A armadura é de luz em Romanos 13:12 é destinado aos cristãos. Todo cristão, que nasceu de novo em Cristo, é libertado do poder das trevas e transferido para a luz. Os cristãos não pertencem mais às trevas, but to the Kingdom of Light. Portanto, Christians shall not live in the kingdom of darkness, Ande na escuridão, 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, natureza, e reino, 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
A noite está longe, o dia está próximo: vamos, portanto, abandonar as obras das trevas, and let us put on the armor of light. Vamos caminhar honestamente, como no dia; não em tumultos e embriaguez, não em câmara e devassidão, não em conflito e inveja. Mas revesti-vos do Senhor Jesus Cristo, e não tenhais cuidado com a carne, to fulfill the lusts (Romanos 13:12-14)
The Day of the Lord is near. Portanto, está na hora, that all the Christians, que dizem que acreditam, 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.
Ao nosso redor, 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, Ilegalidade, and the lukewarm state of people, que afirmam ser cristãos.
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.
Portanto, it’s time that those, que dizem que acreditam, become serious and show through their lives, that they believe in Jesus Christ; a palavra, and are sons of God (isso se aplica a homens e mulheres), who don’t belong to the darkness (o mundo) não mais, but the Light.
Deixe o pecado não reinar mais como rei em sua vida
Não deixe o pecado, portanto, reinar em seu corpo mortal, para que lhe obedeçais em suas concupiscências. Nem entregueis vossos membros como instrumentos de injustiça ao pecado: mas entreguem-se a Deus, como aqueles que estão vivos dentre os mortos, e seus membros como instrumentos de justiça para Deus (Romanos 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.
Portanto, pessoas, 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 em suas vidas.
Mas a Bíblia (Palavra de Deus) 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.
E não tenha comunhão com as obras infrutíferas das trevas, mas sim reprová-los. Pois é uma vergonha até falar das coisas que são feitas deles em segredo. Mas todas as coisas reprovadas são manifestadas pela luz: pois tudo o que se manifesta é luz (Efésios 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 adie o velho. It is an action that every believer is supposed to do. No one can do it for you. Not even God.
Mortificai, pois, os vossos membros que estão na terra; fornicação, Impureza, carinho excessivo, concupiscência maligna, e cobiça, o que é idolatria: Para quais coisas’ amor, a ira de Deus cai sobre os filhos da desobediência: No qual você também caminhou algum tempo, quando você morava neles. Mas agora você também adia tudo isso; raiva, ira, malícia, blasfêmia, comunicação suja da sua boca. Não minta um para o outro, vendo que você adiou o velho com suas ações; E vesti o novo homem, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created Him (Colossenses 3:5-10)
Agora as obras da carne são manifestas, quais são esses; Adultério, fornicação, Impureza, lascívia, Idolatria, feitiçaria, ódio, variação, Emulações, ira, luta, sedições, Heresias, Invejas, Assassinatos, embriaguez, folias, e tal: do que eu te contei antes, como eu também lhe disse no passado, que aqueles que praticam tais coisas não herdarão o reino de Deus(Gálatas 5:19-22)
God has given you in Christ all authority and power to resist the devil and resist sin; as obras das trevas.
Depois de Jesus Cristo, o Filho de Deus, was baptized in water by João Batista and received the Holy Spirit from the Father, Jesus foi conduzido pelo Espírito Santo ao deserto.
No deserto, Jesus era tentado pelo diabo por quarenta dias. 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.
E assim como Jesus, 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, que levam ao pecado.
And that’s only possible if you Deus do amor com todo o seu coração, alma, mente, e força,h and know His will and yield yourself to His will, assim como Jesus, Who loved His Father with all His heart, alma, mind and strength and knew His Father’s will and yielded Himself to the will of the Father.
Qual é a vontade de Deus?
Pois esta é a vontade de Deus, até mesmo sua santificação, que vos abstenhais da fornicação: Que cada um de vocês saiba como possuir seu vaso em santificação e honra; Não na luxúria da concupiscência, assim como os gentios que não conhecem a Deus: Que nenhum homem vá além e defraude seu irmão em qualquer assunto: porque o Senhor é o vingador de todos esses, como também nós vos avisamos e testificamos. Porque Deus não nos chamou para a impureza, mas para a santidade. Aquele, portanto, que despreza, não despreza o homem, mas Deus, que também nos deu o Seu Espírito Santo (1 Tessalonicenses 4:3-8)
E porei o Meu Espírito dentro de você, e fazei com que andeis nos Meus estatutos, e guardareis os Meus juízos, e fazê-los (Ezequiel 36:27)
E não se conforme com este mundo: mas transformai-vos pela renovação da vossa mente, para que possais provar o que é tão bom, e aceitável, e perfeito, vontade de Deus (Romanos 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. No entanto, 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 renovar sua mente com a Palavra de Deus. Para que, 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. Through their obedience to God, eles Ande no amor 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 (o Batismo na Água e o batismo com o Espírito Santo).
Portanto, irmãos, somos devedores, não à carne, para viver segundo a carne. Porque, se viverdes segundo a carne, vós morrereis: mas se pelo Espírito mortificardes as obras do corpo, vivereis, pois todos os que são guiados pelo Espírito de Deus, eles são os filhos de Deus. Pois não recebestes novamente o espírito de escravidão para temer; mas recebestes o Espírito de adoção, por meio do qual choramos, Aba, Pai (Romanos 8:12-15)
During the process of santificação, you shall put off the works of darkness. You’ll put off the old man, quem tem a natureza do diabo, and put on the armor of light. You will put on the new man and be clothed with Jesus Christ.
Você não fará mais as obras da carne. But through (the power of) o Espírito, 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, e quer mentir, rebel, fornicar, cometer adultério, divórcio, assistir pornô, 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 (Oriental) filosofias, feitiçaria, adivinhação, consulte os espíritos, envy others and be jealous, drink alcohol, roubar, odiar, matar, ser implacável towards others, recompense evil for evil, etc..
Because according to the Bible, all these works are the works of darkness that belong to the old man; o pecador. 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.
Todos, who has been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ
Pois vocês são todos os filhos de Deus pela fé em Cristo Jesus. Pois todos vocês que foram batizados em Cristo se revestiram de Cristo (Gálatas 3:26-27)
The new man is clothed with Christ. Portanto, the spiritual transformation of the velho into the new man should become visible in the natural realm in the life of the new man.
O novo homem, who has been made in the image of the Creator, shall put on Jesus Christ; the Word and walk in the light; na verdade de Deus, 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, alma, 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, adultério, fornicação, mentira, roubar, matar, 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 (Mateus 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, alma, mente, and strength and stay obedient to the Word and the Holy Spirit and walk by faith in righteousness after the will of God, você será capaz de:
- 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.
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