U Kološanima 3:5-9, Pavao je napisao, Umrtvite dakle udove svoje koji su na zemlji!; bludništvo, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepa, što je idolopoklonstvo: Za koje stvari’ radi gnjeva Božjega dolazi na djecu neposlušnosti: U kojoj ste i vi neko vrijeme hodali, kad ste u njima živjeli. Ali sada i vi sve to odložite; bijes, gnjev, zloba, bogohuljenje, prljava komunikacija iz tvojih usta. Nemojte lagati jedni drugima, videći da ste skinuli starca s njegovim djelima. I obukli novog čovjeka, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him: Gdje nema ni Grka ni Židova, obrezanje ni neobrezanje, Barbarin, skitski, obveznica ni slobodna: ali Krist je sve, i u svemu. Što znači umrtviti vaše udove koji su na zemlji? How do you mortify your members which are upon the earth?
The responsibility of the new man (Božji sin)
If you are risen with Christ and are seated in Him, you shall seek those things which are above, gdje Krist sjedi, and not the things on this earth. The spiritual transformation (the new birth in Christ) shall become visible in your life on earth by putting off the old man and putting on the new man.
God has not only given you the authority in Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, but God has also given you the responsibility to (Duhovno) mortify your members on earth and to put off the works of the flesh, so that the flesh shall no longer reign as king in your life and dictates you what to do, and make you walk after the flesh in disobedience to God and His Word, but that Christ reigns as King in your life and you walk after the Spirit in obedience to God and His Word (Pročitajte također: Let sin no longer reign as king!).
That responsibility has been given to the new man, and no single excuse can be cited, to relieve the new man from this responsibility and duty.
Nitko, who says to be a Christian and claims to be born again has an exceptional position and is excluded.
No one has the right to keep walking in ignorance and be carnally minded, which is enmity against God and is death, and live as children of disobedience as enemies of God and His righteousness (Oh. Efežanima 2:2; 4:18-19, 1 Petar 1:14).
Starac (son of the devil) is crucified with Christ
If you say that you are born again in Christ, you shall live as a regenerated person, koji pripada Bogu, since your nature has changed.
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death. Therefore you no longer live under the law of sin and death, koji vlada u tijelu, because your flesh has been crucified with Christ. You have been made free in Christ and live under grace and the law of the Spirit of life (Rimljani 6:14; 8:1).
When you were the old man, you were alive to the world, but dead to God, due to your trespasses and sins (Oh. Efežanima 2:1-3, 1 Petar 1:13-16).
You belonged to the world and therefore you walked according to the course (način života) of this world, Prema Knezu moći zraka, duh koji sada djeluje u djeci neposluha.
The old man doesn’t do the will of God, but the will of the devil (vladar ovoga svijeta), and lives in obedience to the devil in disobedience to God in unbelief.
The old man walks in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the (puten) um, and is by nature a child of wrath (Efežanima 2:1-3).
The new man is raised from the death in Christ
Što ćemo onda reći? Hoćemo li nastaviti u grijehu, da milost obiluje? Bože sačuvaj. Kako ćemo, koji su mrtvi grijehu, živjeti dulje tamo? Ne znajte, da su mnogi od nas koji smo kršteni u Isusa Krista bili kršteni u Njegovu smrt? Stoga smo krštenjem s Njim pokopani u smrt: kao što je Krist uskrsnuo od mrtvih slavom Očevom, pa tako i mi trebamo hodati u novosti života.
Jer ako smo zajedno usađeni u obličju njegove smrti, također ćemo biti u obličju Njegovog uskrsnuća: Znajući ovo, da je naš stari čovjek razapet s Njim, da se tijelo grijeha uništi, da od sada ne bismo služili grijehu. Jer tko je mrtav, oslobođen je grijeha. Sada, ako smo mrtvi s Kristom, vjerujemo da ćemo i mi živjeti s Njim: Znajući da Krist koji je uskrsnuo od mrtvih više ne umire; smrt više nema vlast nad Njim. Jer u tome je umro, Jednom je umro grijehu: ali u tome On živi, he liveth unto God. Tako i vi smatrajte da ste uistinu mrtvi grijehu, nego živ Bogu po Isusu Kristu, Gospodinu našemu,
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. Ne znajte, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; bilo od grijeha do smrti, ili poslušnosti pravednosti? (Rimljani 6:1-16)
By faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him, the old man has died in Christ and the new man is raised from the death in Christ and made alive unto God.
The spirit of man has been made alive and the Spirit shall reign in the life of the new man. Through submission to God and obedience to His Word and by the power of the Holy Spirit, the new man shall mortify the members which are upon the earth and lay down the works of the flesh and deprave sin from its power, by not giving in to the will, požude, and desires of the flesh and not act upon the thoughts, which oppose the words of God.
If you have become the new man, you shall no longer seek the things which are on the earth and sow in the flesh and reap corruption, but you shall seek those things, which are above and sow in the spirit and bear the plod Duha.
You are no longer a servant of sin and death, but you have been made free in Christ and have become a servant of righteousness.
Therefore you shall no longer yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin. You shall no longer let your members on earth dictate to you what to do, but from your new position in Christ, you shall take authority over your members and mortify your members which are on the earth and yield yourself unto God and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
What are your members, which are upon the earth?
Umrtvite dakle udove svoje koji su na zemlji!; bludništvo, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepa, što je idolopoklonstvo: Za koje stvari’ radi gnjeva Božjega dolazi na djecu neposlušnosti: U kojoj ste i vi neko vrijeme hodali, kad ste u njima živjeli (Kološanima 3:5-7)
Your members, which are on the earth, are fornication, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepa, što je idolopoklonstvo.
If a Christian keeps walking in fornication, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepa, the person is still the old man and not the new man, since the person still bears the fruit of the old carnal man.
It’s important that the person repents and becomes born again in Christ, and from the Spirit mortifies his or her members which are upon the earth.
U Kristu, you have been given all authority and power to mortify your members on the earth and put off the works of the flesh by resisting the devil, grijeh, and death so that they shall not have dominion over you anymore.
But it’s up to you, if you want to do it or not. It all depends on whether your love for Jesus and the Father is stronger than your love for your flesh (Pročitajte također: Ljubiš li Boga iznad svega?).
Mortifying your members which are upon the earth and putting off the works of the flesh is something you have to do yourself. Nobody else can do that for you. It’s your responsibility, you will be held accountable for it.
But if you don’t take your authority in Christ and you don’t mortify your members which are upon the earth, then your members will eventually mortify you.
How do you mortify your members, which are upon the earth?
If you have become a son of God (ovo se odnosi i na muškarce i na žene), you shall no longer feed yourself with the things of this world that will arouse and strengthen the will, and the lusts and desires of your flesh.
You know the truth and the will of God and you will be careful with whom you associate with and the things you get involved with and what you do. You will be cautious about what you watch, što slušaš, što ste pročitali, itd.
When you stop feeding your flesh and subdue the flesh, then the lusts and desires of the flesh shall not be aroused and strengthened but shall die.
You mortify your members, which are upon the earth by reigning over your members and resisting them. You’re not giving in to what your will and the lusts and desires of your flesh want.
The new man is an obedient son of God
Ali sada i vi sve to odložite; bijes, gnjev, zloba, bogohuljenje, prljava komunikacija iz tvojih usta. Nemojte lagati jedni drugima, videći da ste skinuli starca s njegovim djelima. I obukli novog čovjeka, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him: Gdje nema ni Grka ni Židova, obrezanje ni neobrezanje, Barbarin, skitski, obveznica ni slobodna: ali Krist je sve, i u svemu (Kološanima 3:8-11).
Besides mortifying the members, which are upon the earth (bludništvo, nečistoća, neumjerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepa), you shall also put off anger, gnjev, zloba, bogohuljenje, prljava komunikacija iz tvojih usta, because they don’t fit in the life of the new man (Pročitajte također: Što Biblija kaže o starcu? i Kako odložiti starca?).
The old man is a liar, just like his father the devil, but the new man is not a liar, but speaks the truth just like his Father. Therefore the new man shall not lie, despite the fact that in some countries lying is considered normal and is part of a culture.
The devil uses cultures to execute his destructive work and to keep the people in bondage to the beggarly elements of this world and sin and death and control the people so that they will do what the devil wants and the devil can build his throne (Pročitajte također: Prijestolje sotone)
Ali istina je, that every culture disappears in Christ. Both the old nature of fallen man as the culture disappears in Christ (Pročitajte također: Every culture disappears in Christ)
There is no distinction in Christ
Jer svi ste vi djeca Božja po vjeri u Krista Isusa. Jer svi koji ste u Krista kršteni, Kristom ste se zaodjenuli. Nema ni Židova ni Grka, nema ni veze ni slobodne, nema ni muško ni žensko: jer svi ste jedno u Kristu Isusu (Galaćanima 3:26-28)
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; Kao poslušna djeca, ne oblikujte se prema prijašnjim požudama u svom neznanju: But as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy (1 Petar 1:13-16)
Through the process of sanctification, you shall renew your mind with the Word, put off the old man and put on the new man, who is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him, whereby there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, obrezanje ni neobrezanje, Barbarin, skitski, obveznica ni slobodna, but Christ is all and in all.
‘Budi sol zemlje’
