Το λυτρωτικό έργο του Ιησού Χριστού δεν περιέχει απλώς τη συγχώρεση της αμαρτίας. Είναι κρίμα, that the cross is often only mentioned in reference to the forgiveness of sin while the essence of the cross is ignored. Jesus not only paid for your sins but through His death on the cross, Jesus restored the sonship and left this as an inheritance for the people that believe. What does the restoration of the sonship of God mean for Christians?
Does the cross solemnly means the forgiveness of sin?
Είναι κρίμα, that the cross is often only mentioned in connection with the forgiveness of sin and most preachers don’t go beyond the sacrifice of atonement of Jesus Christ.
Many Christians keep camping at the cross. They are grateful that their sins are forgiven and that they are saved and therefore don’t go to hell, αλλά αυτό είναι. They are not thankful for what Jesus has done more.
Πολλές φορές, Christians don’t want to know more. That’s because more knowledge entails more responsibility and they don’t want that.
They want to continue their old lives and live the way they want to live, combined with a security that they are saved.
What was the purpose of Jesus’ ερχομός?
Ωστόσο, the purpose of Jesus’ coming was not to die for sin and make atonement for fallen man and start a new religion, whereby man can keep living as the old man (a sinner aka son of the devil) without bringing animal sacrifices to the house of God and atone their sins and iniquities with their blood.
The purpose of Jesus’ coming was to restore (θεραπεύω) what was broken through the disobedience of Adam to his Father and Maker.
The creation of man was defiled through the sin (the evil) of man and became ill and had to be healed (αποκατασταθεί).
Through His submission and obedience to the Father, Jesus took all the guilt and judgment of Adam’s disobedience, the guilt and judgment under which the whole fallen human race lives, upon Him and died for whole humanity.
Through His death and resurrection from the dead, Jesus dealt with the devil that fell from his position as arch angel through his pride, ανταρσία, and disobedience to God, and through the temptation of his lies he convinced man that his words (τα ψέματά του) are the truth and through man’s obedience to his words, became the father of man, who fell from his position as son of God and ruler on earth.
Jesus dealt with the originator of rebellion and disobedience to God
Jesus dealt with the originator of rebellion and disobedience to God and the accuser of man before God, who has a hold on people through the power of sin and death in the flesh.
He broke the covenant between fallen man and death and the agreement with hell and rose from the dead with the keys of hell and death.
Jesus led the captivity captive and ascended to heaven and took place on the right hand of the Majesty, όπου He reigns as King (Ω. Εφεσίους 4:8-10; Κολοσσαείς 1:13; Εβραίους 1; Αποκάλυψη 1:9-18).
by His obedience, Jesus restored what was broken by Adam’s disobedience
Now that Jesus restored what was broken by Adam and not only took place on the right hand of the Father as High-priest but also as King (Ruler), the Father could send the other Comforter, Το Άγιο Πνεύμα, His Spirit to the earth to dwell in His sons (αυτό ισχύει τόσο για τα αρσενικά όσο και για τα θηλυκά).
God has given every person the opportunity to believe Him and through faith in God and God’s Son Jesus Christ Whom He sent to restore the sonship through His redemptive work for fallen man, να γίνει γιος του Θεού.
Through and in Him, Jesus has restored the sonship of God for everyone that believes and is γεννημένος από νερό και Πνεύμα.
The perfect creation of man on the sixth day
Now I want you to reflect the creation of man on the sixth day, that was perfectly created (before the disobedience of man (αμαρτία) and his fall), and the relationship, αρμονία, and peace between man and God in the Κήπος της Εδέμ.
God walked with man and man walked with confidence (boldly, ατρόμητος, courageous, in freedom) με τον Θεό. They spend time with each other and communed with each other and shared with each other.
Man listened to his Father and obeyed His words and did what his Father commanded man to do.
The Father provided in the needs of man and gave what man needed to fulfill his task and the responsibility that God gave man, στη γη.
This shows us that this is the will of God for man, who is originally His child and is made by Him and through His breath became alive.
The harmony between man and God was disrupted by satan
But the harmony and peace between man and God was disrupted by satan, the fallen arch angel Lucifer, who was rejected and cast from heaven on earth because of his pride and rebellion to God.
Lucifer wanted to be as God. Ωστόσο, his plan failed and he descended in great fury.
Satan was no longer God’s servant (minister) στον παράδεισο, but became God’s adversary on earth.
Satan was a witness of the creation. He saw how God created order on earth, became the Father of mankind, and gave the rulership over the earth to man.
Satan came up with a plan to fulfill his desires of becoming as God, by becoming the father of God’s son, who carried the seed of the human race in him, and to take over his rulership on earth, whereby he would become the ruler of the earth (το βασίλειο του κόσμου).
And so satan entered the serpent and approached man and through his deceptive lie he tempted the woman Eve, who tempted her husband Adam, προς την αμαρτία.
The evil that was present in the fallen arch angel Lucifer, now was also present in the nature of man of whom God was originally the Father.
The fallen arch angel Lucifer aka the devil is the father of fallen man
The fallen arch angel satan aka the devil is the father of fallen man, who lives from his fallen state and has the same evil nature as the devil (disobedience to God’s word and commandment). Because of that there is nothing good in man and man can’t be made good (δικαιολογημένη) by his own works.
People can’t do anything about their fallen state and evil nature
People can’t do anything about their fallen state and evil nature. Only God can make a change. And God has done that by sending His Son Jesus Christ, Who came in the ομοίωση του ανθρώπου και αποκαταστάθηκε (θεραπεύτηκε) the state and nature of man.
From His position as Son of God and His perfect righteous state and the authority and power, wherewith He was clothed by God (His Name and His Spirit), Jesus dealt with the lies, μηχανουργείο, and the rulership of the devil, αμαρτία, και θάνατος.
Ο Ιησούς αποκαταστάθηκε (θεραπεύτηκε) what was broken through the disobedience of man and what man had lost, namely the sonship; his position as son of God and his perfect holy and righteous state and Godly nature and his relationship and direct communion with God.
Jesus the Christ restored the sonship for everyone who believes and is born again in Him.
Μετάνοια, the water baptism and the baptism with the Holy Spirit are the result and proof of the faith in God and the faith in Jesus Christ His Son and His redemptive and restorative work.
The way to the Father is restored through- and in His Son Jesus Christ
The way to the Father and the boldness to come to Him freely and spend time with Him in prayer and listen to Him and learn from Him, have been given back to the new man, who is recreated in Christ by faith, μετάνοια, water baptism and the baptism with the Holy Spirit (Ω. Πράξεις 2:38; Ρωμαίους 8:14-17; 1 Κορινθίους 2; 2 Κορινθίους 5:17-21; Εφεσίους 2:14-18).
Το ίδιο Πνεύμα Θεού, Που έζησε στον Ιησού, lives through the new birth in the new man.
Το Άγιο Πνεύμα, Who leads the people on God’s ways and knows the thoughts of God and the depth of God, lives in the new man and testifies of the sonship; the same sonship wherein Jesus walked.
The Holy Spirit in the new man doesn’t testify of the sinnership but the sonship of God
The Spirit in the new man doesn’t testify that man is a sinner aka a son of the devil and doesn’t cause man to walk as a slave of sin and death, Όχι, the Holy Spirit doesn’t lead people to sin and death.
But the Spirit of the sonship of God (the Spirit of adoption) testifies with the spirit of the new man, που ανασταίνεται από τους νεκρούς, that the new man is a son of God and cause man to walk in obedience to God in righteousness.
The assurance of the sonship abides through the Holy Spirit in the new man, που γεννήθηκε από τον Θεό, by blood, water and Spirit and clothed with Christ.
Γιατί όλοι είστε παιδιά του Θεού με πίστη στον Χριστό Ιησού. Για όσους πολλούς από εσάς, όπως βαφτίστηκαν στον Χριστό, έχουν βάλει τον Χριστό
Γαλάτες 3:26
The truth is that Jesus restored the sonship of God!
Στο σταυρό, Jesus not only dealt with sin and death, but also with the enmity between God and man and restored in Him the sonship through the sacrifice of His flesh (Ω. Εφεσίους 2:14-18).
All those lies of theologians and carnal church leaders, who deny or stay silent concerning the necessity of becoming born again μέσω μετάνοιας, the water baptism and the baptism with the Holy Spirit, and exonerate the church visitors to live a holy life and walk righteous in the will of God, have ensured that not only they, but also the church visitors, remain the old creation, who is separated from God, and live as the old creation in licentiousness and persevere in sin (ανυπακοή στον Θεό).
Ιεροκήρυκες, who themselves are sons of the devil, and therefore do the will and works of their father (ψευδόμενος, κλοπή, ζαβολιά, ειδωλολατρία, μαγεία, πορνεία, σεξουαλική ακαθαρσία, μοιχεία, διαζύγιο, μίσος, σκοτώνω, κλπ.) and preach apostasy and the sinnership instead of preaching the faith, μετάνοια, νέα γέννηση, sanctification and the sonship of God, δεν είναι anointed by God and don’t have the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
People who say they are Christians but advocate and stand up for the rights of the flesh, are not in Christ and don’t belong to God and don’t have His Holy Spirit.
Λόγω του γεγονότος, that the majority of church visitors are not truly born again and spiritual, αλλά σαρκικό, and therefore walk in darkness and don’t study the Bible themselves and are ignorant of the truth, they look up to these people, who studied and are appointed as church leaders, and believe their words.
When should you follow the example of church leaders?
Should you obey and follow the example of church leaders? Απόλυτα, if they have put off their own lives in Christ and are born again in Him and follow Him and speak His words, and therefore lead the same devoted life as Paul, who wrote these words (1 Κορινθίους 4:14-21; 11:1; Εβραίους 13:17).
As long as they are spiritual and walk by faith in the love and fear of the Lord God and as a result of this faith believe, speak and obey His words and keep the commandments of Jesus and walk as the new creation after the Spirit in His will, you should follow them.
But not if they are still carnal and live like the world in wickedness and debauchery and don’t believe the words of God but twist and deny the words of God, and speak the words of the world instead and do the works of the flesh and prevent and blaspheme the way of the Lord.
Jesus was very clear to the ηγέτες του λαού του Θεού when He lived on earth and that is still the case.
Η αλήθεια είναι, that Jesus restored the sonship in His flesh with His own blood! Ο Ιησούς συμφιλίωσε τον άνθρωπο με τον Θεό (Ω. Ρωμαίους 5:10; 2 Κορινθίους 5:18-21; Κολοσσαείς 1:21-23).
Ολοι, who believes in Jesus Christ and is born again in Him has become a son of God
Ολοι, who believes in Jesus Christ and has repented, and is born again in Him; γεννημένος από το νερό (βάπτισμα) και Πνεύμα (βάπτισμα με το Άγιο Πνεύμα) has become a son of God.
Through the sacrifice and the blood of Jesus Christ the soul of man is justified.
Through the crucifixion of the flesh there is no enmity anymore between man and God.
And through the resurrection of the new man from the dead, man is delivered from the power of the devil and sin and death and has become a son of God (αυτό ισχύει τόσο για τα αρσενικά όσο και για τα θηλυκά).
Man is anointed in Christ and therefore placed in the position of the sonship. As proof of his sonship the new man receives the Holy Spirit.
Through the restored (θεραπεύτηκε) state and the abiding of the Holy Spirit man is made perfect and shall life from this perfect state as son of God in peace with God in obedience to his Father according to His will, and does what pleases Him. Ακριβώς όπως ο Ιησούς, ο Πρωτότοκος της νέας δημιουργίας
Γίνετε λοιπόν ακόλουθοι του Θεού, ως αγαπητά παιδιά; Και περπατήστε ερωτευμένοι, όπως και ο Χριστός μας αγάπησε, και έδωσε τον εαυτό Του για μας μια προσφορά και μια θυσία στον Θεό για μια γλυκιά μυρωδιά
Εφεσίους 5:1-2
«Γίνε το αλάτι της γης’
