Svatko, who is born again in Christ has become a new creation and has God’s nature. The will of God, which was hidden for the old creation, but was revealed by the law of Moses, is written upon the heart of the new man. This means that the new man doesn’t need the law of Moses to walk righteous in the will of God. The new man is the law unto himself. By the renewing of spirit, srce, i prirode, the new man shall by nature obey the truth of God and walk after the Spirit in the will of God and establish the law (moralni dio zakona). But if the law is written upon the heart of the new man, why do so many people, koji sebe nazivaju kršćanima, keep sinning and keep doing and approving those things that diametrically oppose the will of God?
The law of Moses was a schoolmaster until the coming of Christ
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one (Galaćanima 3:19)
Ali prije nego što je došla vjera, držali smo se pod zakonom, zatvorite za vjeru koja će se poslije objaviti. Stoga je zakon bio naš učitelj koji nas je doveo Kristu, da se vjerom opravdamo (Galaćanima 3:23-24)
After the exodus of Egypt, God revealed Himself, Njegova želja, His righteousness, and His holiness to His people by giving the law to Moses, who was chosen by God as His representative and the leader of His people to lead them into the promised land (Oh. Egzodus 3:1-4:17).
The law of Moses was a schoolmaster for everyone, who was born of the seed of Israel (Jacob), until the coming of the Messiah; Isus Krist, Sin Boga živoga. The law of Moses was meant for the old creation in whom the sinful nature reigns in the flesh.
The law of Moses revealed sin and iniquity was and diametrically opposed the will of the flesh and dealt with the sinful works of the flesh.
Through obedience to the law of Moses, God’s people differentiated themselves from the pagan nations (pogani), who walked after the will, požude, and desires of the flesh in pride, sebičnost, laži, idolopoklonstvo, vještičarenje, bludništvo, adultery and uncleanness, and God’s people were guarded under the law.
But since the law diametrically opposed the will of the (grešan) flesh and there were people among the house of Israel, who loved their flesh above God, there were rebels among God’s people to whom the law was a hindrance and a stone of stumbling (Pročitajte također: Zašto je Bog napisao svoj zakon na kamenim pločama? iJe li Isus dragocjeni kamen zaglavni ili kamen spoticanja?).
They considered the law of Moses a heavy burden and refused to submit to God and keep His commandments, rituali, and ordinances.
Although they were all born of the seed of Jacob and through their natural birth and circumcision in the flesh belonged to the house of Israel and lived in His covenant, not all of them belonged to God and loved God with all their heart, duša, mind and strength and because of that, they were not saved and didn’t enter His rest and receive their inheritance.
Because of their murmuring and complaining and their unbelief, neposlušnost, and rebellion towards God, they died in the wilderness and never entered the promised land.
Jesus represented the will of the Father and fulfilled the law
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Tko god otpusti svoju ženu, i udaje se za drugu, čini preljub: i tko se oženi onom koja je udaljena od muža, čini preljub (Luke 16:16-18)
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled (Matej 5:17-18)
God is holy and righteous and is no Respecter of persons and act according to His law; the law of the Spirit, which is righteous and good.
God sent His Son Jesus to the earth, who was His reflection and represented His will.
Jesus was born of the Seed of God and the Firstborn of the new creation and walked after the Spirit in the will of God (Pročitajte također: Jesus is the image of the invisible God, Prvorođenac novog stvaranja).
By His words, which derived from the Father, and His righteous walk in obedience to God, Jesus exposed the lies of the devil, who has successfully tempted man with his lies and usurped man from the beginning of creation, and Jesus testified of the evil works of the old man (stara kreacija).
Jesus exposed all things that were hidden in darkness, by His words, radovi, and walk, and because of that Jesus was not always loved by the people around Him, but Jesus was loved by the Father.
Because when the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus (and on other occasions), a voice came from Heaven saying, this is My beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased (Oh. Matej 3:17; 12:18; 17:5, Ocjena 1:11; 9:7, Luke 3:22; 9:35, Ivan 12:28)
The will of the Father was written upon the heart of Jesus
Jesus had totally surrendered His life to the Father and did nothing outside His will.
The will of the Father was written upon the heart of Jesus and guided Him. From a young age, Jesus was busy with the things of His Father and doing His will. By His walk, Jesus fulfilled the law and finished His redemptive work for fallen mankind on earth (Pročitajte također: What peace did Jesus bring on earth?)
Jesus overcame the devil, grijeh, i smrti
Isus Krist, Sin Boga živoga, took the place of fallen man. Jesus was crucified and carried all the sins of the world and took the penalty of sin, which is death upon Himself and entered Hades (pakao, the kingdom of the dead), where Jesus stayed for three days and then rose as a Victor from the dead and triumphed over all principalities and powers (Pročitajte također: Što je Isus učinio u paklu?)
Through the perfect sacrifice of Jesus and His blood and His resurrection from the dead, Jesus dealt for once and for all with the sin problem and made a way for sinners to be made perfect, whole, and righteous and reconcile them with God.
Jesus didn’t come to destroy the law but to fulfill the law. And everyone, who is born of God and has become a son of God (ovo se odnosi i na muškarce i na žene) and has received God’s nature shall by faith establish the law (moralni dio zakona, koji predstavlja Božju volju (Oh. Rimljani 3:31)).
The promise of the New Covenant
Gle, Dani dolaze, govori Gospodin, da ću sklopiti novi savez s domom Izraelovim, i s domom Judinim: Ne po Savezu koji sam sklopio s njihovim ocima u dan kad sam ih uzeo za ruku da ih izvedem iz zemlje egipatske; koji su Savez Moj prekinuli, iako sam im bio muž, govori Gospodin: Ali ovo će biti Savez koji ću sklopiti s domom Izraelovim;
Nakon tih dana, govori Gospodin, Stavit ću svoj zakon u njihovu nutrinu, i zapišite to u njihova srca; i bit će njihov Bog, i oni će biti moj narod. I neće više poučavati svaki bližnjega svoga, a svaki brat svoga, izreka, Spoznajte Gospodina: for they shall all know Me, od najmanjeg od njih do najvećeg od njih, govori Gospodin: jer oprostit ću im bezakonje, i neću se više sjećati njihovog grijeha. (Jeremija 31:31-34)
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do them: i oni će biti moj narod, i ja ću biti njihov Bog (Ezekiel 11:19-20)
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them (Ezekiel 36:24-27)
For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, govori Gospodin, I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more (Hebrejima 10:14-17)
In the Old Covenant God gave the promise of a New Covenant (because the house of Israel and Juda had broken His Covenant), wherein by one offering He would perfect them, who would be sanctified (u njemu), and put a new spirit, His Spirit within them and replace the heart of stone by a heart of flesh, so that they would walk in His statutes and keep His ordinances, His judgments, and they would be His people and He would be their God.
This promise of God was fulfilled on the Dan Duhova when about 120 disciples of Jesus were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance (djela 2).
The old man had become the new man and was no longer carnal and didn’t possess a heart of stone, but had become spiritual and had received a new heart of flesh, upon which the laws of God (Njegova želja) were written and caused them to do the will of God and keep His commandments (Pročitajte također: Zašto je Bog napisao svoj zakon na kamenim pločama? And The commandments of God vs the commandments of Jesus).
The law is written upon the heart of the new man
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are the law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another; in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel (Rimljani 2:14-16)
Salvation came first to the house of Israel and then to the Gentiles. Because by faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him, the Gentiles also had the ability to be saved and by His blood receive forgiveness of sin and be redeemed from the reign of the devil and the power of darkness and be translated into the Kingdom of God’s beloved Son, and be reconciled with God and become fellow partakers of His Body; the Church and the spiritual things and fellow partakers of His promise in Christ Jesus and live as fellow heirs in union with God in the New Covenant (Oh. Rimljani 15:27, Efežanima 3:6-7, Kološanima 1:12-23)
Through the abiding of the Holy Spirit, the law of God, koji predstavlja Njegovu volju, is written upon the heart of the new man, and because of that the new shall walk by faith in obedience to the Word in the will of God.
The new man is the law unto himself
Stoga je zakon bio naš učitelj koji nas je doveo Kristu, da se vjerom opravdamo. Ali nakon toga dolazi vjera, nismo više pod učiteljem. 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 3:24-28)
Vjerom i preporodom u Kristu, there is no difference anymore between the circumcised in the flesh; the people who are born of the seed of Israël and are God’s covenant people and live under the law of Moses, and the uncircumcised in the flesh; pogani, who don’t belong to God’s covenant people and are not under the law.
The law of Moses was a schoolmaster for the children of Israel until the coming of Jesus Christ, who redeemed them from the law through faith and regeneration in Him.
The Gentiles are not born under the law, but when they are baptized in Christ and clothed with Christ and receive the Holy Spirit and become a new creation, they shall automatically do the will of God from their new heart, Spirit, and nature and establish the law. They are the law unto themselves, not because they have to, but because they want to.
Because all, who are baptized in Christ are clothed with Christ and have become a new creation and are all one in Christ Jesus and belong to the same Body and have received the same Holy Spirit, whereby the laws are written upon their heart and they shall love God above all and walk in obedience in the will of the Father and keep the commandments of Jesus and please and honor Him and glorify the Father.
Oni, who reject the law, reject the Holy Spirit
If there are people, who say they believe and are born again, but don’t keep the commandments of Jesus and don’t do what He says and don’t walk according to the will of God, but keep sinning and keep living in rebellion towards God’s Word in iniquity, then the Word testifies, that they are not a new creation and don’t belong to God and don’t have the Holy Spirit abiding in them, but they are still the old creation, who belongs to the ruler of the world and has the spirit of the world and live from their sinful, buntovan, and prideful nature, since they compromise with the world approving sin and keep walking after the flesh doing the works of the flesh,
Their love for their flesh is bigger than their love for Jesus and because of that they don’t want to submit to Christ and are not willing to change.
Freedom in Christ doesn’t mean redemption from the will of God (moralni dio zakona) and the commandments of Jesus, but freedom in Christ means redemption from the power of the devil and sin and death, koji vladaju u tijelu.
Faith is not an addition to your old life and doesn’t revolve around going to church every week and following a set of laws, pravila, rituali, gozbe, itd. which are imposed on man, but faith is your life through a personal encounter with Jesus Christ and the crucifixion of the flesh and the resurrection of the spirit from the dead in Christ and by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, whereby you shall live from your new nature (Božja priroda), doing the will of God whereby you shall establish the law.
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