人生には二つの影がある, 人が住める場所. 人は至高者の影に住むこともできるし、死の影に住むこともできる. キリスト教徒はこう言うだろう, that they abide in the shadow of the Almighty God. でもそれは本当ですか? It is so easily said, but what does it mean to abide in the shadow of the Most High? When do you abide in the shadow of the Most High and when do you abide in the shadow of death according to the Bible?
What is the shadow of death?
When man was misled by the lie of the devil and rebelled against God and sinned, 死が人間に入り込んだ, and the spirit of man died and man came under the authority of the devil and his kingdom and lived in the shadow of death.
Man belonged to the death and every person, who would be born, would be born as a sinner in the kingdom of darkness and live in the shadow of death and after natural death enters hades.
老人 (倒れた男) is bound to the kingdom of darkness and belongs to death.
As long as a person is not born again and the flesh remains alive, death shall reign as king in the person’s life and the person shall abide in the shadow of death.
When do you abide in the shadow of death?
When a person abides in the shadow of death, the carnal mind of the person shall be darkened and controlled by the kingdom of darkness. Everything the person does originate from the darkened mind and through the influence and control of the kingdom of darkness and its powers.
Therefore a person, who abides in the shadow of death shall do unrighteous works and produce the fruit of death, これは罪です.
The person shall live after the flesh and be sense-ruled and do the works of the flesh and persevere in sin, whereby a person doesn’t please God but the devil. Because sin doesn’t please God, but grieves God and causes separation.
Sin pleases the devil and exalts and honors the devil and empowers him (こちらもお読みください: ‘悪魔の力は罪によって力を供給されています )
The valley of death is the place, where death reigns through sin. And because death reigns, the result will become visible in the natural realm, which is perceivable by the senses of man.
What is the shadow of the Most High?
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined (イザヤ書 9:2)
暗闇の中に座っていた人々は大きな光を見た; そして死の影と領域に座っていた彼らに光が芽生える (has dawned) (マシュー 4:16)
And thou child, 至高者の預言者と呼ばれるであろう: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways; to give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission(許し) 彼らの罪の, through the tender mercy of our God; そこでは高いところから夜明けが私たちを訪れました, 暗闇と死の影に座っている彼らに光を与えるために, to guide our feet into the way of peace (ルーク 1:76-79)
イエスは唯一の人です, who can redeem man from the power of darkness and the shadow of death.
Therefore the only way to be redeemed from the shadow of death and the power of the kingdom of darkness is by faith in Jesus Christ and 再生 彼の中に; 肉体の死と死者の中からの霊の復活.
再生を通じて, your flesh has been crucified in Christ and your spirit is raised from the dead, whereby you no longer abide in the shadow of death and live in the kingdom of darkness, being controlled by the spirits of the kingdom of darkness (世界), but you shall abide in the shadow of the Most High and live in His Kingdom and be controlled by His Holy Spirit.
闇の力から私たちを救い出した人, そして私たちを彼の愛する御子の王国に移してくださいました: 彼の血を通して私たちがredいをしている人, 罪の許しさえ (コロサイ人への手紙 1:13-14)
再生を通じて, you have been transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, イエス・キリストが王であり、統治しているところ.
When do you abide in the shadow of the Most High?
神は切望する魂を満たしてくださるからです, そして飢えた魂を善で満たす. Such as sit in darkenss and in the shadow of death, 苦しみと鉄に縛られて; 彼らは神の言葉に反逆したからです, and contemned (despised) the counsel of the Most High: それゆえ、彼は労働によって彼らの心を打ち負かした; 彼らは倒れた, そして助けてくれる人は誰もいなかった. それから彼らは苦しみの中で主に叫びました, そして彼は彼らを苦悩から救った. 彼は彼らを暗闇と死の影から導き出しました, そして彼らのバンドを粉砕する. Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men! (詩編 107:9-15)
You shall no longer rebel against the words of God and abide in the shadow of death and your mind shall no longer be darkened by lies and be controlled by the powers of the kingdom of darkness and bear the fruit of death, which is sin and persevere in sin and be unhappy and dejected and live in depression and fear. But you shall abide in the shadow of the Most High.
至高者の秘密の場所に住む者は全能者の影の下にとどまるであろう (詩篇 91:1)
You shall abide in the shadow of the Most High and because your mind is enlightened with the Truth of God and He reigns in your life, you shall walk after the Word and the Spirit and produce the fruit of the Spirit and do righteous works and be joyful, satisfied and live in the peace of God.
You will rejoice in Him and you shall obey God and His Word and walk in His will and you shall do all those things, which please the Lord and exalt Him.
You shall no longer trust and rely on yourself and the world and walk in darkness, but you shall put your trust in God and rely on His Word and you shall walk by faith according to His Word in the light.
As long as you obey God and abide in Jesus Christ; the Word and walk after the Spirit, you shall abide in His shadow and walk in His authority and power and reign over your flesh, 罪, and death and over the whole army of the enemy, who tries to seduce the people to sin and cause them to rebel against God and live in rebellion against God.
Abiding in the shadow of the Most High in the valley of death
ええ, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 私は悪を恐れません: あなたは私と一緒にいるから; they rod and thy staff they comfort me (詩編 23:4)
Although the world is in decline and evil is present and sin reigns supreme, you shall not be moved and shall not be afraid, because you trust in God and rely on His Word and stand on His Word and don’t deviate from His Word.
You know that the Most High is with you and protects you. His Word and His Holy Spirit abide in you and shall lead you, comfort you, and keep you.
The world abides in the shadow of death
When we look around, we see that the world abides in the shadow of death. Sin is so great, that evil and death reign and cause destruction and make many victims. How did it get this far? It could have gotten this far, because the Church has neglected her task and has gone her own way instead of keeping God’s way and do His will on earth (こちらもお読みください: ‘キリストの解放された花嫁「).
Many churches are not spiritual anymore, but they are carnal and soulish and instead of being witnesses of Jesus Christ and preach the words of God, they are ashamed of Him and His words and have changed and adjusted His words so that it fits into their carnal lives and the world.
They have changed the gospel and compromised with the world, to avoid persecution and to prevent people, 世界に属する人, from being offended.
They are focused upon their own well-being and prosperity in the world and in their pride, 彼らは自分の意志に従って進んできた, 神と神の言葉に服従し、神の意志を行い、代弁する代わりに, 神の王国を確立し、人々にもたらす, 暗闇の中に座っている人は.
その罪が蔓延し、ますますその地位を占めているため、, それによって死はその力を増大させた. はい, 死はさらに力を増した, クリスチャンからも, 口ではイエスを告白するが、心と命では悪魔に仕え、イエス・キリストを否定し、罪に耐え続ける人々. 彼らの心はイエス・キリストにおいて割礼を受けていません, しかし彼らの心は依然として悪魔のものである, それによって彼らはまだ父親の欲望をしたいのです (こちらもお読みください: 「新しい契約における割礼’)
And so the world abides in the shadow of death and death has seduced many believers of the church with his lies and carried them away and caused the lights to become weaker and even extinguished in many places.
Is it possible to change that? 絶対に, but the question is, whether people are willing to pay the price.
「地の塩となれ」’
