Во Филипјаните 2:12, Павле им пишал на светците во Филипи, Работете на сопственото спасение со страв и трепет. Можеби овие зборови звучат чудно во вашите уши. But these words of Paul still apply to the saints in Christ Jesus. Although people are saved by Jesus Christ, it’s up to the people to stay saved. Every Christian should work out his own salvation. No one can do that for the other. But how do you work out your own salvation?
Does the church doctrine correspond with the truth of God?
People think so easily about salvation in the Christian faith. This is mainly because many churches mixed the words of God with the words of man. They created doctrines that deviate from the truth of God and His Word.
Because of wrong doctrines, many Christians have created a wrong image of the gospel and adhered to a false faith.
They think that by reciting a few words (confession) and by doing an act (крштевање), you will be saved once and for all, despite the way you live.
But does the Bible confirm this doctrine? (Прочитајте исто така: Еднаш зачувана е секогаш зачувана Библиска?)
If it was that easy and it wouldn’t matter how you live and what you do and you can’t fall from your faith and lose your salvation, then why did the apostles warn the saints in Christ Jesus for apostasy?
Why did they speak about running the race of life, holding fast to the faithful word and the faith, apostasy, preventing an evil heart of unbelief, working out your own salvation with fear and trembling, resisting sin, enduring temptation, and persevering and keeping the faith until the end? (на. 1 Коринтјани 9:24-27; 10:12, Евреите 6:4-6; 10:23-31, 2 Петар 2:20-22)
Why did they speak about all these things, if it wouldn’t matter anyway?
God gave power to become the sons of God
Тој беше во светот, и светот е создаден од Него, а светот не Го позна. Тој дојде кај Своите, а Неговите не Го примија. Но, колку што Го примија, им даде моќ да станат Божји синови, дури и на оние кои веруваат во Неговото име: Кои се родени, не од крв, ниту на волјата на телото, ниту на волјата на човекот, туку од Бога (Џон 1:10-13)
Тоа е благодатта Божја, that God gave the ability to every human to be saved and become sons of God (ова важи и за машките и за женските. (Прочитајте исто така: What does it mean the law was given by Moses, grace and truth came by Jesus Christ?)).
You are saved by faith in Jesus Christ and His redemptive work. Со вера, го добивте Светиот Дух. God gave this freely to you, by faith and not by works.
You are not saved by following a set of rules, ритуали, прописи, and laws (which are written in the law of Moses or are set in a church), or humanistic works. But you are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, со Неговото дело.
If you are saved and born of God and are a son of God (ова важи и за машките и за женските), you shall live as a son of God.
The life of a son of God
Но, сега се ослободени од гревот, и станете слуги на Бога, го имате својот плод за светост, и крајот на вечниот живот. Зашто платата за гревот е смрт; но дарот Божји е вечен живот преку Исус Христос, нашиот Господ (Римјаните 6:22-23)
Како син Божји, you shall live in submission to God in obedience to His Word in the Light. Ова значи, you shall no longer live as a son of the devil in rebellion towards God in disobedience to His Word in darkness. (на. Џон 8:12).
You have been made righteous and made free from sin. Затоа, нема повеќе да одиш во грев, но ќе одите во праведност. (Прочитајте исто така: Дали секогаш остануваш грешник?).
You are cleansed and sanctified in Jesus Christ; Зборот. And by faith in Him and obedience to His words, you shall stay sanctified in the truth of the Word (Џон 17:14-21).
Every person has been given the ability and the power of God to become a son of God and remain a son of God or to return to the world and pick up his old life.
Someone can leave Jesus and the faith in Him and return to the world and live like the world under the influence of worldly spirits at any time.
God doesn’t force anyone! God has given every person a free will and the freedom to make his own choices in life. But every choice has consequences (Прочитајте исто така: Што сееш, ќе жнееш)
Бидете свети, for God is holy
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: But as he which hath called you is holy, па бидете свети во секој начин на разговор; Затоа што е напишано, Бидете свети; зашто јас сум свет (1 Петар 1:13-16)
Many Christians have a carnal mind and created a god in their minds after their own image. They believe that God adjusts His will and words to the time we live in and to the will, страста, и желби на телото.
Поради ова, many churches have become world-like and have approved and accepted the works of the flesh.
Тие велат, that you can keep walking after the flesh, living like the world in sin, и наследи вечен живот.
Но повторно, the Bible doesn’t confirm this doctrine but says something else.
God is not created by (волјата на) човек (from his carnal mind) after the image of man. God is also not created for man, to submit to the will of man and obey and serve man.
But man is created by (волјата на) God after His image. Man is created for God, and to submit to God and obey and serve God.
It is not God, who must give account to man for His words and works on the Day of Judgment. But it is man, who must give account to God for his words and works on the Day of Judgment.
The restoration in Christ
На (Ново) man is restored (исцели) in Christ from his fallen state and reconciled with God. The new man should be renewed and changed into the image of God. This happens by the renewing of the mind with the Word, од страна на одложувајќи го старецот, облекување на новиот човек, living in submission to Jesus Christ, and walking after the Spirit in obedience to God in the truth.
It is a lie, that the works of the flesh lead to eternal life. Затоа што Словото вели, that the works of the flesh lead to death.
Therefore faith in Jesus Christ, регенерација во Него, и на process of sanctification are essential for every human being.
You are sanctified in Christ and through obedience to Him you stay sanctified
Christians should realize that Jesus has given His life for this! Секој човек, who has been born again in Christ has been made free from sin and death. The person has been given power to become a son of God and live as a son of God.
You live as a son of God by living in obedience to the Father and His Word and doing what Jesus has said and commanded you to do.
You have been sanctified in Christ. Преку послушност кон зборот; Вистината, you remain sanctified.
Сепак, obedience to the Truth of God’s Word has consequences for your life on earth. (Прочитајте исто така: Што значи да се пресметаат трошоците?)
A son of God has become an enemy of the world
Тогаш Исус им рече на Своите ученици, Ако некој ќе дојде по Мене, нека се одрече, и земи го неговиот крст, и следете Ме. Зашто, кој сака да го спаси својот живот, ќе го загуби: и кој сака да го загуби својот живот заради Мене, ќе го најде. For what is a man profited, ако го придобие целиот свет, и ја изгуби сопствената душа? или што ќе даде човек во замена за својата душа? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works (Метју 16:24-27)
Вие прељубници и прељубници, не знаете дека пријателството на светот е непријателство со Бога? Кој и да е, ќе биде пријател на светот е непријател на Бога (Џејмс 4:4)
Another lie that is preached is, that a son of God is a friend of the world and that you be loved by the world.
Затоа што Словото вели, that although you live in the world, повеќе не му припаѓаш на светот, но вие припаѓате на Бога.
You belong to God and bear the Name of Jesus Christ. Затоа, the world hates you. (Прочитајте исто така: Зошто светот ги мрази христијаните?).
Преку регенерација, повеќе не му припаѓаш на светот, but you become an enemy of the world.
Instead of saying and doing what the world says and does, and being led by your will, чувства, и емоции, you shall obey, Зборувај, and do the words of God
“The world can’t hate, но Ме мрази”
Светот не може да ве мрази; но Ме мрази, бидејќи јас сведочам за тоа, дека неговите дела се зли (Џон 7:7)
If the world hated and persecuted Jesus, because Jesus spoke the words of God; вистината Божја, and did the works of God, потоа оние, who are a new creation and belong to Christ and follow Him and speak His words and obey His commandments and do His works, shall also be hated and persecuted by the world.
Оној, who abides in you disapproves of the works of the flesh
Оној, who abides in you does not approve the works of the flesh. But He convicts the world of sin, of judgment, и праведноста (Џон 16:8-12).
By walking after the Spirit in obedience to the Word, you shall no longer be loved by the world. You shall be hated, исто како Исус. Because by your words and speaking the truth of God and doing righteous works, you testify that the words of the world are lies and the works of the flesh are evil and lead to (вечен) смрт.
Jesus spoke the words of the Father, whereby Jesus revealed the truth of God to the house of Israel. Сепак, the truth was not always appreciated. Since the truth of God opposes the will of the flesh. The truth of God means death for the works of the flesh. (Прочитајте исто така: Што вели Библијата за старецот?)
But Jesus was not intimidated or influenced by the people. Jesus held fast to the truth of God and kept speaking the truth of God, whereby Jesus was hated and experienced persecution, in His life, which eventually led to His death (Прочитајте исто така: Страдањето и исмејувањето на Исус Христос).
The sons of God are hated and persecuted by the world
Ако светот те мрази, знаете дека Мене Ме мрази пред вас. Ако сте од светот, светот би го сакал своето: туку затоа што не сте од светот, но јас те избрав од светот, затоа светот ве мрази. Запомни го зборот што ти го кажав, Слугата не е поголем од својот господар. Ако ме прогонувале, ќе те прогонуваат и тебе; ако го одржале Моето изрече, ќе го задржат и твоето. Но, сето тоа ќе ви го направат заради Моето Име, зашто не Го познаваат Оној, Кој Ме пратил (Џон 15:18-21)
Јас им го дадов Твојот збор; и светот ги мрази, бидејќи тие не се од светот, иако јас не сум од светот. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Тие не се од светот, иако јас не сум од светот (Џон 17:14-16)
The people hated the disciples of Jesus and persecuted them, due to their obedience to Jesus; Зборот.
The disciples obeyed the words of God. They preached the gospel of Jesus Christ and the truth of God and stood in the faith, И покрај последиците.
They knew they had become an enemy of the world and they hated them. Because they testified of their evil works. Just like their Saviour, Мајстор, и Господи. Сепак, they were not intimidated or influenced by the people.
They remained faithful to Jesus and the Father and His words and commandments and were led by the Holy Spirit.
The disciples were spiritually awake and watchful. The apostles and shepherds of the churches didn’t allow anything or anyone to come in their way.
The disciples stayed awake and watchful and worked out their salvation with fear and trembling
Вие сте од Бога, мали деца, и ги надминале: because greater is he that is in you, отколку тој што е во светот. Тие се од светот: затоа зборуваат за светот, and the world heareth them. Ние сме од Бога: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Со тоа го познаваме духот на вистината, и духот на заблудата (1 Џон 4:4-6)
They protected the gospel of Jesus Christ and the truth of God and warned each other of false teachers.
As soon as a false teacher arose from among the believers in the church or a false teacher entered from outside and became a threat to the church, they warned the churches.
If there was a spiritual danger and someone went in the wrong direction, which led to apostasy, and the behavior of the person defiled the holiness of the church, they confronted, казнет, and corrected the person, and called the person to repentance.
And so they warned each other and kept each other awake. They remained spiritually watchful and worked out their own salvation with fear and trembling. Because they knew, what the new life as a son of God contained.
They knew their adversary and the spiritual dangers, но тие guarded the gates на црквата.
Their love for Jesus and the fear of God was so big that it overwhelmed their earthly life. Тие не го сакаа сопствениот живот, they loved Jesus and lived for Him.
This attitude must return to the Body of Christ; Црквата. So that the Church of Christ becomes a power of God again instead of a social institution. (Прочитајте исто така: Е црквата социјална институција или Божја моќ?)
Работете на сопственото спасение со страв и трепет
Затоа, мојата сакана, as ye have always obeyed, не само како во мое присуство, но сега многу повеќе во мое отсуство, изработи го своето спасение со страв и трепет. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Правете ги сите работи без мрморење и расправии: That ye may be blameless and harmless, синовите Божји, без укор, среде крива и перверзна нација, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life; за да се радувам на Христовиот ден, дека не сум трчал залудно, ниту се трудеше залудно (Филипјаните 2:12-16)
The faith has become your new life instead of an addition to your old life.
Some Christians talk and act piously when they go to church and/or when they are in the presence of fellow Christians, but as soon as they are home, alone or in the company of unbelievers, they speak and act like the world and do things that oppose the will of God. Низ нивните животи, they deny the Word and live in rebellion and disobedience to the Word.
Many Christians don’t resist sin and don’t endure temptation. But they give in to the temptation.
They believe that by that one choice they made, they are saved forever. No matter what they do. They believe that sin won’t harm them. (Прочитајте исто така: Можете ли да го искористите скршениот свет како изговор?)
But it does matter, if you know His will and you know that something isn’t good to do and you do it anyway.
“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering“
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Зашто, ако грешиме намерно, тогаш сме го примиле знаењето за вистината, нема повеќе жртва за гревови, Но, одредена страшна потрага по осуда и огнена огорченост, кои ќе ги проголтаат противниците (Евреите 10:23-27).
If the Holy Spirit, Whom you have received from the Father, dwells in you and you obey Him and do what He says, you will be led by the Holy Spirit.
You shall no longer live, as you lived before in ignorance of the truth in disobedience to God and His word. You shall no longer do the works of the flesh and give into sin. But you shall resist sin and endure in temptation. (Прочитајте исто така: Можете ли да одолеете на искушението?)
You shall obey Him and work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God, Who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
The sons of God are blameless, безопасни, без укор, holding forth the word of life
You shall do all things without murmurings and disputings. Because following Jesus is not always easy. You shall experience setbacks, отпор, and persecution from the people around you. Сепак, if you love Him you stay obedient to Him and keep His commandment.
You do everything while being grateful to Him. So that you shall be blameless and harmless, синовите Божји, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, меѓу кои светите како светла во светот, holding forth the word of life.
Therefore put your trust in God and hold forth His words and don’t let them slip. Let not (the words and works of) оние, who are the старо создание and belong to the crooked and perverse generation and the ruler of this world and serve him, influence you.
You are responsible for your own salvation. Затоа, изработи го своето спасение со страв и трепет. Standfast in the faith and obey the words of God, and walk in His truth, until the end.
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