The armor is of light in Romans 13:12 is meant for Christians. Секој христијанин, кој повторно се роди во Христа, is delivered from the power of darkness and transferred into the light. Christians don’t belong to the darkness anymore, but to the Kingdom of Light. Затоа, Christians shall not live in the kingdom of darkness, Одете во темнина, 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, природата, and kingdom, 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
Ноќта е далеку помината, денот е при рака: Затоа, да ги отфрлиме делата на темнината, and let us put on the armor of light. Да одиме чесно, како во денот; не во бунт и пијанство, не во камерност и безобразие, не во кавга и завист. Но облечете се на Господ Исус Христос, и не се грижи за телото, to fulfill the lusts (Римјаните 13:12-14)
The Day of the Lord is near. Затоа, it’s time, that all the Christians, кои велат дека веруваат, 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.
Насекаде околу нас, 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, беззаконие, and the lukewarm state of people, кои тврдат дека се христијани.
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.
Затоа, it’s time that those, кои велат дека веруваат, become serious and show through their lives, that they believe in Jesus Christ; Зборот, and are sons of God (ова важи и за машките и за женските), who don’t belong to the darkness (светот) повеќе, but the Light.
Нека гревот повеќе не владее како цар во твојот живот
Затоа, гревот нека не царува во вашето смртно тело, дека треба да му се покорувате во неговите похоти. И не ги предавајте своите членови како орудие на неправедноста на гревот: но предајте Му се на Бога, како оние што се живи од мртвите, и вашите членови како инструменти на праведноста на Бога (Римјаните 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.
Затоа, луѓе, 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 во нивните животи.
Но, Библијата (Божјото Слово) 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.
И немајте заедништво со бесплодните дела на темнината, туку ги удвојува. Зашто, срамота е дури и да се зборува за она што се прави од нив тајно. Но, сè што е укорено се покажува преку светлината: зашто сè што пројавува е светлина (Ефесјаните 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 одложи го старецот. It is an action that every believer is supposed to do. No one can do it for you. Not even God.
Затоа, умртвете ги вашите членови на земјата; блудот, нечистотија, преголема наклонетост, злобна желба, и лакомост, што е идолопоклонство: За кои работи’ заради Божјиот гнев доаѓа врз децата на непослушноста: Во која и вие одевте некое време, кога живеевте во нив. Но сега и вие го одложите сето тоа; гнев, гневот, злоба, богохулење, гнасна комуникација надвор од вашата уста. Не лажете еден на друг, гледајќи дека го одложивте старецот со неговите дела; И го облечете новиот човек, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created Him (Колосјаните 3:5-10)
Сега делата на телото се манифестираат, кои се овие; Преulуба, блудот, нечистотија, лакомост, Идолопоклонство, вештерство, омраза, варијанса, емулации, гневот, расправија, бунтови, ереси, Зависта, убиства, пијанство, веселби, и такви како: од она што ви го кажувам претходно, како што ви кажав и во минатото, дека оние што прават такви работи нема да го наследат царството Божјо(Галатјаните 5:19-22)
God has given you in Christ all authority and power to resist the devil and resist sin; делата на темнината.
По Исус Христос, Синот Божји, was baptized in water by Јован Крстител and received the Holy Spirit from the Father, Исус бил одведен од Светиот Дух во пустината.
Во дивината, Исус беше tempted by the devil for forty days. 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.
И исто како Исус, 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, кои водат кон грев.
And that’s only possible if you сакај го Бога Со сето свое срце, душа, ум, и сила,h and know His will and yield yourself to His will, исто како Исус, Who loved His Father with all His heart, душа, mind and strength and knew His Father’s will and yielded Himself to the will of the Father.
Која е волјата на Бога?
Зашто тоа е волјата Божја, дури и твоето осветување, да се воздржувате од блуд: Секој од вас да знае да го поседува својот сад во осветување и чест; Не во страста на желбата, како и незнабошците кои не го познаваат Бога: Дека никој не оди подалеку и не го измами својот брат во која било работа: затоа што Господ е одмаздник на сите такви, како што и ние ве предупредивме и посведочивме. Зашто Бог не нè повика на нечистотија, туку кон светоста. Затоа, тој што презира, не го презира човекот, но Бог, кој ни го даде и Својот Свети Дух (1 Солунчани 4:3-8)
И ќе го ставам Мојот Дух во вас, и ве натерам да одите по Моите наредби, и ќе ги пазите Моите судови, и направете ги (Езекиел 36:27)
И да не биде во согласност со овој свет: Но, бидете трансформирани со обновување на вашиот ум, за да докажете што е тоа добро, и прифатливо, и совршен, волјата Божја (Римјаните 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. Сепак, 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 обнови им го умот со Словото Божјо. Така, 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. Преку нивната послушност кон Бога, тие прошетка во љубов 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 (на крштевање во вода и крштевањето со Светиот Дух).
Затоа, браќа, ние сме должници, не по тело, да се живее по телото. За ако живеете по телото, ќе умреш: Но, ако вие преку духот, ги осудувате делата на телото, ќе живеете за сите што се водени од Божјиот Дух, тие се синови Божји. Зашто не сте примиле дух на ропство повторно за да се плашите; но вие го примивте Духот на посвојувањето, при што плачеме, Аба, Татко (Римјаните 8:12-15)
During the process of осветување, you shall put off the works of darkness. You’ll put off the old man, кој ја има природата на ѓаволот, and put on the armor of light. You will put on the new man and be clothed with Jesus Christ.
You shall no longer do the works of the flesh. But through (the power of) Духот, 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, и сака да лаже, rebel, блудниче, изврши прељуба, развод, часовник порно, 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 (Источен) филозофии, вештерство, гатање, консултирајте се со духови, envy others and be jealous, drink alcohol, крадат, омраза, Убиј, биди непростлив towards others, recompense evil for evil, итн.
Because according to the Bible, all these works are the works of darkness that belong to the old man; грешникот. 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.
Сите, who has been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ
Зашто сите вие сте Божји деца со вера во Христа Исуса. За што многумина од вас се крстени во Христа, го облекоа Христа (Галатјаните 3:26-27)
The new man is clothed with Christ. Затоа, the spiritual transformation of the старец into the new man should become visible in the natural realm in the life of the new man.
Новиот човек, who has been made in the image of the Creator, shall put on Jesus Christ; the Word and walk in the light; Во вистината на Бога, 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, душа, 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, прељуба, блудот, лага, крадат, Убиј, 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 (Метју 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, душа, ум, and strength and stay obedient to the Word and the Holy Spirit and walk by faith in righteousness after the will of God, you shall be able to:
- 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.
„Бидете сол на земјата“
