For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, at, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might be rich (2 Korinterne 8:9)
Jesus in all His riches left heaven and came to the earth, in the likeness of man, to fulfill God’s redemptive plan for fallen mankind. Jesus came to heal (gendanne, mak whole again) og forsone mennesket tilbage med Gud. So that we might be rich through His poverty. Selvom Jesus var det fully Man when He came to the earth, Jesus didn’t walk after the flesh in the kingdom of darkness, but Jesus walked after the Spirit in the riches of the Kingdom of His Father.
Jesus became poor
Jesus was sent by the Father to the earth and walked in the Name of His Father and was filled with the Holy Spirit and represented, prædikede, and brought the Kingdom of God on earth.
The ‘term’ poor refers not to physical poverty. Because during His life on earth, Jesus didn’t lack a thing. His Father always took care of Him and provided for His needs. But it refers to the spiritual poverty of mankind.
Faldet mand; synderen, is carnal and trapped in a body and can only live after the flesh, since the spirit of fallen man is death. Faldet mand, who is also called the old man is separated from God and subject to the spirits of this world.
When did Jesus become spiritually poor? Jesus became poor at the whipping post and on the cross.
At those moments, Jesus submitted Himself and the devil and his demons took authority over Him through people.
Ved piskeposten, Jesus took all our infirmities and sicknesses upon Him. Jesus was brutally beaten and tortured until there was almost no skin left.
Although Jesus had the ability to stop them, because Jesus could have prayed to His Father, Who would have given Him more than twelve legions of angels, Det gjorde Jesus ikke.
Jesus didn’t do anything to stop them, because the Scriptures had to be fulfilled.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to My Father, Og han skal i øjeblikket give mig mere end tolv legioner af engle? Men hvordan skal skrifterne så opfyldes, Det skal således være? (Matthew 26:53-54)
Jesus walked the way of poverty
Jesus stayed obedient to God the Father and His words. Therefore Jesus allowed them to take Him captive and endured the whipping at the whipping post and the crucifixion.
And so Jesus walked the way of poverty; He laid down all His authority; all His spiritual riches for us. På grund af det, you don’t have to go the way of poverty, but you can walk in the way of riches.
Efter piskeposten, Jesus took up His cross and walked to the place of Calvary, where Jesus would be crucified.
When Jesus was crucified and hung at the cross (tree), Jesus took all our sins and iniquities upon Him. When Jesus carried all our sins and iniquities, the Father left Jesus, fordi Gud ikke kan have fællesskab med synd (Læs også: ‘Korsets sande betydning’).
I det øjeblik, when the Father left Jesus, Jesus was the poorest. But Jesus stayed faithful to His Father and persevered and accomplished the plan of God, so that we could become rich through His poverty.
Rig gennem hans fattigdom
Men så mange som modtog ham, Til dem gav han magten 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)
You have become rich through His poverty! På grund afgrace of God the Father, you have been given power to become a son of God.
By the blood of Jesus and through regeneration, you are reconciled to God and have been made a new creation; Guds søn.
Som den nye skabelse; Guds søn (både mand og kvinde), you have been given in Christ the same riches.
You have entered the Kingdom of God through regeneration and you have been given the Name above all names; det Jesu Kristi navn and you have been given the Holy Spirit of God, Hvem bliver i dig.
Therefore you have the same position, myndighed, and power as Jesus Christ. Ja, even greater, fordi Jesus gik til Faderen.
Sandelig, sandelig, Jeg siger til dig, Den, der tror på mig, De værker, jeg udfører, skal han også gøre; Og større værker end disse skal han gøre; fordi jeg går til min Fader. Og hvad end I beder om i mit navn, det vil jeg gøre, at Faderen kan blive herliggjort i Sønnen. Hvis I beder om noget i mit navn, Jeg vil gøre det (John 14:12-14).
We are seated in Jesus Christ
Men Gud, Hvem er rig på nåde, For hans store kærlighed, hvormed han elskede os, Selv når vi var døde i synder, har hurtigere os sammen med Kristus, (Af nåde er du frelst;) Og har opdraget os sammen, og fik os til at sidde sammen på himmelske steder i Kristus Jesus: for i de kommende tider at vise sin nådes overmåde rigdom i sin godhed mod os ved Kristus Jesus (Efeserne 2:4-7)
We are siddende i Jesus Kristus at the right hand of the Father and have been given in Him the inheritance; all the riches; all authority and power in heaven and on earth.
Gennem Jesu offer, you can have a life in abundance. You have been made rich, when you were filled with the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ; the Word dwells in you.
It’s not about money and material possessions, but it’s about the Holy Spirit, Whom you have received in Jesus Christ. It’s about the place and the authority you have been given in Jesus Christ and the power you have received in Him from the Father.
You have been given the Holy Spirit, so that you will be able to fulfill the Jesu Kristi bud and represent the Kingdom of God on earth and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and bring the Kingdom of God to the people, so that they also might be saved and enter the Kingdom of God through regeneration and receive the grace and the riches of God.
You are precious to Him, He showed you His love. Jesus gave up all His riches and became (åndelig) poor for you, so that you could be rich in Him. Now you can live in Him and have the same life as Jesus Christ on earth. Imidlertid, It will cost you everything, but it’s absolutely worth it! (Læs også: ‘At følge Jesus vil koste dig alt!).
Jesus has shown His love for you. Nu, you can show Jesus your love, ved at blive lydig to Him and His commandments, and do what Jesus has commanded you to do. You can show Him your love, by glorifying and exalting Him and the Father through your works.
“Vær jordens salt”
