rule, zapovest, and covenant that God has instituted. But you shall live from your new position in Christ and lay down the works of the flesh and walk in the Word in the light on the earth.
Jesus Christ is not an addition to your life, but Jesus Christ is your life! On živi u tebi, and you live in Him!
A person’s heart goes out to what he loves, and what he loves he will devote his time to.
Stoga, if you are risen with Christ and you really love Jesus, then your heart shall go out to Jesus and you shall spend time in the Word and in prayer and seek and set your thoughts on the things which are above, gde je Krist sjedeći, instead of the things which are on the earth.
You shall listen to Jesus; the Word and obey and do what Jesus has commanded you to do.
Kada Hriste, Who is your life, će se pojaviti, you shall also appear with Him in glory.
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