Kroz žrtvu Isusa Krista i njegove krvi i vjere i regeneracije u Kristu, Očistili ste se od svih svojih grijeha i bezakonja i učinili sveti i pravedni i pomirili se s Bogom. You have not been cleansed and made holy and righteous by your own works and by obeying all kinds of laws and regulations, but you have been cleansed and made holy and righteous by faith in Jesus Christ and His perfect work of redemption. When you have become a new creation and have been made holy and righteous, it’s time for the process of sanctification. Kakav je postupak posvećenja? What does the Bible say about sanctification?
Kakav je postupak posvećenja?
I tebe, koji su nekada bili otuđeni i neprijatelji u vašem umu zbog zlih djela, yet now hath He reconciled In the body of His flesh through death, da vam predstavi sveto i neobjavljivo i neizlječivo u njegovom pogledu: Ako nastavite u vjeri utemeljenoj i naseljenoj, i ne biti odseljen od nade u evanđelje, što ste čuli, i koje je propovijedalo svakom stvorenju koje je pod nebom; čega sam ja Pavao postavljen za svećenika (Kološanima 1:21-23)
Kroz preporod u Kristu, postao si sin Božji (i muško i žensko). You have been set apart from the world and belong to God.
After your repentance and regeneration in Christ, it’s time for the process of sanctification. Because although you have become a son of God in the spiritual realm and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, most likely you shall not immediately walk as a son of God on earth, poput Isusa. This is mainly because the flesh is in the way.
Meso, including the carnal mind, still thinks and acts like the world and considers the wisdom and knowledge of the world and all the tangible things in the natural realm as the truth.
As long as the carnal mind doesn’t change, a person shall remain carnal (duševan) and sense-ruled and shall walk after the flesh.
Stoga, the first step in the process of sanctification is to obnoviti svoj um s riječima Božjim, which are the truth and have created all the visible things around you, uključujući i vas.
The renewing of your mind
I ne prilagođavajte se ovom svijetu: nego se preobrazite obnovom svoga uma, da možete dokazati što je to dobro, i prihvatljivo, i savršeno, volja Božja (Rimljani 12:2)
Jer je riječ Božja brza, i moćan, i oštrije od bilo kojeg dvostrukog mača, probijajući čak i razdvajajući se duše i duha, i zglobova i srži, i je prepoznatnik misli i namjera srca. Ni jedno stvorenje koje se ne očituje pred njegovim očima: Ali sve su stvari gole i otvorene očima Njega s kojima moramo učiniti (Hebrejima 4:12-13)
The will of God is written upon your heart by the Holy Spirit, but your mind still thinks like the world. By reading and studying the words of God, you shall get to know God and gain insight into good and evil; what is according to the will of God and what is not according to the will of God.
The Word of God is alive and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, probijajući čak i razdvajajući se duše i duha.
The truth of the Word shall expose the false doctrines and all the lies of the devil.
Sanctified through the truth of God
I have given them thy word; i svijet ih je zamrzio, jer nisu od svijeta, kao što nisam od svijeta. Ne molim se da ih uzmeš sa svijeta, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Oni nisu od svijeta, kao što nisam od svijeta. Posveti ih svojom istinom: tvoja riječ je istina. Kao što si mene poslao u svijet, tako sam i ja njih poslao u svijet. I za njihovo dobro ja se posvećujem, da i oni budu posvećeni istinom (Ivan 17:14-19)
The Word is the Truth and becomes alive in you when you obey and apply the words of God in your life.
As long as you only read and listen to the words of God but don’t do anything with the words of God, the words of God shall remain written words, and although they possess the life, mir, and power of God, they shall not reap anything.
Only if you read, listen to, and study the words of God and obey and apply the words of God in your life, the written words of God shall come alive in your life.
You shall constantly cleanse yourself with the truth of God. And by the revelation of the Word and the Holy Spirit and the choice you make to follow the Word and the Spirit in your life, which means that you obey and do the words of God, you shall put off the works of the flesh and shall do the works of the Spirit.
Through obedience to the Word and the Spirit, your life shall change and you shall no longer live like the world and the way you lived before your repentance.
Mala bijela laž ne može škoditi?
Na primjer, the world says, that a lie is not so bad and that a little white lie doesn’t hurt anyone and is permissible, as long as you can substantiate the lie and/or when it’s for your own benefit. In some cultures lying is even considered normal and part of the culture. But the Word commands to lie not. God doesn’t lie and therefore those, who are born of Him and have His nature shall not lie. Riječ kaže, that the devil is a liar and that his children are liars and therefore shall lie (Oh. Levitski zakonik 19:11, Brojke 23:19, Efežanima 4:25, Kološanima 3:9, Tite 1:2, Ivan 8:44 (Pročitajte također: ‘Svaka kultura nestaje u Kristu'))
Lying is not a work of the Spirit, but lying is a work of the flesh and should be put away. Napisano je, that liars, who love the lie, will not inherit eternal life but eternal death (Oh. Otkrivenje 22:15).
Only through the Word you will get to know the will of God and discern good and evil. The Holy Spirit shall guide you and show you when something is good and when something is evil and against the volja Božja.
When the telephone rings and you say to a member of your family: “just say that I’m not here”, Lažiš. But you are not the only one who lies. You put the other person in a difficult position and make the other person complicit by asking the person to lie for you. The Holy Spirit will show you immediately, that what you have done is not good.
If this doesn’t happen and you have no problem lying, you should wonder if you have received the Holy Spirit and if the Holy Spirit abides in you. Because one of the tasks of the Holy Spirit is that He reproves the world of sin.
Stoga, if the Holy Spirit dwells in you and He shall reprove the world of sin, He shall definitely reprove you of sin.
When the Holy Spirit confronts you and you become conscious of your sin, it’s up to you to obey Him and repent (in this case of your lie) and continue your walk.
And so there are many other areas in life that shall be dealt with during the process of sanctification. How fast the process of sanctification will go, all depends on your love for Jesus Christ.
“Budite sveti; jer ja sam svet"
Kao poslušna djeca, ne oblikujte se prema prijašnjim požudama u svom neznanju: Ali kao što je svet Onaj koji vas je pozvao, pa budite sveti u svakom razgovoru; Jer je napisano, Budite sveti; jer ja sam svet (1 Petar 1:14-16)
Kako nas je izabrao u Njemu prije postanka svijeta, da budemo sveti i besprijekorni pred Njim u ljubavi (Efežanima 1:4)
Every son of God will go through the process of sanctification. There is no one excluded from the process of sanctification. Since God is a holy God and He wants His sons to live holy lives. A holy life means to be set apart from the world unto God and do His will.
Tijekom procesa posvećenja, the works of the flesh shall be put away. The old man shall be put off and the new man, koji je stvoren na sliku Božju, shall be put on (Pročitajte također: 'Odbaci starca' i 'Obuci novog čovjeka').
Shall you make mistakes in the beginning? Da! But there is a difference in the types of mistakes and whether you will make a mistake unconsciously or consciously and sin willfully. Because there are sins not unto death and sins unto death (Pročitajte također: ‘What are sins not unto death and sins unto death?').
Ali sada oslobođen od grijeha, i postali sluge Božje, imate svoj plod na svetost, a kraj život vječni. Jer plaća za grijeh je smrt; ali dar Božji je vječni život po Isusu Kristu, Gospodinu našemu, (Rimljani 6:22-23)
Ali oni, who are born of God and have been made holy and righteous shall live from that righteous and holy position and from God’s nature in the will of God. Because as God is holy, those who are born of Him and belong to Him shall also be holy.
‘Budi sol zemlje’
