Lè yon moun fèt sou tè a, moun nan fèt nan kò a epi li gen yon kò ak yon nanm. Chak moun fèt nan la (kòwonpi) seed of Adam and born in a fallen state. Se poutèt sa, everyone is born a sinner and belongs to the adulterous and sinful generation of the old man (ansyen kreyasyon). What does the Bible say about the nature and works of the old man?
Kiyès granmoun gason (ansyen kreyasyon)?
The old man is not born again but is still a pechè, who lives in a fallen state. The old man belongs to the adulterous and sinful generation and is carnal.
Kidonk, nenpòt moun ki va wont pou mwen ak pou pawòl mwen yo nan jenerasyon adiltè ak peche sa a; Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a pral wont pou li tou, when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels (Mak 8:38)
Wè, Mwen te fòme nan mechanste; Se nan peche manman m' te vin ansent mwen (Sòm 51:5)
Men, moun natirèl la pa resevwa bagay Lespri Bondye a: paske yo se moun sòt pou li: li pa ka konnen yo, paske yo disène espirityèlman (1 Korentyen 2:14)
The sinful flesh reigns in the old man, whereby the old man walks after the flesh (kò ak nanm) and is led by his or her senses, Pwal, Mind Carnal, antiman, emosyon yo, lanvi, dezi, elatriye..
Since the old man is carnal and sense ruled, the old man operates in the visible realm (domèn natirèl).
The old man is unspiritual and can’t see nor comprehend the spiritual realm nor understand the things of the Spirit.
Lespri vye granmoun lan mouri (under the authority of the death). Se poutèt sa, the old man is separated from God.
What does the bible say about the old man (ansyen kreyasyon)?
In the Old Testament and the four gospels of the New Testament (Matye, Mak, Lik, ak Jan), we read about the generation of the old man, who is carnal and lives after the flesh. The people were sense-ruled and led by their will, Mind Carnal, lanvi, ak dezi.
Although there were some exceptions and the Holy Spirit came upon the prophets, prèt, and other elects of God, the people were unrenewed and remained the old creation, lespri li mouri.
Pou rezon sa a, Jezi vin sou tè a. Jesus came to restore the position of the fallen man and reconcile the old man back to God.
Through Jesus’s sacrifice and His redemptive work, God created through and in Jesus Christ a new creation, yon nonm nouvo. (Li tou: Ki sa lavi rezirèksyon an nan Kris la vle di?).
The new man is not born of the corrupted seed of man, but is born of dlo e Lespri.
When you believe in Jesus Christ and you become again in Him (fèt nan dlo ak lespri), ou vin yon nouvo kreyasyon (nouvo moun).
Si ou te vin tounen yon nouvo kreyasyon, you can’t compare yourself to the old creation, whom you were before your repentance and before you were born again. This means that you can’t compare yourself to any person who lived in the Old Testament and the four gospels, including the disciples, before they were fèt ankò.
The only Person who lived in the Old Covenant you can compare yourself with is Jesus Christ. Jezi se premye pitit nouvo kreyasyon an; fèt nan dlo ak lespri. Jezi te montre nou, how to live as the new creation on earth. (Li tou: Tout kreyasyon an kreye nan Jezikri).
Why is the Bible difficult to read and understand?
Many Christians find the Bible boring and difficult to read. They don’t understand and comprehend the Bible and say that the Bible contradicts itself. Although the world becomes smarter every day, it seems like Christians become dumber every day.
The higher the IQ of people, the more difficult the Bible becomes. And because people don’t understand the Bible anymore, yo bezwen new Bible translations that are easier to read.
Why do Christians not understand the Bible or interpret the Bible in a wrong manner? Why do Christians need easier Bible translations? The answer to this question is quite simple. They are not truly born again and are not spiritual.
They are still the old man, who is carnal and lives in darkness. Their darkened mind can’t understand nor comprehend the words and the spiritual things of God and His Kingdom.
Pawòl Jezi yo se lespri ak lavi
The words that I speak unto you, Yo se lespri, Epi yo se lavi (Jan 6:63)
Jesus said that His words are spirit and life. If your spirit is not raised from the dead, you can’t understand the Bible. You shall not live according to the Word and the will of God. Kèlkeswa jan ou eseye.
If someone says that the Bible is difficult to understand and/or that the Bible contradicts itself, then in most cases, moun nan pa fèt ankò (fèt nan dlo ak lespri). The person tries to understand and comprehend the Bible with his carnal mind (his own intellect), but that won’t work.
That’s why in the Old Covenant, the people of God always needed scribes, prèt, pwofèt yo, elatriye. to reveal the will of God and translate to them the spiritual things of the Kingdom of God.
Jezi reponn li, An verite, an verite, Mwen di ou, Eksepte yon nonm fèt ankò, li pa ka wè wayòm Bondye a (Jan 3:3)
God’s people were not able to understand the spiritual things, because they had a vail before their eyes, zòrèy, ak lespri (nan. Mak 8:17-18, Jan 12:40, 2 Korentyen 3:14). This vail will only be taken away, when someone becomes born again in Christ and becomes a nouvo kreyasyon; yon nonm nouvo, ki moun ki fèt nan dlo ak lespri.
Why did Jesus speak in parables to the old man?
Jesus walked in the flesh after the Spirit. Jesus revealed the things of God and the Kingdom of God to the people using parables. Poukisa? Because the spirit of the old man is dead, whereby the old man is is unspiritual and not able to see nor comprehend the spiritual Kingdom of God.
Moun natirèl la pa resevwa bagay Lespri Bondye a: paske yo se moun sòt pou li: li pa ka konnen yo, paske yo disène espirityèlman (1 Korentyen 2:14)
Se poutèt sa, Jesus ‘translated’ soti nan Lespri a (the spiritual things of the unseen realm) nan kò a (earthly things of the visible realm).
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand (Matye 13:13)
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, di, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world (Matye 13:34-35)
Jesus spoke only in parables to the people of the house of Israel. Jesus knew that if He spoke directly to the people about the Kingdom of God, they wouldn’t understand His words.
Only when Jesus opened the understanding of His disciples were they able to understand the Scriptures.
Lè sa a, li louvri konprann yo, pou yo ka konprann ekriti yo (Lik 24:45).
The amount of head knowledge doesn’t prove if a person is born again
Gen anpil moun, who have a lot of head knowledge about the Bible and know the Scriptures by heart. Some people went to a Bible college or Theological Seminary and earned a degree and have a lot of head knowledge about the Bible. But many of them (teolojyen, pastè yo, yon lòt kote, elatriye. ) are still the unregenerated old man, lespri li mouri.
While they possess a lot of head knowledge (soulish knowledge), they lack heart knowledge. They do know the letter, but they don’t know the Word; Jezi Kri.
Although they know the written letter and know about God, they’re not born of God and don’t belong to the Kingdom of God. They don’t have an experiential relationship with God the Father, Jezikri, Pitit la, ak Sentespri a, Ki moun ki rete nan nouvo nonm lan.
Knowledge about the Bible shall not save any person nor change any person. A person will not be able to please God with a lot of head knowledge about the Bible. Because everything that is done out of the flesh, nan ka sa a, the carnal mind (nanm), pa ka fè Bondye plezi.
Pou yo ka bouche l; men ou gen pou nou viv espirityèlman se lavi ak lapè. Paske lespri chanèl la se lènmi kont Bondye: paske se pa sijè a lwa Bondye a, ni annefè kapab. Se konsa, lè sa a yo ki nan kò a pa ka fè Bondye plezi (Women 8:6-8)
Lachè a pa ka fè Bondye plezi
Some people are raised in a Christian family and have been Christians all of their lives. They’re friendly and go to church. They read their Bible, prye, dim, give alms to the poor, fè travay charite, care for the sick and elderly, and maybe even volunteer at the church, but they stay the carnal man; the unchanged old man.
They think that by doing these ‘good works’ and going to church, they serve God and are saved. But doing these things doesn’t save anyone. They don’t give anyone access to the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal life.
There are a lot of unbelievers who are friendly and humanistic and do charity works and maybe even give more to charity organizations than Christians, men yo pa sove.
The only way to lavi etènèl and to enter the Kingdom of God is through Jesus Christ, pa san li.
Jezi reponn, An verite, an verite, Mwen di ou, Eksepte yon nonm dwe fèt nan dlo ak nan lespri a, Li pa ka antre nan wayòm Bondye a (Jan 3:5)
Sèlman grasa Jezikri, pa san li, Ak pa vin fèt ankò, by water (batèm) e Lespri (batèm nan Lespri Sen an), you become a new creation and receive eternal life.
As long as the spirit of a person has not been raised from the dead, a person remains the old creation; the old man and is not saved.
What did Jesus say about the old man?
When Jesus walked upon this earth, Jesus walked among the generation of the natural fallen man.
Jesus wasn’t surrounded by new creations but old creations. What did Jesus say about the old man and the generation of the old creation, ki te fèt nan pitit pitit Adan an?
The old man always wants a sign of God
The generation of Adam; vye granmoun lan, always wants a sign from God to get some kind of confirmation or approval about a matter. But what does Jesus say about a sign?
And Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? (Mak 8:12)
An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign (Matye 12:39, 16:4)
And when the people were gathered thick together, Jesus began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign (Lik 11:29)
The devil works in the flesh and also works through signs and wonders. When a person asks for a sign, the devil is more than willing to give a sign to the person. chemen sa a, the devil can deceive a person and cause the person to do his will instead of God’s will. (Li tou: ‘Volonte Bondye vs volonte dyab la').
Many Christians make decisions based on a sign, paròl, feeling, revelasyon, rèv, elatriye., instead of making a decision based on God’s Word.
How many Christians made a wrong commitment based on a so-called sign of God?
There are many Christians who married an unbeliever based on a so-called sign of God. This so-called sign of God permitted them to marry an unbeliever. Sepandan, during their marriage, they found out that the unbeliever wasn’t the right partner for them. Kòm yon rezilta, they have a hard time and live in sorrow and misery. Or they even made their mistake worse by getting a divorce, which is not the will of God. (Li tou: ‘Me yon kretyen divòse?).
The new man knows the will of the father
Moun sa yo, who are born again and belong to the generation of the new creation don’t need a sign. Because they know the will of the Father, through His Word and Holy Spirit. They discern the spirits and have knowledge of good and evil.
They’re born of God and have the nature of God and walk after the Spirit and the Word. They are constantly led by the Spirit in all wisdom and truth.
Se poutèt sa, it is important after you become born again in Christ, pou renouvle lide ou with the Word of God and do the Word of God, so that you grow up into the sonship of God. Train your spiritual senses, so that you will be able to discern what is from God and what isn’t.
The old man is led by a feeling
The old man makes decisions based on feelings and emotions. Se poutèt sa, the old man always needs some kind of feeling to be led or to do something. The old man assumes that this feeling is the Holy Spirit. Without this ‘feeling’, the old man will not do anything. But when you are led by a feeling, you are led by your flesh and not by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not a feeling but a Person.
Men, nouvo nonm lan, who is the new creation, knows that the Holy Spirit abides in him or her and acts without being led by feelings or emotions. Because the new man knows the will of God and knows that feelings and emotions belong to the flesh and can be deceiving.
The new creation knows that as long as he or she walks after the Word and the Spirit in obedience to the words of God that (s)he shall be continuously led by the Holy Spirit. As long as the new creation walks and acts according to the Word, the Holy Spirit shall empower the words and actions.
Jesus wasn’t led by feelings and didn’t need ‘a feeling’ before He acted. Feelings are part of the flesh. Jesus knew that if He would be led by His feelings, He would walk according to what His flesh tells Him. But Jesus knew the will of His Father and only did what His Father told Him to do.
Jezi te mache apre Lespri a. When Jesus was moved, He was moved in the Spirit. Especially when He saw the multitudes wandering about like sheep without a shepherd. A fallen generation, who have no clue and are full of unbelief.
The old man is surprised when a miracle takes place
When a miracle takes place, many times the old man can hardly believe it. But the new man is not surprised but will expect it. So that Jesus is exalted and the Father glorified.
The old man wants to prove the authority of the Bible through science
The old man wants to prove the authority and liability of the Bible by science. But if the gospel of Jesus Christ becomes scientifically proved, how can you walk in faith? If you walk according to the visible, it’s no longer walking by faith. (Li tou: Èske Bib la ak syans mache ansanm?).
If scientists prove the Biblical truth through science, then faith is no longer faith. Anplis de sa, it proves that people rely on science, which is human knowledge. They have more faith in science than faith in God and His Word.
Kounye a, lafwa se yon bagay ki gen espwa, prèv bagay yo pa wè. For by it the elders obtained a good report (Ebre 11:1)
Bondye, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were (Women 4:17)
Only by faith can you walk after the Spirit and call those things which are not, tankou si yo te. That’s faith!
The old man is afraid and worries
Se poutèt sa mwen di nou, Pa panse pou lavi ou, kisa n'a manje, oswa kisa pou nou bwè; ni ankò pou kò ou, kisa pou nou mete. Se pa lavi a plis pase vyann, ak kò a pase rad? Se poutèt sa, si Bondye abiye zèb nan jaden an konsa, ki jodi a, epi demen yo jete nan fou a, Li p'ap abiye nou ankò, O nou menm ki gen lafwa? (Matye 6:25, 30)
Poukisa ou pè, O nou ki pa gen lafwa? (Matye 8:26)
The old man is afraid and worries about daily affairs. The daily affairs controle his life. And so the old man worries about the circumstances, fanmi, pitit, lavni, travay, finans, sante, things happening in the world, elatriye., and carries this heavy burden. (Li tou: De fason yo ale nan yon tanpèt).
The old man doubts and can’t walk by faith
The old man belongs to the faithless generation (unbelieving generation), and doubts. That’s why the old man is not able to walk in faith.
Jesus called His disciples ‘you of little faith’, after His disciples witnessed twice the feeling of the multitude.
Premye fwa, they witnessed that 5000 (fanm ak timoun yo pa konte) were fed. They even helped Jesus distribute the bread and the fish to the multitudes. (Li tou: Did you know that the feeding of the multitude not only occurred in the New Testament?)
Dezyèm fwa a, they witnessed how Jesus fed 4000 gason (fanm ak timoun yo pa konte) with only seven loaves of bread and some fish.
Men yon jou, when the disciples forgot to bring bread, they didn’t think about these two miraculous occasions. Non, pito, they worried about the fact that they didn’t bring bread with them. But Jesus reminded them and said:
O nou ki pa gen lafwa, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? (Matye 16:8-10)
Another example is the story about the father, who brought his son to Jesus. His son had a dumb spirit. But the disciples of Jesus were not able to cast this dumb spirit out of the boy and deliver him. Jezi di yo:
O faithless generation, Konbyen tan mwen pral avèk ou?? Konbyen tan mwen pral soufri ou? (Mak 9:19)
The old man can’t understand the creation
Sèlman pa lafwa, you’ll be able to believe that God created the heavens and the earth and all there is within. Pa lafwa, you will understand the creation.
Atravè lafwa nou konprann ke mond yo te ankadre pa pawòl Bondye a, Konsa, bagay yo wè yo pa fèt ak bagay ki parèt yo (Ebre 11:3)
That’s why many people, ki moun ki toujou (the natural man) are not able to understand the creation. Olye de sa, they believe in the big bang theory and evolution, ki se moun sòt pou Bondye. (Li tou: Did God create the heaven and the earth in six days or…).
The old man doesn’t know the will of God
When your fathers tempted me, pwouve m, Li wè travay mwen pandan karantan. Se poutèt sa, mwen te lapenn ak jenerasyon sa a, e li di, They do always err in their heart; epi yo pa konnen chemen mwen. Se konsa, mwen fè sèman nan kòlè mwen, They shall not enter into My rest (Ebre 3:9-11)
Lespri vye granmoun lan mouri. The old man doesn’t have the Holy Spirit and doesn’t walk after the Spirit and the Word in God’s will. But the old man is carnal and walks after the flesh and is controlled by his senses, emosyon yo, antiman, and thoughts, elatriye.
The old man doesn’t know the will of God or rejects the will of God because the will of God always strives against the will, lanvi, ak dezi lachè. (nan. Women 8:1-14, Galat 5:13-26).
God had done so many signs and wonders during the exodus of His people and their stay in the wilderness. But despite the many miracles, God’s people didn’t trust Him.
God revealed His nature and will by giving His laws to Moses. Atravè lalwa Moyiz la, Bondye te fè volonte li yo bay pèp li a, but the people refused to submit to the Law.
They were rebellious against God. Instead of submitting to His will and walking in obedience to His words, they did their own will and walked in the lusts and desires of their carnal heart.
But the new man walks after the Spirit and the Word in the will of God and establishes the law. Paske Lwa li; Volonte li, is written upon the new heart of the new creation.
God has revealed the things, which God has prepared for them that love Him, pa Lespri li
Men, jan sa ekri a, Je pa wè, ni zòrèy tande, ni yo pa antre nan kè moun, bagay Bondye te pare pou moun ki renmen l yo. Men, Bondye fè nou konnen yo grasa Lespri li a: paske Lespri a sonde tout bagay, wi, bagay pwofon Bondye yo (1 Korentyen 2:9-10)
Before you were born again in Christ, you couldn’t see nor understand the Kingdom of God. Your mind was darkened, and God’s thoughts and will were unsearchable.
But by faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Christ, the resurrection of your spirit from the dead and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, you became spiritual and have His nature.
The old man feeds his flesh, the new man feeds his spirit
You have God’s nature, and by the renewing of your mind with the Word of God, the thoughts of God become your thoughts. His will becomes your will, epi Fason li vin wout ou.
The more you feed your spirit and renew your mind and apply His words in your life, the faster you grow up into a mature son of God. The faster you grow up into a mature son of God the sooner you shall walk as Jesus walked upon this earth, Who was and is the reflection of God.
But as long as you keep feeding your flesh, olye de lespri ou, and your mind remains carnal, you stay a baby and walk after your flesh. The thoughts and the will of God remain unsearchable because you don’t know God and don’t get to know God through the Word. Poutèt sa, you shall live with an Jezi imajinè, whom you have created in your mind.
Se poutèt sa, it’s time to put off the old man and mete nouvo nonm lan and walk in obedience to God in His will on earth.
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