U Kološanima 3:17, Pavao je napisao, I što god učinite riječju ili djelom, sve činite u ime Gospodina Isusa, zahvaljivanje Bogu i Ocu po Njemu. Što to znači? How can you do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus?
What does faith in the Name of the Lord Jesus mean?
I što god učinite riječju ili djelom, sve činite u ime Gospodina Isusa, zahvaljivanje Bogu i Ocu po Njemu (Kološanima 317)
Svatko, who has become a new creation and is clothed with the spiritual apparel of Christ, should walk in Christ on earth and do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
This doesn’t mean that in all you do, you use the Name of the Lord Jesus as some kind of magic formula, but this means that you walk by faith in the Name of the Lord Jesus i vršiti njegovu volju.
You are bought with His blood and belong to Christ. He has sent you as His witness, to represent and preach Him on earth.
You do this, by obeying and speaking His words, obdržavanje Njegovih zapovijedi, and in His authority doing the works.
By obeying and speaking the words of Jesus and doing the works of Jesus, you execute His will on earth.
Your words and works show, to whom you belong and whom you serve. Jesus Christ and righteousness or the devil, grijeh i smrt.
Jesus came in the name of the Father
I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in My Father’s Name, they bear witness of Me (Ivan 10:25)
Jesus came in the Name of the Father. To znači, that the Father sent Jesus and that Jesus represented His Father. He obeyed the words of His Father. He spoke the same words as His Father and did the same works as His Father. Zbog ovoga, Jesus was a reflection of His Father on earth (Oh. Matej 11:27, Ivan 5, Hebrejima 1:3).
The words and works of Jesus didn’t originate from His flesh (His feelings, emocije, i volja), but the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit knows the thoughts of God and reveals the (deep) thoughts and will of the Father (Oh. 1 Korinćanima 2:10-13).
Jesus came to do the will of the Father
Isus je rođen iz Božjeg sjemena. He was one with the Father, which was visible through His words and works (Djela).
Through His obedience to the words of the Father and doing His Father’s will, Jesus distinguished Himself from those, who belonged to the house of Israel and were born of the seed of man.
Jesus wasn’t prideful. He didn’t put himself above the words of God. He didn’t do the things of God for selfish reasons.
Jesus didn’t have a hidden agenda and didn’t walk in hypocrisy. He didn’t preach one thing while doing the other (Pročitajte također: Reći i činiti dvije su različite stvari)
Jesus also didn’t speak about His experiences and all the signs and wonders, He had done. He didn’t exalt Himself, but Jesus was humble.
Jesus was humble, because He walked in submission to His Father doing His will.
Through His words and deeds, He acknowledged the Father as the one and only good God, the Almighty One, and gave all honor to Him.
By faith in God and walking in obedience to God in righteousness and truth, in His power, Jesus established the Kingdom of His Father, and exposed the darkness, and destroyed the works of darkness
Jesus did everything in the Name of the Father
Then answered the Jews, and said unto Him, Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Isus odgovori, I have not a devil; but I honour My Father, and ye do dishonour Me. And I seek not Mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Uistinu, uistinu, kažem ti, If a man keep My saying, he shall never see death (Ivan 8:48-51)
Jesus taught with authority and acted as authoritative. He spoke the words of His Father, which were not always pleasant to hear to the carnal man. That’s because His words called for repentance and poslušnost Bogu.
The hard words of Jesus touched the people in their flesh, whereby they were often offended and hurt and walked away and left Jesus (feeling angry).
Međutim, the words of Jesus were Spirit and life. His words contained the life of God and brought forth life.
Obedience to His words led the people on the narrow path to eternal life. But only a few were willing to give up their own lives and walk on that path of life.
Jesus worshiped, exalted, and glorified the Father through His words and deeds
Everywhere Jesus came, He came in the Name of the Father. He represented the Father through His words and deeds that derived from the Father.
And so Jesus revealed and brought God’s Kingdom to the people. He left a trace of righteousness, mir, and joy in the lives of them, who believed in Him and obeyed Him. (Pročitajte također: Kakav je mir Isus donio na zemlju?)
Through His life; His words and deeds, Jesus acknowledged, worshiped, exalted, and glorified the Father. He gave Him all honor and thanksgiving.
And through His obedience to the Father, the Father was with Him and highly exalted Him and gave Him a Name which is above every name. (Oh. djela 2:32-33; 5:30-32, Filipljanima 2:6-9).
As the Father sent His Son Jesus, even so, Jesus sent the believers, koji su sinovi Božji
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, i tako te šaljem (Ivan 20:21)
As the Father sent His Son Jesus, even so, Jesus sent the believers, who have faith in His Name and by faith and regeneration in Him became sinovi Božji (ovo se odnosi i na muškarce i na žene), and together are the Church.
Jesus came to do the will of the Father. The believers in Christ should do the will of Jesus and walk in His commandments. The will of Jesus originates from the Father. Therefore the will of Jesus is the will of the Father. (Pročitajte također: The commandments of God vs the commandments of Jesus).
In every believer’s heart, His will should reign. Just like the will of the Father reigned in the heart of Jesus by the Holy Spirit.
Christians speak the words of Jesus (riječ), which are the truth
Isus odgovori i reče mu, Ako Me čovjek ljubi, on će čuvati Moje riječi: i moj će ga Otac ljubiti, i doći ćemo k njemu, and make Our abode with him. Tko me ne ljubi, ne drži mojih riječi: a riječ koju čujete nije Moja, nego Oca koji me posla. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, koji je Duh Sveti, Whom the Father will send in My Name, On će vas svemu naučiti, i podsjeti na sve, whatsoever I have said unto you (Ivan 14:23-26)
As Jesus spoke the words of the Father, so should Christians speak the words of Jesus; riječ. Međutim, Christians can only speak the words of Jesus, if they know the words of Jesus.
By reading and studying the Bible, you become acquainted with the words of God. If you abide in the Word, the words of Jesus abide in you. When the words of Jesus abide in you, you shall speak the words of Jesus.
If you speak His words, which are according to His will and the will of the Father, you shall ask what you will and it shall be done. (Ivan 15:7 (Pročitajte također: Ask and it shall be given unto you, Tražite i naći ćete, knock and it shall be opened!)).
Since the words of Jesus are Spirit and life, you shall speak words of Spirit and life.
These words shall be heard and obeyed by those, who belong to God and love Jesus. But these words shall be disobeyed and rejected by those, who belong to the world and love themselves.
The words of Jesus are Spirit and life
The words of Jesus derive from the Spirit and not from the carnal man. His words are life for the spirit, but death to the flesh (and its works).
The words of Jesus reconcile the spirit of man to God, but separate the soulish man from God. His words bring unity among believers, but division and enmity with those, koji pripadaju svijetu.
Ali oni, who love Jesus and belong to Him, shall obey and speak boldly the words of Jesus. (Pročitajte također: Što Biblija kaže o Božjim riječima?).
As Jesus did the works of His Father and even greater works, the believers shall do the works of Jesus and even greater works
The work of Jesus was to do the will of the Father and to keep His commandments, whereby Jesus did the works of the Father and fulfilled the greater work; the redemptive work for fallen man.
This should also be the work of Christians; doing the will of the Father and of Jesus Christ and keeping His commandments, whereby Christians shall do the same works of Jesus and ever greater works, because Jesus went to the Father (Ivan 5:20; 14:12).
As Jesus was a Witness of the Father and in the Name of the Father did His works and preached and brought the Kingdom of Heaven and called the people to repentance, Christians are witnesses of Jesus Christ and in the Name of Jesus do His works.
These works are, kao prvo, obedience and doing the will of Jesus; the will of the Father.
Then, preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, pokajanje, and the remission of sins (He that believes and is baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit shall be saved; ali tko ne vjeruje, bit će proklet) and bringing His Kingdom on earth.
The remitting of sins and the retaining of sins, saving souls, teaching them, and making disciples of Jesus, so that they observe all things Jesus has commanded.
And the signs that follow the believers are: In the Name of Jesus shall they cast out devils; govorit će novim jezicima; they shall take up serpents; i ako popiju bilo kakvu smrtonosnu stvar, neće im nauditi. They shall lay hands on the sick, i oni će se oporaviti. (Matej 28:19-20, Ocjena 16:15-18, Luke 24:47-49, Ivan 20:21-23).
The witnesses of Jesus preach the Word and the Lord confirms the Word with signs following
This is the commandment that Jesus gave to His disciples; His witnesses, who love Him and give their lives to Him and do what their Redeemer and Lord has commanded them to do.
And if the believers are His witness and fulfill His commandment and preach the Word, the Lord shall confirm the Word with signs following (Ocjena 16:20).
Blessed is he that comes in the Name of the Lord
Idite dakle, i pouči sve narode, krsteći ih u Ime Oca, i od Sina, i Duha Svetoga: Učeći ih da drže sve što sam vam zapovjedio: an, evo, Ja sam uvijek s tobom, čak do kraja svijeta. Amen (Matej 28:19-20)
The true witnesses of Jesus shall submit to the Word, which represents the will of the Father. They shall go in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
They shall not be ashamed of Jesus and shall not deny Him But they shall confess Jesus and represent Him to the people.
In the Name of the Lord Jesus, they shall speak the truth of God. They shall teach the people in the truth of God’s Word. They shall walk by faith in His authority doing righteous works, whereby they are His reflection on earth.
Whatsoever they do in word or deed, they do in the Name of the Lord Jesus. So that Christians exalt and glorify Jesus and constantly give thanks to God the Father through Him.
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