In the modern gospel of grace, everything is allowed. All behavior, ieskaitot grēku, is allowed and accepted, due to the so-called love of God and the grace of God. This means that you can stay the way you are, do what you want to do, un dzīvo tā, kā vēlies dzīvot. Bet vai tā ir taisnība? What is grace according to the Bible? What does the grace of God mean for the lives of born again Christians? If you don’t have to change due to the grace of God, then why did the prophets, Apustuļiem, and Jesus call the people to repentance and talk about removing sins and living a holy life?
What kind of grace did Jesus and the apostles preach?
The apostles lived in the same spiritual dispensation of grace as we live in. In their letters, which were written after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and after the coming of the Holy Spirit, they not only wrote gentle and encouraging words to the believers. But they primarily wrote corrections, pārmācīšana, grēku noņemšana, atliekot veco vīru, sanctification and the call to live a holy life. (Izlasi arī: Kā nolikt veco vīru? un Kā uzvilkt jauno vīrieti?
Jāņa atklāsmes grāmatā, which was also written after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and after the coming of the Holy Spirit, Jesus not only spoke gentle positive words to His Church. But Jesus confronted the believers of the seven churches with their behavior and works and called them to repentance. (Izlasi arī: Aicinājums nožēlot grēkus).
Were Jesus and the apostles liars?
If the grace of God would be the same as the grace of God that is preached today, whereby you won’t have to change and may live the way you want to live, then that means that Jesus and the apostles spoke lies to the believers, who belonged to the Church; Kristus Miesa.
Because if believers won’t have to change after they are born again, then why did Jesus and the apostles confront them with their works? Why did Jesus and the apostles command them to change their behavior and their walk? Who is telling the truth? Jesus and the apostles or the modern preachers and teachers of today?
If God’s grace would approve and tolerate every kind of behavior, even if it contradicts the Word, and wouldn’t hold believers accountable for their words and works, then Jesus and the apostles wouldn’t have to correct the believers. They only had to say “Well done, keep on going!”
But Jesus and the apostles didn’t say that. They warned the believers and confronted them with their words, darbi, un dzīve. They often spoke hard words to the churches, just like Jesus spoke hard words during His walk on this earth, after His resurrection, and during His appearance to John in the Book of Revelation.
Based on the words of Jesus during His walk on earth and after His death and resurrection and His Kingship, we can conclude that if someone belongs to Jesus and wants to Seko viņam, then the person can’t remain living after the flesh and keep living in sin and not change, and do what the person wants to do.
Because the day will come when everyone, ieskaitot ticīgos, will stand before His throne and be judged according to … Viņu darbi (2 korintieši 11:15, Atklāsme 20:12-15).
Tas nozīmē, that works are important. Tas nozīmē, that the way a person lives and what a person does, do matter according to the Word of God.
But what does the grace of God, which everyone talks about, nozīmēt? To prevent this blog post from becoming extremely long, this subject will be discussed in several blog posts.
Kas ir žēlastība?
In the New Testament grace has been translated from the Greek word ‘χάρις’, nē 5485 (SC) kas nozīmē: žēlastība, the state of kindness and favor towards someone, often with a focus on a benefit given to the object; by extension: gift, benefit;credit; words of kindness and benefit: paldies, blessing:- grace favor, paldies, thank, pleasure, pieņemams, benefit, gift, gracious, liberality, thanked, thank worthy.
Grace means, that you receive something without having to work for it. If you didn’t have to do anything for it, you can’t earn it. That’s why grace is unmerited favor. Because as soon as you earned it by your works, it is no longer grace, but your own merit (Romieši 11:5-6).
This also applies to the grace of God. The grace of God shows us God’s goodness, žēlastība, and love towards people, and relates to the perfect atpestīšanas darbs of Jesus Christ and the redemption and restoration of fallen man, who is reconciled with God and gained access to the Kingdom of God through regeneration.
Tikai ticībā, you can become a partaker of the grace of God. By faith in Jesus Christ and His work of redemption and through Nožēlošana un reģenerācija, you are justified and accepted by God.
You are not justified and made holy and righteous by your own works but by the work of Jesus Christ. Ar reģenerāciju Kristū, you have become a partaker of the Divine nature of God (Romieši 4:16-17, Tits 3:5-7, 2 Peter 1:4).
Every person on this earth has been given a free will to make a choice to become a partaker of the grace of God or not.
Dieva žēlastība; the promise of the Messiah
In Ēdenes dārzs, after man had sinned and fallen from his position, God made a promise of the (garīgais) restoration of fallen man, to man and his seed (offspring). God promised that He would put enmity between the serpent and the woman and between his seed and her Seed and that it would bruise his head (Genesis 3:15). The Seed referred to Jesus Christ.
Autors His promise, God showed His grace; Viņa žēlastība, and goodness, because man didn’t deserve it.
It is important to know, that Adam didn’t belong to the carnal people of Israel. Ādams bija Dieva dēls, the first-born human being on this earth, and the father of fallen man; grēcinieki.
Viņa dēļ caur viņu uz Dieva vārdiem, Adam fell from the position that God had given to man. His spirit, which connected him with the Father, died and Adam was spiritually separated from God.
Man became a living soul and consisted of a body and soul (miesa).
Tie, kurš būtu dzimis no cilvēka sēklas, would be born in a fallen state as a fallen man; grēcinieks. No one was excluded! That’s why God said, that the Seed of the woman would bruise the head of the devil. Since no one, who would be born of the seed of man and would be born as a sinner, would be able to bruise the head of the devil and take away his authority. Jo visi, who is born as a sinner lives under the authority of the devil (kritušais erceņģelis) and is placed beneath the angels.
In Ēdenes dārzs, God promised the restoration of fallen man and the reconciliation between God and man. Man didn’t deserve it, and would never be able to deserve it, but God made this promise and He kept His promise.
Because of God’s great love, labums, un žēlastība, God gave His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to redeem fallen man and restore the position of fallen man (John 3:16).
You can’t deserve grace by works
Jo visi ir grēkojuši, un pietrūkst Dieva godības; Brīvi attaisnots Viņa žēlastībā caur pestīšanu, kas ir Kristū Jēzū: Viņu Dievs ir nolicis par izpirkumu caur ticību Viņa asinīm, pasludināt Viņa taisnību pagātnes grēku piedošanai, caur Dieva pacietību; Lai deklarētu, es saku, šajā laikā Viņa taisnība: lai Viņš būtu taisnīgs, un tā attaisnotājs, kas tic Jēzum (Romieši 3:22-26)
Visi, who is born of the seed of man is born as a sinner. Neviens nav izslēgts. Katrs cilvēks, who is born on this earth in the flesh, vajadzībām redemption of his fallen nature, kas atrodas miesā, including those, who belong to the carnal people of God. Because God’s promise was for His carnal people first and then for the Gentiles (Jesaja 56, Hosea 2:23, Romieši 9:24-29)
The soul of the fallen man lives in a body. But the spirit of the fallen man (grēcinieks) is dead and stays dead.
Kritušais cilvēks (grēcinieks) lives under the authority and rulership of the devil and his kingdom and is not able to escape his kingdom and his reign by his own works. Fallen man is not able to escape death through his own works.
Ir tikai Vienā veidā: through faith in Jesus Christ, Viņa darbs, un reģenerācija.
Jesus Christ dealt with the sin problem and the sin nature that is present in the flesh of fallen man. Jesus conquered sin and iniquity at the whipping post and on the cross.
Jesus became the Substitute for fallen man and took all the sins and iniquities of humanity, kas noved pie nāves, upon Himself and took the death penalty. Tā ka, Jesus would enter Hades and conquer death and reinstate the position of fallen man and reconcile man back to God.
Visi, kas tic Jēzum Kristum, Dzīvā Dieva dēls, repents and becomes born again, would be redeemed from death by laying down his flesh. The person would be made holy and righteous by the blood of Jesus and his spirit would be raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit and receive eternal life (Romieši 3:24, Efeziešiem 1:4-12, Tits 3:5-7, 1 Peter 3:18).
That’s why Jesus had to become equal to man (identify Himself with man), so that He could become our Substitute. Only when you identify yourself with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, you will have peace with God and receive eternal life (Izlasi arī: ‘Jēzus bija pilnībā Cilvēks?‘).
Being justified by faith in Jesus Christ
Tāpēc tiek attaisnots ticībā, mums ir miers ar Dievu caur mūsu Kungu Jēzu Kristu: By Whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, un priecājieties cerībā uz Dieva godību (Romieši 5:1-2)
Ar ticību Jēzum Kristum; the Son of the living God and in His perfect atpestīšanas darbs, that Jesus has accomplished at the cross, ir tie, kas Viņam tic, repent and become born again, made righteous and redeemed from death ((1 korintieši 1:4, Romieši 5:15, Tits 3:5-7).
Caur reģenerāciju, you have crucified your flesh with its sinful nature, and in which sin dwells and causes you to persevere in sin, un ar Svētā Gara spēku, your spirit is raised from the dead. You have been redeemed from the power of the kingdom of darkness and transferred into the Kingdom of His dear Son Jesus Christ (Kolosieši 1:13-14).
The promise of God is also for the Gentiles
Tā ir Dieva žēlastība, that the promise of God is not only for God’s carnal people (Izraēla), and that God not only gave them the ability to be saved from death and be redeemed from the sinful nature of fallen man, but God also gave the ability to the Gentiles to be saved and be redeemed from the power of the devil, that reigns in the sinful nature of the flesh, and that through regeneration they’ll be reconciled to God and have received the power to become sons of God.
Everyone has been given the ability to become part of God’s people, caur circumcision in Christ (John 1:12-13, Tiesību aktu 4:33-34, Romieši 15:15-16, Efeziešiem 3:6, Kolosieši 1:6, 2 Tim 1:9-10, Tits 3:4:7,1 Peter 1:10-11).
By faith in Jesus Christ and through regeneration in Christ, tu esi kļuvis par a jauna radīšana; jauns cilvēks. You have become a partaker of His divine nature by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
It is grace, that by faith in Jesus Christ you have been made righteous and have peace with God (Romieši 5:1-2).
It is grace, that by His work of redemption, you have received His (garīgais) inheritance; Viņa Svētais Gars. It’s not by your works, ko tu esi izdarījis, and not because you deserve it (Tiesību aktu 20:32, 1 korintieši 1:4-5, Galatiešiem 1:3-5).
Because due to the fact, that the flesh contains the sinful nature, every work that derives from the flesh is evil and corrupted with sin and that’s why man will never be able to deserve nor to accomplish the state of righteousness by his own carnal works.
Through the grace of Jesus Christ, He Who was rich became poor, so that through His poverty, you could become (garīgi) bagāts (2 korintieši 8:9).
Saved by grace
Bet Dievs, kurš ir bagāts ar žēlsirdību, Par savu lielo mīlestību, ar kuru viņš mūs mīlēja, Pat tad, kad mēs bijām miruši grēkos, ir mūs paātrinājis kopā ar Kristu, (žēlastībā tu esi izglābts;) Un ir mūs audzinājuši kopā, un lika mums sēdēt kopā debesu vietās Kristū Jēzū: Lai viņš nākamajos laikos parādītu savas žēlastības milzīgo bagātību savā žēlastībā pret mums caur Kristu Jēzu. For by grace are you saved through faith; Un tas nav par sevi: Tā ir Dieva dāvana. Nav no darbiem, lai nevienam vīrietim nebūtu lielības (Efeziešiem 2:4-9).
Tā ir Dieva žēlastība, that He made you alive in Jesus Christ and saved you.
Tā ir Dieva žēlastība, that He has given you in Christ a place in the heavenly places and that you are sēž Viņā.
Now you may live in the grace of God and show God’s mercy, labums, and grace to the people around you, by preaching the gospel of grace, which is the message of Jesus Christ, krusts, and God’s perfect work of redemption, and give them the ability to come to Jesus Christ, and accept Jesus as Saviour and make Jesus Lord over their lives, so that they will be redeemed from their sin nature and saved from death. Through faith in Jesus Christ, Nožēlošana, and regeneration they become partakers of the grace of God.
Because that’s the gospel of grace: that every sinner, no matter what the person has done, may come to Jesus (Tiesību aktu 20:24, 1 Peter 4:10).
Vienīgais, that the person has to do is to nožēlot un kļūt dzimis no jauna Kristū, which means that the person will crucify and lay down his flesh so that the spirit in man can be resurrected from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. Because the spirit of man cannot be resurrected from the dead unless the flesh has died.
No one can earn his or her salvation. No one can be saved and be made righteous and holy by doing ‘good works’, charity work, going to church, and/or keeping the law.
Only through the grace of God and by faith in Jesus Christ, through repentance and regeneration, every sinner can be redeemed from his sinful nature and saved from death. Tāpēc, it’s so important to keep preaching this message of the grace of God, which is the message of the cross.
What do you do with the grace of God?
Tāpēc mēs saņemam valstību, kuru nevar pārvietot, Ļaujiet mums būt žēlastībai, ar ko mēs varam kalpot Dievam pieņemami ar godbijīgām un dievbijīgām bailēm: Jo mūsu Dievs ir patērējošs ugunsgrēks (Ebreju valoda 12: 28-29)
Bet…. Now that you have found grace in God’s eyes, which means that you are saved by faith in Jesus Christ and are accepted by God and through reģenerācija, you have become His son, what do you do with His grace? (Efeziešiem 1:5-7, Tits 2:11-14)
What do you do with your new position as a son of God and what do you do with the inheritance, which you have received in Jesus Christ?
Ko tu dari, to show God your gratitude? Do you thank Him, honor Him, glorify Him and exalt Him with your life, by walking in His grace and after His will? (2 Tesaloniķieši 1:12)
Or do you stay carnal and keep living for yourself and do you use the grace of God and all that you have been given for yourself, to satisfy the lusts and desires of your flesh and to build your own kingdom?
Although you are not justified and made holy and righteous by your own works but by His grace and work, the works of righteousness will follow you. Because you have been made righteous in Christ and have become a new creation in Him and have God’s nature, you will walk after the Spirit in righteousness and do righteous works.
Fakta dēļ, ka ticībā Jēzum Kristum; vārds, and by His work you have been made righteous, you shall also do what the Word tells you to do because what you do will confirm your faith. When you say that you believe, but you don’t do what the Word tells you to do and therefore become nepaklausīgs uz Vārdu, then your faith is without works and therefore your faith is meaningless and death (Romieši 4:4-5, Džeimss 2:14-26)
Jā, you have been saved by the grace of God and entered the Kindom of God, but by everything you say and do in life; jūsu darbi, you decide whether to stay saved and stay in the Kingdom of God or not (Izlasi arī: ‘Vienreiz saglabāts vienmēr saglabāts?‘).
You can’t be saved by your works and by keeping every commandment of the law, but your works do testify, to whom you belong: Jēzus, the Word and the Kingdom of God or the devil, the world and the kingdom of darkness.
"Esi zemes sāls"
