ເກາະແມ່ນຂອງແສງສະຫວ່າງໃນ Romans 13:12 ແມ່ນຫມາຍເຖິງຊາວຄຣິດສະຕຽນ. ຄຣິສຕຽນທຸກຄົນ, ຜູ້ທີ່ເກີດໃຫມ່ໃນພຣະຄຣິດ, ຖືກປົດປ່ອຍຈາກພະລັງງານຂອງຄວາມມືດແລະຖືກໂອນເຂົ້າໄປໃນຄວາມສະຫວ່າງ. ຊາວຄຣິດສະຕຽນບໍ່ໄດ້ຢູ່ໃນຄວາມມືດອີກຕໍ່ໄປ, but to the Kingdom of Light. ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, Christians shall not live in the kingdom of darkness, ຍ່າງຢູ່ໃນຄວາມມືດ, 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, ທໍາມະຊາດ, ແລະອານາຈັກ, 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
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນແມ່ນໄດ້ໃຊ້ເວລາໄກ, ມື້ແມ່ນຢູ່ໃນມື: ຂໍໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາລົງປະຕິບັດວຽກງານຂອງຄວາມມືດ, and let us put on the armor of light. ຂໍໃຫ້ເຮົາຍ່າງດ້ວຍຄວາມຊື່ສັດ, ໃນມື້; ບໍ່ໄດ້ຢູ່ໃນຄວາມວຸ້ນວາຍແລະການເມົາເຫຼົ້າ, ບໍ່ໄດ້ຢູ່ໃນສະກູແລະຄໍາປາໄສ, ບໍ່ແມ່ນໃນ strife ແລະ envying. ແຕ່ໃຫ້ພວກທ່ານຢູ່ໃນພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດເຈົ້າ, ແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ການຈັດຫາໃຫ້ເນື້ອຫນັງ, to fulfill the lusts (ຊາວໂລມັນ 13:12-14)
The Day of the Lord is near. ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, ມັນເຖິງເວລາ, that all the Christians, ຜູ້ທີ່ເວົ້າວ່າພວກເຂົາເຊື່ອ, 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.
ທັງຫມົດອ້ອມຂ້າງພວກເຮົາ, 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, ທີ່ບໍ່ມີກົດຫມາຍ, and the lukewarm state of people, ຜູ້ທີ່ອ້າງວ່າເປັນຊາວຄຣິດສະຕຽນ.
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.
ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, it’s time that those, ຜູ້ທີ່ເວົ້າວ່າພວກເຂົາເຊື່ອ, become serious and show through their lives, that they believe in Jesus Christ; ຄໍາ, and are sons of God (ນີ້ໃຊ້ໄດ້ກັບທັງຊາຍແລະຍິງ), who don’t belong to the darkness (ໂລກ) ອີກຕໍ່ໄປ, but the Light.
ຂໍໃຫ້ບາບບໍ່ໄດ້ປົກຄອງເປັນກະສັດໃນຊີວິດຂອງເຈົ້າອີກຕໍ່ໄປ
ຢ່າໃຫ້ບາບບໍ່ໄດ້ປົກຄອງໃນຮ່າງກາຍມະຕະຂອງເຈົ້າ, ວ່າພວກທ່ານຄວນເຊື່ອຟັງມັນຢູ່ໃນສະພາບແວດລ້ອມຂອງມັນ. ທັງທ່ານບໍ່ມີສະມາຊິກຂອງທ່ານເປັນຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນເຄື່ອງມືຂອງຄວາມບໍ່ຊອບທໍາ: ແຕ່ໄດ້ໃຫ້ຕົວເອງແກ່ພຣະເຈົ້າ, ດັ່ງທີ່ຜູ້ທີ່ມີຊີວິດຢູ່ຈາກຄວາມຕາຍ, ແລະສະມາຊິກຂອງທ່ານເປັນເຄື່ອງມືແຫ່ງຄວາມຊອບທໍາຕໍ່ພຣະເຈົ້າ (ຊາວໂລມັນ 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.
ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, ຄົນ, 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 ໃນຊີວິດຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ.
ແຕ່ພະຄໍາພີ (ພະຄໍາຂອງພະເຈົ້າ) 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.
ແລະບໍ່ມີຄວາມສາມັກຄີທໍາກັບວຽກງານທີ່ບໍ່ມີປະໂຫຍດຂອງຄວາມມືດ, ແຕ່ແທນທີ່ຈະ reprove ໃຫ້ເຂົາເຈົ້າ. ເພາະມັນເປັນຄວາມອັບອາຍເຖິງແມ່ນຈະເວົ້າກ່ຽວກັບສິ່ງທີ່ເຮັດຈາກສິ່ງທີ່ລັບ. ແຕ່ສິ່ງທັງຫມົດທີ່ຖືກຕໍານິແມ່ນສະແດງໂດຍແສງສະຫວ່າງ: ສໍາລັບສິ່ງທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ສະແດງອອກເປັນແສງສະຫວ່າງ (ເອເຟໂຊ 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 ເອົາຜູ້ຊາຍເກົ່າ. It is an action that every believer is supposed to do. No one can do it for you. Not even God.
ຕາຍເພາະສະນັ້ນສະມາຊິກຂອງເຈົ້າທີ່ຢູ່ແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ; ການຜິດຊາຍຍິງ, ຄວາມບໍ່ສະອາດ, ຄວາມຮັກທີ່ບໍ່ມີບັນດາ, concupiscence ຊົ່ວ, ແລະຄວາມໂລບ, ຊຶ່ງເປັນການບູຊາຮູບປັ້ນ: ສໍາລັບສິ່ງທີ່’ ຄວາມໂກດແຄ້ນຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າຈົ່ງກັບລູກຫລານຂອງເດັກນ້ອຍທີ່ບໍ່ເຊື່ອຟັງ: ໃນການທີ່ພວກທ່ານຍັງໄດ້ຍ່າງບາງຄັ້ງ, ໃນເວລາທີ່ທ່ານມີຊີວິດຢູ່ໃນພວກເຂົາ. ແຕ່ດຽວນີ້ທ່ານກໍ່ເອົາທັງຫມົດເຫລົ່ານີ້; ຄວາມໃຈຮ້າຢ, Wrath, ຄວາມຄິດຮ້າຢ, ການຫມິ່ນປະຫມາດ, ການສື່ສານທີ່ສົກກະປົກອອກຈາກປາກຂອງທ່ານ. ນອນບໍ່ແມ່ນຄົນອື່ນ, ເຫັນວ່າພວກທ່ານໄດ້ເອົາຜູ້ຊາຍເກົ່າກັບການກະທໍາຂອງລາວ; ແລະໄດ້ໃສ່ຜູ້ຊາຍໃຫມ່, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created Him (ໂຄໂລຊາຍ 3:5-10)
ດຽວນີ້ວຽກງານຂອງເນື້ອຫນັງໄດ້ສະແດງອອກ, ເຊິ່ງແມ່ນສິ່ງເຫຼົ່ານີ້; ການຫລິ້ນຊູ້, ການຜິດຊາຍຍິງ, ຄວາມບໍ່ສະອາດ, ເຮັດເປັນຕາຕະລົວ, Idolatry, Witchcraft, ທີ່ກຽດຊັງ, ຄວາມແຕກຕ່າງ, ສຽງຢ່າງ, Wrath, ເຫງົາໄດ້, ຄວາມຫມັ້ນຄົງ, heresies, ການອິດສາ, ການຄາດຕະກໍາ, ເມົາລອຍ, ການແຂ່ງຂັນ, ແລະເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ: ຂອງສິ່ງທີ່ຂ້ອຍບອກເຈົ້າກ່ອນ, ດັ່ງທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຍັງໄດ້ບອກທ່ານໃນເວລາທີ່ຜ່ານມາ, ວ່າພວກເຂົາທີ່ເຮັດສິ່ງດັ່ງກ່າວຈະບໍ່ໄດ້ສືບທອດອານາຈັກຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ(ຄາລາເຕຍ 5:19-22)
God has given you in Christ all authority and power to resist the devil and resist sin; ວຽກງານຂອງຄວາມມືດ.
ຫຼັງຈາກພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດ, ພຣະບຸດຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, was baptized in water by ໂຢຮັນບັບຕິສະໂຕ and received the Holy Spirit from the Father, ພຣະເຢຊູໄດ້ຖືກນໍາໂດຍພຣະວິນຍານບໍລິສຸດກັບຖິ່ນແຫ້ງແລ້ງກັນດານ.
ໃນຖິ່ນກັນດານ, ພະເຍຊູແມ່ນ ຖືກລໍ້ລວງໂດຍມານ ສໍາລັບສີ່ສິບມື້. 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.
ແລະຄືກັນກັບພຣະເຢຊູ, 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, ເຊິ່ງນໍາໄປສູ່ຄວາມບາບ.
And that’s only possible if you ຮັກພະເຈົ້າ ດ້ວຍສຸດໃຈຂອງທ່ານ, ວິນຢານ, ຈິດ, ແລະຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງ,h and know His will and yield yourself to His will, ຄືກັນກັບພຣະເຢຊູ, Who loved His Father with all His heart, ວິນຢານ, mind and strength and knew His Father’s will and yielded Himself to the will of the Father.
ພຣະປະສົງຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າແມ່ນຫຍັງ?
ສໍາລັບນີ້ຄືພຣະປະສົງຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າການຊໍາລະຂອງທ່ານ, ເພື່ອເຈົ້າຄວນລະເວັ້ນຈາກການຜິດຊາຍຍິງ: ເພື່ອໃຫ້ພວກເຈົ້າທຸກຄົນຮູ້ຈັກວິທີທີ່ຈະມີເຮືອຂອງຕົນໃນການຊຳລະ ແລະກຽດສັກສີ; ບໍ່ໄດ້ຢູ່ໃນຄວາມປາຖະຫນາຂອງ concupiscence, ຄືກັບຄົນຕ່າງຊາດທີ່ບໍ່ຮູ້ຈັກພະເຈົ້າ: ບໍ່ມີຜູ້ໃດໄປເກີນກວ່າແລະຫລອກລວງນ້ອງຊາຍຂອງຕົນໃນເລື່ອງໃດໜຶ່ງ: ເພາະວ່າພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າເປັນການແກ້ແຄ້ນຂອງທັງຫມົດດັ່ງກ່າວ, ດັ່ງທີ່ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ເຕືອນທ່ານລ່ວງຫນ້າແລະເປັນພະຍານ. ເພາະພຣະເຈົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ຊົງເອີ້ນພວກເຮົາໃຫ້ເປັນມົນທິນ, ແຕ່ເພື່ອຄວາມບໍລິສຸດ. ເພາະສະນັ້ນພຣະອົງທີ່ດູຖູກ, ບໍ່ດູຖູກຜູ້ຊາຍ, ແຕ່ພຣະເຈົ້າ, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ມອບພຣະວິນຍານບໍລິສຸດຂອງພຣະອົງໃຫ້ແກ່ພວກເຮົາ (1 ເທຊະໂລນີກ 4:3-8)
ແລະເຮົາຈະເອົາພຣະວິນຍານຂອງເຮົາໄວ້ໃນຕົວເຈົ້າ, ແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ເຈົ້າເດີນຕາມກົດໝາຍຂອງເຮົາ, ແລະ ເຈົ້າຈະຮັກສາຄຳຕັດສິນຂອງເຮົາ, ແລະເຮັດພວກເຂົາ (ເອເຊກຽນ 36:27)
ແລະບໍ່ຄວນຮູ້ຈັກກັບໂລກນີ້: ແຕ່ວ່າພວກທ່ານຫັນປ່ຽນໂດຍການຕໍ່ອາຍຸຂອງຈິດໃຈຂອງທ່ານ, ທີ່ທ່ານອາດຈະພິສູດວ່າສິ່ງທີ່ດີ, ແລະຍອມຮັບໄດ້, ແລະສົມບູນແບບ, ຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ (ຊາວໂລມັນ 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. ແນວໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, 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 ຕໍ່ຈິດໃຈຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ ດ້ວຍພຣະຄໍາຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ, 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. ຜ່ານການເຊື່ອຟັງຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າຕໍ່ພຣະເຈົ້າ, ເຂົາເຈົ້າ ເດີນໃນຄວາມຮັກ 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 (ໄດ້ ບັບຕິສະມາໃນນ້ໍາ ແລະການຮັບບັບເຕມາດ້ວຍພຣະວິນຍານບໍລິສຸດ).
ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, ອ້າຍນ້ອງຄະນະ, ພວກເຮົາແມ່ນຫນີ້, ບໍ່ແມ່ນເນື້ອຫນັງ, ເພື່ອອາໄສຢູ່ຫລັງຈາກເນື້ອຫນັງ. ເພາະວ່າຖ້າເຈົ້າອາໄສຢູ່ຫລັງເນື້ອຫນັງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍ: ແຕ່ຖ້າທ່ານໂດຍຜ່ານພຣະວິນຍານເຮັດການກະທໍາຂອງຮ່າງກາຍ, ເຈົ້າຈະມີຊີວິດຢູ່ໃນຈຳນວນຫລາຍທີ່ຖືກນຳໂດຍພຣະວິນຍານຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, ພວກເຂົາແມ່ນລູກຊາຍຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ. ເພາະພວກເຈົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບຈິດວິນຍານແຫ່ງຄວາມເປັນທາດຂອງຄວາມຢ້ານກົວອີກ; ແຕ່ພວກທ່ານໄດ້ຮັບວິນຍານຂອງການຮັບຮອງເອົາ, ຖ້າພວກເຮົາຮ້ອງໄຫ້, abba, ບິຕຸຣົງ (ຊາວໂລມັນ 8:12-15)
During the process of ການຫລົ້ມຈົມ, you shall put off the works of darkness. You’ll put off the old man, ຜູ້ທີ່ມີລັກສະນະຂອງມານໄດ້, and put on the armor of light. You will put on the new man and be clothed with Jesus Christ.
ເຈົ້າຈະບໍ່ເຮັດວຽກງານຂອງເນື້ອໜັງອີກຕໍ່ໄປ. But through (the power of) ພຣະວິນຍານ, 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, ແລະຕ້ອງການຕົວະ, rebel, ສະນັດ, ຜິດຜົວ, ການຢ່າຮ້າງ, ຜົກ ຄອມ, 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 (ຕາເວັນອອກ) ປັດຊະຍາ, Witchcraft, ທຳນາຍ, ປຶກຕົ້ນວິນຍານ, envy others and be jealous, drink alcohol, ລັກ, ຊີງຊັ່ງ, ຂ້າ, ຈົ່ງ ຊະນິດບໍາບັດ towards others, recompense evil for evil, ແລະອື່ນໆ.
Because according to the Bible, all these works are the works of darkness that belong to the old man; ຄົນບາບ. 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.
ບຸກຄົນທຸກຄົນ, who has been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ
ເພາະວ່າເຈົ້າທັງຫມົດແມ່ນລູກຂອງພະເຈົ້າໂດຍຄວາມເຊື່ອໃນພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດ. ເພາະວ່າພວກເຈົ້າຫລາຍຄົນທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບບັບຕິສະມາໃນພຣະຄຣິດໄດ້ເອົາໃຈໃສ່ພຣະຄຣິດ (ຄາລາເຕຍ 3:26-27)
The new man is clothed with Christ. ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, the spiritual transformation of the ຜູ້ຊາຍເຖົ້າ into the new man should become visible in the natural realm in the life of the new man.
ຜູ້ຊາຍຄົນໃຫມ່, who has been made in the image of the Creator, shall put on Jesus Christ; the Word and walk in the light; ໃນຄວາມຈິງຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, 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, ວິນຢານ, 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, ການຫລິ້ນຊູ້, ການຜິດຊາຍຍິງ, ຕົວະ, ລັກ, ຂ້າ, 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 (ມັດທາຍ 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, ວິນຢານ, ຈິດ, and strength and stay obedient to the Word and the Holy Spirit and walk by faith in righteousness after the will of God, ເຈົ້າຈະສາມາດ:
- 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.
‘ຈົ່ງເປັນເກືອຂອງແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ’
