The true meaning of the cross is not always understood. Many Christians speak about the cross and preach the cross, In kasta oo ay ku nool yihiin sidii cadow iskutallaabta iskutallaabta. What is the significance of the cross according to the Bible and what does the cross mean in the lives of Christians?
Masiixiyiin badan ayaa xiriir la leh Ciise iyo aabihii jidkoodii
There are many Christians that believe in Jesus Christ and repented and are born again, but don’t want to have anything to do with the moral part of the law. They don’t want to keep all kinds of rules and consider them legalistic. Iyo sharci-darrada waa qayb ka mid ah diinta oo aan qayb ka ahayn xiriirka Ciise Masiix.
Ma rabaan in loo sheego waxa ay samaynayaan, but they want to be free. They want to live in freedom and have a relationship with Jesus Christ and the Father their way.
Xaaladaha badan, the relationship looks more like a LAT relationship (Living Apart Together) than a marriage. Sababtoo ah marar badan, Christians only spend time with God when they have a need or problems in their lives.
When they’ve a need or problems, they need God to show up and supply their needs and fix their problems. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, the rest of the time, Waxay ku nool yihiin si waafaqsan rabitaankooda, sameynta waxa ay rabaan inay sameeyaan.
Si kasta, going back to the fact that many Christians say that the moral part of the law is not relevant anymore, how come, that they say they are redeemed from the law, Dhanka kale, they still live as carnal people to whom the law was intended. Maxay tani ka dhigan tahay?
The old carnal man keeps falling back into sin
The law of Moses was meant for the old carnal man, who lived in a sinful flesh from a fallen state and belonged to God’s chosen people by birth and the circumcision in the flesh. The sacrificial laws were meant for the old carnal man.
The sacrificial laws dealt with the (shakhsi ahaan) dembiyada iyo xumaatooyinka Ninka Jansan, but not with the sinful nature of the old carnal man.
Dhiigga xayawaanku awood uma lahayn inay wax ka qabtaan dabeecadda dembiga ah ee odayga. That’s because animals are not equal to man. Hilibka xayawaanka ayaa ka duwan hilibka aadanaha (1 Korintos 15:39).
The blood of animals could only deal with the sinful deeds that derived from the sinful flesh.
Sidaa darteed, the blood of animals could only make a temporary atonement for the sins of man. Taasi waa sababta uu allabarigu u yeeshay si joogto ah.
Despite the sacrifices and the blood of perfect animals, man remained the same.
The old man was still trapped in the sinful nature of the flesh and could not be delivered from it.
Mar walba, Waxay ahayd inay qirto dembiyadooda, toobad oo dib-u-heshiisiin ah dembiyadooda. Dambigooda ayaa la soo celiyay oo waa la cafiyey allabaryadii iyo dhiigga xoolaha ilaa ay ku soo noqdaan caadooyinkoodii hore oo mar labaad lagu dembaabay. Tani waxay ahayd geedi socod socda.
Dhiigga xoolaha ayaa si isdaba joog ah u qulqulay, but the sinful nature of the flesh remained present in the generation of fallen man.
Ciise wuxuu la macaamilay dabeecadda dembiga ah ee ninka dhacay
This process continued until Jesus came and dealt with the sinful nature of fallen man that produces sin and leads to death.
Macallimiinta ka dib markay carruurtu ka qaybgaqaan hilib iyo dhiig, Sidoo kale laftiisana sidoo kale wuxuu ka qaatay isku mid ah; in dhimashaduu ka baabbi'in karo kii lahaa xoogga dhimashada, taasi waa, shaydaanka; Oo koriya kuwa cabsida dhimashada ah waxay ahaayeen oo dhan addoonnimo (Cibraaniyada 2:14-15)
Ciise kaliya ma uusan qaadin dembiyadii isaga. He carried the sins and iniquities gudaha Jidhkiisa oo noqday beddelka nin dhacay. Ciise wuxuu u qabtay ciqaabta dembiyada, taas oo ah dhimashada, iyo si sharci ah u galay Haadees (cadaab).
Si kastaba ha ahaatee, the death was not strong enough to keep Jesus in Hades. Saddex maalmood ka dib, Jesus rose from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit with the keys of hell and death. Jesus conquered the power of death and had taken the dominion legally back from the devil.
Jesus released the righteous prisoners of death and gave the ability to everyone to be delivered from the power of death and hell oo lagula heshiiyo Ilaah. (ku. Matthew 27:50-54; John 1:11-13; Roomaanka 5:10; 2 Korintos 5:18-20; Efesos 4:10; Kolosay 1:21-23).
Markaasaa Ciise u yimid oo la hadlay, isagoo leh, Awood oo dhan waxaa laygu siiyey samada iyo dhulkaba. Haddaba taga, oo quruumaha oo dhan baro, iyaga ku baabtiisa magaca Aabbaha, iyo Wiilka, iyo Ruuxa Quduuska ah: Bar inay dhawraan wax walba oo aan idinku amray: iyo, lo, mar walba waan kula joogaa, even unto the end of the earth
Matthew 28:18-20
The new creation is delivered from the sinful flesh through regeneration
Only by faith in Jesus Christ and becoming born again, Qofka waa laga soo furan karaa hilibka dembiga. Iyada oo loo marayo biyo loogu qubeys masiixiya in Christ and the baptism with the Holy Spirit, the flesh of the old man dies and the spirit raises from the dead and the new man receives the Holy Spirit.
The new creation has left the old behind and receives a new life in the spirit. Awooda Ciise Masiix iyo awoodda Ruuxa Quduuska ah, the new man has the ability to become a son of God (lab iyo dheddigga labadaba) and walk as a son of God in obedience to God in righteousness.
The new man shall put away the carnal works of the old man, and do the will of the Spirit, whereby the new man shall come forth in the natural. (Sidoo kale akhri: Ma ku noolaan kartaa nolosha sarakicidda adigoon dhiman?)
The Holy Spirit has the same will as Jesus and the Father and confronts and reproves a person of sin. Ka dib wuxuu ku xidhan yahay qofka inuu addeeco oo dembiyada dhigo.
Maxaa yeelay qofku mar dambe ma tirsana jiilka ninka dhacay oo aan lahayn Ibliis aabihiis.
The person belongs to the generation of the new man (abuur cusub) that is created in Jesus Christ. The new creation is born of God and has God as Father.
The new creations are the sons of God and together they are the church; Jidhka Ciise Masiix.
The Ujeedada kaniisadda is to raise the saints in the Word of God and equip them. Markaa sidaas, they know the will of God and become equal to Jesus Christ and walk as Jesus walked in obedience to the Father’s will, preaching and bringing the Kingdom of God to the people.
Persevere in sin through ignorance and a lack of knowledge
Si kastaba ha ahaatee, the problem is that in many churches instead of sons of God, fiqiga, Kuhadlida dhiirigelinta ama is-dhiirrigeliyayaasha, kuwaas oo weli ah abuurkii hore oo leh nooc cibaado leh, waxay ka dambeeyaan minbarka oo baro rumaystayaasha.
Waxay ka baraan fikirka jidhka iyo xigmadda aadanaha, aqoon, iyo falsafadaha halkii ay maskaxda ka heli lahaayeen maskaxda Masiixa iyo runta erayga Ilaah.
In order to get an audience and attract people and be exalted, Waxay ku wacdiyaan waxa dadku rabaan inay maqlaan.
Through their sermons that revolve around the carnal man (hilib), they ensure that the people become depended on them and that they stand above the believers.
By preaching carnal words and vain philosophies that derive from their carnal mind, instead of preaching the truth of God’s Word that derives from the mind of Christ, they keep the believers ignorant about the truth.
Beentooda ayay u maraan, Waxay ku hayaan addoonsiga, Taasina waa sax waxa uu Ibliisku doonayo.
Dhex marid lack of knowledge of God’s Word, Christians keep living in bondage of their flesh. Oo waxay ku socdaan jidhka oo ku sii adkaan doonaan dembiga oo aan joojin karin dembiga.
Hal gacan, Waa loo sheegay, in aan dembi dambe jirin. Sidaa darteed, they can’t walk in sin. Iyo dhinaca kale, they are told that they always remain a sinner. Therefore they will persevere in sin until the day that they’ll die. Maxaa yeelay oo keliya dhimashada dabiiciga ah, Waxaa laga badbaadin doonaa hilibkooda dembiga.
False doctrines are preached to keep Christians in bondage
But that is a big lie that derived from the carnal mind of people, kuwaas oo weli abuurka duugga ahaa. This false doctrine is based upon human philosophies and personal experiences. If this doctrine would be true, Haddaba muxuu Ciise ugu yimid dhulkaas? Muxuu Ciise ugu noqday inuu ku beddelo si uu ula macaamilo mar iyo dhammaan dhibaatada dembiga? Iyo wixii dhacay maalintii Suuxtay?
The people that came up with this false doctrine were unspiritual. Ma aysan dooneynin inay seexdaan noloshooda Jinsi. Iyo sidaas, they adjusted the gospel and truth of God to their own carnal experiences, Natiijooyinka, damac, Iyo damacyo.
Iyo xaqiiqda darteed, in ay magacaabaan kaniisadda maxaa yeelay waxay lahaayeen diblooma ama ph.d. and therefore obtained a certain status, the church adopted and applied this doctrine. To this day, this lie is still preached.
Christians are sidetracked
Sababta oo ah caqiidada beenta ah, many Christians are sidetracked and many souls have been lost. While they could have been saved by preaching the right sermons according to the Bible (Erayga) iyo Ruuxa Quduuska ah.
Been aawadeed been darteed, many Christians have the idea that when they toobad oo mar labaad dhalatay (according to their theology), Kaliya kama nadiifsan yihiin dembiyadooda hore, but also from their sins in which they persevere after they become born again. Because they can’t be redeemed from sin, but will always stay a sinner.
If the Bible says that Jesus came to redeem man and has redeemed man through His work at the cross, but the preacher or theologian says that man always remains a sinner, oo runta ku hadla?
What has Jesus done at the cross according to these theologians or preachers? Muxuu ahaa ujeedadii imaatinkiisa iyo macnaha allabarigiisa?
Sababta oo ah xaqiiqda, that many Christians are not truly born again and have no personal relationship with Jesus Christ; Erayga, Laakiin taa beddelkeeda rumeyso, trust and lean on the words of preachers and theologians. They believe the words of people above the words of God.
Waayo, nin keliya caasinimadoodii badbaadadoodu ahaayeen dembilayaal baa loo sameeyey, Sidaas daraaddeed addeeciddiis lagu ciqaabi doonaa ayaa kuwa badan xaq ah lagu tirin doonaa
Roomaanka 5:19
Dembiyada halkii hilibka lagu qodbay iskutallaabta
Halkii aad ka isku dubci lahayd hilibkooda, taas oo dabeecadda dembiga ku jirta oo soo saarta dembiga, Waxay ku qoslaan dembiyadooda iskutallaabta. Iyagu wax ka qabashada dhibaatada dembiga, kii Ciise u yimid dhulkan. Halkii, they keep living in the lies, kuwaas oo ku faafa shaydaanka iyada oo loo marayo falsafada dadka jidhka ah.
Laakiin runtu waxay tahay, in ilaa inta hilibka odaygu uusan dhiman, the person shall walk after the flesh and persevere in sin and shall keep doing the things that oppose the will of God.
Ilaa inta dadku ku adkaystaan dembiga, Iyaga lagama soo furan doono dembiga, but are still a addoonkii dembiga.
In some churches or at seminars there is even a wooden cross on the stage with pieces of paper, nails, and a hammer.
Soo-booqdayaashu waxay ku qori karaan dembiyadooda ama dhibaatooyinkooda warqaddooda iyo ciddiyaha iskutallaabta. Laakiin tani waa camal jirada oo shucuur (hilib) oo wax shaqo ah kuma laha ruuxa.
Because when they go home, they continue their lives and fall back into the same sin. Sida dadka Ilaah ee Axdiga Hore.
That’s why many Christian, kuwaas oo sheegan inay mar labaad dhasho, oo ha dooneynin inaad wax ku qabato sharciga, live the same way as the carnal people of God for whom the law was intended, aan macquul ahayn: Ninka jiran, who is trapped in the sinful flesh.
Halkii aad wax ka qaban lahayd dhibaatada dembiga, taas oo ah sababta dembiga: hilibka dembiga leh, they try to deal with their sins out of their flesh by using all kinds of natural means and methods
Ciise wuxuu u dhintay dembigii odaygii
Jesus didn’t die for your sins so that you can keep walking in sins. But Jesus died because of your sins that derive from the sinful nature of the flesh of the old man.
Jesus died for the old man, dembiilaha. Markaa sidaas, Isaga ku jira, Odaygii (hilib) dhinta iyo ninka cusub (ruux) kuwii dhintay ayuu ka sara kacay.
Jesus not only dealt with the sins and iniquities of fallen man at the cross. But Jesus also dealt with the sinful nature of fallen man, taas oo jiid ku jirta. Taasi waa sababta, Marka qof, oo ah abuur duug ah (dembiiley), mar labaad ayuu dhashaa, ma aha dambiile.
Oo lagu guday gudniinka gudniinta oo aan gacmo lahayn, jidhka dembiga jidhkana gudniintii Masiixa.: La aasay isaga oo ku jira baabtiiskii, oo laydinku sara kacay rumaysadka Ilaah ee Ilaah, kii ka soo sara kiciyey kuwii dhintay (Kolosay 2:11-12)
The person has become a new creation: xaqnimada Ilaah ee Masiixa ku jirta. Qof, Ayaa noqday abuur cusub, ma sii adkayn doono dembiga. Maxaa yeelay kuwaas, kuwaas oo ka tirsan Masiix waxay iskutallaabta ku qodbeen hilibkoodii iyada oo ay ku jiraan damacyadooda iyo damacyadooda. Sidaa darteed, Iyagu waa inayan ku adkaysan doonin dembiga laakiinse waxay samayn doonaan shuqullada xaqnimada.
Waa maxay sharciga iyo dhiiga xooluhu ma sameyn karin, Ciise wuu kari lahaa! Ciise, Erayga nool, came in the flesh and became the Substitute of the disobedient, nin da 'weyn, kaas oo meelaheeda ugu dambeysa ay tahay geeri weligeed ah ee dabka dabka.
They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts
Galatiya 4:24
The true meaning and result of the cross in the lives of believers
Iskutallaabta, Ciise wuxuu la macaamilay dabeecadda dembiga, taas oo jiid ku jirta. Markaa sidaas, qof walba, oo isagu rumaysta oo mar labaad dhasho, waxaa laga soo furan doonaa dabeecadda dembiga ah ee jidhka, kaas oo soo saara dembiga iyo dhimashada.
The believer shall no longer produce sin from the sinful flesh, but righteousness from the Spirit (ku. Roomaanka 6-8; Galatiya 5:16-26).
Ma rabtaa inaad ka takhalusto dembiyada noloshaada? Markaa waxa kaliya ee ay tahay inaad sameyso waa: Tag sababta dembiga. Tag xididka dhibaatada dembiga, taas oo ah hilibka. In alla inta jidhkaagu dhiman, Ruuxaaga lama soo qaadi karo.
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