У Колосян 3:1-4, Павло писав, якщо ти воскрес із Христом, шукайте те, що вище, де Христос сидить праворуч від Бога. Налаштуйте свою прихильність на речі вище, не на речі на землі. For you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. Що мав на увазі Павло?? What does it mean to be risen with Christ and to seek those things which are above?
Якщо ви воскреснете з Христом, шукайте те, що вище
Якщо ви воскреснете з Христом, шукайте те, що вище, де Христос сидить праворуч від Бога. Налаштуйте свою прихильність на речі вище, не на речі на землі. Бо ти мертвий, і ваше життя сховане з Христом у Бозі (Колосяни 3:1-3)
Якщо ти воскрес з Христом, ви будете шукати те, що вгорі, де Христос сидить праворуч від Бога.
You shall set your mind on the things above and not on things on the earth anymore, since you (старе творіння, who is sense-ruled and led and controlled by the will, почуття, похоті, and desires of the flesh and the beggarly elements of the world), don’t live anymore, but are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God.
тому, when you become born again in Christ, your life shall change.
You shall no longer live as you lived before in ignorance from your blinded carnal mind that is controlled by darkness and is enmity with God. You shall not fill yourself with the knowledge and wisdom of the world and put your trust in it.
But you shall renew your mind with the Word of God and fill yourself with the knowledge and wisdom of God, so that you find out the truth and the will of God. You shall live by faith in Jesus Christ and walk from a renewed mind in obedience to the words of God in the truth according to His will and you shall put your trust in Him (Читайте також: Майте віру в Бога).
The old man has died in Christ
Although you still live in the world, ти більше не належиш світу. Because you have been bought with a price and are redeemed from the power of darkness with the precious blood of Jesus Christ (Ой. 1 Коринфянам 6:20, 1 Петро 6:20, 2 Петро 2:1).
Через регенерацію в Христі, your flesh has died and you no longer live under the authority of the beggarly elements of this world (духи цього світу) that cause you to live in pride, повстання, і непослух Богові та Його Слову. You have died to (речі) світ.
Since you don’t belong to the evil generation of the old man (впала людина), you shall no longer do the works of the old man.
You have become a new creation and belong to God and therefore you shall walk as a new creation; the new man in holiness and righteousness (Читайте також: Чи живуть християни як вибране покоління, Королівське священство, and a peculiar unto God?)
The new man has been made free from the law of sin and death
Through the death of the flesh in Christ Jesus, you have been redeemed from the curse of the law. You have been delivered from the law of sin and death, що царює в тілі. Через це, you shall no longer live after the flesh under the law in the bondage of death and persevere in sin, but you shall live after the Spirit under благодать in the will of God and keep His words and commandments.
Let no one deceive you, by making you believe that you have to go back to the Old Covenant and keep the law of Moses with all its precepts, ритуали, закони жертовності, харчові закони, застілля, тощо. (Читайте також: Чому християни повертаються до Старого Завіту? і У чому секрет закону?).
Тих, who are born again in Christ are no longer carnal but have become spiritual and shall walk after the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus and keep the commandments of Christ (Джон 14:15, 21;15:10, римляни 8:2, 1 Джон 2:3; 3:24; 5: 2-3, 2 Джон 1:6, Одкровення 22:14).
The commandments of Christ are the same commandments as the commandments of the Father. Jesus even tightened some of them, since the new man, who walks after the Spirit is able to establish the law (римляни 3:31 (Читайте також: Заповіді Божі проти заповідей Ісуса).
Establishing the law refers to the moral part of the law, which represents the nature and will of God, and refers not to all the precepts, ритуали, закони жертовності, харчові закони, застілля, тощо, which were all meant for the sanctification and justification of the flesh of the old man (who was born of the seed of Israel).
Jesus was the Firstborn of the new creation and didn’t walk after the flesh but after the Spirit and fulfilled the law. Тих, who have become a new creation in Christ shall also fulfill the law by submitting to God and His Word and walking in obedience to God after the Spirit in His will (Ой. римляни 8:29-30, Колосяни 1:13-20, Євреїв 12:22-24).
The new man has risen with Christ from the death
Коли ви охристилися, your flesh not only died, but your spirit was raised from the dead. And through the baptism with the Holy Spirit, Святий Дух живе всередині вас.
Через регенерацію, you are reconciled with God and your fallen state and position are restored in the Son.
You are risen with Christ and seated in Him at the right hand of the Father above all principality, міць, могло, і панування, і кожне ім'я, яке назване. Це ваше нове місце і посада (Ой. Ефесян 1:20; 2:4-10).
Бо ти від Бога народжений, народжений від Води і Духа, Божа природа стала вашою природою, а Його воля стала вашою волею.
Тому ви повинні шукати і бажати того, що вище, де сидить Христос.
Ви повинні бажати Слова і відновлювати свій розум Словом Божим, і ви повинні зосередитися на речах Царства Божого, замість того, щоб годувати свій розум речами світу, зберігати тілесний розум і дозволяти брехні диявола керувати своїм розумом (світ) і деструктивні думки, які походять від темряви (Читайте також: Візьміть владу над своїми думками, перш ніж вони візьмуть владу над вами)
Ісус Христос - це твоє життя!
Коли Христос, хто є наше життя, з'явиться, тоді й ти з'явишся з Ним у славі (Колосяни 3:4)
Через зміну природи та оновлення вашого розуму, ти більше не будеш жити як світ, як ти жила раніше, у владі гріха і смерті. You shall no longer walk in darkness in rebellion against God and His words and break every rule, заповідь, and covenant that God has instituted. But you shall live from your new position in Christ and lay down the works of the flesh and walk in the Word in the light on the earth.
Jesus Christ is not an addition to your life, but Jesus Christ is your life! Він живе в тобі, and you live in Him!
A person’s heart goes out to what he loves, and what he loves he will devote his time to.
тому, if you are risen with Christ and you really love Jesus, then your heart shall go out to Jesus and you shall spend time in the Word and in prayer and seek and set your thoughts on the things which are above, де сидить Христос, instead of the things which are on the earth.
You shall listen to Jesus; the Word and obey and do what Jesus has commanded you to do.
Коли Христос, Who is your life, з'явиться, you shall also appear with Him in glory.
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