A Colossencs 3:1-4, Pau va escriure, si has ressuscitat amb Crist, buscar les coses que hi ha a dalt, on Crist seu a la dreta de Déu. Posa el teu afecte en les coses de dalt, no a les coses de la terra. For you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. Què volia dir Paul amb això? What does it mean to be risen with Christ and to seek those things which are above?
Si doncs has ressuscitat amb Crist, buscar les coses que hi ha a dalt
Si doncs has ressuscitat amb Crist, buscar les coses que hi ha a dalt, on Crist seu a la dreta de Déu. Posa el teu afecte en les coses de dalt, no a les coses de la terra. Perquè estàs mort, i la teva vida està amagada amb Crist en Déu (Colossencs 3:1-3)
Si has ressuscitat amb Crist, buscareu les coses de dalt, on Crist està assegut a la dreta de Déu.
You shall set your mind on the things above and not on things on the earth anymore, since you (L’antiga creació, who is sense-ruled and led and controlled by the will, sentiments, Luxúries, 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.
Per això, 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 (Llegiu també: Tenir fe en Déu).
The old man has died in Christ
Although you still live in the world, ja no pertanys al món. Because you have been bought with a price and are redeemed from the power of darkness with the precious blood of Jesus Christ (a.o. 1 Corintis 6:20, 1 Peter 6:20, 2 Peter 2:1).
Mitjançant la regeneració en Crist, your flesh has died and you no longer live under the authority of the beggarly elements of this world (esperits d'aquest món) that cause you to live in pride, rebel·lió, i la desobediència a Déu i a la seva Paraula. You have died to (les coses de) el món.
Since you don’t belong to the evil generation of the old man (Home caigut), 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 (Llegiu també: Els cristians viuen com a generació escollida, un sacerdoci reial, 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, que regna en la carn. Per això, 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 gràcia 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, Rituals, lleis de sacrifici, Lleis alimentàries, festes, etc. (Llegiu també: Per què els cristians tornen a l’antic pacte? i Quin és el secret de la llei?).
Aquells, 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, romans 8:2, 1 John 2:3; 3:24; 5: 2-3, 2 John 1:6, Revelació 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 (romans 3:31 (Llegiu també: Els manaments de Déu vs els manaments de Jesús).
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, Rituals, lleis de sacrifici, Lleis alimentàries, festes, etc, which were all meant for the sanctification and justification of the flesh of the old man (who was born of the seed of Israel).
Jesus was the Firstborn of the new creation and didn’t walk after the flesh but after the Spirit and fulfilled the law. Aquells, 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 (a.o. romans 8:29-30, Colossencs 1:13-20, hebreus 12:22-24).
The new man has risen with Christ from the death
Quan vas ser batejat, your flesh not only died, but your spirit was raised from the dead. And through the baptism with the Holy Spirit, l'Esperit Sant viu dins teu.
Mitjançant la regeneració, 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, força, força, i domini i tot nom que es diu. That’s your new place and position (a.o. Efesis 1:20; 2:4-10).
Since you are born of God, nascut d'aigua i esperit, 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, on Crist està assegut.
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 (el món) and the destructive thoughts, which derive from darkness (Llegiu també: Pren autoritat sobre els teus pensaments, abans que prenguin autoritat sobre tu)
Jesus Christ is your life!
Quan Crist, qui és la nostra vida, apareixerà, then shall you also appear with Him in glory (Colossencs 3:4)
Through the change of nature and the renewing of your mind, ja no viuràs com el món, 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, manament, 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! Viu en tu, 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.
Per això, 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, on Crist està assegut, 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.
Quan Crist, Who is your life, apareixerà, you shall also appear with Him in glory.
‘Sigues la sal de la terra’
