Од тренутка, that man handed over his dominion over the earth, which had been given to man by God, to the devil through sin, the devil established his kingdom on earth. Од тог тренутка, the devil and sin and death reigned on earth. The nature and law of the devil ruled in the flesh of man and the law of sin and death came into being. The earth was no longer blessed but became cursed. Умро је дух у човеку, и месо; душа, и тело, became subject to the devil. The devil became the father and god over all flesh that would be born into his kingdom. The law that represents the devil’s kingdom is the law of sin and death. What is the law of sin and death? Let’s have a look at the revealing truth about the law of sin and death.
The law of sin and death reigns over every person
Свака особа, that would be born on this earth, would automatically be bound and subjected to sin and death and the law of sin and death. The law of the devil, which represents his will, is present and reigns in every flesh (Прочитајте такође: ‘Воља Божја вс воља ђавола‘).
Због чињенице, that the spirit of man died, the moment that man sinned, man only had the ability to live after the flesh.
Човек је постао жива душа, and the soul would dictate man what the do. The soul and body would be bound to the devil and his law. The evil rebellious nature of the devil was present in the flesh of the carnal man. Because man lived after the flesh and was led by his sinful nature, man would live after the law of the devil and establish the law of sin and death.
Transferred from the Kingdom of God into the kingdom of darkness
When God created the heaven and the earth, Његово Краљевство; the spiritual Kingdom of God reigned upon the earth. God created man with a spirit, душа, и тело. Adam’s spirit reigned in his life. His soul and body were subjected to his spirit.
Before Adam rebelled and became disobedient to the commandment of God and sinned, the spiritual law of righteousness and life, reigned on the earth. The law of righteousness and life represents the will of God and belongs to the Kingdom of God.
But when Adam, who was appointed by God to represent His Kingdom upon the earth, listened to the voice of the devil and became disobedient to the commandment of God and His Kingdom, his spirit, who reigned in his life, died.
When Adam’s spirit died, he was transferred in the spiritual realm, from the Kingdom of God to the kingdom of darkness.
Man had freely chosen to listen to and believe the words of the devil, уместо Бога. Man chose to become непослушан to the words of God and do the will of the devil instead of the will of God.
As I discussed in the previous blogpost ‘The will of God vs the will of the devil’, the devil rebels against every word of God. That’s why the will of the devil is the exact opposite of the will of God.
The will of God represents the law of righteousness and life. The will of the devil represents the law of sin and death.
Закон греха и смрти
The law of sin and death contains the following commandments:
- You shall love the devil and all there is within the world above all. You shall serve him and obey him
- You shall have gods before you and you shall bow down to them
- Починићеш блуд
- You shall hate God and use His name in vain
- You shall commit adultery
- You shall be unfaithful
- Лагаћеш
- You shall murder
- You shall rebel against your parents and not honor them
- You shall covet
- You shall be jealous
- Нећеш опростити
- You shall….
This law represents the will of the devil and belongs to the kingdom of darkness. Кад живиш по телу, you shall be bound to this law of sin and death and you shall walk in sin. When you live after this law in sin, your final destination shall be death. Јер је плата за грех смрт.
За плаће греха је смрт; Али дар Божји је вечни живот преко Исуса Христа нашег Господара (Римљанима 6:23)
God chose a people and set them apart
God chose a people and set them apart from other people, from the other nations. God led His people out of Egypt and redeemed them from slavery and the rulership of Pharaoh. Годинама, God’s people were oppressed by Pharaoh and lived in slavery. His will had become their will and they had adopted the pagan rituals, навике, and culture of Egypt.
But God’s Kingdom was another Kingdom and God’s will wasn’t equal to the will of the devil, which reigned in the evil carnal nature of man.
God didn’t want His people to be bound to the devil and the works of his kingdom. Because God couldn’t have fellowship with sin; the works of the flesh and darkness. God’s people had to be cleansed and purified. Their minds had to be renewed with the will of God.
God made His will known by His law
That’s why God revealed His will and His Kingdom known to His people, дајући им свој закон. Због чињенице, that man was carnal and God Spirit, God ‘translated’ His will and made His spiritual Kingdom visible to man, дајући им Његове заповести. Бог је желео да има однос са човеком, but since the carnal man was not righteous but a sinner and God couldn’t have communion with sin, Он им је дао жртвени закони. The offerings would make a temporary atonement for the sins of man.
Закон греха и смрти, which belongs to the kingdom of darkness, reigned from the moment that Adam sinned, на овој земљи. Од тог тренутка, the devil had spiritual dominion over man and the earth.
But God had set His people apart from the world. He revealed His Kingdom and His will, дајући им закон.
Зато што су били телесни а не духовни, God revealed to them the spiritual truth. By giving His law to His carnal people, закон греха и смрти, that belonged to the kingdom of the devil was revealed.
The flesh of the carnal man, which is subject to the law of sin and death, рекао је: “thou shall steal, thou shall commit fornication, thou shall covet, thou shall lie, thou shall be jealous etc”. But God represented His Kingdom and therefore God said: “thou shall not steal, thou shall not commit fornication, thou shall not lie, thou shall not covet, etc”
Sin became revealed by the law
Шта ћемо онда? Да ли је закон грех? Не дај Боже. Наци, Нисам знао за грех, али по закону: јер нисам познавао пожуду, осим што је закон рекао, Не жуди (Римљанима 7:7)
Закон Духа, which belongs to the Kingdom of God is the exact opposite of the law of sin and death, which belongs to the kingdom of darkness. When God gave the law of Moses, God revealed sin.
Sin was no longer hidden but was revealed by the law. God didn’t force anyone to be obedient to His law. He had given and still has given everyone a free will.
Every person will make his/her own choices in life. But…God did reveal to them, what would happen if a person decided to not love God above all and to disobey His law, which represented His will but rather chose to serve the devil and his law of sin and death.
Why the death penalty?
Бог је дао свој народ, who belonged to His Kingdom, Његове заповести. But as soon as someone rebelled and didn’t want to submit to His will and obey Him, God had to deal according to the law of sin and death, which the person had chosen to obey.
When a person obeyed the law of sin and death, the person also received the wages for following this law.
The punishment depended upon the sin the person committed. Because there was sin unto death and sin not unto death.
But when a person intentionally sinned and had chosen to obey the law of sin and death, the person got the wages for following this law, што је смрт.
The person had to be removed from His people and was given to the person’s lord and master: смрт.
That was the punishment for everyone, who became непослушан to the law of God; закон праведности и живота, and became obedient to the law of sin and death.
The law of sin and death reigns as long as the old man lives
Од тренутка, that you are born on this earth, the spiritual law of sin and death reigns in your body (месо). Your flesh is corrupted by the sinful nature; природа ђавола. That means that your sinful nature, which is present in your flesh, serves and is obedient to the law of sin and death. There is only one way to be redeemed from the law of sin and death, and that is through the process of regeneration.
Only when your flesh dies in Jesus Christ, you will be redeemed from your sinful nature and from the law of sin and death, that rules in your flesh. From the moment you die in Jesus Christ, you will be redeemed and set free from this law, that leads you to eternal death.
За закон о духу живота у Христу Исус ме је ослободио закона греха и смрти (Римљанима 8:2)
It is just like a marriage between a husband and a wife. They are bound to each other as long as they both shall live on this earth. By the law, the woman is bound to her husband, during her life on this earth.
When her husband dies, the woman is released from the law that bound her to her husband. But when she commits adultery, while her husband is still alive and marries someone else, she will be an adulterer. Only when one of them dies, the bonds of marriage are destroyed and the law that bounds them together will be annulled. Therefore when the law is annulled, the other person will be free and not bound by the law anymore (Римљанима 7:2-3)
Dying in Jesus Christ
It is the same with everyone, Ко верује у Исуса Христа. When you repent and accept Jesus as your Saviour and make Him Lord over your life, you lay down your own life; тхе старо телесно стварање, у Њему.
Када се крстиш у води, in the natural realm you symbolically lay down your flesh, Али у духовном царству, your flesh dies.
Therefore you will no longer be bound to the law of sin and death, that reigns in your flesh.
The law of sin and death has no longer authority over you, but you are redeemed from this law.
Кроз крштење са Светим Духом, your spirit will be raised from the dead.
Од тог тренутка, your spirit lives, и закон правде и живота, који је закон Духа, that belongs to the Kingdom of God, will reign in your life.
Jesus represented the law of the Spirit
Да ли онда поништавамо закон вером? Не дај Боже: да, успостављамо закон (Римљанима 3:31)
Jesus represented the law of the Spirit, који припада Царству Божијем, на овој земљи. Зато је Исус рекао: "You shall….” Jesus spoke out of the law of the Spirit. Исус је знао, that the law of Moses represented the will of God and His Kingdom. He knew that this law was given to God’s carnal people, who were only able to live after the flesh.
But because Jesus didn’t walk after the flesh, Али после духа, He wasn’t ruled by His flesh. Jesus didn’t think: “I shall not be jealous, I shall not covet, I shall not….”
The nature of God dwelled by the Holy Spirit in Jesus. Jesus knew the law of the Spirit and the Kingdom of God and therefore He walked according to this law.
Ходајући за Духом, Jesus obeyed and fulfilled the law, that God had given to Moses.
Jesus didn’t give in to the искушења ђавола у Његовом телу.
Знао је, that as soon as He would give in to the Пожуде и жеље of His flesh, He would automatically obey the law of sin and death and walk in the commandments of the devil. If Jesus would have done that, He would be transferred from the Kingdom of God into the kingdom of the devil, баш као и Адам. If He would have obeyed the flesh, He would become disobedient to God and would make the devil His father and would belong to the kingdom of darkness.
Знај да не, то коме дајете себи слуге да се покоравате, Његове слуге су коме се покоравате; да ли је у реду смрт, или послушност праведности? (Римљанима 6:16)
God’s work of redemption in Jesus Christ
Jesus knew the difference between the two spiritual kingdoms and the two laws, that belonged to these kingdoms. By His deeds and His walk, Jesus made the choice to Whom He wanted to belong to: Његов отац; the God of the heavens and the earth, или ђавола; бог овога света.
Ходајући за Духом, Jesus stayed obedient to His Father. He represented and brought the Kingdom of God upon this earth. Because of His послушност, He could fulfill the work of redemption оф тхе стара креација.
Само кроз Исуса Христа, when you die and be resurrected in Him, it is possible to be redeemed from the bonds of sin, that lead to eternal death. Only when you become поново рођен and when your flesh dies in Him, you will be redeemed from the law of sin and death.
Од стране умирући у Исусу Христу, you will be transferred из царства таме; the kingdom of this world into the Kingdom of God. By walking after the Spirit in Jesus Christ; Реч, аутоматски ћете испунити закон Божији, which represents His Kingdom and you shall be able to stay loyal and obedient to Him.
„Будите сол земље’
