In Colossians 3:5-9, Paul wrote, Patayin nga ang inyong mga sangkap na nasa lupa; pakikiapid, karumihan, labis na pagmamahal, masamang pagnanasa, at kaimbutan, na idolatriya: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: Doon din kayo lumakad ng ilang panahon, noong kayo ay nanirahan sa kanila. But now ye also put off all these; galit, galit, malisya, kalapastanganan, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. At nagsuot ng bagong lalaki, na nababago sa kaalaman ayon sa larawan Niya na lumikha sa kanya: Kung saan walang Griyego o Hudyo, pagtutuli o di-pagtutuli, Barbarian, Scythian, bond o libre: ngunit si Kristo ang lahat, at sa lahat. What does mortify your members which are upon the earth mean? How do you mortify your members which are upon the earth?
The responsibility of the new man (son of God)
If you are risen with Christ and are seated in Him, you shall seek those things which are above, where Christ is seated, and not the things on this earth. The spiritual transformation (the new birth in Christ) shall become visible in your life on earth by putting off the old man and putting on the new man.
God has not only given you the authority in Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, but God has also given you the responsibility to (spiritually) mortify your members on earth and to put off the works of the flesh, so that the flesh shall no longer reign as king in your life and dictates you what to do, and make you walk after the flesh in disobedience to God and His Word, but that Christ reigns as King in your life and you walk after the Spirit in obedience to God and His Word (Basahin din: Let sin no longer reign as king!).
That responsibility has been given to the new man, and no single excuse can be cited, to relieve the new man from this responsibility and duty.
No one, who says to be a Christian and claims to be born again has an exceptional position and is excluded.
No one has the right to keep walking in ignorance and be carnally minded, which is enmity against God and is death, and live as children of disobedience as enemies of God and His righteousness (Oh. Mga Taga-Efeso 2:2; 4:18-19, 1 Peter 1:14).
Ang matandang lalaki (son of the devil) is crucified with Christ
If you say that you are born again in Christ, you shall live as a regenerated person, who belongs to God, since your nature has changed.
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death. Therefore you no longer live under the law of sin and death, na naghahari sa laman, because your flesh has been crucified with Christ. You have been made free in Christ and live under grace and the law of the Spirit of life (mga Romano 6:14; 8:1).
When you were the old man, you were alive to the world, but dead to God, due to your trespasses and sins (Oh. Mga Taga-Efeso 2:1-3, 1 Peter 1:13-16).
You belonged to the world and therefore you walked according to the course (pamumuhay) ng mundong ito, ayon sa prinsipe ng kapangyarihan ng hangin, ang espiritu na ngayon ay kumikilos sa mga anak ng pagsuway.
The old man doesn’t do the will of God, but the will of the devil (the ruler of this world), and lives in obedience to the devil in disobedience to God in unbelief.
The old man walks in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the (carnal) isip, and is by nature a child of wrath (Mga Taga-Efeso 2:1-3).
The new man is raised from the death in Christ
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, na napakarami sa atin na nabautismuhan kay Jesucristo ay nabautismuhan sa Kanyang kamatayan? Samakatuwid tayo ay inilibing na kasama Niya sa pamamagitan ng bautismo sa kamatayan: na gaya ni Kristo na binuhay mula sa mga patay sa pamamagitan ng kaluwalhatian ng Ama, gayon din naman tayo ay dapat lumakad sa panibagong buhay.
Sapagka't kung tayo ay itinanim na magkakasama sa wangis ng Kanyang kamatayan, tayo ay magiging katulad din ng Kanyang muling pagkabuhay: Alam ito, na ang ating matandang tao ay napako sa krus kasama Niya, upang ang katawan ng kasalanan ay masira, na simula ngayon ay hindi na tayo dapat maglingkod sa kasalanan. Sapagkat siya na patay ay pinalaya na sa kasalanan. Ngayon kung tayo ay patay na kasama ni Kristo, naniniwala tayo na tayo ay mabubuhay din kasama Niya: Sa pagkaalam na si Kristo ay muling nabuhay mula sa mga patay ay hindi na namamatay; ang kamatayan ay wala nang kapangyarihan sa Kanya. Dahil doon Siya namatay, Namatay siya sa kasalanan minsan: ngunit sa bagay na Siya ay nabubuhay, he liveth unto God. Gayon din naman ay ituring ninyo ang inyong sarili na tunay na mga patay sa kasalanan, ngunit buhay sa Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Cristo na ating Panginoon
Huwag hayaang maghari ang kasalanan sa iyong katawang may kamatayan, na dapat ninyong sundin ito sa mga pita nito. Ni huwag ninyong ibigay ang inyong mga sangkap bilang kasangkapan ng kalikuan sa kasalanan: ngunit ibigay ang inyong sarili sa Diyos, gaya ng mga nabubuhay mula sa mga patay, at ang inyong mga sangkap bilang kasangkapan ng katuwiran sa Diyos. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (mga Romano 6:1-16)
By faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him, the old man has died in Christ and the new man is raised from the death in Christ and made alive unto God.
The spirit of man has been made alive and the Spirit shall reign in the life of the new man. Through submission to God and obedience to His Word and by the power of the Holy Spirit, the new man shall mortify the members which are upon the earth and lay down the works of the flesh and deprave sin from its power, by not giving in to the will, mga pagnanasa, and desires of the flesh and not act upon the thoughts, which oppose the words of God.
If you have become the new man, you shall no longer seek the things which are on the earth and sow in the flesh and reap corruption, but you shall seek those things, which are above and sow in the spirit and bear the fruit of the Spirit.
You are no longer a servant of sin and death, but you have been made free in Christ and have become a servant of righteousness.
Therefore you shall no longer yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin. You shall no longer let your members on earth dictate to you what to do, but from your new position in Christ, you shall take authority over your members and mortify your members which are on the earth and yield yourself unto God and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
What are your members, which are upon the earth?
Patayin nga ang inyong mga sangkap na nasa lupa; pakikiapid, karumihan, labis na pagmamahal, masamang pagnanasa, at kaimbutan, na idolatriya: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: Doon din kayo lumakad ng ilang panahon, noong kayo ay nanirahan sa kanila (Mga taga-Colosas 3:5-7)
Your members, which are on the earth, are fornication, karumihan, labis na pagmamahal, masamang pagnanasa, at kaimbutan, na idolatriya.
If a Christian keeps walking in fornication, karumihan, labis na pagmamahal, masamang pagnanasa, at kaimbutan, the person is still the old man and not the new man, since the person still bears the fruit of the old carnal man.
It’s important that the person repents and becomes born again in Christ, and from the Spirit mortifies his or her members which are upon the earth.
In Christ, you have been given all authority and power to mortify your members on the earth and put off the works of the flesh by resisting the devil, kasalanan, and death so that they shall not have dominion over you anymore.
But it’s up to you, if you want to do it or not. It all depends on whether your love for Jesus and the Father is stronger than your love for your flesh (Basahin din: Do you love God above all?).
Mortifying your members which are upon the earth and putting off the works of the flesh is something you have to do yourself. Nobody else can do that for you. It’s your responsibility, you will be held accountable for it.
But if you don’t take your authority in Christ and you don’t mortify your members which are upon the earth, then your members will eventually mortify you.
How do you mortify your members, which are upon the earth?
If you have become a son of God (naaangkop ito sa kapwa lalaki at babae), you shall no longer feed yourself with the things of this world that will arouse and strengthen the will, and the lusts and desires of your flesh.
You know the truth and the will of God and you will be careful with whom you associate with and the things you get involved with and what you do. You will be cautious about what you watch, ang pinapakinggan mo, ang nabasa mo, atbp.
When you stop feeding your flesh and subdue the flesh, then the lusts and desires of the flesh shall not be aroused and strengthened but shall die.
You mortify your members, which are upon the earth by reigning over your members and resisting them. You’re not giving in to what your will and the lusts and desires of your flesh want.
The new man is an obedient son of God
But now ye also put off all these; galit, galit, malisya, kalapastanganan, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. At nagsuot ng bagong lalaki, na nababago sa kaalaman ayon sa larawan Niya na lumikha sa kanya: Kung saan walang Griyego o Hudyo, pagtutuli o di-pagtutuli, Barbarian, Scythian, bond o libre: ngunit si Kristo ang lahat, at sa lahat (Mga taga-Colosas 3:8-11).
Besides mortifying the members, which are upon the earth (pakikiapid, karumihan, labis na pagmamahal, masamang pagnanasa, at kaimbutan), you shall also put off anger, galit, malisya, kalapastanganan, filthy communication out of your mouth, because they don’t fit in the life of the new man (Basahin din: Ano ang sinasabi ng Bibliya tungkol sa matanda? at Paano ipagpaliban ang matanda?).
The old man is a liar, just like his father the devil, but the new man is not a liar, but speaks the truth just like his Father. Therefore the new man shall not lie, despite the fact that in some countries lying is considered normal and is part of a culture.
The devil uses cultures to execute his destructive work and to keep the people in bondage to the beggarly elements of this world and sin and death and control the people so that they will do what the devil wants and the devil can build his throne (Basahin din: Ang trono ni satanas)
Pero ang totoo, that every culture disappears in Christ. Both the old nature of fallen man as the culture disappears in Christ (Basahin din: Every culture disappears in Christ)
There is no distinction in Christ
Sapagka't kayong lahat ay mga anak ng Dios sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya kay Cristo Jesus. Sapagka't ang lahat sa inyo na nabautismuhan kay Cristo ay nagbihis kay Cristo. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus (Mga taga-Galacia 3:26-28)
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, maging matino, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; Bilang masunuring mga anak, hindi ninyo hinuhubog ang inyong sarili ayon sa mga dating pita sa inyong kamangmangan: Ngunit kung paanong Siya na tumawag sa inyo ay banal, kaya't kayo'y maging banal sa lahat ng paraan ng pakikipag-usap; Kasi nakasulat, Maging banal kayo; sapagkat ako ay banal (1 Peter 1:13-16)
Through the process of sanctification, you shall renew your mind with the Word, put off the old man and put on the new man, who is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him, whereby there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, pagtutuli o di-pagtutuli, Barbarian, Scythian, bond o libre, but Christ is all and in all.
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