Only born-again Christians are able to understand the Bible and the spiritual things of the Kingdom of God. As a born-again believer, you need the words of God every day. The words in the Bible are your daily bread for your spiritual inner man. When you feed and renew your mind with the words of God and obey and apply the words of God in your life, your spirit matures and you will speak and walk as the new creation. This means that you speak and walk the same way as Jesus spoke and walked on earth. Šajā rakstā, the purpose of the Bible in the life of Christians will be discussed.
Kāds ir Bībeles mērķis?
We should be thankful that God gave His Word and that He revealed Himself to us through His Word. We are privileged that we have the Bible and can read and study the Bible. What is the purpose of the Bible in the lives of Christians?
The Word gives life
Sākumā bija vārds, Un vārds bija ar Dievu, Un vārds bija Dievs. Tas pats bija sākumā ar Dievu. Visas lietas izdarīja viņš; Un bez viņa nebija neviena izgatavota lieta. Viņā bija dzīve; Un dzīve bija vīriešu gaisma. Un gaisma spīd tumsā; un tumsa to nesaprata (John 1:1-5)
Jesus is the living Word, Who came in the flesh and was fully Human. He told the Pharisees, that if they had known the scriptures, they would have believed Him.
They would have believed that Jesus was (un ir) Kristus un dzīvā Dieva Dēls. Because the scriptures testify of Jesus, Mesija, Dieva Dēls, Who became the Son of man and brought salvation for humanity and gave eternal life.
The Father Himself, which has sent Me, has borne witness of Me. Jūs nevienā brīdī neesat dzirdējuši Viņa balsi, ne redzējis viņa formu. Un tevī nepaliek Viņa vārds: for whom He has sent, Him you believe not. Meklēt Svētajos Rakstos; for in them you think you have eternal life: un tie ir tie, kas mani liecina. Un tu nenāksi pie Manis, lai tev būtu dzīvība (John 5:17-40)
Patiesi, patiesi, Es tev saku, Tas, kas dzird manu vārdu, un tic viņam, kas mani sūtīja, ir mūžīga dzīve, un nenonāk nosodījumā; bet tiek nodots no nāves uz dzīvību (John 5:24)
Jēzus viņiem sacīja, Es esmu dzīvības maize: Tas, kas man nāk, nekad nebaidās; un tas, kas man tic (John 6:35,47, 48, 51)
Jesus is the Life and gives eternal life
Patiesi, patiesi, Es tev saku, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but My Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, un dod dzīvi pasaulei (John 6:32,33)
Tas ir gars, kas atdzīvina; miesa neko neizpauž: vārdi, kurus es tev runāju, tie ir gars, Un viņi ir dzīve (John 6:63)
Visi, who believes in Jesus and His work of salvation and believes His words and becomes born again, receives eternal life. Jesus came first for the house of Israel (God’s chosen carnal people, kas dzimuši no Jēkaba sēklas). But because they rejected Jesus the Messiah, salvation came to the Gentiles (a.o. Tiesību aktu 11:18, Romieši 1:16, 11:11)
In Jesus Christ and by His blood, a New Covenant for the new creation (garīgais cilvēks) came into being. This New Covenant replaced the Old Covenant for the old creation (miesīgais cilvēks (a.o. ebreji 8:13).
Ne tā, it kā Dieva vārds nebūtu iedarbojies. Jo tie nav visi Israēls, kas ir no Izraēlas: Ne viens, ne otrs, jo viņi ir Ābrahāma pēcnācēji, vai tie visi ir bērni: bet, Īzākā tiks saukti tavi pēcnācēji. Tas ir, Tie, kas ir miesas bērni, tie nav Dieva bērni: bet apsolījuma bērni tiek ieskaitīti sēklai (Romieši 9:6-8)
The new man is no longer a son of the devil, but a son of God (tas attiecas gan uz vīriešiem, gan uz sievietēm). The sons of God are born of the Spirit of God and are the children of the promise.
Visi, who believes in Jesus Christ and becomes born again, obeys His words, and keeps His commandments, receives eternal life
The Word of God is a shield for the born-again believer
Katrs Dieva vārds ir tīrs: Viņš ir vairogs tiem, kas paļaujas uz Viņu (Sakāmvārdi 30:5)
The Word of God gives peace
Miers es aiziet pie jums, savu mieru es jums dodu: nevis tā, kā pasaule dodas, Dodiet man jums. Ļaujiet jūsu sirdij satraukties, ne arī neļaujiet baidīties (John 14:27)
Liels miers tiem, kas mīl Tavu likumu: un nekas viņus neaizvainos (Psalmi 119:165)
Šīs lietas es jums esmu runājis, that in Me you might have peace (John 16:33)
If you read, ticēt, un pielietot Vārdu savā dzīvē, you will experience peace. But as soon as you leave the Word of God, even if it is just a little bit, you will become agitated, uztraucies, nemierīgs, and stressed.
Therefore it is important to abide in the Word of God all the days of your life.
The Word of God equips the new creation
Visi Svētie Raksti ir Dieva iedvesmoti, un tas ir izdevīgi doktrīnai, par pārmetumu, korekcijai, par pamācību taisnībā: Lai Dieva cilvēks būtu pilnīgs, rūpīgi sagatavoti visiem labajiem darbiem (2 Timotejs 3:16-17)
The Bible is meant for the new creation. The purpose of the Bible is to equip the new creation. The purpose of the Bible is to ensure that the spirit of the new creation is fed, disciplinēti, labots, and instructed and grows up into to image of Jesus Christ.
The Bible is profitable for:
- doctrine (learning, mācīšana)
- aizrādījums (proof, conviction, evidence)
- korekcija (a straightening up again, (pārnestā nozīmē) rectification)
- instruction in righteousness (izglītība, training; by implication, disciplinary correction, pārmācīšana, audzināt (so that the new man shall walk in holiness and righteousness))
The Word of God gives faith
Tātad ticība nāk no dzirdes, un klausīšanās caur Dieva vārdu (Romieši 10:17)
The Word of God divides soul and spirit
Jo Dieva vārds ir ātrs, un spēcīgs, un asāks par jebkuru divu griezīgu zobenu, Pīrsings pat līdz dvēseles un gara dalīšanai, un no locītavām un smadzenēm, un ir sirds un sirds domu un nodomu izpratne (ebreji 4:12-13)
We shall all give account for our words and works on the Day of Judgement. Nothing shall be hidden from Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the living Word, Who came to heal man (atjaunot cilvēku) un atkal samierināt cilvēku ar Dievu. Jēzus atnesa mieru. Tomēr, people decide to believe Jesus and accept His redemptive work and His peace and choose righteousness and life and receive eternal life, or to deny Jesus and reject His work redemptive work and choose sin and death and receive eternal death.
All people will have an encounter with the Word, either as Savior during life on earth or as Tiesnesis afterlife on the Day of Judgment.
That’s why it is important to make Jesus Christ; dzīvais Vārds, the Center of your life.
Take His words and apply His words to your life.
Only the Bible reveals the truth and exposes the lies and works of the darkness.
If you want to walk in the truth of Light, you must renew your mind with the Word of God.
Atjaunojot prātu, savu veco domāšanas veidu (miesīgs prāts, who thinks like the world) will be transformed by the Word and the Holy Spirit into a new way of thinking and you shall get the mind of Christ.
Kad jūs atjaunojat savu prātu ar Dieva Vārdu, you shall think the way God thinks and speak and act according to His will, Tāpat kā Jēzus.
The Bible exposes the lies of the devil and sin
Only the Word of God divides dvēsele (miesa) no gara. All those lies of the world that are built up in your mind, which you believed for all those years, shall be brought into the light. You shall become aware of all the lies of the world. And by believing the Word of God above the words and lies of the devil; pasaule, and by acting upon the Word of God, you shall destroy these evil strongholds of darkness. (Izlasi arī: Cietokšņi cilvēku apziņā)
Your spirit shall mature and reign over your flesh (miesa un dvēsele)
The Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit
Un paņemiet pestīšanas ķiveri, un Gara zobens, kas ir Dieva vārds (Efeziešiem 6:17)
Another purpose of the Bible is that the Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit. The Bible is the spiritual Sword of the new creation and is needed in your daily spiritual warfare. Katrs cilvēks, who becomes a new creation in Jesus Christ, has entered the spiritual battlefield.
There is no such thing as a believer, who doesn’t experience spiritual warfare or doesn’t want to get involved in spiritual warfare.
If you don’t acknowledge and experience spiritual warfare in your life and don’t discern the spirits and the spiritual kingdoms, then you haven’t become a new creation in the spirit. Tāpēc, the first step will be to believe, nožēlot, and become born again by water and Spirit.
Every new creation has become an enemy of the devil and the world and deals with the powers, galvenās lietas, and rules of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places, just like Jesus had to deal with them.
Jesus resisted and overcame the devil time after time. Kā? By the Word of God. Jesus knew the will of God, He knew what was written. Tūlīt, the Word of God is also your Sword.
The Sword of victory
Only with the Word of God you can overcome and be an overcomer. There is no other ‘tool’ that you can use. That’s why it is important to get to know Bible; Dieva Vārds. Tā ka, you won’t be tempted, nor be seduced and misled by the lies of this world and wrong human doctrines.
Without the knowledge of the Word, faith in the Word, and applying the Word of God in your life, you will not live a victorious life but a defeated life. You won’t be strong enough to overcome the world; galvenās lietas, spējas, šīs pasaules tumsas valdnieki, and spiritual wickedness in high places and resist the temptations of the devil.
The spiritual warfare between Light and darkness
Your warfare is not carnal, bet garīgi. The spiritual realm is your battlefield. Your job is not to attack people (miesa un asinis), but the powers, galvenās lietas, tumsas valdnieki, and spiritual wickedness that tempt people, take possession of people, and even use people to attack you, seduce you, and tempt you into sin.
When your eyes become spiritual (meaning, you grow up in the Word with the help of the Holy Spirit), you shall know God’s will.
You’ll know what’s right and what’s wrong and what’s good and what’s evil. You’ll be able to discern the things of the spiritual world (which is behind the visible world) and the spirits.
When people try to provoke you, you stay calm and be silent. You let go when people ‘attack’ you with lies or false accusations. You forgive when people say mean painful words to you or treat you wrongly. (Izlasi arī: Kāds ir piedošanas noslēpums).
When someone tries to tempt you into sin, you will discern kārdinājums and walk away.
When you walk after the Spirit you know, who is behind all this. You know who keeps the people in bondage and who is speaking and acting through them.
Kad jūs staigājat pēc Gara, you’ll stay silent, calm, let go, piedod, walk away, Uc. Tāpat kā Jēzus. You will not be ruled by your flesh and therefore not react from your carnal will, jūtas un emocijas.
Your power is not carnal, bet garīgi. Therefore you’ll not use the knowledge, gudrība, and methods of this world. You’ll use the spiritual weapons because you have become a spiritual new creation, who operates in the spirit. You will walk in the Dieva garīgās bruņas, speak the Word of God, and act and pray according to the Word.
the two kinds of prayer
There are two kinds of prayer; carnal prayers and spiritual prayers. Carnal prayers are selfish prayers coming from your flesh; tava griba, Jūtas, Emocijas, Uc., and revolve around you. Spiritual prayers derive from the Word and the Spirit and revolve around the will and Kingdom of God.
The devil is afraid of spiritual prayers and hates Christians, who pray from the Spirit. They are a threat to him and his kingdom, because they attack him and his kingdom with the Word of God.
He knows the power of the Word of God because the Word has disarmed him and overcame him.
The devil will try everything to keep you ignorant, by keeping you away from the Word of God and lead you on side ways. He uses izklaide, traucējoši, problēmas, Maldu mācības, Uc.
He will also use dreams, vīzijas, and prophetic words to tempt you. Piemēram, the devil shall show the importance of praise and worship music, and let you think that praise and worship is the most powerful weapon in spiritual warfare, Bībeles vietā; Dieva Vārds.
But Jesus didn’t resist and defeated the devil in the wilderness by singing spiritual songs. NĒ! Jesus overcame the devil by the power of the Word!
The purpose and power of the Bible
What is the purpose and the power of the Bible in your life as a Christian? The Word of God separates the soul and spirit. The words of God mean death to your flesh but life to your spirit.
Through the Bible you get to know the will of God and His truth and righteousness, reveals the lies of the devil and sin. You discern the truth from lies, Light from darkness and good from evil.
The purpose of the Bible is that all Scriputres are profitable to teach, aizrādījums, pareizi, and instruct you in righteousness. Bībele; the Word is your Sword, which you have to use daily to be an overcomer.
The Bible is your daily bread. Without the words of God, your spirit starves and you will not spiritually mature.
The purpose of the Bible for Christians is to become like the living Word; Jēzus
“Esi zemes sāls”
