How many times do Christians quote Isaiah 55:8, to release themselves from their responsibilities as sons of God and to grow up and become like Jesus Christ and do His works? Many times they say: “We can never become like Him, because God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts and God’s ways are higher than our ways.” But is that true? I hvilken sammenhæng talte Gud disse ord? What does the Bible say about God’s thoughts and our thoughts? What are God’s thoughts?
God has given power to become sons of God
Men så mange som modtog ham, dem gav han magt til at blive Guds sønner, Selv for dem, der tror på hans navn: Som blev født, ikke af blod, heller ikke af kødets vilje, heller ikke af menneskets vilje, men af Gud (John 1:12-13)
Ofcourse God is God and He always remains God and we can never take God’s place, but God has given us power to become His sons in Jesus Christ and to walk as His sons on this earth. sagde Jesus, that we can never be above Him, but that we can become like Him.
Disciplen er ikke over sin herre, heller ikke tjeneren over sin herre. Det er nok for disciplen, at han er som sin herre, og tjeneren som sin herre (Matthew 10:24-25, Luke 6:40)
If Jesus is your Lord and Master, then He has promised you, that you can become like Jesus and walk, just as Jesus walked on this earth as son of God. But you have to look for the things, som er ovenover og ikke på jorden.
The thoughts of the old man are not God’s thoughts
For Mine tanker er ikke dine tanker, heller ikke dine veje er mine veje, siger Herren. For ligesom himlene er højere end jorden, så er mine veje højere end dine veje, og mine tanker end dine tanker (Esajas 55:8)
Esajas 55:8 refers to the ungodly in verse 7. It was also related to the mercy and goodness of God, to God’s redemptive work, and to the thoughts of the gammel kødelig mand, who is spiritually dead and is led by his flesh.
That’s why the carnal mind and carnal thoughts of the old man, which are dominated by the flesh will never become equal to the mind of God, but will always strive against God’s mind, Guds tanker, og Guds vilje. Because the flesh and the spirit always strive against each other.
The flesh and the spirit can never become a unity. That’s because evil is present in the flesh and in the unrepented heart of the old carnal man. And we all know that an unrepented heart produces evil thoughts and evil works.
An unrepented heart is selfish, fuld af stolthed, oprørsk, and shall never be able to submit to God, Jesus, og Helligånden.
Og han (Jesus) sagde, That which cometh out of the man, that defiles the man. For indefra, ud af mænds hjerte, Fortsæt onde tanker, utroskab, Fornikationer, mord, Tyverier, begærlighed, ondskab, bedrag, liderlighed, et ondt øje, blasfemi, stolthed, tåbelighed: Alle disse onde ting kommer indefra, og uro manden (Mærke 7:20:23).
The spirit of the fallen man is dead
Men den naturlige mand får ikke tingene i Guds Ånd: for de er tåbelighed for ham: Han kan heller ikke kende dem, Fordi de bliver åndeligt skelnet (1 Korinterne 2:14)
På grund af det faktum, that the spirit of fallen man is dead, du falder (den gamle mand) is not able to receive nor comprehend and understand the things of the Spirit and the Kingdom of God. The spiritual things of the Kingdom of God are foolishness to the fallen man, and that’s why fallen man always rebels against the commandments of God.
I Det Gamle Testamente, the spiritual things only became understandable, when the Spirit of God came upon man, like for example with the prophets.
The spirit of the new man
But through the perfect forløsende arbejde af Jesus Kristus, everyone who would believe on Jesus Christ and made Jesus Lord over their lives has been given power to become in Him a new creation; En Guds søn. Alle sammen, who will believe and be Døbt i ham, will die in Him and lay down the flesh of the fallen man (den gamle kødelige mand), and the spirit of the new man will be raised in Him from the dead. The spirit cannot be raised from the dead, until the flesh has died.
The baptism with the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean that the Spirit of God will come occasionally upon man, as with the old carnal fallen man.
The Holy Spirit will not come and go, but the Holy Spirit will come and abide in the new man.
The new man is the habitation of the Holy Spirit.
The spirit of the new man has become alive and through the abiding of the Word and the Holy Spirit, the new man is able to get to know God’s will and God’s thoughts and walk according to God’s will and God’s thoughts, ligesom Jesus, Hvem var den førstefødte af den nye skabelse.
By doing God’s will, the new man shall walk as a son of God after Guds vilje.
Guds tanker bliver dine tanker
Men som det er skrevet, Øjet har ikke set, ej heller øre hørt, heller ikke er kommet ind i menneskets hjerte, det, som Gud har beredt for dem, som elsker ham. Men Gud har åbenbaret dem for os ved sin Ånd: thi Ånden ransager alle Ting, ja, Guds dybe ting. For det menneske ved, hvad et menneske har, frels menneskets ånd, som er i ham? saaledes ved ingen af Guds Ting, men Guds Ånd. Nu har vi modtaget, ikke verdens ånd, men den ånd, som er af Gud; At vi måske kender de ting, der frit gives os af Gud (1 Korinterne 2:9-12)
For hvem kender Herrens sind, at han kan instruere ham? Men vi har Kristi sind (1 Korinterne 2:16)
The more time you spend in the Word and abide in Him and be occupied with the things, that are above, hvor Jesus Kristus sidder, the more your mind and your thoughts will be renewed and will become like God’s way of thinking.
You shall get the mind of Christ and shall walk after the Guds vilje, som også er Jesu vilje. Kun gennem Ordet, you shall get to know the Father and will God’s thoughts become your thoughts and God’s ways become your ways.
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