The redemption of fallen man, through the perfect redemptive work of Jesus Christ, is not the final destination but the beginning of a new life. When you become a partaker of the grace of God, you can no longer live the way you lived before your repentance and before you became born again. Because grace without repentance doesn’t exist. The grace of God not only contains salvation for the house of Israel and the Gentiles, but the grace of God also contains the process of sanctification, to teach the sons of God (и машки и женски) to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly, праведно, and godly in this world. Let’s look at what the Bible says about the grace of God and the process of sanctification.
Преку милоста Божја, ти стана нова креација
Со вера во Исус Христос и преку обнова; the death of the flesh and the resurrection of the spirit, ти стана нова креација (нов човек). You no longer belong to the generation of fallen man, who has the corrupt nature of his father the devil and belongs to the darkness. But through regeneration in Christ, you are restored (исцели) и се помири со Бога. You belong to the generation of the new man, who has the holy and righteous nature of his Father God and lives in His Kingdom.
Your spirit is raised from the dead and by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, you’ve received God’s nature. Затоа, ќе живееш поинаку.
You shall no longer walk as fallen man, who is led by the flesh and walks after the lusts and desires of the flesh in ungodliness in darkness.
Наместо тоа, you shall walk as the new man, who is led by the Word and the Spirit and walks by faith after God’s will in righteousness in the Light.
When someone repents and becomes born again a total change takes place.
Луѓето, who repent on the basis of the conviction of sin and the revelation of their corrupt and filthy fallen state as sinner, through the holiness of God, shall immediately live another life.
On what basis have you repented?
When people repent on another basis than the conviction of sin and the revelation of their sinful state as fallen man, many times a radical change doesn’t take place in their lives.
На пример, if people repent on the basis of the traditions of man and because they were raised in a Christian family, or because their spouse believes, or out of fear for hell, or for healing, or for the deliverance of demons, итн.
In most cases, their lives remain the same as before their repentance. Единствената разлика е, that they go to church, читај ја Библијата повремено, молете се, and maybe become more humanistic.
Has faith become your life or is faith an addition to your life?
Многу пати, faith is considered an addition to someone’s life, instead of faith becoming the person’s life. People often consider faith as something that you practice besides your daily life and occupation. Поради тоа, a true repentance and regeneration don’t happen. People keep walking after the flesh, исто како и светот.
Многу луѓе, кои одат во црква, don’t consider the works of the flesh evil. Therefore they don’t see the necessity of becoming born again and put off the flesh.
You will only be able to see the потреба од регенерација and to put off the works of the flesh, when you have a personal encounter with Jesus Christ and are confronted with the holiness of God that exposes the darkness in your life and your sinful state.
Not until, you had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ and are confronted with your sinful state, and are tired of living your life as a sinner and no longer want to live that way, only then will you be ready to give your life to Jesus Christ and to lay down your flesh in Him. (Прочитајте исто така: ‘Count the cost’).
A spiritual baby
Кога повторно ќе се родиш и ќе станеш нова креација, you are a spiritual baby. Although you are complete in Christ and received everything in Him to walk as a son of God, you have to spiritually mature.
This happens through the renewing of your mind with the Word of God. So that you will get to know the will of God and be able to discern God’s will and His truth from the will of the devil and his lies. (Прочитајте исто така: 'The will of God versus the will of the devil’)
Но тоа не е се! When you renew your mind with the Word, you also have to put the words of God into practice, so that you become a извршител на Словото.
Како извршител на Словото, you shall walk by faith in holiness (одвоени од светот и посветени на Бога) и праведноста.
You shall no longer act by what the flesh and the world say. But you shall act by what the words of God and the Spirit say.
The Word and the Spirit diametrically oppose the words of the world and the flesh. Therefore this shall be quite difficult at first.
But Jesus commanded to take up your cross and carry your cross daily. This means that you daily have to crucify the flesh and submit to the Word and the Spirit. It isn’t the easiest way. But it is the way of joy, мир, праведност, and life and leads to eternal life.
the process of sanctification
In the beginning of the process of sanctification, there shall be remainders of your old life. The Holy Spirit shall teach you in the Bible and reveal the truth. The Holy Spirit shall confront you with the remainders of your old life; твоето месо. Then it’s up to you to remove them from your life.
During the process of sanctification to spiritual maturity, you shall make mistakes. You shall unconsciously do things, which are not good.
The Holy Spirit and the Word shall confront you and reveal to you that it was wrong and not according to God’s will.
After the conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit, you can ask forgiveness, покај се, and remove it from your life.
If you truly repent during the process of regeneration, you shall be forgiven by the grace of God.
Сепак, the grace of God is not meant to rebel against the Word and the Holy Spirit.
The grace of God is not meant to keep doing those things, which oppose God’s will, and consciously persevere in sin and live after your will. (Прочитајте исто така: What is sin unto death and sin not unto death?)
If you know that something isn’t good and opposes the will of God, but you ignore the will of God and keep doing it, then you still love your flesh and that work of the flesh, and don’t want to remove it from your life.
You don’t really regret and repent of what you have done. Therefore you shall not remove it from your life, but shall keep doing it, одново и одново, because you love doing it.
Who do you love more, Jesus or your flesh?
Ако продолжиш да грешиш, it proves that your love for what you do (гревот) and for your flesh is greater than your love for Jesus Christ. (Прочитајте исто така: Дали го сакате Бога со сето свое срце?)
You can ask forgiveness over and over again out of habit or a religious ordinance, because that’s what you’ve been taught. But it doesn’t work like that.
The grace of God is not a license to persevere in sin.
If you see no harm in doing the works of the flesh. If you don’t consider the works of the flesh evil, but keep doing them and keep walking after the flesh, it proves to whom you belong and кому му служите.
The grace of God during the proces of sanctification
The grace of God during the process of sanctification is the time that God gives to lay down the old man and put on the new man. Така, the new man grows up in the sonship of God and walks as a mature son of God in righteousness according to His will.
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, Учејќи нè на тоа, негирање на безбожноста и световните похоти, треба да живееме трезвено, праведно, и побожно, во овој сегашен свет; Барајќи ја таа благословена надеж, и славното појавување на големиот Бог и наш Спасител Исус Христос; Кој се даде Себеси за нас, за да нè откупи од секое беззаконие, и очисти за себе некој посебен народ, ревносен за добри дела (Тит 2:11-14)
When your life remains unchanged, it proves that you have not repented and are not born again in the spirit. It proves that you are still trapped in the sinful flesh and do what the flesh commands you to do.
Because you are trapped in the sinful flesh and led by the flesh, you shall also continue to sin.
Since the flesh reigns as king in your life, the flesh shall consistently command you to do those things that are conformed to the world, but oppose the will of God. Поради тоа, you shall not enter the place that God has prepared for you. Наместо тоа, you shall stay camping at the cross. (Прочитајте исто така: ‘Крстот место за умирање или место за грев?')
many Christians camp at the cross
Many Christians stay camping at the cross. They don’t live from their new healed and holy position in Christ as a son of God (и машки и женски). They proclaim the grace of God but the process of sanctification is not part of their lives. Instead they stay carnal and live as the old man, who is trapped in the flesh, како робови на гревот.
This is mainly because of their love for the flesh and/or the process of sanctification is no longer preached in the church. Instead of entering the process of sanctification, the church uses the grace of God to embrace and accept sin.
Затоа опашај ги бедрата на својот ум, биди трезен, и надевајте се до крај на благодатта што ќе ви се донесе при откровението на Исус Христос; Како послушни деца, немој да се обликуваш според поранешните похоти во своето незнаење: Но, како што Оној што ве повика, е свет, па бидете свети во секој начин на разговор; Затоа што е напишано, Бидете свети; зашто јас сум свет (1 Петар 1:13-16)
Многу христијани самите не ја читаат и не ја проучуваат Библијата. They listen to preachers and believe their words above the words of God and act upon their words and build their faith upon them.
Since they don’t read and study the Bible, they stay ignorant about the truth and holy position in Christ. They don’t walk in the power of God and rule over sin and death. Instead they live as slaves to sin and death in ungodliness and the worldly lusts.
But the process of sanctification (put off the old man and put on the new man and live a holy and righteous life after God’s will) is necessary. Because without holiness, no one shall see the Lord (Евреите 12:14).
Justified by the blood of Jesus
Вистината е, дека по милоста Божја, со вера во Исус Христос, you have been saved. The blood of Jesus cleansed you from all your sins and unrighteousness and justified you. Преку регенерација во Него, you became a son of God and have peace with God.
For God has not called us unto uncleanness, туку кон светоста. He therefore that despises, не го презира човекот, но Бог, Who has also given unto us His Holy Spirit (1 Солунчани 4:7-8)
You have received His Word and His Holy Spirit. Сега зависи од вас, what you do with the grace of God, with everything that you received from God by faith in Christ.
It’s your turn to get started and do what He commanded you to do. Ова значи, на., одложувајќи го старецот и облекување на новиот човек, walking after God’s will in righteousness and being His witness.
As God is holy, His children are holy and walk in holiness and righteousness
Бидејќи Бог е свет, и тие, who are born of Him are holy, you should live a holy life. This means that you no longer walk after your own will and the lusts and desires of your flesh and the world in ungodliness and keep sinning. But it means that you walk after the Spirit according to God’s will. You do what the Word and the Spirit command you to do.
Како син Божји, you shall no longer be led by the devil and his will, which dwell in your flesh and caused you to sin. But you shall be led by the Holy Spirit, who works in your spirit and makes you do the will of God and His righteous works
Ова значи, that from time to time you will struggle. But everything depends upon your love for Jesus Christ and how much time you spend on the things which are above and how much time you spend on the things on earth.
“Set your mind on things above, Не за работи на земјата”
The more time you spend with Jesus Christ; Зборот, the better you will get to know the Father. Колку повеќе вие обнови го твојот ум со Словото, the more you will love the Father and His Word. You shall hate evil and the works of the flesh.
На пример, if you used to tell lies in your former life and didn’t mind telling a white lie, then now you shall feel uncomfortable. That’s because the Word and the Holy Spirit confront you with the truth.
They will show you, that lying is a characteristic from the devil, your former father, who is liar. Lying is a work of the flesh. Lying belongs to your old carnal nature and not to your new godly nature.
If you yield to Jesus Christ (живиот збор) you obey Him and hate lies, исто како и Бог. You shall remove lying from your life. Because as a son of God you walk in the truth and speak the truth. Исто како Исус Христос, Синот Божји, walked in the truth of His Father and spoke the truth.
god gave you power to resist the temptations of the devil
И сега, браќа, Те порачувам на Бога, и на словото на Неговата благодат, што е во состојба да ве изгради, и да ти дадам наследство меѓу сите осветени (Дела 20:32)
Имајќи ги затоа овие ветувања, драга сакана, да се исчистиме од секаква нечистотија на телото и духот, усовршувајќи ја светоста во страв Божји (2 Коринтјани 7:1)
By His grace, Бог anointed you as a son of God in Christ and gave you power during the process of sanctification. God gave you all the spiritual weapons to stand against the whiles of the devil and fight against sin.
God gave you all power to resist the temptations of the devil and the lusts and desires of the flesh. He gave you power to live a holy live in obedience to God after His will.
What is the secret of the process of sanctification?
The secret of the process of sanctification (the transformation of the old man into the new man and walk as a mature son of God) е, that when you fear God and love God with all your heart, душа, ум, и сила, you don’t focus on yourself and not give into the cry and demands of the flesh.
Наместо тоа, you walk after the Spirit and focus on the things above, каде што седи Исус Христос, и претставуваат, проповедаат, и донесе Неговото Царство на земјата.
„Бидете сол на земјата’
