The armor is of light in Romans 13:12 is meant for Christians. هر مسیحی, که در مسیح دوباره متولد می شود, is delivered from the power of darkness and transferred into the light. Christians don’t belong to the darkness anymore, but to the Kingdom of Light. بنابراین, Christians shall not live in the kingdom of darkness, در تاریکی راه برو, and do the works of darkness. But Christians shall live in the Kingdom of God and do righteous works. Through the new birth and the change of sonship, ذات, و پادشاهی, Christians shall put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light and walk in the light. let’s look at the armor of light in Romans 13:12 and how you put on the armor of light according to the Bible.
Put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light
شب به دور است, روز نزدیک است: پس بیایید کارهای تاریکی را دور بریزیم, and let us put on the armor of light. بیایید صادقانه راه برویم, مثل روز; نه در شورش و مستی, نه در حجله و بی حوصلگی, نه در نزاع و حسادت. اما شما عیسی مسیح خداوند را بپوشید, و برای بدن غذا ندهید, to fulfill the lusts (رومیان 13:12-14)
The Day of the Lord is near. بنابراین, it’s time, that all the Christians, که می گویند ایمان دارند, wake up from their spiritual sleep. It’s time to arise in Christ and walk in boldness after the Spirit in obedience to the Word in the light.
همه اطراف ما, we see an increase of the power of darkness. More and more spiritual ground is being taken by the power of darkness, which is visible in the natural realm in nature and the lives of people.
The main reasons for the increase of darkness are the increase of apostasy, بی قانونی, and the lukewarm state of people, که ادعا می کنند مسیحی هستند.
Many Christians don’t speak the truth but keep their mouths shut about the Truth of God to prevent conflicts or rejection by people.
Instead of standing on the Word, they compromise with the world and approve the works of darkness. They even partake in the works of darkness.
There is hardly any distinction between good and evil and the majority of believers and unbelievers.
بنابراین, it’s time that those, که می گویند ایمان دارند, become serious and show through their lives, that they believe in Jesus Christ; کلمه, and are sons of God (این هم برای مرد و هم برای زن صدق می کند), who don’t belong to the darkness (جهان) دیگر, but the Light.
بگذارید گناه دیگر به عنوان پادشاه در زندگی شما سلطنت نکند
پس مبادا گناه در بدن فانی شما سلطنت کند, که در شهوات آن اطاعت کنید. اعضای خود را به عنوان ابزار بی عدالتی در برابر گناه تسلیم نکنید: اما خود را به خدا بسپارید, مانند کسانی که از مردگان زنده هستند, و اعضای شما به عنوان ابزار عدالت برای خدا (رومیان 6:12-13)
People who keep walking in darkness and doing the works of darkness and obey and serve sin and death through their flesh, don’t walk in the light.
بنابراین, مردم, who walk in darkness are not the light in the world.
They shall not be able to deliver other people from the power of darkness. They shall also not be able to teach others in the truth of God’s Word. Since they are blinded and walk in darkness themselves and sin still reigns as king در زندگی آنها.
اما کتاب مقدس (کلام خدا) commands everyone, to put off the works of darkness and no longer walk after the lusts of the flesh. The Bible commands everyone to walk as children of light and put on the armor of light and yield their members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
و با آثار بی فایده تاریکی هیچ مشارکت داشته باشید, بلکه آنها را توبیخ کنید. زیرا حتی صحبت از کارهایی که در خفا از آنها انجام می شود شرم آور است. اما همه چیزهایی که مورد سرزنش قرار می گیرند به وسیله نور آشکار می شوند: زیرا هر چیزی که آشکار می کند نور است (افسسیان 5:11-13)
The Word commands to not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but to reprove the works of darkness by the truth of God.
How do you cast off the works of darkness and put off the old man?
Every believer should cast off the works of darkness and پیرمرد را کنار بگذار. It is an action that every believer is supposed to do. No one can do it for you. Not even God.
بنابراین اعضای خود را که روی زمین هستند فانی کنید; فساد, نجس بودن, محبت بی رحمانه, توقیف شیطانی, و طغیان, که بت پرستی است: برای کدام چیزها’ غضب خدا به فرزندان نافرمانی می رسد: در آن که شما نیز مدتی قدم می زنید, وقتی در آنها زندگی می کردید. اما اکنون همه اینها را نیز کنار گذاشتید; عصبانیت, غضب, بدخلقی, کفر, ارتباطات کثیف از دهان شما. دروغ یکی به دیگری, با دیدن اینکه شما پیرمرد را با اعمال خود کنار گذاشته اید; و مرد جدید را قرار داده اید, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created Him (کولوسیان 3:5-10)
اکنون آثار گوشت آشکار است, اینها هستند; زنا, فساد, نجس بودن, مضحک, بت پرستی, جادوگری, نفرت, واریانس, تقلید, غضب, نزاع, فتنه, بدیهی, حسادت, قتل, مستی, قیافه, و مانند: از چیزی که قبلاً به شما می گویم, همانطور که من در گذشته به شما نیز گفته ام, اینکه آنها که چنین کارهایی را انجام می دهند ، پادشاهی خدا را به ارث نمی برند(گالاتیان 5:19-22)
God has given you in Christ all authority and power to resist the devil and resist sin; the works of darkness.
بعد از عیسی مسیح, پسر خدا, was baptized in water by جان باپتیست and received the Holy Spirit from the Father, عیسی توسط روح القدس به بیابان هدایت شد.
در بیابان, عیسی بود وسوسه شده توسط شیطان به مدت چهل روز. During those forty days, Jesus learned to stay obedient to His Father and resist the devil and all his temptations.
Jesus didn’t compromise and didn’t bow to the devil. But Jesus only bowed to His Father, by staying faithful and obedient to His Father and His will.
و درست مثل عیسی, the sons of God should also walk in obedience to the Word and the Holy Spirit. They should resist the devil and don’t give into his deceptions and temptations, که منجر به گناه می شود.
And that’s only possible if you خدا را دوست داشته باش با تمام وجود, روح, فکر, و قدرت,h and know His will and yield yourself to His will, درست مثل عیسی, Who loved His Father with all His heart, روح, mind and strength and knew His Father’s will and yielded Himself to the will of the Father.
اراده خدا چیست?
زیرا این اراده خداست, حتی تقدیس شما, که شما باید از فساد خودداری کنید: که هر یک از شما باید بدانید که چگونه کشتی خود را در تقدیس و افتخار داشته باشید; نه در شهوت توهین, حتی به عنوان نهادهایی که خدا را نمی شناسند: که هیچ کس فراتر نمی رود و برادر خود را به هیچ وجه جعل می کند: زیرا خداوند انتقام همه چنین است, همانطور که ما همچنین شما را هشدار داده ایم و شهادت داده ایم. زیرا خدا ما را به ناآرامی فراخوانده است, اما به تقدس. بنابراین او ناامید می شود, ناامید نیست مرد, اما خدا, که روح القدس خود را نیز به ما داده است (1 تسالونیایی ها 4:3-8)
و روح خود را در درون شما قرار خواهم داد, و تو را به فرایض من گام بردار, و احکام من را نگاه خواهید داشت, و آنها را انجام دهید (اژکیل 36:27)
و مطابق این دنیا نباش: اما با تجدید ذهن خود متحول شوید, تا ثابت کنید که آن خیر چیست, و قابل قبول, و کامل, اراده خدا (رومیان 12:2)
Through the resurrection of the spirit from the dead and the baptism with the Holy Spirit, God’s will is written in the mind and heart of the new man. اما, the carnal mind is not renewed with the Word and thinks like the world, and can become a hindrance in the lives of Christians. A carnal mind ensure that people keep walking in disobedience to the Word in unbelief.
Therefore Christians need to ذهنشان را تجدید کنند با کلام خدا. به طوری که, they will get to know the Father and His will.
Through their love for God and by faith in God and His Word, they shall obey the words of God. They shall apply His words in their lives and walk according to His words and abide in the Word. از طریق اطاعت آنها از خدا, آنها عاشقانه راه برو according to the will of God.
What does the Bible say about the process of sanctification?
The process of sanctification is a process that every person, who has repented and has become a new creation in Jesus Christ shall go through. Even when you are raised in a Christian family, you shall go through the process of sanctification after you’ve become born again (را غسل تعمید در آب و تعمید با روح القدس).
بنابراین, برادران, ما بدهکار هستیم, نه به گوشت, برای زندگی پس از جسم. زیرا اگر بعد از گوشت زندگی می کنید, شما خواهید مرد: اما اگر از طریق روح عمل بدن را فانی کنید, شما برای کسانی که توسط روح خدا هدایت می شوند زندگی خواهید کرد, آنها فرزندان خدا هستند. زیرا شما روح اسارت را برای ترس دوباره دریافت نکرده اید; اما شما روح فرزندخواندگی را دریافت کرده اید, به موجب آن گریه می کنیم, ابا, پدر (رومیان 8:12-15)
During the process of تقدیس, you shall put off the works of darkness. You’ll put off the old man, که ذات شیطانی دارد, and put on the armor of light. You will put on the new man and be clothed with Jesus Christ.
You shall no longer do the works of the flesh. But through (the power of) روح, you shall kill the works of the flesh and do the works of the Spirit, which produces life and peace.
You shall no longer listen to the lusts and desires of your flesh, that commands you to love yourself and the world and reject the words of God, and wants to lie, rebel, fornicate, زنا کن, طلاق, تماشا کن پورن, and have sexual relationships with someone, who isn’t your spouse/of the same gender/multiple persons/yourself/children or animals.
You’ll no longer listen to your flesh that wants you to walk in pride and commands you to get involved with strange religions and/or (شرقی) فلسفه, جادوگری, فال, با ارواح مشورت کنید, envy others and be jealous, drink alcohol, دزدی کردن, نفرت, کشتن, باشد نابخشودنی towards others, recompense evil for evil, و غیره.
Because according to the Bible, all these works are the works of darkness that belong to the old man; گناهکار. These works of darkness don’t belong in the life of the new man, who has been made holy and righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him.
همه, who has been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ
زیرا همه شما فرزندان خدا هستید به واسطه ایمان به مسیح عیسی. همانطور که بسیاری از شما همانطور که در مسیح تعمید یافته اید ، مسیح را قرار داده اید (گالاتیان 3:26-27)
The new man is clothed with Christ. بنابراین, the spiritual transformation of the پیرمرد into the new man should become visible in the natural realm in the life of the new man.
مرد جدید, who has been made in the image of the Creator, shall put on Jesus Christ; the Word and walk in the light; در حقیقت خدا, in the armor of light.
When you have become the new man, you shall walk after the Spirit and shall love God with all your heart, روح, mind and strength and your neighbor as yourself, which means that you shall serve no other gods and have no idols, you shall not commit spiritual adultery with other religions and/or philosophies, and shall not commit witchcraft, زناشویی, فساد, دروغ, دزدی کردن, کشتن, envy etc.
How do you put on the armor of light?
You put on the armor of light by yielding to Jesus Christ; the Word and the Holy Spirit and doing what is written in the Word.
As long as you stay faithful to Jesus Christ and walk after the will of the Father you shall do righteous works; the works of light and shall walk in righteousness.
The path of righteousness is not the path of the world. It’s a narrow path and only few shall find it or keep walking on this path (متیو 7:14). Your walk in life depends on your love for Jesus Christ and the Father.
Only if you are born again in Christ and love God with all your heart, روح, فکر, and strength and stay obedient to the Word and the Holy Spirit and walk by faith in righteousness after the will of God, you shall be able to:
- Resist all the temptations of the devil,
- Fulfill your task in the Kingdom of God on earth,
- Be a witness of Jesus Christ,
- Do the works of light,
- Stand in the faith.
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