The armor is of light in Romans 13:12 is meant for Christians. Every Christian, Qui neix de nou en Crist, is delivered from the power of darkness and transferred into the light. Christians don’t belong to the darkness anymore, but to the Kingdom of Light. Per això, Christians shall not live in the kingdom of darkness, caminar a la foscor, and do the works of darkness. But Christians shall live in the Kingdom of God and do righteous works. Through the new birth and the change of sonship, natura, i regne, Christians shall put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light and walk in the light. let’s look at the armor of light in Romans 13:12 and how you put on the armor of light according to the Bible.
Put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light
La nit s'ha passat lluny, el dia és a prop: llencem, doncs, les obres de les tenebres, and let us put on the armor of light. Caminem honestament, com al dia; no en disturbis i embriaguesa, no en cambra i desenfrenada, no en baralles i enveges. Però vestiu-vos del Senyor Jesucrist, i no proveïu la carn, to fulfill the lusts (romans 13:12-14)
The Day of the Lord is near. Per això, és hora, that all the Christians, que diuen creure, wake up from their spiritual sleep. It’s time to arise in Christ and walk in boldness after the Spirit in obedience to the Word in the light.
Tot al nostre voltant, we see an increase of the power of darkness. More and more spiritual ground is being taken by the power of darkness, which is visible in the natural realm in nature and the lives of people.
The main reasons for the increase of darkness are the increase of apostasy, il·legalitat, and the lukewarm state of people, who claim to be Christians.
Many Christians don’t speak the truth but keep their mouths shut about the Truth of God to prevent conflicts or rejection by people.
Instead of standing on the Word, they compromise with the world and approve the works of darkness. They even partake in the works of darkness.
There is hardly any distinction between good and evil and the majority of believers and unbelievers.
Per això, it’s time that those, que diuen creure, become serious and show through their lives, that they believe in Jesus Christ; la Paraula, and are sons of God (Això s'aplica tant a homes com a dones), who don’t belong to the darkness (el món) més, but the Light.
Let sin no longer reign as king in your life
Per tant, que el pecat no regni en el vostre cos mortal, perquè l'obeïu en els seus desitjos. Tampoc cediu els vostres membres com a instruments d'injustícia al pecat: però entregau-vos a Déu, com els que són vius d'entre els morts, i els vostres membres com a instruments de justícia per a Déu (romans 6:12-13)
People who keep walking in darkness and doing the works of darkness and obey and serve sin and death through their flesh, don’t walk in the light.
Per això, gent, who walk in darkness are not the light in the world.
They shall not be able to deliver other people from the power of darkness. They shall also not be able to teach others in the truth of God’s Word. Since they are blinded and walk in darkness themselves and sin still reigns as king A la seva vida.
Però la Bíblia (La paraula de Déu) commands everyone, to put off the works of darkness and no longer walk after the lusts of the flesh. The Bible commands everyone to walk as children of light and put on the armor of light and yield their members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
I no tingueu comunió amb les obres infructuoses de les tenebres, sinó més aviat reprovar-los. Perquè és una vergonya fins i tot parlar d'aquelles coses que es fan d'ells en secret. Però totes les coses que són reprovades es manifesten per la llum: perquè tot allò que manifesta és llum (Efesis 5:11-13)
The Word commands to not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but to reprove the works of darkness by the truth of God.
How do you cast off the works of darkness and put off the old man?
Every believer should cast off the works of darkness and desfer el vell. It is an action that every believer is supposed to do. No one can do it for you. Not even God.
Mortifiqueu, doncs, els vostres membres que hi ha a la terra; fornicació, impuresa, afecte desmesurat, concupiscència malvada, i la cobdícia, que és idolatria: Per a quines coses’ perquè la ira de Déu ve sobre els fills de la desobediència: En el qual també vau caminar algun temps, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; ira, 1, malevolença, blasfèmia, comunicació bruta de la teva boca. No mentiu els uns als altres, veient que heu desposseït el vell amb les seves obres; I he posat el nou home, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created Him (Colossencs 3:5-10)
Ara les obres de la carn es manifesten, quins són aquests; L'adulteri, fornicació, impuresa, lascivitat, Idolatria, bruixeria, odi, variància, emulacions, 1, despullament, sedicions, hereSies, Enveges, assassinats, embriaguesa, revetlles, i tal com: del que us dic abans, com també us he dit en temps passat, que els qui facin aquestes coses no heretaran el regne de Déu(Gàlates 5:19-22)
God has given you in Christ all authority and power to resist the devil and resist sin; les obres de la foscor.
After Jesus Christ, el Fill de Déu, was baptized in water by Joan Baptista and received the Holy Spirit from the Father, Jesús va ser conduït per l'Esperit Sant al desert.
Al desert, Jesús era temptat pel dimoni for forty days. During those forty days, Jesus learned to stay obedient to His Father and resist the devil and all his temptations.
Jesus didn’t compromise and didn’t bow to the devil. But Jesus only bowed to His Father, by staying faithful and obedient to His Father and His will.
I igual que Jesús, the sons of God should also walk in obedience to the Word and the Holy Spirit. They should resist the devil and don’t give into his deceptions and temptations, que porten al pecat.
And that’s only possible if you Estima Déu Amb tot el cor, ànima, ment, i força,h and know His will and yield yourself to His will, Igual que Jesús, Who loved His Father with all His heart, ànima, mind and strength and knew His Father’s will and yielded Himself to the will of the Father.
Quina és la voluntat de Déu?
Perquè aquesta és la voluntat de Déu, fins i tot la teva santificació, que us absteniu de la fornicació: Que cadascú de vosaltres sàpiga posseir el seu vaixell en santificació i honor; No en la luxúria de la concupiscència, com els gentils que no coneixen Déu: Que ningú vagi més enllà i defraudé el seu germà en cap assumpte: perquè el Senyor és el venjador de tot això, com també us hem advertit i testimoniat. Perquè Déu no ens ha cridat a la impuresa, sinó a la santedat. Per tant, el que menysprea, no menysprea l'home, però Déu, que també ens ha donat el seu Esperit Sant (1 Tessalonicencs 4:3-8)
I posaré el meu Esperit dins teu, i et farà caminar en els meus estatuts, i guardareu els meus judicis, i fer-los (Ezequiel 36:27)
I no us conformeu amb aquest món: però sigueu transformats per la renovació de la vostra ment, perquè demostreu què és això bo, i acceptable, i perfecte, voluntat de Déu (romans 12:2)
Through the resurrection of the spirit from the dead and the baptism with the Holy Spirit, God’s will is written in the mind and heart of the new man. Tanmateix, the carnal mind is not renewed with the Word and thinks like the world, and can become a hindrance in the lives of Christians. A carnal mind ensure that people keep walking in disobedience to the Word in unbelief.
Therefore Christians need to renovar la seva ment Amb la paraula de Déu. Així que, they will get to know the Father and His will.
Through their love for God and by faith in God and His Word, they shall obey the words of God. They shall apply His words in their lives and walk according to His words and abide in the Word. A través de la seva obediència a Déu, ells caminar enamorat according to the will of God.
What does the Bible say about the process of sanctification?
The process of sanctification is a process that every person, who has repented and has become a new creation in Jesus Christ shall go through. Even when you are raised in a Christian family, you shall go through the process of sanctification after you’ve become born again (el bateig en aigua i el baptisme amb l'Esperit Sant).
Per això, germans, Som deutors, No a la carn, viure després de la carn. Perquè si viviu després de la carn, Moriràs: però si a través de l’Esperit mortifiqueu les accions del cos, Viureu per a tots els que són guiats per l'Esperit de Déu, Són els fills de Déu. Perquè no heu rebut l'esperit d'esclavitud de nou a la por; però vosaltres heu rebut l'Esperit d'adopció, per la qual plorem, Abba, Pare (romans 8:12-15)
During the process of santificació, you shall put off the works of darkness. You’ll put off the old man, que té la naturalesa del dimoni, and put on the armor of light. You will put on the new man and be clothed with Jesus Christ.
Ja no fareu les obres de la carn. But through (the power of) l'Esperit, you shall kill the works of the flesh and do the works of the Spirit, which produces life and peace.
You shall no longer listen to the lusts and desires of your flesh, that commands you to love yourself and the world and reject the words of God, i vol mentir, rebel, fornicar, cometre adulteri, divorciar, mirar porno, and have sexual relationships with someone, who isn’t your spouse/of the same gender/multiple persons/yourself/children or animals.
You’ll no longer listen to your flesh that wants you to walk in pride and commands you to get involved with strange religions and/or (Oriental) Filosofies, bruixeria, divinació, consultar esperits, envy others and be jealous, drink alcohol, robar, odiar, assassinar, ser implacable towards others, recompense evil for evil, etc.
Because according to the Bible, all these works are the works of darkness that belong to the old man; El pecador. These works of darkness don’t belong in the life of the new man, who has been made holy and righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him.
Tothom, who has been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ
Perquè sou tots els fills de Déu per la fe en Crist Jesús. Perquè tants de vosaltres han estat batejats en Crist han posat a Crist (Gàlates 3:26-27)
The new man is clothed with Christ. Per això, the spiritual transformation of the Vell into the new man should become visible in the natural realm in the life of the new man.
El nou home, who has been made in the image of the Creator, shall put on Jesus Christ; the Word and walk in the light; en la veritat de Déu, in the armor of light.
When you have become the new man, you shall walk after the Spirit and shall love God with all your heart, ànima, mind and strength and your neighbor as yourself, which means that you shall serve no other gods and have no idols, you shall not commit spiritual adultery with other religions and/or philosophies, and shall not commit witchcraft, adulteri, fornicació, mentir, robar, assassinar, envy etc.
How do you put on the armor of light?
You put on the armor of light by yielding to Jesus Christ; the Word and the Holy Spirit and doing what is written in the Word.
As long as you stay faithful to Jesus Christ and walk after the will of the Father you shall do righteous works; the works of light and shall walk in righteousness.
The path of righteousness is not the path of the world. It’s a narrow path and only few shall find it or keep walking on this path (Mateu 7:14). Your walk in life depends on your love for Jesus Christ and the Father.
Only if you are born again in Christ and love God with all your heart, ànima, ment, and strength and stay obedient to the Word and the Holy Spirit and walk by faith in righteousness after the will of God, podràs:
- Resist all the temptations of the devil,
- Fulfill your task in the Kingdom of God on earth,
- Be a witness of Jesus Christ,
- Do the works of light,
- Stand in the faith.
'Sigues la sal de la terra'
