在歌羅西書中 3:5-9, 保羅寫道, 因此，要克制你們在地球上的成員; 淫亂, 不潔, 過度的感情, 惡欲, 和貪婪, 這是偶像崇拜: 為了哪些事’ 在上帝的憤怒中，對不服從的孩子們: 你們也曾在其中走過一段時間, 當你們住在其中時. 但是現在你們也推遲了所有這些; 憤怒, 憤怒, 惡意, 褻瀆, 骯髒的交流從你的嘴裡. 不是彼此撒謊, 看到你們已經用他的行為推遲了老人. 並穿上新人, 在創造他的形象之後，知識恢復了知識: 那裡既沒有希臘人也沒有猶太人, 包皮環切術和非割禮, 野蠻人, Scythian, 債券也沒有免費: 但是基督就是全部, 總的來說. 羞辱你在地球上的成員是什麼意思? How do you mortify your members which are upon the earth?
The responsibility of the new man (上帝之子)
If you are risen with Christ and are seated in Him, 您將尋找上面的那些東西, 基督坐在哪裡, and not the things on this earth. The spiritual transformation (the new birth in Christ) shall become visible in your life on earth by putting off the old man and putting on the new man.
God has not only given you the authority in Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, but God has also given you the responsibility to (在精神上) mortify your members on earth and to put off the works of the flesh, so that the flesh shall no longer reign as king in your life and dictates you what to do, and make you walk after the flesh in disobedience to God and His Word, but that Christ reigns as King in your life and you walk after the Spirit in obedience to God and His Word (另請閱讀: 讓罪不再作王!).
That responsibility has been given to the new man, and no single excuse can be cited, to relieve the new man from this responsibility and duty.
沒有人, who says to be a Christian and claims to be born again has an exceptional position and is excluded.
No one has the right to keep walking in ignorance and be carnally minded, which is enmity against God and is death, and live as children of disobedience as enemies of God and His righteousness (哦. 以弗所書 2:2; 4:18-19, 1 彼得 1:14).
老人 (dev) is crucified with Christ
If you say that you are born again in Christ, you shall live as a regenerated person, 誰屬於上帝, since your nature has changed.
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death. Therefore you no longer live under the law of sin and death, 在肉體中統治, because your flesh has been crucified with Christ. You have been made free in Christ and live under grace and the law of the Spirit of life (羅馬書 6:14; 8:1).
When you were the old man, you were alive to the world, but dead to God, due to your trespasses and sins (哦. 以弗所書 2:1-3, 1 彼得 1:13-16).
You belonged to the world and therefore you walked according to the course (生活方式) 這個世界, 根據空中力量的王子, 現在在不服從子女中起作用的精神.
The old man doesn’t do the will of God, but the will of the devil (這個世界的統治者), and lives in obedience to the devil in disobedience to God in unbelief.
The old man walks in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the (肉體) 介意, and is by nature a child of wrath (以弗所書 2:1-3).
The new man is raised from the death in Christ
那我們該說什麼? 我們要繼續犯罪嗎, 使恩典顯多? 上帝禁止. 我們該如何, 向罪死了的人, 繼續住在那裡? 你不知道嗎, 我們中的許多人被施洗給耶穌基督受洗? 因此，我們被洗禮埋葬在他身上: 就像基督藉著天父的榮耀從死裡復活一樣, 即使如此我們也應該走在新的生活中.
因為如果我們以他的死亡形式一起種植, 我們也將與他的複活相似: 知道這一點, 我們的老人被釘在他身邊, 使罪身被毀滅, 從今以後我們不應該為罪惡服務. 因為死人已脫離罪孽. 現在如果我們與基督同死, 我們相信我們也將與他同住: 知道基督從死裡復活，不再死; 死亡不再統治著他. 因為他死了, 他曾經死於罪: 但是他活著, 他為神而活. 同樣，你們也算自己確實在罪上是死的, 而是藉著我們的主耶穌基督向神活
因此，不要讓罪在你必死的身體上作王, 叫你們順從它的私慾. 也不要將你們的肢體獻給罪惡，作為不義的工具: 但要將自己降服於神, 就像那些從死裡復活的人一樣, 和你的肢體作為上帝公義的工具. 因為罪惡不會統治你: 因為你們不在律法之下, 但在恩典之下.
那怎麼辦? 我們會犯罪嗎, 因為我們不受法律約束, 但在恩典之下? 上帝禁止. 你不知道嗎, 你們把自己當作僕人來服從, 你們是他的僕人，你們要服從他; 是否犯了至於死的罪, 或順從正義? (羅馬書 6:1-16)
藉著對耶穌基督的信心和在祂裡面的重生, the old man has died in Christ and the new man is raised from the death in Christ and made alive unto God.
The spirit of man has been made alive and the Spirit shall reign in the life of the new man. Through submission to God and obedience to His Word and by the power of the Holy Spirit, the new man shall mortify the members which are upon the earth and lay down the works of the flesh and deprave sin from its power, by not giving in to the will, 私慾, and desires of the flesh and not act upon the thoughts, which oppose the words of God.
If you have become the new man, you shall no longer seek the things which are on the earth and sow in the flesh and reap corruption, but you shall seek those things, which are above and sow in the spirit and bear the 聖靈的果子.
You are no longer a servant of sin and death, but you have been made free in Christ and have become a servant of righteousness.
Therefore you shall no longer yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin. You shall no longer let your members on earth dictate to you what to do, but from your new position in Christ, you shall take authority over your members and mortify your members which are on the earth and yield yourself unto God and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
What are your members, which are upon the earth?
因此，要克制你們在地球上的成員; 淫亂, 不潔, 過度的感情, 惡欲, 和貪婪, 這是偶像崇拜: 為了哪些事’ 在上帝的憤怒中，對不服從的孩子們: 你們也曾在其中走過一段時間, 當你們住在其中時 (歌羅西書 3:5-7)
Your members, which are on the earth, are fornication, 不潔, 過度的感情, 惡欲, 和貪婪, 這是偶像崇拜.
If a Christian keeps walking in fornication, 不潔, 過度的感情, 惡欲, 和貪婪, the person is still the old man and not the new man, since the person still bears the fruit of the old carnal man.
It’s important that the person repents and becomes born again in Christ, and from the Spirit mortifies his or her members which are upon the earth.
在基督裡, you have been given all authority and power to mortify your members on the earth and put off the works of the flesh by resisting the devil, 罪, and death so that they shall not have dominion over you anymore.
But it’s up to you, if you want to do it or not. It all depends on whether your love for Jesus and the Father is stronger than your love for your flesh (另請閱讀: 你愛神勝過一切嗎?).
Mortifying your members which are upon the earth and putting off the works of the flesh is something you have to do yourself. Nobody else can do that for you. It’s your responsibility, you will be held accountable for it.
But if you don’t take your authority in Christ and you don’t mortify your members which are upon the earth, then your members will eventually mortify you.
How do you mortify your members, which are upon the earth?
如果你成為神的兒子 (這適用於男性和女性), you shall no longer feed yourself with the things of this world that will arouse and strengthen the will, and the lusts and desires of your flesh.
You know the truth and the will of God and you will be careful with whom you associate with and the things you get involved with and what you do. You will be cautious about what you watch, 你聽什麼, 你讀了什麼, ETC.
When you stop feeding your flesh and subdue the flesh, then the lusts and desires of the flesh shall not be aroused and strengthened but shall die.
You mortify your members, which are upon the earth by reigning over your members and resisting them. You’re not giving in to what your will and the lusts and desires of your flesh want.
The new man is an obedient son of God
但是現在你們也推遲了所有這些; 憤怒, 憤怒, 惡意, 褻瀆, 骯髒的交流從你的嘴裡. 不是彼此撒謊, 看到你們已經用他的行為推遲了老人. 並穿上新人, 在創造他的形象之後，知識恢復了知識: 那裡既沒有希臘人也沒有猶太人, 包皮環切術和非割禮, 野蠻人, Scythian, 債券也沒有免費: 但是基督就是全部, 總的來說 (歌羅西書 3:8-11).
Besides mortifying the members, which are upon the earth (淫亂, 不潔, 過度的感情, 惡欲, 和貪婪), you shall also put off anger, 憤怒, 惡意, 褻瀆, 骯髒的交流從你的嘴裡, because they don’t fit in the life of the new man (另請閱讀: 聖經對老人怎麼說? 和 怎樣才能趕走老人?).
The old man is a liar, just like his father the devil, but the new man is not a liar, but speaks the truth just like his Father. Therefore the new man shall not lie, despite the fact that in some countries lying is considered normal and is part of a culture.
The devil uses cultures to execute his destructive work and to keep the people in bondage to the beggarly elements of this world and sin and death and control the people so that they will do what the devil wants and the devil can build his throne (另請閱讀: 撒旦的寶座)
但事實是, that every culture disappears in Christ. Both the old nature of fallen man as the culture disappears in Christ (另請閱讀: 每種文化都在基督裡消失了)
There is no distinction in Christ
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. 既沒有猶太人也沒有希臘人, 既沒有束縛也沒有自由, 無男無女: 因為你們在基督耶穌裡都成為一 (加拉太書 3:26-28)
因此束縛了你的腰部, 保持清醒, 並希望在耶穌基督的啟示下為您帶來的恩典; 作為聽話的孩子, 不根據以前的慾望在您的無知中塑造自己: 但是正如他所說的那樣, 所以你們以各種方式聖潔; 因為它是寫的, 你們聖潔; 因為我是聖潔的 (1 彼得 1:13-16)
Through the process of sanctification, you shall renew your mind with the Word, 脫去舊人，穿上新人, 他的知識更新了，效法了創造他者的形象, whereby there is neither Greek nor Jew, 男性或女性, 包皮環切術和非割禮, 野蠻人, Scythian, 債券也沒有免費, 但基督是一切，又在一切之內.
‘成為地球之鹽’
