Много је хришћана, who become born again and begin to walk after the Spirit, but after a while something happens and they go back to the Old Covenant and begin to apply all kinds of rules, прописи, ритуали, гозбе, итд. у њиховим животима. Why do Christians go back to the Old Covenant? What causes Christians to return to the Old Covenant?
God created man and His relationship with man was perfect
Када је Бог створио човека, the relationship between God and man was perfect. Адам је био син Божији, who was created after the слика Божија. Бог је ходао са Адамом (човек) and they had a perfect relationship, just like God intended His relationship with man to be. Until the moment arrived, that Adam succumbed to the temptation in the flesh and became disobedient to the commandment of God and sinned. Due to his disobedience, the relationship between God and man was broken. Man fell from his position and lost his dominion and authority on the earth, које је Бог дао човеку.
Умро је дух човека. Because of that man was no longer connected by the spirit to God, but man was connected by the flesh to the devil. Because of man’s obedience to the devil, грех (obedience to the воља ђавола) entered, with the result that death, which is the wages of sin also entered and reigned in the flesh of man.
Man was no longer spiritual but became carnal and sense-ruled. And sin and death reigned in the flesh of man.
Враг (Краљевство таме) had taken the dominion and authority of man through lies and by sowing doubt. Because Adam believed and obeyed the lie of the devil above the truth of God, the fallen angel Lucifer; the devil became the father of fallen man.
Fallen man was put beneath the angels and became in bondage under the elements of the earth.
Fallen man got the same nature as his father; the fallen angel Lucifer (ђавола). Therefore the nature of the devil would be present in the flesh of everyone, који би рођен од семена Адамовог (човек).
Из љубави према човечанству, God found a way to have a relationship with mankind, until the Messiah would come and reconcile man back to God and restore the broken relationship between God and man.
The covenant with Abraham and his Seed
А Абрахаму и његовом семену била су дата обећања. Он каже не, И до семена, као од многих; али као од једног, И семену твоме, који је Христос (Galatima 3:16)
God established His covenant with Abraham and his Seed (Исусе). The circumcision in the flesh of every male would be a token of this covenant. The circumcision was for God a token of His covenant and His promises and for the people of God, it was a token of dedication to Him.
The circumcision in the flesh took place on the осми дан (Ген 17:10-11). Even if the eighth day was on a Sabbath day, the circumcision still took place.
The eighth day refers to the day of the New Covenant and the new creation, ко је обрезан у Христу, by putting off the flesh in the baptism in water (Прочитајте такође 'Шта значи обрезање у Христу?'И'Осми дан, дан новог стварања').
Тора
430 Years after the promise of God to Abraham and his Seed, God redeemed His people from the oppression of Pharaoh and led His people out of slavery into the promised land. God appointed Moses as His representative and gave His people the закон греха и смрти.
Закон, which is written in the Torah (Gen-Deu) was given by God to His covenant people after the flesh; Израел, 50 дана након пасуса. Тора, писана реч Божија, contained the instructions for the old carnal man, who was trapped in the sinful flesh.
Свима, who would be born of the seed of Israel belonged to God’s covenant people, of which the men would be circumcised in the flesh on the eighth day according to the first covenant. Свима, who belonged to God’s covenant people after the flesh, had to obey and keep the law of Moses to walk in righteousness.
The law of sin and death
Through the law of Moses God could have a relationship with the old man, who is sense ruled and walks after the flesh in which sin and death reigns. That’s why the law is called the law of sin and death (Рим 8:2)
Because of the fact that the law contained commandments, which were meant for the old man, who is sense ruled and has the nature of the devil and walks after the lusts and desire of the flesh, Бог је рекао: "Thou shalt not…”.
Because the flesh is full of pride, завидљив, себичан, jealous and rebellious and has more love for himself then for God.
The flesh does all those things, that doesn’t please God and are an abomination to Him. The flesh goes after other gods, лажи, cheats, краде, commits adultery and fornication, is unfaithful etc.
All the works and deeds, which God mentioned in the law of Moses and were an abomination to Him, were done by fallen man and the pagan people; Нејевреји.
God didn’t want His people to be involved with their unclean works and heathen practices.
Давањем закона, God not only made His will known to His people, but His people learned Његов начин and to discern good and evil; righteousness and unrighteousness.
Through obedience to the Levitical priesthood, keeping the law with all its commandments, гозбе, observances (обрезивање), ритуали, food laws and sacrificial laws, God could have a relationship with His carnal people, until Jesus would come and redeem man from the rulership, dominion and the yoke of the devil, који царује у телу.
The ten commandments on tablets of stone
The Torah was given by God and meant for the old carnal man, who consists of a body and soul. Since the spirit of the old carnal man is dead, Бог, Who is Spirit, made His will known to His people by giving them His law.
God wrote the ten commandments on two камене плоче, which represented the heart of the old man.
Why did God write His ten commandments on two tablets of stone? Заповести, which related to God and the first commandment ‘Волите Бога изнад свега, свим срцем, ум, soul and strength’ were written on the first tablet of stone. On the second tablet of stone, God wrote the commandments, which were related to the second commandment ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’.
На ове две заповести виси сав закон и пророци (Простирка 22:40).
The redemption of the flesh of the old man
Јер ово је завет који ћу склопити са домом Израиљевим после оних дана, говори Господ; Ја ћу своје законе ставити у њихов ум, и запиши их у својим срцима: и ја ћу им бити Бог, и они ће ми бити народ: И неће поучавати сваки ближњега свога, а сваки брата свога, говорећи, познај Господа: јер ће Ме сви упознати, од најмањег до највећег. Јер ћу бити милостив према њиховој неправди, и грехова њихових и безакоња њихових више се нећу сећати. У томе Он каже, Нови завет, Он је први остарио. Сада је оно што пропада и стари, спремно да нестане (хебрејски 8:10-13)
Кроз целу Библију, God prophesied about the долазак Месије, the new covenant and the coming of the Holy Spirit, Who would abide in the new man (Ох. Генесис 3:15, Псалми 22; 16:10, Исаија 7:14; 53:4-12, Јеремија 31:33-34; 32:40, Езекиел 11:19-21; 34; 36:25-28; 37, хебрејски 8:10-13; 10:15-16).
Jesus the Christ would redeem man from their flesh, in which the sinful nature of the devil reigns.
God promised to put a new spirit within man and take the heart of stone out of the old man and give a new heart of flesh, in which the laws of God would be written upon. This promise was fulfilled by the coming of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit dwells in the new creation and has received the nature of God, therefore the will of God is written upon the heart of the new man.
The law was the school teacher for the old man
Али пре него што је дошла вера, држани смо под законом, затвори се за веру која треба да се открије. Зато је закон био наш школски учитељ да нас приведе Христу, да бисмо се вером оправдали. Али после тога долази вера, више нисмо под школским управником. Јер сви сте деца Божија по вери у Христа Исуса. Јер који сте се у Христа крстили, у Христа сте се обукли. Нема ни Јеврејина ни Грка, нема ни везе ни слободног, нема ни мушког ни женског: јер сте сви једно у Христу Исусу (Galatima 3:23-29)
The law and all the commandments of God, which are written in the Torah were a schoolmaster for the old man. So that the old man, who is sense-ruled and lives after the flesh, would know the will of God and His way and by keeping the law, man would serve God and walk in righteousness.
The Torah was meant for the flesh of the old man. But since the flesh is crucified in Christ, кроз регенерацију, the flesh doesn’t live anymore but is death, and therefore the Torah no longer applies to the new man, who lives after the Spirit.
The new man is holy and righteous through Jesus Christ
God has given to everyone the ability to be redeemed from the flesh of the old man, with all its lusts, жеље, iniquity and sin, вером у Исуса Христа и Његов отпуштени посао код крста, and by becoming born again in Christ, so that the old creation will become a new creation; Син Божји.
The new creation is no longer a servant but has become a son of God, who is made holy and righteous by the perfect work of Jesus Christ and His blood.
Нови човек, who is born of the Seed of God and has become a spirit, shall walk after the Spirit and shall no longer be ruled by his senses, осећања, емоције, пожуде, и жеље, који царују у телу.
God’s will become the will of the new creation because the new creation is born of Him and has His nature.
Због тога, the new man shall испуни закон, баш као Исус, Who is the living Word of God and fulfilled the law by walking after the Spirit, по вољи Божијој.
The relationship between God and man restored in Christ
The perfect relationship, which God had in the beginning with Adam was restored in Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ man was reconciled to God and God could have a relationship through the Holy Spirit with the new man; His son.
The Torah can no longer be applied to the new man, који шета после духа. Since the Torah was meant for the old man, who walks after the flesh and died in Jesus Christ.
The only thing of the Torah that is still valid and still applies is the will of God, which has been made known to us by His commandments through Jesus; the Word and the habitation of the Holy Spirit.
The new creation is free of condemnation
Због тога сада нема осуде који су у Христу Исусу, који не хода након меса, Али после духа (Римљанима 8:1)
A born again Christian, who has been made holy and righteous in Christ and walks in His commandments after the Spirit, doesn’t live in fear under condemnation, што је присутно у месу. The person has been made free from the law of sin and death, који ради у телу, од стране putting off the flesh and by walking after the Spirit and the law of the Spirit.
As long as the flesh stays dead, нема осуде. But as soon as the person returns to the kingdom of darkness and do the works of the old carnal man and lives after the flesh in sin, тхе закон греха и смрти becomes active again and the person shall live with fear, feelings of guilt and condemnation.
50 Дана након пасуса, God made His will known in both covenants
У старом савезу, Бог је објавио Своју вољу свом народу 50 дана након пасуса, by giving the Torah to His carnal covenant people, who belonged to the carnal generation of fallen man; старац (The feast Shavuot).
In the new covenant, Бог је објавио Своју вољу свом народу 50 дана након пасуса, by giving His Holy Spirit to His spiritual covenant people, who belonged to the spiritual generation of the new man (Read also ’Да ли си знао….. 50 Дана након пасуса')
The new man is born of God and has become a son of God and lives in freedom after the Spirit in obedience to Christ. Since the new man has become a son of God, the Spirit of the sonship lives inside the new man, who calls Abba Father (Рим 8:15, Галан 4:4-7).
Why do Christians go back to the Old Covenant?
Међутим, има много хришћана, who are born again and have become a new creation and start right, but slowly go back to the Old Covenant and to all its rules, прописи, ритуали, гозбе, laws and apply them in the New Covenant to the new creation. But that’s not how God has intended it to be.
All the feasts, ритуали, жртве, правила, regulations and the priesthood, that belonged to the Old Covenant, don’t belong in the New Covenant. There is a reason why it is called the Old Covenant.
If the New Covenant is a better covenant and has replaced the Old Covenant, why do so many believers go back to the Old Covenant and apply the feasts, правила, прописи, observances, ритуали, which were meant for God’s carnal people Israel, у њиховим животима? Then they should also keep the sacrificial laws and resume the sacrificing of animals.
Paul warned the believers many times and asked the church what had come on their way and why they went from the Spirit to the flesh and went from the New Covenant to the rules and regulations of the Old Covenant (Ох. Галан 2; 3:1-5).
Једина ствар, which has not changed is the moral part of the law, које су заповести Божије, that represents His will and His nature.
Воља Божја is the same in both the law of sin and death, which refers to – and works in the flesh of the old carnal man, as in the law of Spirit, which refers and works in the spirit of the new man, исти.
If you don’t read and study the Old Testament from the Spirit and the mind of Christ but from the flesh and the carnal mind, there is a big change that you will be tempted and misled and go back to the Old Covenant and put a yoke upon yourself by keeping all observances, ритуали, feasts and apply them to your life, while they are never meant for you, који су постали нова творевина, but were meant for the old carnal creations, who belonged by natural birth to God’s covenant people Israël.
The true sons of God walk in the New Covenant and establishes the law
У Новом завету, it’s all about you being обрезан у Исусу Христу and that you have become a new creation in Christ (Римљанима 8:9-17, Колошанима 2:9-12, Galatima 6:15, Титус 3:5-7).
If you have become a new creation in Christ and the Spirit of Christ lives inside of you, then you belong to Him and you shall keep His commandments and walk after the Word and the Spirit and establish the law.
Верници, who are led by the Spirit of God and lives after the will of the Father in righteousness, they are the true sons of God.
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