I Kolosserne 3:1-4, Paulus skrev, hvis du står opp med Kristus, Søk de tingene som er over, hvor Kristus sitter ved Guds høyre hånd. Sett din kjærlighet til ting ovenfor, Ikke på ting på jorden. For you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. Hva mente Paulus med det? What does it mean to be risen with Christ and to seek those things which are above?
Hvis du da står opp med Kristus, Søk de tingene som er over
Hvis du da står opp med Kristus, Søk de tingene som er over, hvor Kristus sitter ved Guds høyre hånd. Sett din kjærlighet til ting ovenfor, Ikke på ting på jorden. For du er død, Og livet ditt er gjemt med Kristus i Gud (Kolosserne 3:1-3)
Hvis du står opp med Kristus, du skal søke det som er oppe, hvor Kristus sitter på Guds høyre hånd.
You shall set your mind on the things above and not on things on the earth anymore, since you (Den gamle skapelsen, who is sense-ruled and led and controlled by the will, følelser, lyster, and desires of the flesh and the beggarly elements of the world), don’t live anymore, but are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Derfor, when you become born again in Christ, your life shall change.
You shall no longer live as you lived before in ignorance from your blinded carnal mind that is controlled by darkness and is enmity with God. You shall not fill yourself with the knowledge and wisdom of the world and put your trust in it.
But you shall renew your mind with the Word of God and fill yourself with the knowledge and wisdom of God, so that you find out the truth and the will of God. You shall live by faith in Jesus Christ and walk from a renewed mind in obedience to the words of God in the truth according to His will and you shall put your trust in Him (Les også: Ha tro på Gud).
The old man has died in Christ
Although you still live in the world, du tilhører ikke verden lenger. Because you have been bought with a price and are redeemed from the power of darkness with the precious blood of Jesus Christ (Åh. 1 Korinterne 6:20, 1 Peter 6:20, 2 Peter 2:1).
Gjennom gjenfødelse i Kristus, your flesh has died and you no longer live under the authority of the beggarly elements of this world (denne verdens ånder) that cause you to live in pride, opprør, and disobedience to God and His Word. You have died to (tingene til) Verden.
Since you don’t belong to the evil generation of the old man (Fallen mann), you shall no longer do the works of the old man.
You have become a new creation and belong to God and therefore you shall walk as a new creation; the new man in holiness and righteousness (Les også: Lever kristne som en valgt generasjon, et kongelig prestedømme, and a peculiar unto God?)
The new man has been made free from the law of sin and death
Through the death of the flesh in Christ Jesus, you have been redeemed from the curse of the law. You have been delivered from the law of sin and death, som hersker i kjødet. På grunn av det, you shall no longer live after the flesh under the law in the bondage of death and persevere in sin, but you shall live after the Spirit under nåde in the will of God and keep His words and commandments.
Let no one deceive you, by making you believe that you have to go back to the Old Covenant and keep the law of Moses with all its precepts, Ritualer, ofre lover, matlover, høytider, etc. (Les også: Hvorfor kristne går tilbake til den gamle pakt? og Hva er lovens hemmelighet?).
De, who are born again in Christ are no longer carnal but have become spiritual and shall walk after the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus and keep the commandments of Christ (John 14:15, 21;15:10, romerne 8:2, 1 John 2:3; 3:24; 5: 2-3, 2 John 1:6, Åpenbaring 22:14).
The commandments of Christ are the same commandments as the commandments of the Father. Jesus even tightened some of them, since the new man, who walks after the Spirit is able to establish the law (romerne 3:31 (Les også: Guds bud vs Jesu bud).
Establishing the law refers to the moral part of the law, which represents the nature and will of God, and refers not to all the precepts, Ritualer, ofre lover, matlover, høytider, etc, which were all meant for the sanctification and justification of the flesh of the old man (som ble født av Israels ætt).
Jesus was the Firstborn of the new creation and didn’t walk after the flesh but after the Spirit and fulfilled the law. De, who have become a new creation in Christ shall also fulfill the law by submitting to God and His Word and walking in obedience to God after the Spirit in His will (Åh. romerne 8:29-30, Kolosserne 1:13-20, Hebreerne 12:22-24).
The new man has risen with Christ from the death
Når du ble døpt, your flesh not only died, but your spirit was raised from the dead. And through the baptism with the Holy Spirit, Den Hellige Ånd bor inne i deg.
Gjennom regenerering, you are reconciled with God and your fallen state and position are restored in the Son.
You are risen with Christ and seated in Him at the right hand of the Father above all principality, makt, Kan, og herredømme og hvert navn som er nevnt. That’s your new place and position (Åh. Efeserne 1:20; 2:4-10).
Since you are born of God, Født av vann og ånd, God’s nature has become your nature and His will has become your will.
Therefore you shall seek and desire those things which are above, hvor Kristus sitter.
You shall desire the Word and renew your mind with the Word of God and you shall set your affection on things of the Kingdom of God, instead of feeding your mind with the things of the world and keeping a carnal mind and letting your mind be controlled by the lies of the devil (Verden) and the destructive thoughts, which derive from darkness (Les også: Ta autoritet over tankene dine, Før de tar autoritet over deg)
Jesus Christ is your life!
Når Kristus, hvem er livet vårt, skal dukke opp, then shall you also appear with Him in glory (Kolosserne 3:4)
Through the change of nature and the renewing of your mind, du skal ikke lenger leve som verden, as you lived before, in the power of sin and death. You shall no longer walk in darkness in rebellion against God and His words and break every rule, befaling, and covenant that God has instituted. But you shall live from your new position in Christ and lay down the works of the flesh and walk in the Word in the light on the earth.
Jesus Christ is not an addition to your life, but Jesus Christ is your life! Han bor i deg, and you live in Him!
A person’s heart goes out to what he loves, and what he loves he will devote his time to.
Derfor, if you are risen with Christ and you really love Jesus, then your heart shall go out to Jesus and you shall spend time in the Word and in prayer and seek and set your thoughts on the things which are above, hvor Kristus sitter, instead of the things which are on the earth.
You shall listen to Jesus; the Word and obey and do what Jesus has commanded you to do.
Når Kristus, Who is your life, skal dukke opp, you shall also appear with Him in glory.
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