Hvordan kan manges tro lide skibbrud? Mange kristne starter rigtigt, men under deres gang, something happens that causes them to change and depart from the living God and become apostate and enter the broad way of the world.
Jesus preached the truth of God and His words were spirit and life
Det er ånden, der levendegør; kødet gavner intet: de ord, som jeg taler til jer, de er ånd, og de er livet (John 6:63)
Jesus svarede dem, og sagde, Min lære er ikke min, men hans, der sendte mig. Hvis nogen vil gøre hans vilje, han skal kende læren, om det er af Gud, eller om jeg taler om mig selv. Den, der taler om sig selv, søger sin egen ære: men den, som søger hans herlighed, som har sendt ham, det samme er sandt, og der er ingen Uretfærdighed i ham (John 7:16-18)
Then said they unto Him, Who art Thou? Og Jesus sagde til dem, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. Jeg har mange ting at sige og dømme om dig: but he that sent Me is true; og jeg taler til verden det, som jeg har hørt om ham. They understood not that He spake to them of the Father. Så sagde Jesus til dem, Når I har ophøjet Menneskesønnen, then shall ye know that I am He, og at jeg intet gør af mig selv; men som min Fader har lært mig, Jeg taler disse ting. Og han, som har sendt mig, er med mig: Faderen har ikke ladet mig være alene; thi jeg gør altid det, som behager ham (John 8:25-29)
For jeg har ikke talt om mig selv; men Faderen, som sendte mig, Han gav mig en befaling, hvad jeg skal sige, og hvad jeg skal tale. Og jeg ved, at hans bud er evigt liv: hvad jeg taler derfor, ligesom Faderen sagde til mig, så jeg taler (John 12:49-50)
Tror du ikke, at jeg er i Faderen, og Faderen i mig? de ord, som jeg taler til jer, taler jeg ikke om mig selv: men Faderen, som bor i mig, Han gør værkerne (John 14:10)
Jesus talte ikke sine egne ord, but Jesus spoke the words of His Father, which were spirit and life. The words that Jesus spoke were confrontational and called the people to repentance and the removal of sin and to do the will of the Father.
Jesus had a personal relationship with His Father and spend much quiet time with Him. Everything Jesus said and did, Jesus said and did from the union with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.
Jesus didn’t adjust His words to the feelings, følelser, and the will of the people.
Jesus wasn’t influenced and intimidated by people, situationer, and the natural elements of the world.
But Jesus kept walking after the Spirit in obedience to His Father in His will and kept preaching His Kingdom, sandheden, og livet, despite all the angriness, had, modstand, forfølgelse, and rejection of people.
Jesus had taught His disciples in word and deed. Jesus had taught them the truth and revealed the will of God and His Kingdom.
Ja, Jesus had taught His disciples the truth in such a way, that when Jesus ascended to heaven and the Holy Spirit descended from heaven and His disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and became the new creation, they were spiritually mature to continue the work of Jesus on earth.
The disciples preached the gospel of Jesus Christ and called the people to repentance
Jeg har endnu mange ting at sige jer, men I kan ikke bære dem nu. Dog når han, sandhedens Ånd, er kommet, Han vil guide dig ind i al sandhed: thi han skal ikke tale om sig selv; men hvad han end hører, det skal han tale: og han vil vise dig de kommende ting. Han skal herliggøre Mig: thi han skal modtage af Mit, og skal vise dig det. Alt, hvad Faderen har, er mit: derfor sagde jeg, at han skal tage af mine, og skal vise dig det (John 16:12-15)
And so His disciples went in obedience to the Word in the power of the Holy Spirit and listened to Him, who guided them into all truth, and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ and called the people to repentance and the removal of sin.
Ligesom Jesus, the disciples didn’t adjust the words of God to the feelings, følelser, and the will of people, but they kept preaching the truth of God and making disciples of Jesus Christ. And because of that many sons of God (både mænd og kvinder) were born and raised, who were not intimidated and didn’t compromise, but were able to resist the lies and temptations of the devil and endure difficult situations, tilbageslag, and the hatred, modstand, and persecution of people in their lives.
They were able to endure the storms in life and their faith didn’t suffer shipwreck, because their faith was founded on the Word.
They had put all their trust in Jesus Christ and were crafted in Christ and grew up in Him and were obedient to His words and lived from His words.
They were not spared by God for the lies, fristelser, difficult situations, tilbageslag, had, modstand, og forfølgelse af mennesker. Ingen, God allowed everything and let them go through it, because God knew that His sons (både mænd og kvinder) would be spiritually strong enough and able to go through it (Læs også: ’The hearers vs the doers’ og)
And that was indeed the case, and that should still be the case. Imidlertid, the practice shows something else.
Hvordan kommer det? Because many believers reject the words and the truth of God and consider and accept the lies of the world as the truth. Therefore instead of growing up in the truth, they grow up in the lie.
They have not put their trust in Jesus Christ and don’t live in Him; i Ordet, but they have put their trust in the world and rely on the words and ability of people.
Many people have the spirit of the world instead of the Holy Spirit and don’t war a good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience, but they have put it away. På grund af det, the faith of many suffer shipwreck
Hvorfor manges tro lider skibbrud?
Denne beskyldning pålægger jeg dig, søn Timothy, efter de profetier, der gik forud for dig, at du ved dem kan føre en god krigsførelse; Holder tro, og en god samvittighed; som nogle har fjernet om tro har gjort forliset: Af hvem er Hymenaeus og Alexander; hvem jeg har leveret til Satan, at de måske lærer ikke at blasfeme (1 Timothy 1:18-20)
Paul wrote to Timothy about some, whose faith had made shipwreck. Two of them were Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom Paul had delivered unto satan, so that they might learn not to blaspheme.
This was the second time, that Paul wrote about someone, whom he had delivered unto satan.
Første gang, was in the church at Corinth where Paul had delivered a man unto satan from a distance, because this man had a sexual relationship with his father’s wife.
The church didn’t do anything and left the man alone and allowed fornication and ensured by this behavior that the church became defiled.
Men Paul, who was spiritually mature and stood in the service of God instead of the service of man, didn’t leave the man alone but intervened immediately and addressed this great sin of fornication, after the Holy Spirit had revealed this sin to him (Læs også: ‘Hvad vil det sige at overgive en person til satan??').
Paul did the same thing with Hymenaeus and Alexander. Notice, that Paul wrote openly about the behavior and works of people and judged it, and even called two people by their names.
Paul didn’t leave Hymenaeus and Alexander alone and didn’t allow their profane and vain babblings, who led the people astray, but Paul confronted them with their words and deeds and put them out of the office and the church and informed Timothy. Not to gossip, but to warn Timothy and to reveal the cunning method of the devil, who worked through these people and increased the ungodliness and overthrew the faith of some.
The words of Hymenaeus and Philetus were profane and vain babblings, which increased unto more ungodliness
Studer for at vise dig godkendt for Gud, en arbejder, som ikke behøver at skamme sig, rigtigt at dele sandhedens ord. Men undgå profane og forfængelige pludrer: thi de vil vokse til mere ugudelighed. Og deres ord skal æde som en krukke: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, have dette segl, The Lord knoweth them that are his. Og, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity (2 Timothy 2:15-19)
Paulus wrote about Hymenaeus and Philetus that their words were profane and vain babblings that increased the ungodliness. Their words ate as doth a canker and defiled the body (kirken) with evil and caused the body to die and to become dead to God.
They did err concerning the truth by saying that the resurrection was already past, and caused to overthrow the faith of some.
Alexander the coppersmith had greatly withstood the words of Paul and others
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words (2 Timothy 4:14)
Paul wrote about Alexander the Coppersmith that he did Paul much evil and that the Lord would reward him according to his works. Paul warned Timothy and commanded Timothy to be observant and to be aware, because Alexander had greatly withstood their words. Og dette sker stadig.
Der er mange mennesker, who are carnal and speak from the imagination and vanity of their carnal mind and withstand the words of God and preach villany, whereby wickedness (ugudelighed) increases and the faith of many suffer shipwreck.
Preaching villany (tåbelighed, umoral)
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail (Esajas 32:6)
Very slowly the Word has been replaced by the words of carnal man, who don’t speak the words of God but the words of the world.
Most preachers are not spiritual preachers anymore, who belong to God and walk after the Spirit in obedience and submission to Jesus Christ; the Living Word and speak the truth of the Word and live holy lives and bear the fruit of the Spirit, but most preachers belong to the world and are unspiritual motivational speakers, who are charismatic and eloquent and have the spirit of this world and speak from their own experience and speak their own words from their own imagination and vanity of their carnal mind and search their own glory and bear the fruit of the flesh (Læs også: ’The armor of darkness’ en ‘Den gamle mand’.
They are led by seducing spirits and speak words, which may seem godly, because they are mixed with scriptures from the Bible, but these scriptures have been taken out of context and their words speak against the will of God and His righteousness and holiness and don’t call to repentance and the removal of sin and living a holy life, but increase ungodliness and ensure that the old man stays alive and perseveres in sin and the people keep walking after the flesh in disobedience to God and live like the world.
And so the truth of God is no longer preached and the will of God is not made known, men i stedet, the lies of apostate people are preached that represent the will of man and please the flesh and ensure that the people keep doing the works of the flesh, so that they can also keep doing the works of the flesh (Læs også: ’Djævledoktriner dræber kirken').
If the faith is not built upon the Word; Guds sandhed, but on the words and experiences of man, who speak lies in hypocrisy that increase ungodliness and sear the conscience, the faith shall not stand, but the faith shall suffer shipwreck. The faith shall not be able to withstand the lies, fristelser, and storms in life, but the storms shall overpower the faith and destroy the faith.
Depart from the living God
Pas på, brødre, for ikke at være i nogen af jer et ondt hjerte af vantro, Ved afgang fra den levende Gud. Men forman hinanden dagligt, Mens det kaldes til dagen; for at nogen af jer bliver hærdet gennem syndens bedraghed. For vi er gjort til deltagere i Kristus, Hvis vi holder begyndelsen på vores tillid, stæspidser til slutningen (Hebraisk 3:12-14)
Derfor, it’s not surprising that by preaching lies in hypocrisy, many people become apostates and the faith of many suffer shipwreck.
There is no correction and chastisement and people are not called to repentance and the removal of sin and to live holy lives. Ingen, instead of a holy life, sin is served and promoted (Læs også: ’Er Jesus en promotor af synd?').
But God is horrified by all of this, and has turned away from many churches and taken the lamp and extinguished their light. Since God can’t have communion with sin, because it is rebellion towards God the Father, disobedience to God the son; det levende ord, og Gud Helligånden.
‘Vær jordens salt’
