每个人, who is born of the seed of man is born as a sinner in the kingdom of darkness and belongs to the darkness. There is not a single baby, who is born in the Kingdom of God. There was only one Person, Who was born in the Kingdom of God on earth and that was Jesus Christ; 永生神的儿子, Who was not born of the corrupt seed of man, but was born of God. Although Jesus walked on the earth, Jesus didn’t belong to the Kingdom of darkness; 世界, but Jesus belonged to the Kingdom of God. Jesus lived in that Kingdom and represented and brought that Kingdom to the people on earth. And so the living Word; Jesus Christ came in the likeness of Man unto mankind, to deliver fallen man from the power of darkness and translate them into the light (另请阅读: 耶稣是完全的人吗?).
耶稣成为堕落之人的替代品
Jesus walked in the Name of God on earth; the highest authority in heaven and on earth. There was and is no higher authority than the authority of God. 然而, there was a moment, that Jesus was put beneath the angels, when God placed the sin and iniquity of the generation of fallen man upon Jesus and Jesus became the Substitute for fallen man (另请阅读: The peace, Jesus restored between fallen. man and God).
Jesus carried the sin and iniquity of fallen man and the punishment for sin, 这就是死亡.
And so Jesus became a Prisoner of death and entered Hades (地狱) legally.
But the death was not strong enough to keep Jesus there, since Jesus had a mission to release the prisoners of death and take back the keys of hell and death.
三天后, Jesus arose from the dead with the keys of hell and death (启示 1:18)
后 40 days, Jesus ascended to heaven and took place on the 施恩座 在神的右边, 所以这样 promise of the Father; the Holy Spirit could come to the earth (卢克 24:49, 使徒行传 1:1-11, 希伯来语 1:3-4).
The death of the old man and the birth of the new man
From the coming of the Holy Spirit, people had the ability to be delivered from the power of the kingdom of darkness, by faith in Jesus Christ; 神的儿子, His blood and through the identification with His death and resurrection from the dead, 通过再生, and to be translated into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
This was and still is the only way to be delivered from the power of darkness and be translated into the Kingdom of God, 耶稣基督为王的地方.
As long as a person is not born again, the person can’t see the Kingdom of God, nor enter and inherit the Kingdom of God (约翰 3:3-5, 1 哥林多前书 6:9-10; 15:50).
Because the person stays bound through the flesh to the power of the kingdom of darkness and the spirit remains under the authority of death and so the spirit remains dead.
When a person is delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the light by faith, the person shall change and shall live differently. Since the nature of the person has changed.
The person is no longer the old man, who is a son of the devil and has no longer the nature of the devil that is present in the flesh. The person shall no longer walk in darkness, doing the works of darkness, since the flesh is dead (罗马书 6 (另请阅读: The armor of darkness).
But by faith and through regeneration; the death of the flesh and the resurrection of the spirit from the death and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the person has become a new man; a son of God and has God’s nature and belongs to the Kingdom of God.
The person shall walk as the new man in obedience after the Spirit, doing the 天父的旨意 and shall be a witness of Jesus Christ and represent and bring His Kingdom on earth.
The mind be enlightened by the Word and the Spirit
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)
Through the Holy Spirit and the renewing of the mind with the Word of God, the person shall get to know that good, 并可以接受, and perfect will of the Father.
The darkened carnal mind, that was controlled by the kingdom of darkness; the world for all these years, shall be enlightened by the truth of the Word of God.
The person shall listen and yield to God and through obedience to His Word shall walk by faith in the will of God.
What fellowship has light with darkness?
不要与不信者同负一轭: 义与不义有何相交? 光明与黑暗有什么交流? 基督与彼列有何和谐? 信道者与异教徒有什么关系? 神的殿与偶像有什么关系? 因为你们是永生神的殿; 正如上帝所说, 我将住在他们里面, 并行走在其中; 我将成为他们的上帝, 他们将成为我的子民. 为何要从他们当中走出来, 你们要分开, 耶和华说, 不洁之物不可触; 我会接待你, 并将成为你的父亲, 你们要作我的儿女, 万军之耶和华说 (2 哥林多前书 6:14-18)
The person shall walk in the light instead of darkness and shall no longer do the works of darkness, since the person doesn’t belong to the kingdom of darkness anymore.
Because what communion has darkness with light? What has righteousness in common with sin? What has the truth in common with the lie? What has God in common with the devil? 确切地, nothing!
所以, those who belong to the Light shall no longer be partakers of darkness and shall no longer do the same works as those, 谁属于黑暗. But they shall come out from among them and separate themselves unto God and obey and serve Jesus Christ and the Father through the Spirit (以弗所书 5:5-7).
Delivered from the power of darkness
谁把我们从黑暗的权势下拯救出来, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: 我们借着他的血得蒙救赎, 甚至罪孽的宽恕 (歌罗西书 1:13-14)
You have made a choice for Jesus Christ, 自 跟着他. You have decided to repent of your works as the old carnal man and no longer be controlled by the rulers of darkness.
If you have repented and say you are born again and therefore be delivered from the power of darkness, but you keep doing the works of darkness. Where are you delivered from? Where did Jesus deliver you from?
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: 像光之子一样行走 (以弗所书 5:8)
Before you were born again, you belonged to the world. You were a friend of the world and an enemy of God.
You walked in darkness, in disobedience to God, since you belonged to the kingdom of darkness.
But now, that you are born again, you don’t belong to the kingdom of darkness anymore. Because by faith in Jesus Christ, His blood and through regeneration, you have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Light.
The followers of Jesus walk in the light
耶稣又对他们说话, 说, 我是世界之光: 跟从我的，就不在黑暗里走, 却必得生命之光 (约翰 8:12)
You shall no longer be blinded in your mind and you shall no longer live in disobedience to God in darkness. But through the resurrection of your spirit from the death, you have become spiritual and you shall live in obedience to God in the light.
这就是我们所听到的关于他的信息, 并向你宣告, 上帝就是光, 在他里面毫无黑暗. 我们若说我们与神有交通, 并在黑暗中行走, 我们撒谎, 并且不说实话: 但如果我们行在光中, 就如他在光中一样, 我们彼此有团契, 他儿子耶稣基督的宝血洗净了我们所有的罪孽 (1 约翰 1:5-7)
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me should not abide in darkness (约翰 12:46).
God is Light and in Him is no darkness. Therefore if you are born of God and belong to Him there shall be no darkness in you. If you believe in Jesus Christ and belong to Him and He abides in you, you shall not abide in darkness, but you shall abide in the light
You shall walk after the Spirit in the Kingdom of God, just like Jesus Christ. You shall walk just like Him in the light in the truth of God and be the light of the world.
