Every word of God that is written in the Bible contains the knowledge, karunungan, and the life of God. God’s Word is the truth and reveals a.o. the secrets of the Kingdom of God, the law of the Spirit, kalooban ng Diyos, good and evil, Christ, the dominion and inheritance of the sons of God (lalaki at babae), and how every son of God should walk on earth. Jesus is the living Word of God and everyone, who has become a new creation in Christ, should become like Jesus. Therefore God’s Word is a Mirror for the new creation; ang bagong lalaki, who is created in Jesus Christ after the image of God and in whom the Spirit of God dwells.
God’s Word is the express image of God
Diyos, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed Heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name than they (Mga Hebreo 1:1-4)
God’s Word is the express image of God and is the only tangible source of truth from God on earth. Jesus is the living Word of God, who came in the flesh, nasa likeness of man, to the earth. Ipinakita sa atin ni Hesus, how the new creation; the new man ought to walk on earth.
Katulad ni Hesus; the living Word represented God and His will and was the express Image of the Father, the new creation represents Jesus Christ and Ang kanyang kagustuhan, which is also the will of the Father and is the express image of the Father and Jesus Christ; His Word on earth. Since the new creation is created after the image of God (John 1:5, mga Romano 8:29, 2 Mga taga-Corinto 4:4, Mga Taga-Efeso 4:24, Mga taga-Colosas 1:15, Mga Hebreo 1:1-4).
Through the process of sanctification and the pagpapanibago ng iyong isipan with the Word and by being a doer of the Word, you shall be the express image of Jesus; the Word on earth. Because the Word is the Mirror of the new man.
Ang Salita ay naghahayag, who you are in Christ, your new nature, your inheritance in Him, how you take possession of your inheritance and live and walk in the dominion of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God as a son of God on earth, what you can expect in life as a son of God and things that will happen in the future.
All these secrets of God, which are hidden for the unspiritual soulish man, are revealed in Jesus Christ; the Word of God to the spiritual new man; son of God.
Focused on the provisions of God
But unfortunately, many Christians are not aware of that and don’t consider the Bible that way. To many Christians, the Bible is nothing more than a religious history Book with all kinds of laws and rules, that the majority of people don’t like. Many have inherited and adopted the faith of their parents and based their faith on what is preached every Sunday in the church. They don’t really know the Bible themselves and what the layunin ng Bibliya is. To them, their faith is more of a tradition than a way of life.
They say they believe in Jesus Christ and claim to be Christians, but their words and their works say something else.
Because they don’t speak the words and truth of God, tulad ni Hesus. They don’t live in obedience to God, like Christ, and don’t preach the gospel and call the people to repentance and do the same works as Christ. But they are carnal and are led by the flesh and speak the words of the world and do the same works as the world and deny the words of the Bible.
Then there are Christians, who use the Bible and the Scriptures only for their own prosperity and ‘the (materyal) blessings of God’. They are only focused on the provisions of God and use the Scriptures in the Bible as mantra’s in their lives, to get what they desire and want. But that is not the purpose of God’s Word.
As written before in the article, 'A technical faith’, Gods Word is not a magic book that you only grab and use when you want something and use the scriptures as a formula.
God’s Word is so much more than that.
The engrafted Word of God
Yamang inyong nilinis ang inyong mga kaluluwa sa pagsunod sa katotohanan sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu tungo sa hindi pakunwaring pag-ibig sa mga kapatid., tingnan ninyong mahal ninyo ang isa't isa nang may dalisay na puso nang taimtim: Ang pagiging ipinanganak muli, hindi sa nabubulok na binhi, ngunit ng hindi nasisira, sa pamamagitan ng salita ng Diyos, na nabubuhay at nananatili magpakailanman (1 Peter 1:22-23)
The words of God are like spiritual seeds, which should be planted in the lives of the new man. When you take the words of God and obey His words and walk in His words and become a doer of His words, you walk in faith in the truth, the light, and the life. Only the planted word in the new man is able to keep souls and to save souls.
Depending on the soil, wherein the seed is planted, the seed shall strike root, germinate, grow and bear fruit, or the root will dry up and die (Basahin din: The four kinds of believers).
Not hearers only, but doers of the Word
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed (James 1:22-25)
Ang sabi ng Salita, that those, who are only hearers of the words of God and not doers, mislead themselves and are like unto a man, who behold his natural face in the mirror and go his way and straightway forget what manner of man he was.
The hearers of the Word forget, who they are in Christ through regeneration, what the kalooban ng Diyos is, and the authority and power, God has given to the new creation.
Although they listen to the words of God every Sunday in church and hear about salvation, the cross, pagbabagong-buhay, the position and inheritance of the new creations, and the will of God, they don’t do anything with this knowledge.
They may have a lot of head-knowledge of the Bible, but because they don’t speak the words and truth of God and don’t put their Bible knowledge into practice, but instead speak and be doers of the words of the world and live according to the truth, kaalaman, and wisdom of the world, they deceive themselves and remain the old creation, who lives in bondage to the world (ang kaharian ng kadiliman (Basahin din: Ang mga nakikinig laban sa mga gumagawa).
They stay ignorant and don’t know, who they are as the spiritual man in Christ and what position and spiritual authority they have in Christ on earth.
God’s Word is a Mirror for the new man
When you wake up in the morning and get ready for the day, do you leave the house without looking in the mirror? Do you arrive at your work or school without looking in the mirror? Malamang hindi.
Sa kasamaang palad, there are many, who start their day without the Word and without spending time with the Father.
But the new man is born of God and longs to spend time together with the Father in the Word. The new man listens to the words of God, yield himself to God and His words, and speaks and does the words of God.
The new man, who walks after the Spirit is not double-minded and is not schizophrenic. He doesn’t go back and forth and is not one moment the new man and the other moment the old man.
Because although the gospel and the message have been adjusted throughout the years, after you are born again, it is still not the intention to raise the flesh from the dead. Because the flesh has been crucified in Christ and no longer lives.
The new man shall not walk after the flesh and shall not believe the lies of man, who are influenced and controlled by the kingdom of darkness.
But the new man shall walk after the Spirit in the truth of the law of liberty and shall expose and disprove the lies of the world with the truth of God’s Word.
Sapagka't ang lahat ng nagkasala ng walang kautusan ay mapapahamak din ng walang kautusan: and as many, as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (Sapagkat hindi ang mga nakikinig ng kautusan ang matuwid sa harap ng Diyos, ngunit ang mga gumagawa ng kautusan ay aaring-ganapin (mga Romano 2: 12-13)
O wratched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body if this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind, I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Ngayon nga'y wala nang hatol sa kanila na na kay Cristo Jesus, na hindi lumalakad ayon sa laman, ngunit pagkatapos ng Espiritu. Sapagka't ang kautusan ng Espiritu ng buhay kay Cristo Jesus ay pinalaya ako sa kautusan ng kasalanan at kamatayan. Para sa hindi kayang gawin ng batas, na ito ay mahina sa pamamagitan ng laman, Isinugo ng Diyos ang kanyang sariling Anak sa pagkakahawig ng makasalanang laman, at para sa kasalanan, hinatulan ang kasalanan sa laman: Upang ang katuwiran ng kautusan ay matupad sa atin, na hindi lumalakad ayon sa laman, ngunit pagkatapos ng Espiritu. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit (mga Romano 7:24-8:5)
The new man shall always look in the Mirror of God’s Word and look in the perfect law of liberty. And by applying the words of God in his life, he shall walk in the truth and be blessed in his deed.
He shall know, who he is in Christ and what he looks like. When he goes out, he shall not forget who he is as the new creation, and he shall not walk as the old creation among the people. But he shall still know who he is and what he looks like.
Wherever he is and wherever he goes, he shall walk as the new man and speak and act in the truth and authority of the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit.
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