Što to znači Kraljevstvo Božje je pravednost, mir, i radost u Duhu Svetom? Što to znači za Crkvu; Tijelo Kristovo? Što to znači za život i hod kršćana? Do Christians live in the Kingdom of God and do they walk in righteousness, mir, i radost u Duhu Svetom?
The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness, mir, i radost u Duhu Svetom
For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, i mir, i radost u Duhu Svetom (Rimljani 14:17)
Kod Rimljana 14:17, Paul wrote that the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but the Kingdom of God is righteousness, mir, i radost u Duhu Svetom. What Paul meant by this and in what context Paul wrote these words, is already discussed in the previous blog post (Pročitajte također: Kraljevstvo Božje nije meso i piće).
U ovom postu na blogu, the meaning of the Kingdom of God is righteousness, mir, and joy in the Holy Ghost will be further discussed (not in the context of Romans 14).
The Kingdom of God is righteousness
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows (Hebrejima 1:8-9)
For the word of the Lord is right; and all His works are done in truth. He loves righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord (Psalmi 33:5)
The scepter of righteousness is the scepter of His Kingdom, because God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Ghost are holy and righteous and love righteousness and hate iniquity (Oh. Psalmi 45:7; 50:6; 71:19; 72:2; 96:13; 97:6; 98:9; 111:3; Jeremija 50:7, Otkrivenje 2:6).
God can’t have communion with sin, He can’t be a partaker of sin and iniquity (Pročitajte također: Je li Isus promicatelj grijeha?)
Svatko, who claims the opposite and says that it is possible, is a liar, based on God’s Word and does not speak and act from God’s Word and doesn’t walk in the truth of God, but speaks and acts from his flesh (corrupt nature, tjelesni um, osjećaji, emocije, mišljenje, itd.) and walks in the lies of the devil that keeps people in bondage. Because the lies of the devil don’t lead to holy lives and (eternal) život, but lead to sin and the destruction of people (Oh. Izreke 8:20; 12:21, Rimljani 1:16-32)
Throughout the Bible and even today, we see where the lies of the devil lead to. Yet every single time, the devil manages to deceive God’s people and lead them astray, despite the warning of God’s Word (Pročitajte također: Jesu li Božji ljudi uništeni zbog nedostatka znanja?).
God is holy and righteous and shall never approve the evil walk of (poginuli) mankind
For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with Thee. The foolish shall not stand in Thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man (Psalam 5:5-7)
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but He loves him that follows after righteousness (Izreke 15:9)
God has never approved the wicked walk of people, which derives from the corrupt nature of (poginuli) čovjek. And God shall never approve the evil walk of people and wickedness and He shall never bless sin, because God is holy and righteous.
God calls the people to repentance and the removal of sins and by faith become born again in Christ and become sons of God (ovo se odnosi i na muškarce i na žene) and as His sons walk holy and righteous in His will. God didn’t send His Son for nothing.
God didn’t give His Son as a living sacrifice, so that people could live in sin
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, neposlušan, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life (Tite 3:3-7)
God didn’t send His Son to the earth and didn’t give His Son as a living sacrifice, so that people could continue to do the evil works of the flesh that oppose the will of God, and live in disobedience to God in sin.
But God has sent and sacrificed His Son for humanity to deal with the sin problem of humanity (the sin and sin nature of (poginuli) čovjek) and to heal fallen man (restore them in their state, pozicija, i odnos s Bogom), by making in Christ a new creation (by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost), who is perfect created in His image and through the Holy Ghost possess His righteous nature (Oh. Ivan 3:16-31), Rimljani 3:20-28; 8:29-30, 2 Korinćanima 5:17-21, Galaćanima 6:15, Efežanima 4:24, Kološanima 2:9-15).
Stoga, no one has an excuse to keep living as a sinner and persevere in sin (Pročitajte također: Možete li koristiti slomljeni svijet kao izgovor?).
Faith in the lies of the devil leads to death
By faith in the lie of the devil, man fell from his position and death entered and man became corrupt. Man was no longer perfect, but by faith in the lie of the devil and doing his word, man became a sinner. Međutim, man wouldn’t remain a sinner forever.
Immediately after the fall of man, God prophesied and promised (poginuli) čovjek, that the position of fallen man and the unrighteous state of fallen man and the relationship between fallen man and God would be restored through the Messiah; Isus Krist, so that man would be made righteous and reconciled with God and man would live holy and righteous in communion with God and reign with Christ on earth in His power after His will (Pročitajte također: Što to znači da je glava đavla nagnječena jer je Isusova peta bila zgnječena?).
Every person needs the sacrifice and blood of Jesus to be saved and be made righteous
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: Jer svi su sagriješili, i nedostaje im slave Božje; Biti opravdan besplatno njegovom milošću kroz otkupljenje koje je u Kristu Isusu: Koga je Bog postavio da bude pomirenje po vjeri u njegovu krv, da objavljuje svoju pravednost za otpust grijeha koji su prošli, kroz Božju strpljivost; Izjaviti, Kažem, u ovo vrijeme Njegova pravednost: da bi mogao biti pravedan, i opravdavača onoga koji vjeruje u Isusa (Rimljani 3:21-26)
Everyone is born as a sinner and has a corrupt nature that produces sin and iniquity.
Everyone is a sinner and therefore everyone needs to be born again to be saved. God has made a way for the redemption of mankind and to be saved and that Way is Jesus Christ.
There is no other way to be saved and there is no other way to enter the Kingdom of Heaven than through Jesus Christus, Who is the Way the Truth, i Život, and by regeneration in Him (Pročitajte također: Is there no other way to eternal life?)
The sinner is made righteous in Christ by His blood and has become a righteous person
Dakle, mi smo Kristovi veleposlanici, kao da te je Bog preko nas molio: molimo te umjesto Krista, pomirite se s Bogom. Jer On ga je za nas učinio grijehom, koji nije znao za grijeh; da bismo u njemu postali pravednost Božja (2 Korinćanima 5:20-21)
Without regeneration in Christ, people are lost. Because the judgment of God shall come over the sinners, who live in enmity with God and rebellion and disobedience to His Word (Oh. Rimljani 1:32; 2:2-16, 2 Solunjani 1:7-9, Hebrejima 13:4, 2 Petar 2:9, Otkrivenje 20:11:15)
Only by the redemptive work and the blood of Jesus Christ, a person can be saved and be made righteous. Therefore a person can only become righteous by faith in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him.
The righteous walks in righteousness
Neka stoga grijeh ne vlada u tvom smrtnom tijelu, da mu se pokoravate u njegovim požudama. Niti predajte svoje udove kao oruđe nepravednosti grijehu: nego se prepustite Bogu, kao oni koji su živi iz mrtvih, i svoje udove kao oruđa pravednosti Bogu. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, ali pod milošću. Što onda? shall we sin, jer nismo pod zakonom, ali pod milošću? Bože sačuvaj (Rimljani 6:12-15)
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment (Izreke 8:20)
When a person is born again in Christ and made righteous and because of the justification in Him received the Holy Ghost and entered the Kingdom of God, the person shall live from this Kingdom by the Holy Ghost from his righteous state and position in Christ, and from his new nature (Božja priroda) and new heart, wherein the law of Christ (the law of the Kingdom of God; volja Božja) is written and reigns, and walk in righteousness and do righteous works
This proves whether a person has become a new creation in Christ and received the Holy Ghost and belongs to God and His Kingdom or not.
Because as God is righteous and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of His Kingdom, so is everyone, who is born of Him righteous and shall walk in righteousness and live after His will (Pročitajte također: Božja volja protiv đavolje volje).
But if someone keeps doing the wicked works of the flesh and perseveres in sin, then that person doesn’t possess the Holy Ghost. Because the Holy Ghost is holy and righteous and hates sin and iniquity and can’t have communion with sin.
Oni, who live in sin and keep doing the wicked works of the flesh, hate the Light and prove by their works that they love darkness rather than light.
The person can say all kinds of things and act piously and quote Scriptures and maintain religious statutes and rituals, but the works of the person prove to whom the person belongs; God or the world.
The Kingdom of God is peace
Stoga opravdan vjerom, imamo mir s Bogom po našem Gospodinu Isusu Kristu: Po kojemu vjerom imamo pristup ovoj milosti u kojoj stojimo, i radujte se u nadi slave Božje (Rimljani 5:1-2)
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Po čemu su nam dana izvanredno velika i dragocjena obećanja: da po njima budete dionici božanske naravi, izbjegavši pokvarenost koja je u svijetu kroz požudu (2 Petar 1:2-4)
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace (Psalmi 29:11)
Jesus is the Prince of peace and through His sacrifice and by His blood, you have been made righteous. Because of the justification in Christ, you are reconciled with God and have peace with God, whereby you have received the peace of God, koji prolazi svaki razum, through the Holy Ghost and live from this peace (Oh. Efežanima 2:13-18, Kološanima 1:20, 2 Solunjani 3:16, Hebrejima 13:20-21 (Pročitajte također: Kakav je mir Isus donio na zemlju?)).
As you are no longer the old creation, who is sense-ruled and walks after the flesh, you shall no longer be dependable on other people, situacije, and circumstances and no longer have to apply (human) methods and techniques and follow all kinds of steps to experience and have peace in your life. Since the peace of God, which you have received through regeneration in Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, is a permanent peace that remains forever.
The peace of God does not depend on natural and external factors but depends on your life in Christ.
Jesus Christ is your peace
Jer On je naš mir, Koji je oboje učinio jednim, i srušio je srednji zid koji nas dijeli; Ukinuvši u svom tijelu neprijateljstvo, čak i zakon zapovijedi sadržan u uredbama; jer da u Sebi od dvoje načini jednog novog čovjeka, pa sklapanje mira; I da oboje pomiri s Bogom u jednom tijelu po križu, smaknuvši time neprijateljstvo: I dođe i navijesti mir vama koji bijaste izdaleka, i onima koji su bili blizu. For through Him, we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father (Efežanima 2:14-18)
Jesus Christ is your peace. And as long as you stay in Christ and walk by faith in obedience to Him after the Spirit on His way (the way of righteousness, mir, i život), you shall bear the fruit of peace, which is a fruit of the Spirit(Oh. Ivan 14:27 16:33, Rimljani 3:17-18, Filipljanima 4:7, Kološanima 3:15 (Pročitajte također: Voćni mir)).
By the Holy Ghost, you shall have the peace of God and experience His peace in your life, and walk in His peace.
You shall live in peace with God and with your brothers and sisters in Christ and edify one another, so that the work of God be built and His Kingdom be established on earth, instead of darkness(Pročitajte također: Destroying the works of God instead of destroying the works of the devil).
You shall be a peacemaker, by preaching the gospel of peace and speaking the words of God (istina) to your neighbour, so that they also have the ability to be delivered from the corrupt nature and the power of darkness and be reconciled with God and live in peace with God and experience His peace in their lives, vjerom u Isusa Krista i preporodom u Njega (Oh. Ivan 20:21-23, djela 10:33, Efežanima 6:15 (Pročitajte također: Mirotvorci Božji)).
The Kingdom of God is joy in the Holy Ghost
Kao što je Otac ljubio mene, tako sam te volio: nastavite u Mojoj ljubavi. Budete li držali Moje zapovijedi, ostat ćete u Mojoj ljubavi; kao što sam ja držao zapovijedi Oca svoga, i ostati u Njegovoj ljubavi. These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full (Ivan 15:9-11)
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves (Ivan 17:13)
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia (1 Solunjani 1:6-7)
Through righteousness and peace, imat ćeš radost u svom srcu. This joy that you have, through the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, is a fruit of the Spirit and is a permanent joy.
The joy of the Lord is just like the peace of God not dependent on natural and external factors (narod, provisions, Zabava, uspjeh, prosperitet, bogatstvo, situacije, and circumstances).
This joy is neither a temporary (outwardly) carnal joy that is controlled by the flesh, but the joy of the Lord is a permanent (inwardly) calm joy, that is controlled by the Holy Ghost.
A person, who possesses this joy of God, shall not murmur and complain and shall not experience severe mood swings and feel happy and great one day, and the next day feel down and depressed and drown in self-pity (Pročitajte također: Joy or pity party?)
But the person shall live by faith in the Word and in the hope and the presence of God and shall delight himself in the words of God, and despite the circumstances and situations, be full of joy.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts (Jeremija 15:16)
The joy of the Lord is the strength of every Christian
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore (Psalam 16:11)
The believer shall experience this joy of the Lord by the Holy Ghost and from this joy overcome the difficulties, prepreke, and persecution and persevere until the end.
Therefore the joy of the Lord, which derives from Him, is the strength of every Christian.
The believer delights himself in the Lord and His words and trusts the Father and His Word, whereof the Holy Spirit is a Witness and shall live in unity with the Father and the Son by the Holy Spirit.
Zbog toga, the believer shall not fear evil, because God is with the believer and shall always be with the believer, as long as the believer stays faithful and obedient to Him (Pročitajte također: Why do so many believers panic?)
The Kingdom of God is righteousness, mir, i radost u Duhu Svetom
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost (Rimljani 15:13)
Vjernici, who belong to the Kingdom of God, shall obey Jesus, the King, and shall live according to the law of God’s Kingdom, which is written upon the heart of the new man by the Holy Spirit.
Because they live in submission to Christ in obedience to the Word and the Holy Ghost, they shall do the words of God and bear the fruit of the Spirit and walk in righteousness, mir, and joy in the Holy Ghost and represent and establish the Kingdom of God that exists in righteousness, mir, and joy, Na zemlji, so that the Name of the Lord be exalted.
‘Budi sol zemlje’
