在舊約中, 沒有人能夠遵守上帝的律法. 上帝啊, 永生神的兒子, 是第一個, 誰履行了上帝的律法. How could Jesus fulfill the law of God? What was the difference between Jesus and the 老的 男人? What about now, is man still not able to fulfill the law or is man able to fulfill the law of God in the New Covenant?
Every person is born of the seed of Adam
每個人, who is born on this earth is born of the seed of Adam and has a sinful nature. The person consists of flesh and blood, a body and soul. The spirit of man is dead and lives under the authority of death.
Flesh and blood are not able to comprehend or understand the spiritual things of God and His Kingdom. They are foolishness to the carnal man.
The old man is not able to fulfill the law of God
Because man was unspiritual and carnal, God had to reveal Himself through the natural realm. God revealed His greatness through signs and wonders and His will through the Law. God appointed Moses as the leader of His people and gave him the Law. The Law of Moses was meant for the old man (舊造), who was born of the seed of Israel in whom sin and death reign.
Since the carnal old man can only walk after the flesh, being led by the senses, (肉體) 介意 (想法), 情緒, 感情, 私慾, 慾望, ETC。), God gave His words and commandments to guide the people in their lives and keep them on the path of life.
By giving the Law, God revealed to His people the spiritual things of the Kingdom of God because the Law is spiritual (羅馬書 7:14).
God ‘translated’ the spiritual to the natural, so that God’s people were able to comprehend it.
Through His words and commandments, 神顯明了祂的本性, 他的意志, 和他的王國. Just like Jesus revealed the Kingdom of God by using parables, so that the old man was able to understand).
God also gave the sacrificial laws to His people, which were necessary to make atonement between God’s people, who were trapped in their corrupt sinful nature, 和上帝.
Only through the means of the blood of animals and by following sacrificial laws, 戒律, 和儀式, the sins and iniquities of the people were temporarily atoned. Therefore God’s people had to do this faithfully.
The Law of Moses couldn’t do anything about the fallen state of humanity
The Law couldn’t make God’s people holy and righteous. Nor could the Law couldn’t heal (恢復) 人的墮落狀態並使人與神和解. The Law couldn’t restore what man had lost in the 伊甸園 after his transgression.
The only thing the Law could do is to make the people walk holy and righteous according to the will of God. Through obedience to the Law; by keeping the commandments of God, and executing His carnal laws, 戒律, 儀式, 和節日, the people of God walked holy as God is holy and God could have communion with His people.
The sinful nature rebels against the commandments of God
然而, 有罪的本性 (the evil nature of the devil) in which they were born, rebelled against the commandments and ordinances of God. Since they were carnal and led by their senses, and unbelief is one of the characteristics of the unregenerated man, the people of God were not able to have faith in God and trust their God. Just like Adam and Eve didn’t trust God completely and believed the lie of the devil above the truth of God. (另請閱讀: 如果你繼續犯罪，你會不會死嗎？?).
The sinful nature can’t please God, because it always wants to do those things, 違背神的旨意的.
The carnal mind and the sinful nature always rebel against God’s will. That’s why the old carnal man can’t please God because the old man doesn’t walk naturally after God’s will and keep His commandments. But the old man walks naturally after the will of the devil and the desires and lusts of the flesh.
Because God’s people were not delivered from their flesh, 罪惡和死亡統治著, they were not able to fulfill the Law.
Jesus didn’t come to make the law of no effect, 但是耶穌來履行律法
The only man, who could fulfill the law, was Jesus Christ. Jesus was not born of the corrupt seed of man. Therefore Jesus was not born as a sinner. But Jesus was born of the Seed of God; the Seed of the Holy Spirit and was holy and righteous..
耶穌是 (並且是) the Son of God and was born in the flesh. And because Jesus was fully Human, Jesus was also the Son of man. (另請閱讀: ‘耶穌是完全人類的?').
Jesus could sin and disobey His Father. But Jesus didn’t rebel and disobey His Father. Why didn’t Jesus disobey His Father? Because Jesus loved His Father and feared Him.
Jesus loved His Father and didn’t want to do anything that would hurt and grieve His Father.
Jesus didn’t want to do anything that would disappoint His Father and separate Him from His Father. Because disobedience to God, 這是罪孽, separates man from God. (另請閱讀: 你能再次釘死耶穌，讓他公開羞恥嗎?).
耶穌是新作品的長子, who was born of water and Spirit and walked after the Spirit on earth. And because Jesus walked after the Spirit in the will of God, 耶穌履行了律法.
耶穌是我們的榜樣
對於法律不能做的事, 因為肉體是軟弱的, 上帝以罪惡的肉身派遣自己的兒子, 並為罪, 譴責肉體的罪: 使律法的義成就在我們身上, 不隨從肉體而行的人, 但在聖靈之後 (羅馬書 8:3-5)
Jesus fulfilled the Law and by faith in Him and through His redemptive work and His blood, people can be delivered from the power of the devil and darkness and be healed from their fallen state and reconciled with God. As a new creation in Christ through regeneration in Him, you can walk from your healed position as a son of God (男女) 世上.
耶穌是新作品的長子 (源於水和精神) and showed us, how to walk as the new creation, as sons of God on earth.
When you become born again and become the new man, 誰有神的性情, you will no longer live in disobedience to God.
You will no longer rebel against His words and His commandments.
You’ll not live like you lived before after the will of the flesh fulfilling the lusts and desires of the flesh. You shall no longer be controlled by your carnal mind and led by your senses and feelings.
不, 老人, 罪人, is crucified with Christ and buried in 洗禮 (the death of the old man and the resurrection of the new man from the dead).
You can always return to your former life
But you can always return to your old life and pick up your former habits. No one and nothing can stop you from doing that, 甚至不是上帝. 你是一個, who decides and makes choices in life. You determine, how you want to live: after the Spirit or after the flesh?
But if you choose to live after the will of the flesh, 滿足肉體的慾望和慾望, then don’t expect to receive eternal life. Because the Light has nothing in common with darkness, which you prefer by walking after the flesh. Sin has nothing in common with righteousness. The Bible is very clear about it (O.A. 2 哥林多前書 6, 羅馬書 6, 7, 8).
The Word determines and not people
若有人聽見我的話, 並且不相信, 我不評斷他: 因為我來不是為了評斷世界, 但為了拯救世界. 拒絕我的人, 卻不接受我的話, 有一個論斷他的人: 我說過的話, 這人將在末日審判他 (約翰 12:47-48)
Preachers can say something else and allow and approve things that oppose the will of God and contradict His Word, but the Word determines and shall judge every man on the Day of Judgment and not people. What the Word says is the truth. Every man decides to either obey the Word of God or not.
When you truly have become a new creation, your nature has changed and His Spirit lives inside of you. You have become a child of God and live in unity with Him and that will show in your walk on earth.
You shall do everything you can to please and glorify God the Father and Jesus Christ.
When your love for Jesus is greater than your love for yourself, 你會 推遲老人.
You shall put off the works of the flesh that rebel against God and cause separation between you and Him.
You are saved and by the blood of Christ, you are cleansed from all your iniquities and sins. Jesus has redeemed you from your corrupt sinful nature that dwells in the flesh.
在他裡面, 你已經獲得了新的本性; 神的本質. This means that you shall no longer walk after the flesh in sins and iniquities. But that you shall walk after the Spirit in holiness and righteousness and because of that you shall fulfill the Law of God.
The new man is able to fulfill the Law of God
When you put on the new man and walk after the Spirit, 你將遵行上帝的旨意. You shall keep the commandments of God; 他的律法 (this means the moral part of the law and not the sacrificial laws, 食品法, 儀式, 節日, etc which were meant for the old carnal man who belonged to the house of Israel), 並遵守他的遺囑.
If you really love God, you shall do His will and please Him. You shall not do anything that hurts or grieves Him and causes a separation between you and Him.
His law represents His will. 借著聖靈的內住, His will is written upon your heart. His nature has become your nature and righteousness rules as king in your life.
As long as walk after the Spirit, your soul and body will be subject to the Spirit and you shall fulfill the Law.
But if you return to the flesh and start walking after the flesh again, doing the works of the flesh and letting sin reign as king in your life, you will not be able to fulfill the Law of God. Because the flesh doesn’t submit to the law of God but rebels against the Law of God. The flesh will always strive against the Spirit and that won’t stop (羅馬書 8:7, 加拉太書 5).
Only by crucifying the corrupt sinful nature, 帶有死亡的, and by becoming a new creation, 是從神的靈而生的, a person is able to walk after the Spirit and fulfill the Law of God.
“成為地球之鹽”
