在歌羅西書中 1:18, Paul wrote to the saints at Colosse that Jesus is the Head of the Body, 教會: 誰是開始, the Firstborn from the dead; 使他在凡事上居首位. 這是什麼意思?
歌羅西人的意思 1:18
耶穌是看不見的神的形象, the Firstborn of every creature and Jesus is the Head of the Body, 教會. The only way to access the Church is through faith and regeneration in Jesus Christ. 如果你重生在基督裡, 你屬於他的身體, 教會.
The Head reigns, decides, and directs the Body and the Body submits and follows and do the will of the Head.
因此每個人, who is born again and belongs to the Church, should submit to Jesus Christ and obey Him and 跟著他 並遵行祂的旨意.
The mind is in the head
The mind is in the head. 所以, 那些, who are born again and belong to the Body of Christ, 教會, should renew their mind with the Word of God. 為什麼? So that their mind and thoughts will line up with the Word and they may prove what is that good, 並且可以接受, and perfect will of God.
我因此懇求你, 兄弟們, 受上帝的憐憫, 你們給你的身體一個生動的犧牲, 聖, 可以接受上帝, 這是您合理的服務. 並且不符合這個世界: 但是你們會因更新的思想而改變, 你們可以證明那是什麼好, 並且可以接受, 完美, 神的旨意 (羅馬書 12:1-2)
Before you believed, 悔改, 並變成了重生, 你是舊的作品.
You belonged to the generation of fallen man. Your mind was filled with the wisdom, 知識, and the things of the world.
The devil was your father and you belonged to the world. 所以, you thought, talked, acted, and lived like the world.
然而, 通過對耶穌基督的信仰和他的再生, 透過肉體的死亡和靈魂從死裡的復活, 你已從黑暗的國度轉移到神的國度.
You no longer belong to the devil and the world and are 不再是罪人. But you belong to God and His Kingdom and have become a saint.
Another kingdom means another king and another law
Another kingdom means, 除其他外, another king, another law; other commandments and other rules. 簡而言之, it means a change of life.
Therefore it’s essential when you become born again, 用神的話語更新你的心意. 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. (另請閱讀: 神的意念是我們的意念嗎? 和 神的道路就是祢的道路嗎?).
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, 行為, 像世界一樣走路, and live the same life before you were born again, 當你是舊的作品, 罪人.
But through the renewing of your mind, you shall spiritually mature and think, 行為, and walk like the new creation, like Jesus Christ, and in submission and obedience to the Word, 你要遵守他的意志.
耶穌是身體的頭, 教會
耶穌是身體的頭, 教會. 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.
遵行祂的旨意, you shall not only be a hearer of the Word but a doer of the Word. (另請閱讀: ‘聽眾與行動者’).
Jesus is the Living Word and is 新作品的長子, 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, 以便大家, who would lay down his or her life and by faith in Jesus Christ become born again, 不會看到死亡, but enter eternal life.
Jesus Christ gave the example
看哪, 父親賦予我們的愛, 我們應該被稱為上帝的兒子: 因此，世界不知道我們, 因為它不知道他. 心愛, 現在我們是上帝的兒子, 而且它還沒有出現我們將成為的: 但是我們知道, 什麼時候他出現, 我們會像他一樣; 因為我們會看到他. And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure (1 約翰 3:1-3)
Jesus Christ has given us the example. He showed us how to live as sons of God (男性和女性) 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.
耶穌是他身體的頭, 教會. 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 消滅黑暗的作品.
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, 但基督住在你裡面. Your body is the temple of God, where the Holy Spirit dwells(哦. 加拉太書 2:20, 1 哥林多前書 3:16; 6:19, 2 哥林多前書 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 (以弗所書 2:19-22)
你們不知道你們是神的殿, 並且神的靈住在你裡面? 若有人褻瀆神的殿, 上帝將毀滅他; 因為神的殿是聖的, 你們是哪座聖殿 (1 哥林多前書 3:16-17).
什麼? 你們不知道你們的身體是在你們裡面的聖靈的殿堂, 你們從上帝那裡得到的, 而你們不是自己的人? 因為你們是重價買來的: 因此在你的身體上榮耀神, 並在你的精神裡, 哪些是上帝的 (1 哥林多前書 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 他的誡命, then you will become like Him and speak, act and walk like Him. Because God has given power to everyone, who receives Him, 成為神的兒子 (約翰 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.
因此，我們確實知道我們認識他, 如果我們遵守他的誡命. 他說的那個, 我認識他, 而不是遵守他的誡命, 是騙子, 事實不在他裡面. 但是誰能保持他的話, 在他裡面，上帝的愛是完善的: 特此知道我們在他裡面. 他說他在他身上的那個說道也應該走路, 即使他走路 (1 約翰 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
這也適用於教會. 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 (在精神上) 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. (另請閱讀: 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, 統治者, 公國, 寶座, ETC. 黑暗王國, causing the devil to manifest himself in the church; in the lives of people through the works of the flesh (偶像崇拜, 巫術, 性不潔, 淫亂, 通姦, 離婚, 貪婪, 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.
‘成為地球之鹽’
