ສະນັ້ນ ຢ່າໃຫ້ຜູ້ໃດຕັດສິນເຈົ້າໃນການກິນຊີ້ນ ຫລືດື່ມ ຫລືໃນວັນສັກສິດ, ເດືອນໃໝ່ ຫຼື ວັນຊະບາໂຕ

ສະນັ້ນ ຢ່າໃຫ້ຜູ້ໃດຕັດສິນເຈົ້າດ້ວຍຊີ້ນ, ຫຼືໃນເຄື່ອງດື່ມ, ຫຼືກ່ຽວກັບວັນສັກສິດ, ຫຼືຂອງວົງເດືອນໃຫມ່, ຫຼືຂອງວັນຊະບາໂຕ: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ (ໂຄໂລຊາຍ 2:16-17)

Jesus Christ has disarmed the authority of the principalities and powers of the kingdom of darkness, who rule over fallen mankind. Jesus has spoiled principalities and powers and made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them when Jesus became the Substitute for fallen mankind and carried the sins of mankind upon Himself and became a curse at the cross, whereby Jesus entered Hades (ນະຮົກ) and rose as Victor from the dead and ascended on high and took place on the throne at the right hand of the Father.

The new man is justified in Jesus Christ and lives in the New Covenant

The sins, which separated man from God and reigns together with the death in the flesh, took Jesus upon Himself and carried in His flesh. The blood of Jesus Christ made atonement for the sins and iniquities of everyone, who by faith in Christ would be born again in Him and become a new creation.

The new man doesn’t live in the Old covenant, where the law of sin and death reigns in the flesh. ແຕ່ຜູ້ຊາຍຄົນໃຫມ່, who has died to the flesh and whose spirit is raised from the dead, lives in the New Covenant, where the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus reigns

The new man is led by the Spirit instead of the flesh and doesn’t need all kinds of ordinances, ຊັບສິນບົນ, rituals to satisfy the flesh and be justified and be saved.

The new man is justified by the blood of Jesus Christ and His redemptive work and not by the law. The flesh in which the law of sin and death reigns, ໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດໃນພຣະຄຣິດ.

ຕາບໃດທີ່ຜູ້ຊາຍຄົນໃຫມ່ຢູ່ໃນພຣະຄຣິດ, the new man remains saved (ອ່ານນຳ: ‘ເມື່ອໄດ້ບັນທຶກໄວ້ສະເຫມີ?')

ກົດຂອງໂມເຊ, ກົດຫມາຍຂອງບາບແລະຄວາມຕາຍ, ດ້ວຍເຫດນັ້ນ, ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຂອງປະຊາຊົນຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ (ອິດສະຣາເອນ), ສາມາດບັນທືກໄດ້, no longer applies in the New Covenant, since the law of sin and death was meant for (the state of) the old man and his sinful flesh.

The only part of the law which still applies in the New Covenant is the will of God. The moral part of the law, what God considers good and what God considers evil, ຄວາມຊອບທໍາ, ແລະບາບ, which God has made known through His commandments shall always apply, since they already applied before the coming of the law of Moses. The law of God and righteousness and sin already existed before the law (ອ່ານນຳ: ‘Did sin come by the law or did sin already exist before the law?‘)

But all the ordinances, holy days (ຄະນອງ), ກົດລະບຽບ, ກົດຫມາຍວ່າດ້ວຍອາຫານ, drinking laws, ພິທີແຫ່, ແລະອື່ນໆ. that were related to the flesh, for the satisfaction of the flesh, atonement, and salvation of the flesh, are no longer applicable, since the flesh has died in Christ.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, ຫຼືກ່ຽວກັບວັນສັກສິດ, ຫຼືຂອງວົງເດືອນໃຫມ່, ຫຼືຂອງວັນຊະບາໂຕ

Paul warned the saints to stay in Christ and to let no man judge them in meat and in drink, ຫຼືກ່ຽວກັບວັນສັກສິດ (feast), new moon, or the sabbath days, that were part of the Old Covenant and were meant for God’s carnal people, ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຂອງການຜະລິດຂອງການສ້າງເກົ່າ, since they were just a shadow of things to come and pointed to Jesus Christ (ກັບ. ຍິວ 8 ແລະ 10).

Paul wanted to prevent them from returning to the flesh and to the Old Covenant and becoming subject again to the rudiments of this world.

The old man was unspiritual and was separated from God and in his fallen state and with his fallen nature the old man needed precepts, ກົດລະບຽບ, ກົດຫມາຍວ່າດ້ວຍອາຫານ, ຄະນອງ (holy days), and rituals to separate themselves from the world and walk holy and righteous in the will of God.

Because of the weakness of the flesh, ຊຶ່ງມີລັກສະນະບາບ, man was not able to fulfill the law of God, since the carnal mind is enmity against God because it’s not subject to God and His will. Therefore the flesh had to be dealt with. And God dealt with the flesh problem by sending His Son Jesus Christ in the flesh and by His redemptive work.

ແຕ່ຜູ້ຊາຍຄົນໃຫມ່, who is no longer carnal but spiritual and has been made whole (ຫາຍດີ) and has God’s nature and possesses the Holy Spirit, knows the will of God because it is written upon the heart of flesh of the new man. As long as the new man walks in Christ after the Spirit, the new man lives in the will of God.

The Body is of Christ

ຢ່າຄິດວ່າຂ້ອຍມາທໍາລາຍກົດຫມາຍ, ຫຼືສາດສະດາ: ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ໄດ້ມາທໍາລາຍ, ແຕ່ເພື່ອປະຕິບັດ. ສໍາລັບຕົວຈິງແລ້ວຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເວົ້າກັບທ່ານ, ຈົນກ່ວາສະຫວັນແລະແຜ່ນດິນໂລກຜ່ານໄປ, ຫນຶ່ງໃນ jot ຫຼືຫນຶ່ງ tittle ຈະບໍ່ມີຕໍ່ໄປຈາກກົດຫມາຍ, ຈົນກ່ວາທັງຫມົດຈະສໍາເລັດ. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. ເພາະເຮົາກ່າວກັບເຈົ້າ, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven (ມັດທາຍ 5:17-20)

ສະນັ້ນດຽວນີ້ບໍ່ມີການກ່າວໂທດໃດໆຕໍ່ພວກເຂົາທີ່ຢູ່ໃນພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດ, ຜູ້ທີ່ຍ່າງບໍ່ໄດ້ຫຼັງຈາກເນື້ອຫນັງ, ແຕ່ຫລັງຈາກພຣະວິນຍານ. ສໍາລັບກົດຫມາຍຂອງຈິດຕະກອນໃນຊີວິດໃນພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າພົ້ນຈາກກົດຫມາຍຂອງບາບແລະຄວາມຕາຍ. ສໍາລັບສິ່ງທີ່ກົດຫມາຍທີ່ບໍ່ສາມາດເຮັດໄດ້, ໃນນັ້ນມັນອ່ອນແອຜ່ານເນື້ອຫນັງ, ພຣະເຈົ້າໄດ້ສົ່ງພຣະບຸດຂອງພຣະອົງເອງໃນລັກສະນະຂອງເນື້ອຫນັງບາບ, ແລະສໍາລັບບາບ, ຕໍານິຕິຕຽນບາບໃນເນື້ອຫນັງ: ວ່າຄວາມຊອບທໍາຂອງກົດຫມາຍອາດຈະສໍາເລັດໃນສະຫະລັດ, ຜູ້ທີ່ຍ່າງບໍ່ໄດ້ຫຼັງຈາກເນື້ອຫນັງ, ແຕ່ຫລັງຈາກພຣະວິນຍານ (ຊາວໂລມັນ 8:1-4)

ພະເຍຊູບໍ່ໄດ້ມາທໍາລາຍກົດຫມາຍ, ແຕ່ເພື່ອປະຕິບັດຕາມກົດຫມາຍ, since the law represented the nature and will of God. Therefore Jesus is the fulfillment of the law and those, who are born again in Him and belong to His Body, ໂບດ, ແລະພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດ, ພຣະເມຊີອາ, High-Priest, ແລະກະສັດ, have been made free from the law of sin and death by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus and by walking after the Spirit, they shall fulfill the righteousness of the law, ຄືກັນກັບພຣະເຢຊູ.

‘ຈົ່ງເປັນເກືອຂອງແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ’