基督徒很多, 重生並開始跟隨聖靈而行的人, 但過了一段時間發生了一些事情，他們又回到了舊約並開始應用各種規則, 法規, 儀式, 節日, ETC. 在他們的生活中. Why do Christians go back to the Old Covenant? What causes Christians to return to the Old Covenant?
God created man and His relationship with man was perfect
當上帝創造人時, the relationship between God and man was perfect. 亞當是上帝的兒子, who was created after the 神的形象. God walked with Adam (男人) and they had a perfect relationship, just like God intended His relationship with man to be. 直到那一刻到達, that Adam succumbed to the temptation in the flesh and became disobedient to the commandment of God and sinned. Due to his disobedience, the relationship between God and man was broken. Man fell from his position and lost his dominion and authority on the earth, 上帝賜給人類.
人的精神死了. Because of that man was no longer connected by the spirit to God, but man was connected by the flesh to the devil. Because of man’s obedience to the devil, 罪 (obedience to the 魔鬼的意志) entered, with the result that death, which is the wages of sin also entered and reigned in the flesh of man.
Man was no longer spiritual but became carnal and sense-ruled. And sin and death reigned in the flesh of man.
惡魔 (黑暗王國) had taken the dominion and authority of man through lies and by sowing doubt. Because Adam believed and obeyed the lie of the devil above the truth of God, the fallen angel Lucifer; the devil became the father of fallen man.
Fallen man was put beneath the angels and became in bondage under the elements of the earth.
Fallen man got the same nature as his father; the fallen angel Lucifer (魔鬼). Therefore the nature of the devil would be present in the flesh of everyone, 誰將是亞當的種子 (男人).
出於對人類的愛, God found a way to have a relationship with mankind, until the Messiah would come and reconcile man back to God and restore the broken relationship between God and man.
The covenant with Abraham and his Seed
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ (加拉太書 3:16)
God established His covenant with Abraham and his Seed (耶穌). The circumcision in the flesh of every male would be a token of this covenant. The circumcision was for God a token of His covenant and His promises and for the people of God, it was a token of dedication to Him.
The circumcision in the flesh took place on the 第八天 (根 17:10-11). Even if the eighth day was on a Sabbath day, the circumcision still took place.
The eighth day refers to the day of the New Covenant and the new creation, 誰是 在基督裡受割禮, by putting off the flesh in the baptism in water (另請閱讀‘在基督裡受割禮是什麼意思?' 和 '第八天, 新創造的日子’).
托拉
430 Years after the promise of God to Abraham and his Seed, God redeemed His people from the oppression of Pharaoh and led His people out of slavery into the promised land. God appointed Moses as His representative and gave His people the 罪惡和死亡的律法.
法律, which is written in the Torah (Gen-Deu) was given by God to His covenant people after the flesh; 以色列, 50 逾越節後的日子. 托拉, the written word of God, contained the instructions for the old carnal man, who was trapped in the sinful flesh.
每個人 都, who would be born of the seed of Israel belonged to God’s covenant people, of which the men would be circumcised in the flesh on the eighth day according to the first covenant. 每個人 都, who belonged to God’s covenant people after the flesh, had to obey and keep the law of Moses to walk in righteousness.
The law of sin and death
Through the law of Moses God could have a relationship with the old man, who is sense ruled and walks after the flesh in which sin and death reigns. That’s why the law is called the law of sin and death (唯讀記憶體 8:2)
Because of the fact that the law contained commandments, which were meant for the old man, who is sense ruled and has the nature of the devil and walks after the lusts and desire of the flesh, 神說: “Thou shalt not…」.
Because the flesh is full of pride, 羨慕, 自私, jealous and rebellious and has more love for himself then for God.
The flesh does all those things, that doesn’t please God and are an abomination to Him. The flesh goes after other gods, 撒謊, cheats, 偷, commits adultery and fornication, is unfaithful etc.
All the works and deeds, which God mentioned in the law of Moses and were an abomination to Him, were done by fallen man and the pagan people; 外邦人.
God didn’t want His people to be involved with their unclean works and heathen practices.
透過頒布法律, God not only made His will known to His people, but His people learned 他的路 and to discern good and evil; righteousness and unrighteousness.
Through obedience to the Levitical priesthood, keeping the law with all its commandments, 節日, observances (割禮), 儀式, food laws and sacrificial laws, God could have a relationship with His carnal people, until Jesus would come and redeem man from the rulership, dominion and the yoke of the devil, 誰在肉體中統治.
The ten commandments on tablets of stone
The Torah was given by God and meant for the old carnal man, who consists of a body and soul. Since the spirit of the old carnal man is dead, 上帝, Who is Spirit, made His will known to His people by giving them His law.
God wrote the ten commandments on two 石頭片, which represented the heart of the old man.
Why did God write His ten commandments on two tablets of stone? 誡命, which related to God and the first commandment ‘愛上帝勝過一切, 全心全意, 介意, soul and strength’ were written on the first tablet of stone. On the second tablet of stone, God wrote the commandments, which were related to the second commandment ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’.
關於這兩個誡命，所有法律和先知 (墊 22:40).
The redemption of the flesh of the old man
因為這是我在那些日子之後要與以色列家所立的約，, 耶和華說; 我會把我的法律納入他們的腦海, 並把它們寫在他們的心裡: 我要在他們面前作神, 在我眼裡，他們必是一萬個子民: 他們必不教導各人自己的鄰舍, 各人都是他的兄弟, 說, 認識主: 因為世人都要認識我, 從最小到最大. 因為我必憐悯他們的不義, 他們的罪孽和罪孽我再也記不起. 他說, 新約, 他成為了第一個老. 現在，腐爛和瓦克斯舊的舊準備就可以消失 (希伯來文 8:10-13)
Throughout the whole Bible, God prophesied about the 彌賽亞的來臨, the new covenant and the coming of the Holy Spirit, Who would abide in the new man (哦. 成因 3:15, 詩篇 22; 16:10, 以賽亞 7:14; 53:4-12, 耶利米 31:33-34; 32:40, 以西結 11:19-21; 34; 36:25-28; 37, 希伯來文 8:10-13; 10:15-16).
Jesus the Christ would redeem man from their flesh, in which the sinful nature of the devil reigns.
God promised to put a new spirit within man and take the heart of stone out of the old man and give a new heart of flesh, in which the laws of God would be written upon. This promise was fulfilled by the coming of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit dwells in the new creation and has received the nature of God, therefore the will of God is written upon the heart of the new man.
The law was the school teacher for the old man
但是在信仰來之前, 我們被遵守法律, 閉上應該揭示的信仰. 因此，法律是我們的校長將我們帶到基督, 我們可能會因信仰而被證明是合理的. 但是在那個信仰來了之後, 我們不再是校長. 你們是上帝的所有子女，都信仰基督耶穌. 因為你們中的許多人被洗禮的基督戴上了基督. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus (加拉太書 3:23-29)
The law and all the commandments of God, which are written in the Torah were a schoolmaster for the old man. So that the old man, who is sense-ruled and lives after the flesh, would know the will of God and His way and by keeping the law, man would serve God and walk in righteousness.
The Torah was meant for the flesh of the old man. But since the flesh is 在基督裡被釘十字架, 透過再生, the flesh doesn’t live anymore but is death, and therefore the Torah no longer applies to the new man, who lives after the Spirit.
The new man is holy and righteous through Jesus Christ
God has given to everyone the ability to be redeemed from the flesh of the old man, with all its lusts, 慾望, iniquity and sin, 藉著對耶穌基督的信心和 他的救贖工作 在十字架上, and by becoming born again in Christ, so that the old creation will become a new creation; 神的兒子.
The new creation is no longer a servant but has become a son of God, who is made holy and righteous by the 完美的工作 of Jesus Christ and His blood.
新人, who is born of the Seed of God and has become a spirit, shall walk after the Spirit and shall no longer be ruled by his senses, 感情, 情緒, 私慾, 和慾望, which reign in the flesh.
God’s will become the will of the new creation because the new creation is born of Him and has His nature.
正因為如此, 新人將 履行法律, 就像耶穌一樣, Who is the living Word of God and fulfilled the law by walking after the Spirit, 在上帝的旨意之後.
The relationship between God and man restored in Christ
The perfect relationship, which God had in the beginning with Adam was restored in Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ man was reconciled to God and God could have a relationship through the Holy Spirit with the new man; His son.
The Torah can no longer be applied to the new man, 跟隨聖靈而行的人. Since the Torah was meant for the old man, who walks after the flesh and 死在耶穌基督裡.
The only thing of the Torah that is still valid and still applies is the will of God, which has been made known to us by His commandments through Jesus; the Word and the habitation of the Holy Spirit.
The new creation is free of condemnation
因此，如今那些在基督耶穌裡的人就不定罪了, 不隨從肉體而行的人, 但在聖靈之後 (羅馬書 8:1)
A born again Christian, who has been made holy and righteous in Christ and walks in His commandments after the Spirit, doesn’t live in fear under condemnation, 存在於肉體中. The person has been made free from the law of sin and death, 在肉體中起作用, 經過 putting off the flesh and by walking after the Spirit and the law of the Spirit.
As long as the flesh stays dead, 沒有譴責. But as soon as the person returns to the kingdom of darkness and do the works of the old carnal man and lives after the flesh in sin, 這 罪惡和死亡的律法 becomes active again and the person shall live with fear, feelings of guilt and condemnation.
50 逾越節後的日子, God made His will known in both covenants
在舊約中, 上帝使他的子民知道他的意志 50 逾越節後的日子, by giving the Torah to His carnal covenant people, who belonged to the carnal generation of fallen man; 老人 (The feast Shavuot).
In the new covenant, 上帝使他的子民知道他的意志 50 逾越節後的日子, by giving His Holy Spirit to His spiritual covenant people, who belonged to the spiritual generation of the new man (Read also ’你可知道….. 50 逾越節後的日子’)
The new man is born of God and has become a son of God and lives in freedom after the Spirit in obedience to Christ. Since the new man has become a son of God, the Spirit of the sonship lives inside the new man, who calls Abba Father (唯讀記憶體 8:15, gal 4:4-7).
Why do Christians go back to the Old Covenant?
然而, 有很多基督徒, who are born again and have become a new creation and start right, but slowly go back to the Old Covenant and to all its rules, 法規, 儀式, 節日, laws and apply them in the New Covenant to the new creation. But that’s not how God has intended it to be.
All the feasts, 儀式, 犧牲, 規則, regulations and the priesthood, that belonged to the Old Covenant, don’t belong in the New Covenant. There is a reason why it is called the Old Covenant.
If the New Covenant is a better covenant and has replaced the Old Covenant, why do so many believers go back to the Old Covenant and apply the feasts, 規則, 法規, observances, 儀式, which were meant for God’s carnal people Israel, 在他們的生活中? Then they should also keep the sacrificial laws and resume the sacrificing of animals.
Paul warned the believers many times and asked the church what had come on their way and why they went from the Spirit to the flesh and went from the New Covenant to the rules and regulations of the Old Covenant (哦. gal 2; 3:1-5).
唯一的事情, which has not changed is the moral part of the law, 這是神的誡命, that represents His will and His nature.
神的旨意 is the same in both the law of sin and death, which refers to – and works in the flesh of the old carnal man, as in the law of Spirit, which refers and works in the spirit of the new man, the same.
If you don’t read and study the Old Testament from the Spirit and the mind of Christ but from the flesh and the carnal mind, there is a big change that you will be tempted and misled and go back to the Old Covenant and put a yoke upon yourself by keeping all observances, 儀式, feasts and apply them to your life, while they are never meant for you, 誰成為新的創造, but were meant for the old carnal creations, who belonged by natural birth to God’s covenant people Israël.
The true sons of God walk in the New Covenant and establishes the law
在新約中, it’s all about you being 在耶穌基督裡割禮 and that you have become a new creation in Christ (羅馬書 8:9-17, 歌羅西書 2:9-12, 加拉太書 6:15, 提圖斯 3:5-7).
If you have become a new creation in Christ and the Spirit of Christ lives inside of you, then you belong to Him and you shall keep His commandments and walk after the Word and the Spirit and establish the law.
信徒, who are led by the Spirit of God and lives after the will of the Father in righteousness, they are the true sons of God.
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