因为虽然我们行在肉体里, 我们不追赶肉体而争战: (因为我们战争的武器不是属肉体的, 惟有大能，借着神，拉倒坚固的堡垒;) 抛开想象, 以及一切高举自己、反对上帝知识的崇高事物, 并俘虏一切思想来顺服基督; 并准备报复所有的不服从, 当你的顺服得到满足时 (2 哥林多前书 10:3-6)
When a person becomes born again in Christ, the flesh dies and the spirit of man is raised from the death, by the power of the Holy Spirit and has become a new creation. The person is born of the Spirit of God and has become a son of God in the spiritual realm (这适用于男性和女性).
The person belongs to the new generation of mankind, 谁被恢复 (完整, 痊愈了) and reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. That was the purpose of Jesus’ 未来 到这个地球, to reconcile man back to God and to restore man in Him.
通过 再生, the person has become the new man; son of God and has entered the Kingdom of God. 这 新人 belongs to the Kingdom of God and not, 作为 老人, 致全世界; 黑暗王国.
The repentance and regeneration of man
当你 悔改了 of your sins and your life as a sinner, through faith in Jesus Christ and you became born again, you became a new creation in Jesus Christ. 当你成为新造的人时, you will still walk in the flesh, but you shall no longer walk the way you walked before your repentance, 当你还是那个老人的时候, who lived and walked after the flesh in sin and iniquity and pleased and exalted your father the devil.
But now that you have become a new creation and have been made righteous through Jesus Christ, you shall walk after the Spirit and the Word in holiness and righteousness and please and exalt your new Father God.
Although you walk in the flesh on this earth, 你不可再随从肉体而行. You shall not be led by the will of your flesh, as you did before your repentance. You shall no longer walk after what your senses, 想法, 情怀, 情绪, 欲望, and desires command you to do (哦. 以弗所书 2:1-3; 4:22-24, 歌罗西书 3, 1 彼得 1:14). That time is gone.
我会把我的精神放在你里面, 并使您走进我的法规, 你们应保持我的判断, 并做它们 (以西结 36:27)
通过圣灵的洗礼, 上帝给了你他的圣灵. The Holy Spirit has taken His place in your life and abides in you. 现在, 上帝的旨意 写在你的心上.
Although God’s will is written upon your heart, there is one thing that stands in the way and that is your old carnal mind, that thinks and reasons like the world. That’s why it’s important to 更新你的想法 与神的话语. So that you will get to know the will of God and your mind shall become in alignment with the Word and the Spirit.
当你 爱神 全心全意, 灵魂, 头脑, 和力量, you shall walk after His will and His Word and you shall do, what He has 命令的 you to do. When you walk after His will, you shall walk as a son of God on this earth.
The spirit shall reign as king in the new man
The flesh in which sin and iniquity dwells and reigns, has reigned as king in your life for years. When you were still the 旧造, you were continuously led by your sinful nature, 存在于肉体中的. 但现在, 你已经成为一个新的创造物, 是时候了 躺下 your old carnal nature. 以便, 你的精神, 从死里复活, shall reign as king in your life.
那些年, your mind has been dominated by the sinful nature and you have put your mind on the things of the sinful nature.
You have fed your mind with the wisdom and knowledge of the world. Therefore your mind has become aligned with the mind of the world.
But the knowledge and wisdom of this world are foolishness to God (1 哥林多前书 3:19-21). They are enemies of God, because they go against His will and His Word.
Therefore the carnal mind that is dominated by the sinful nature is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the 上帝的律法, neither is it able to.
As long as the carnal mind is not renewed, your actions and works shall come forth from your carnal mind and therefore you shall not be able to please God. Instead of being led by the Word and the Holy Spirit and relying on God’s wisdom and power, you shall be led by your sinful nature, 存在于肉体中的, 和 you shall rely on your own insights, 智慧, 知识, 和电源.
但圣言说, that you should not rely on your own insights and that as long as you walk after the flesh, you shall not be able to please God (箴言 3:5, 罗马书 8:8)
The renewing of your mind with the Word of God
并且不要效仿这个世界: 但要通过心意的更新而改变, 这样你们就可以证明什么是好的, 并可以接受, 和完美的, 神的旨意 (罗马书 12:2)
The first step as the new creation is to 更新你的想法 与神的话语, so that your mind will no longer be dominated by the sinful nature and live after the will of the flesh, but that your mind will be dominated by the Word and live after the will of God. Because by the renewing of your mind with the Word of God, you shall get to know the 神的旨意.
When you get to know the will of God through His Word, you shall find out the truth. When you find out the truth, you shall be able to cast down every imagination, every thought, every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God (against His will and His Word), 透过圣言 (真相). You will bring every thought, that diametrically opposes God and His will, in captivity, 为了基督的顺服.
By the renewing of your mind with the Word of God, you will lay down and bury your old carnal mind (你的旧思维方式) and the wisdom and knowledge you have gained through 培育, 教育, (社会的) 媒体, 电视, 图书, ETC
You shall no longer think, speak and be led by your sinful nature that is present in the flesh and act like the world (dev). Since you have 赶走老人, who is born of the corrupted seed off fallen man and formed by the world.
But you shall think, speak and be led by the Word and therefore act like the Word (神之子).
You shall no longer be led by your sinful nature that is present in the flesh, and you shall no longer walk after what your senses, 情绪, feelings and the world tell you. But you shall be led by the Word and shall walk after the Spirit. You shall walk in the faith of the Word and therefore you shall walk in the light, 而不是黑暗.
The eyes of your heart shall be enlightened. 这意味着, that the truth of God’s Word; 光, shall reign in your heart instead of the lies of the world; 那黑暗, by which you were led all those years (以弗所书 1:17-18).
The truth of God’s Word; the Light shall reveal all the lies of the world, which are present in the hidden places of your life. And then it is up to you, what you will do with the truth and the lies.
Do you believe the truth of God and will you follow the truth of God, by removing the lies of the world from your life? Or do you believe the lies of the world and will you keep following the lies of the world and reject the truth of God?
Walk in the flesh after the Spirit
是圣灵使人苏醒; 肉体毫无益处: 我对你说的话, they are 精神, 他们就是生命 (约翰 6:63)
When your mind is renewed with the Word and you do what the Word tells you to do and you are 顺服上帝 并遵行他的旨意, 你应追随圣灵
The Holy Spirit shall teach you in the Word and shall reveal the truth to you. The Holy Spirit shall guide you and shall reveal to you the hidden things and the future. He shall show you things, 哦. 透过圣言, that are about to come, to warn you, so that you can pray and/or prepare and become resilient (哦. 卢克 2:26; 12:12, 约翰 14:26; 16:13, 使徒行传 20:23; 21:11, 1 哥林多前书 2:13).
The revelations and the knowledge of the Spirit are not meant to exalt yourself and to put yourself on a pedestal or use it for financial gain. The spiritual blessings are not meant for an overload of carnal prosperity and wealth.
But the revelations of the Spirit and the spiritual blessings are meant for the functioning and the building of the 教会; 基督的身体 and to preach and establish the Kingdom of God on this earth. So that lost souls will be saved from the darkness and the bondage and slavery of the devil.
Christians should call those things which are not as though they were
The Holy Spirit shall reveal to you the things to come and warn you for things, 情况,s and dangers, which are not yet seen in the visible realm. 以便, you can call those things, which the Spirit reveals to you and are in alignment with the Word of God, which are not as though they were or to stop it.
Every revelation, every word, every vision, and every dream of the Holy Spirit shall be in alignment with the Word.
If a revelation, 词, 想象, or dream diametrically opposes the Word of God, then you should reject it on the basis of the Word. Because God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are One and will never contradict Each Other.
It doesn’t matter how wonderful and spiritual the revelation, 词, vision or dream may be, if it deviates from the Word, then it probably comes from the devil, who appears an angel of light (a replica Jesus)
所以, it’s important to know the Word and to obey the guidelines of the Word.
You won’t have to pray for something that goes against the will of God and His Word.
Unfortunately many believers remain carnal and keep living after the flesh. Therefore they are focused upon themselves and their own wellbeing and prosperity in this world.
Their prayers are carnal and revolve around the prosperity and wealth of the carnal man. The ‘self’ is the centre of their prayers instead of the will of God and His Kingdom.
But as the new creation, you shouldn’t be focused upon yourself, but on the Kingdom of God. 耶稣说, that you shouldn’t worry about a thing. Therefore you shouldn’t worry about a thing, because God provides and He takes care of you.
Look at Jesus’ life. Jesus wasn’t focused upon Himself but on the Kingdom of God. Jesus preached and brought the Kingdom of God to God’s people and during His life, God provided in everything. Jesus never had any lack. Therefore be and stay focused upon Him!
The Bible is a Mirror and Compas for the new man
The Bible is the Word of God and is meant for the spiritual man; who walks after the Spirit and not after the flesh.
As long as you are unspiritual, you will not be able to understand and comprehend the Bible. You shall consider the Bible an old-fashioned history book, that is full of foolishness and contradictions and goes against the knowledge and wisdom of the world.
Since many people are unspiritual, many Bible translations are being published in order to make the Bible easier to understand. But it doesn’t matter how many Bible translations will be published, the unspiritual man shall still not be able to understand the Bible.
Only when your spirit is raised from the dead and through the Holy Spirit you will be able to understand the Bible. The Bible shall be your 镜子 and Compass in life.
新人坐在耶稣基督里
并将万物置于他的脚下, 并让他为教会作万有之首, 这是他的身体, 充满万有者的丰盛 (以弗所书 1:22-23)
When your spirit is raised from the dead and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, you are no longer seated in the kingdom of darkness, 但是你是 坐在耶稣基督里 at the right hand of the Father and you have been given His power of attorney (以弗所书 2:1, 歌罗西书 1: 9-10).
You are no longer an enemy of God, but through this spiritual transformation, you have become an enemy of the devil and his kingdom of darkness (世界).
Jesus came in the authority of God to this earth and represented, preached and established the Kingdom of God on this earth. He called the people of God to repentance. 正因为如此, Jesus was not loved by everyone.
Jesus wasn’t loved by everyone
Jesus wasn’t loved by those, 谁属于世界，是魔鬼的儿子. 反而, Jesus was hated by them. Even religious leaders, who supposedly were representatives of God turned against Him and rebelled. Which showed that they were not representatives of God, but representatives and sons of the devil.
耶稣说, that the world 讨厌的 Him because He testified of their evil works. And since the world hated Him, 神的儿子们, who are born of the Spirit and no longer belong to the world, will also be 被世界讨厌 (约翰 3:20; 7:7; 15:18-27).
As long as you stay carnal and keep living after the flesh, you shall not like this.
You shall do everything you can to be liked, loved and accepted by the world. Therefore you shall compromise with the world. But by compromising with the world, you shall leave your position in Jesus Christ and slowly become a prisoner of the devil.
As long as you do what the devil wants you to do, you shall not experience any resistance of the world and the people around you, because you belong to the world and the world loves his own.
But when you walk after the Word and the Spirit, you won’t mind that the world hates you. 因为你知道 你在基督里是谁 and that God loves you and that Jesus has foretold and warned you. 你知道, that the world, that lives in sin, shall not like you and shall even hate you.
This has nothing to do with you because you have died when you were 受洗礼 在水里. But this has everything to do with the One, 谁住在你里面. 一个, Who lives inside of you reproves the world of sin and unrighteousness and the world doesn’t like that (Jn 16:8-11). 那些, who belong to the devil and don’t want to repent, don’t want to be confronted with their sins (works of unrighteousness). In your presence, they will be accused in their conscience by the truth of their evil works and therefore they hate the One, 谁住在你里面.
The new man has become an enemy of the devil and his kingdom
保持清醒, 保持警惕; 因为你的对手是魔鬼, 像一头咆哮的狮子, 四处走动, 寻找可吞吃的人 (1 彼得 5:8)
When you become born again you belong to the Kingdom of God and therefore you have become an enemy of the devil and his kingdom. 这意味着, that you shall be attacked and shall experience resistance of the kingdom of the darkness. It’s not about whether you want this or not, it is a fact.
When you have made a choice for Jesus Christ and made Jesus Saviour and Lord over your life, you shall be attacked by the devil and his army (公国, 权力, 这个黑暗世界的统治者, 高处的属灵邪恶).
They will work in the unrenewed part of your mind and life and through the people around you. 特别是那些, 谁离你很近. Therefore it’s important to stay spiritually awake and to be careful with whom you trust and to whom you listen to. Because he can even use close relatives, friends and acquaintances.
But you should always remember, that although you walk in the flesh, you do not war after the flesh and therefore you don’t war against them, but against the devil and his demons, 权力, 当局, principalities etc. They have become your enemies and you have to fight them and not people.
The new man doesn’t fight against people
Although you walk in the flesh, you don’t walk after the flesh. 所以, you don’t strive and war after the flesh as you did, 当你是旧的作品. You don’t wrestle against flesh and blood; 人. It happens many times, that people are led by their flesh and enter into battles with people because they haven’t laid down their flesh 然而.
But you don’t wrestle against people, as the old creation does in the form of debates, 打架, 闲话, recompensing evil, 不宽恕, blaming others, manipulation etc. Because as soon as you do these works, you will be led by your carnal feelings, 情绪, 和 thoughts and walk after your flesh.
You can prevent this behaviour by not giving any attention to the will of your flesh but resist it. This is part of sanctification.
Sanctification is the process of putting off the old carnal man 和 putting on the new spiritual man.
This can be very hard in the beginning. But when you discipline yourself from the Word and persevere and don’t obey the lusts and desires of your flesh and do what your flesh commands you to do, you will eventually lay it down.
It’s important to know and always remember, who you have become in Christ and what you have received in Him and what your battleground is. Don’t give in to the temptations in the flesh, by obeying the flesh instead of the Spirit and wrestle against people.
Jesus was tempted many times. The devil did everything he could to dare His flesh, so that Jesus would give into the flesh. But Jesus didn’t give in to the temptations, because He didn’t walk after the flesh and wasn’t led by His senses, 感受和情绪. But Jesus was led by the words of God and His Spirit.
That’s why Jesus didn’t wrestle, strive and debate with people, to prove Himself. 他知道, Who He was and with Whom He was dealing with. Jesus was confronting and often spoke hard words.
多次, Jesus spoke to the evil spirits, who spoke and worked through the people. 例如, in the synagogue in Capernaum, when a man with an unclean spirit arose and began to cry to Jesus. Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, by saying to hold his peace and to come out of the person. The unclean spirit obeyed the voice of Jesus and after he torned the person and cried with a loud voice, he came out of the person (标记 1:21-26).
The same happened with the man, who lived in the tombs and dwelled in the land of the Gadarenes and also had an unclean spirit. This unclean spirit revealed himself in the presence of Jesus. Jesus spoke to the unclean spirit and commanded to leave the man (标记 5:1-13).
And let’s not forget Peter. When Peter tried to prevent Jesus, to go the 十字架的道路. Jesus spoke to satan, who worked through the emotions and feelings (肉) by the mouth of Peter. By his words, Peter became an adversary of God, because his mind was not set on the things of God but on the things of men (垫 16:21-23, 三月 8:31-33).
The new man wrestles against spirits, 统治者, 公国, 权力
Your battlefield takes place in the spiritual realm. Although you walk in the flesh, you don’t walk after the flesh, 但在圣灵之后. You fight from your Spirit and your spiritual position in Jesus Christ in the heavenly places (以弗所书 2:1). Since Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father above every principality, 统治, power and all name and God has put everything under His feet, and you are seated in Him, all these things are under your feet as well. You have been given the power and authority to reign above all principality, 统治, power and all name (哦. 1 哥林多前书 15:27, 以弗所书 1:20-23)
As long as you stay in the faith and abide in Jesus Christ; the Word and keep on the 神的盔甲, you will be untouchable and you shall be able to cast down every stronghold of the devil and quench all the fiery darts of the devil (以弗所书 6:12-17).
But as soon as you leave the faith and the Word and walk after the flesh and be led by your flesh (感官, 情绪, 感情等), you are no longer protected and you shall not be able to cast down the 据点 of the devil and quench the fiery darts of the devil (以弗所书 6:12-17).
That’s because you don’t trust and rely upon the Word, 但是, you rely on your own insights, 能力, 力量, 知识和智慧, that is formed by the world. You listen to – and do what the world says, and therefore you believe in the world, instead of listening and doing what the Word of God says and believe in Him.
Therefore worldly 工艺与方法 are disastrous for the walk of the sons of God (男性和女性 (另请阅读: ‘技术信仰’).
所以, you don’t fight against people, 但反对强权, 公国, 这个世界黑暗的统治者, wickedness in high places, who manifest themselves a.o. 在肉体中; 身体和灵魂 (头脑, 情怀, 情绪, 将要), keep people captivated in the kingdom of darkness and try to tempt you to sin.
Through the lives of people, 这 devil builds his kingdom. When you look at the lives of people, you will see what demonic powers are active and rule in areas, which you wrestle against.
As long as people stay carnal, there will be no or little gain
唯有借着神的话, you shall overcome and be victorious, 因为你坐在他里面. By speaking the Word of God and stand in the Word and don’t back down, you will be able to defeat the demonic powers of darkness and nothing shall by any means hurt you (卢克 10:19).
But you must fight from your position in Christ after the Spirit. Therefore it’s so important to know who God is, 和 你是谁 in Christ and what position and authority you have been given in Him. Because if you don’t know who you are in Him or fight from your carnal position after the flesh, you shall eventually lose the fight and these demonic powers shall take possession of your life.
As long as you stay in Jesus Christ you are untouchable and shall (最终) overcome, because Jesus has overcome. It’s not your work, but His work. As long as you believe in the Word, 遵守他, do the Word and keep standing on the Word, you will be victorious and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
‘成为地球之盐’
