Ho Bakolose 1:18, Paul wrote to the saints at Colosse that Jesus is the Head of the Body, Kereke: eo eleng qalo, Letsibolo ho tswa bafung; e le hore linthong tsohle A ka ba ea pele. See se bolelang?
Moelelo oa Bakolose 1:18
Jesu ke setšoantšo sa Molimo ea sa bonahaleng, the Firstborn of every creature and Jesus is the Head of the Body, Kereke. The only way to access the Church is through faith and regeneration in Jesus Christ. Haeba u tsoetsoe hape ho Kreste, o setho sa Mmele wa Hae, Kereke.
The Head reigns, decides, and directs the Body and the Body submits and follows and do the will of the Head.
Therefore everyone, who is born again and belongs to the Church, should submit to Jesus Christ and obey Him and Mo lateleng mme o etse thato ya Hae.
The mind is in the head
The mind is in the head. Ka hona, tseo, who are born again and belong to the Body of Christ, Kereke, should renew their mind with the Word of God. Hobaneng? So that their mind and thoughts will line up with the Word and they may prove what is that good, le ho amoheleha, and perfect will of God.
Kea le rapela ke hona, baena, ka mehauhelo ya Modimo, hore le hlahise ’mele ea lōna e le sehlabelo se phelang, Ho halalela, e amohelehang ho Molimo, e leng tšebeletso ea hao e utloahalang. Mme le se ke la ipapisa le lefatshe lena: empa le fetohe ka ntjhafatso ya kelello ya lona, le tle le lemohe se molemo, le ho amoheleha, le phethahetseng, thato ya Modimo (Baroma 12:1-2)
Before you believed, sokoloha, mme ya fetohatsoaloa hape, le ne le le mmopo wa kgale.
You belonged to the generation of fallen man. Your mind was filled with the wisdom, tsebo, and the things of the world.
The devil was your father and you belonged to the world. Ka hona, you thought, talked, acted, and lived like the world.
Leha ho le joalo, Ka tumelo ho Jesu Kreste le ho nchafatsoa ho eena, ka lefu la nama le ka tsoho ya moya bafung, U fetiselitsoe 'musong oa lefifi ho ea' musong oa Molimo.
You no longer belong to the devil and the world and are ha e sa le moetsadibe. But you belong to God and His Kingdom and have become a saint.
Another kingdom means another king and another law
Another kingdom means, hara tse ding, another king, another law; other commandments and other rules. Ka bokhutšoane, it means a change of life.
Therefore it’s essential when you become born again, Ho nchafatsa kelello ea hau ka Lentsoe la Molimo. Because by the renewing of your mind, you will get to know the will of God and come to the knowledge of the truth and your thoughts will line up with God’s thoughts and you shall walk in His ways. (Bala hape: Ke menahano ea hae menahano eo re amehang ka eona? le Ke tsela ea Molimo tsela ea hao?).
If your mind is renewed with the Word of God and you know His will and His truth, you will no longer believe the lies of the devil and think, ketso, mme o tsamaye jwaloka lefatshe, and live the same life before you were born again, Ha u ne u le bōpo ea khale, moetsalibe.
But through the renewing of your mind, you shall spiritually mature and think, ketso, and walk like the new creation, like Jesus Christ, and in submission and obedience to the Word, o tla etsa thato ya Hae.
Jesu ke hlooho ea 'mele, Kereke
Jesu ke hlooho ea 'mele, Kereke. When you belong to the Body of Christ, you ought to think the way He thinks and act the way He acts and keep His commandments and do His will.
By doing His will, you shall not only be a hearer of the Word but a doer of the Word. (Bala hape: ‘Bathusi vs Doors’).
Jesus is the Living Word and is Letsibolo la sebopuwa se setjha, Who walked upon this earth. Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit. He did the will of His Father, whereby He glorified and exalted His Father. The Word and the Spirit are the Witnesses of God upon the earth.
Jesus faced death and conquered the death and rose from the dead unto eternal life, e le hore bohle, who would lay down his or her life and by faith in Jesus Christ become born again, ba ka se bone lefu, but enter eternal life.
Jesus Christ gave the example
Bonang, ke lerato le lekaakang leo Ntate a re fileng lona, gore re tle re bidiwe bana ba Modimo: ka baka leo, lefatshe ha le re tsebe, hobane e ne e sa Mo tsebe. Moratuwa, jwale re bana ba Modimo, mme ha ho eso bonahatswe seo re tla ba sona: empa re tseba seo, mohla A tla hlaha, re tla tshwana le Yena; hobane re tla Mmona kamoo A leng kateng. Mme e mong le e mong ya nang le tshepo eo ho Yena, o a itlhwekisa, even as He is pure (1 Johanne 3:1-3)
Jesus Christ has given us the example. He showed us how to live as sons of God (banna le ba batšehali) in the authority of God in obedience to His will.
Jesus showed us His relationship with the Father. He showed us the words He spoke as One having authority and the works He did in the Name of His Father and the power of the Holy Spirit, which glorified the Father.
Jesus is the Head of His Body, Kereke. We are the Church and He is our Head. Therefore the Church, who represents and preaches the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, shall speak, act and walk in the authority of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit and expose and senya mesebetsi ya lefifi.
Is Jesus the Head of your life?
If Jesus is the Head of the Church and if you are born again and belong to the Church, then Jesus Christ is the Head of your life. Since you died in Christ, you no longer live, empa Kreste o phela ka ho lona. Your body is the temple of God, where the Holy Spirit dwells(Oh. Bagalata 2:20, 1 Korinthe 3:16; 6:19, 2 Korinthe 6:16).
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the Chief Corner stone; In Whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In Whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit (Baefese 2:19-22)
Ha le tsebe hoba le tempele ya Modimo, le hore Moya wa Modimo o ahile ka ho lona? Haeba motho a silafatsa tempele ea Molimo, yena Modimo o tla mo senya; hobane tempele ya Modimo e a halalela, tempele eo le leng eona (1 Korinthe 3:16-17).
Eng? Ha le tsebe hoba mmele wa lona ke tempele ya Moya o Halalelang o ka ho lona, tseo le nang le tsona ho Modimo, mme lona ha le ba lona? Hobane le rekilwe ka theko: jalo he, galaletsang Modimo mo mebeleng ya lona, le moyeng wa hao, tseo e leng tsa Modimo (1 Korinthe 6:19-20)
If you let Jesus be the Head of your life and you submit to Him and walk according to His will and obey Litaelo tsa hae, then you will become like Him and speak, act and walk like Him. Because God has given power to everyone, ea mo amohelang, ho ba bara ba Molimo (Johanne 1:12-13).
If Jesus is the Head of your life then you will obey Him
If you belong to Jesus Christ and submit to Him, you shall do what He says and what pleases Him. Through your life and walk you shall honor and glorify Him.
Mme re tseba hore rea mo tseba, Haeba re boloka litaelo tsa hae. Eena eo Saith, Kea mo tseba, mme ha a boloke ditaelo tsa Hae, ke leshano, mme nnete ha e yo ho yena. Empa ya bolokang lentswe la Hae, ruri lerato la Modimo le phethahetse ho yena: ka hona re tseba hore re ho Yena. Ya reng o dutse ho yena, e ka kgona le yena a tsamaye jwalo, leha A tsamaile (1 Johanne 2:3-6).
But if you can’t let go of the world, because you love the world too much. And if you keep doing the things you want to do, instead of doing the things Jesus wants you to do, and you walk after the flesh, doing the works of the flesh and persevere in sin, then Jesus shall no longer be your Head and you shall no longer belong to Him, because you don’t do what He says.
Jesus gave His body, so that the Church could become His Body
Sena se sebetsa le ho Kereke. Jesus gave His body, so that we could become His Body. But if the Church leaves Jesus Christ; the Word and doesn’t do what He says and (MOHLA) behead Him of the Church, then the Church shall be a humanistic social institution, that focus on man and feeding and pleasing the flesh, instead of being a power of God, that focus on Jesus Christ and His Kingdom and feeding the spirit of man. (Bala hape: The Church a social institution or a power of God?)
The church shall be spiritually powerless and shall not be able to stand against the powers, Babusi, Boholo ba Naha, literone, etc. ea 'Muso oa Lefifi, causing the devil to manifest himself in the church; in the lives of people through the works of the flesh (borapeli ba litšoantšo, boloi, ditshila tsa thobalano, bohlola, bofebe, tlhalo, meharo, etc.)
Therefore stay in the Word. Don’t leave the words of God. Let Jesus Christ be the Head of the Church and the Head of your life.
‘E be letsoai la lefatše’
