Кроз жртву Исуса Христа и Његову крв и кроз веру и препород у Христу, you have been cleansed from all your sins and iniquities and made holy and righteous and reconciled with God. You have not been cleansed and made holy and righteous by your own works and by obeying all kinds of laws and regulations, but you have been cleansed and made holy and righteous by faith in Jesus Christ and His perfect work of redemption. When you have become a new creation and have been made holy and righteous, it’s time for the process of sanctification. Шта је процес освећења? What does the Bible say about sanctification?
Шта је процес освећења?
И ти, који су некада били отуђени и непријатељи у вашем уму због злих дела, yet now hath He reconciled In the body of His flesh through death, да те прикаже светим и непогрешивим и непокорним пред Његовим: Ако останете у вери утемељени и утврђени, и не удаљи се од наде у јеванђеље, које сте чули, и која је проповедана свакој твари која је под небом; од чега сам ја Павле постао проповедник (Колошанима 1:21-23)
Кроз регенерацију у Христу, Постали сте Божји син (и мушко и женско). You have been set apart from the world and belong to God.
After your repentance and regeneration in Christ, it’s time for the process of sanctification. Because although you have become a son of God in the spiritual realm and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, most likely you shall not immediately walk as a son of God on earth, као Исус. This is mainly because the flesh is in the way.
Месо, including the carnal mind, still thinks and acts like the world and considers the wisdom and knowledge of the world and all the tangible things in the natural realm as the truth.
As long as the carnal mind doesn’t change, a person shall remain carnal (соулисх) and sense-ruled and shall walk after the flesh.
Стога, the first step in the process of sanctification is to обнови свој ум са Божјим речима, which are the truth and have created all the visible things around you, укључујући вас.
The renewing of your mind
И неће бити у складу са овим светом: али да се трансформишете обнављањем свог ума, да можете доказати шта је то добро, и прихватљив, и савршено, воља Божја (Римљанима 12:2)
Јер је Божја реч брза, и моћан, и оштрије од било којег двојеченог мача, пробијајући се чак и на раздељену асолуцију душе и духа, и зглобова и сржи, и је уочљив за мисли и намере срца. Нити постоји створење које се не види у његовим очима: али све ствари су наге и отворене за очи онога с ким имамо посла (Јеврејима 4:12-13)
The will of God is written upon your heart by the Holy Spirit, but your mind still thinks like the world. By reading and studying the words of God, you shall get to know God and gain insight into good and evil; what is according to the will of God and what is not according to the will of God.
The Word of God is alive and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, пробијајући се чак и на раздељену асолуцију душе и духа.
The truth of the Word shall expose the false doctrines and all the lies of the devil.
Sanctified through the truth of God
Дао сам им твоју реч; а свет их је мрзео, јер нису од света, Чак и као што нисам свет. Не молим се да их скинеш са света, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Они нису од света, Чак и као што нисам свет. Освети их истином својом: твоја реч је истина. Као што си ме ти послао у свет, па сам их и послао у свет. И ради њих се посвећујем, да и они буду посвећени истином (Јохн 17:14-19)
The Word is the Truth and becomes alive in you when you obey and apply the words of God in your life.
As long as you only read and listen to the words of God but don’t do anything with the words of God, the words of God shall remain written words, and although they possess the life, мир, and power of God, they shall not reap anything.
Only if you read, listen to, and study the words of God and obey and apply the words of God in your life, the written words of God shall come alive in your life.
You shall constantly cleanse yourself with the truth of God. And by the revelation of the Word and the Holy Spirit and the choice you make to follow the Word and the Spirit in your life, which means that you obey and do the words of God, you shall put off the works of the flesh and shall do the works of the Spirit.
Through obedience to the Word and the Spirit, your life shall change and you shall no longer live like the world and the way you lived before your repentance.
Мала бела лаж не може да шкоди?
На пример, the world says, that a lie is not so bad and that a little white lie doesn’t hurt anyone and is permissible, as long as you can substantiate the lie and/or when it’s for your own benefit. In some cultures lying is even considered normal and part of the culture. But the Word commands to lie not. God doesn’t lie and therefore those, who are born of Him and have His nature shall not lie. Reč kaže, that the devil is a liar and that his children are liars and therefore shall lie (Ох. Левитицус 19:11, Бројеви 23:19, Ефесцима 4:25, Колошанима 3:9, Титус 1:2, Јохн 8:44 (Прочитајте такође: ‘Свака култура нестаје у Христу‘))
Lying is not a work of the Spirit, but lying is a work of the flesh and should be put away. То је написано, that liars, who love the lie, will not inherit eternal life but eternal death (Ох. Откровење 22:15).
Only through the Word you will get to know the will of God and discern good and evil. The Holy Spirit shall guide you and show you when something is good and when something is evil and against the воља Божја.
When the telephone rings and you say to a member of your family: “just say that I’m not here”, лажеш. But you are not the only one who lies. You put the other person in a difficult position and make the other person complicit by asking the person to lie for you. The Holy Spirit will show you immediately, that what you have done is not good.
If this doesn’t happen and you have no problem lying, you should wonder if you have received the Holy Spirit and if the Holy Spirit abides in you. Because one of the tasks of the Holy Spirit is that He reproves the world of sin.
Стога, if the Holy Spirit dwells in you and He shall reprove the world of sin, He shall definitely reprove you of sin.
When the Holy Spirit confronts you and you become conscious of your sin, it’s up to you to obey Him and repent (in this case of your lie) and continue your walk.
And so there are many other areas in life that shall be dealt with during the process of sanctification. How fast the process of sanctification will go, all depends on your love for Jesus Christ.
"Будите свети; јер сам свет“
Као послушна деца, не обликујући се према претходним пожудама у свом незнању: Али као што је свет онај који вас је позвао, зато будите свети у сваком погледу; Зато што је написано, Будите свети; јер сам свет (1 Петер 1:14-16)
Како нас је изабрао у Њему пре постанка света, да треба да будемо свети и без кривице пред Њим у љубави (Ефесцима 1:4)
Every son of God will go through the process of sanctification. There is no one excluded from the process of sanctification. Since God is a holy God and He wants His sons to live holy lives. A holy life means to be set apart from the world unto God and do His will.
Током процеса освећења, the works of the flesh shall be put away. The old man shall be put off and the new man, који је створен по лику Божијем, shall be put on (Прочитајте такође: ‘Одбаци старца'И'Обуците новог човека').
Shall you make mistakes in the beginning? да! But there is a difference in the types of mistakes and whether you will make a mistake unconsciously or consciously and sin willfully. Because there are sins not unto death and sins unto death (Прочитајте такође: ‘What are sins not unto death and sins unto death?').
Али сада се ослободи греха, и постају слуге Богу, Имате своје воће светости, и крајњи вечни живот. За плаће греха је смрт; Али дар Божји је вечни живот преко Исуса Христа нашег Господара (Римљанима 6:22-23)
Али они, who are born of God and have been made holy and righteous shall live from that righteous and holy position and from God’s nature in the will of God. Because as God is holy, those who are born of Him and belong to Him shall also be holy.
„Будите сол земље’
