У Римљанима 8:10, Паул је написао, If Christ is in you, тело је мртво због греха; а Дух је живот због праведности. Шта је Паул значио под тим? Како знате да ли је Христ у вама? What does the Bible say about Jesus Christ in you?
When do you belong to Christ?
When you have become a new creation in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit dwells inside of you, you belong to Christ.
By faith in Jesus Christ and through regeneration in Him, Постали сте Божји син (ово важи и за мушкарце и за жене). Your flesh has died in Jesus Christ and your spirit that was dead has been raised from the dead by the power of God and has become alive.
If your flesh with its sinful nature has died, it means that it is dead and no longer lives. Стога, када се поново родиш, you shall no longer be controlled and led by your flesh in which the sinful nature reigns.
Месо не може угодити Богу
Јер је каналног ума непријатељство против Бога: јер то не подлеже Божјем закону, Ни заиста не може бити. Па, они који су у месу не могу угодити Богу (Римљанима 8:7-8)
Since sin reigns in the flesh because of the sinful nature, the flesh can’t please God. The flesh has the nature of the devil and rebels against God and always wants to do those things, то иду против Божје воље (Прочитајте такође: Битка и слабост старца и Воља Божја вс воља ђавола).
Зато је Исус морао да дође на земљу, to deal with the sinful nature of (пао) man that is present in the flesh.
Jesus came in the likeness of man, so that Jesus could become the Substitute for (пао) човечанство (Прочитајте такође: Да ли је Исус био потпуно човек?’ и 'Исус је обновио положај Фаллен Ман).
If your flesh has been crucified in Christ and is dead, you shall no longer walk after the flesh in the dominion of the sinful nature. Therefore sin shall no longer reign in your life anymore.
Your flesh has died; дакле, you shall no longer live after the flesh and be led by the impulses from the world; the kingdom of darkness that causes your flesh to do things, that go against God’s will and cause you to keep sinning and persevere in sin.
The old man is led by the flesh and controlled by the kingdom of darkness
Before you покајао and became a new creation in Jesus Christ, you were led by your flesh in which sin reigns and controlled by the kingdom of darkness and the will of the devil.
Твој ум (твоје мисли), чула, осећања, емоције, воља, and the lusts and desires of your flesh reigned in your life and dictated you what to do and you obeyed them (Ефесцима 2:1-7).
Али сада, that you have become a new creation and your flesh has died in Jesus Christ, you shall no longer be led by your flesh and controlled by the kingdom of darkness that causes you to persevere in sin. You shall no longer walk as a роб плоти and live in the bondage of the flesh and sin and death.
Како знаш да ли је Исус Христос у теби?
But you are not in the flesh, већ у Духу, ако је тако да Дух Божији пребива у вама. Ако ко нема Духа Христовог, он није нико од Његових. And if Christ is in you, тело је мртво због греха; а Дух је живот због праведности (Римљанима 8:9-10)
Стога, браћа, ми смо дужници, не до меса, да живи по телу. Јер ако живите по телу, умрећете: али ако Духом умртвљујете дела тела, живећете. Јер који су вођени Духом Божијим, они су синови Божији (Римљанима 8:12-14)
If through regeneration, Jesus Christ is in you by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ really lives inside of you and is seated upon the throne of your life, then this will become visible by the way you live.
You shall no longer live under the dominion of sin and death, and therefore habitually persevere in sin. You shall no longer do those things which go against the will of God and Jesus (Прочитајте такође: Заповести Божије и заповести Исусове).
As long as you live after the flesh in непослушност Богу и уради те ствари, which don’t please God but instead please the devil, then this shows that the flesh is still alive and reigns in your life and nothing has changed.
But if you really have become a new creation and Jesus Christ is in you, you shall live after the will of God; the will of the Word. You shall be led by the Word and the Holy Spirit and therefore you shall walk after the Spirit in obedience to God. The Spirit shall have dominion and reign in your life.
Is lying not a bad thing?
This means for example, that when you have a conversation with someone and during that conversation, a thought of a lie (or a white lie) паде ти на памет, that releases you a.o. from your responsibility, Можете да урадите две ствари.
You can either walk after the flesh, by listening to this thought, which derives from the flesh that is controlled by the kingdom of darkness and ensures that when you bow for this thought and obey this thought you will lie and not speak the truth and therefore do the will of the devil.
Or you can walk after the Spirit, by taking this thought captive in Jesus Christ; Реч, Ко каже, that you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, but you shall speak the truth, and follow and obey the Word, and reject this thought and speak the truth, упркос последицама.
Because if you have become a son of God and you belong to God and received His nature and Jesus Christ lives in you by the Holy Spirit, then you shall speak the truth, just like your Father.
Does sin lead to eternal life?
As long as you keep doing the works of the old man and walk after the flesh in sins and iniquities, then this proves that your flesh is not crucified in Jesus Christ, but that sin, који је плод смрти, still reigns in your life.
As long as the flesh is still alive, you shall live in bondage and be controlled by the sinful nature of fallen man and belong to the devil. Грешна природа, which is present in the flesh shall reign in your life and shall keep you in the bondage of sin.
The Word says that sin leads to death and not to eternal life. Стога, it does matter how you live after you become born again (Прочитајте такође: Једном сачувано увек сачувано?)
The only way to be redeemed from the dominion of the devil and the sinful nature and to be reconciled with God is through faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him (Прочитајте такође Да не умрете ако стално грешите?).
Does the Spirit of Christ live in you?
Ово је, дакле, порука коју смо чули о Њему, и објавити вам, да је Бог светлост, и у Њему нема никакве таме. Ако кажемо да имамо заједницу са Њим, и ходајте у тами, лажемо, и не чини истину: Али ако ходамо у светлости, као што је Он у светлости, имамо заједништво једни са другима, и крв Исуса Христа Сина његовог чисти нас од сваког греха (1 Јохн 1:5-7)
Али ви нисте у телу, већ у Духу, ако је тако да Дух Божији пребива у вама. Ако ко нема Духа Христовог, он није нико од Његових (Римљанима 8:9)
Јер који су вођени Духом Божијим, они су синови Божији (Римљанима 8:14)
Сам Дух сведочи са нашим духом, да смо деца Божија (Римљанима 8:16)
Знамо да свако ко је рођен од Бога не греши; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not (1 Јохн 5:18)
Reč kaže, that if you have received the Spirit of Christ, ти припадаш Богу. Therefore if you have not received the Spirit of Christ, you don’t belong to Him.
If Jesus Christ is in you, пребивањем Духа Светога, ти ћеш воли Га, слушај Га, и заповести Његове држи. You shall follow Him by obeying Him; the Word and walk after the Spirit in righteousness; по вољи Божијој.
Ако ти следи Исуса and walk after the Spirit in righteousness, sin shall no longer have dominion and shall no longer reign as king in your life. You shall no longer live in the bondage of the закон греха и смрти, which reigns in the flesh of the old man. But you shall reign in Christ as king and have dominion over sin and through the Spirit, you shall kill the deeds of the flesh and live in the freedom of Christ.
„Будите сол земље’
