Y tú, que en algún momento fueron alienados y enemigos en tu mente por obras inicuas, yet now hath He reconciled. In the body of His flesh through death, para presentarte santo, irreprensible e irreprensible delante de Él: Si permanecéis en la fe cimentados y firmes, y no os apartéis de la esperanza del Evangelio, que habéis oído, y que fue predicado a toda criatura que está debajo del cielo; de la cual yo, Pablo, soy hecho ministro (colosenses 1:21-23)
The old creation is a friend of the world but an enemy of God
Adúlteros y adúlteras, ¿No sabéis que la amistad del mundo es enemistad con Dios?? Por tanto, cualquiera que quiera ser amigo del mundo, es enemigo de Dios. (Jaime 4:4)
Before you were saved and reconciled with God, through the blood of Jesus Christ, por la fe y la regeneración en él (La muerte de la carne y la resurrección del espíritu de entre los muertos), you were the old creation and belonged to the world.
You were alive to the world and a friend of the world, but at the same time, you were dead to God because of your wicked works and lived in disobedience to God after the will of your flesh, as an enemy of God (Efesios 2:1-3).
You were carnal and had a mente carnal, which is enmity with God. Because a carnal mind doesn’t submit to God and His law, que representa su voluntad, pero es orgulloso, rebelde, and pernicious and does the will of the flesh.
Your wicked works (pecados) testified that you were an enemy of God and that you belonged to the world and the ruler of the world; el diablo
You were a son of the devil and his (pecado) nature dwelled in your flesh. You belonged to him and listened to him and obeyed him, by living sense ruled after the will, deseos, and desires of the flesh and by doing wicked works.
Your mind was darkened and full of lies and deception, which kept you in bondage
Reconciled in the body of Christ
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Porque él es nuestra paz., ¿Quién ha hecho de ambos uno?, y ha derribado el muro intermedio de separación entre nosotros; Habiendo abolido en su carne la enemistad, incluso la ley de los mandamientos contenidos en ordenanzas; para hacer en sí mismo de los dos un solo hombre nuevo, así que haciendo las paces; Y para reconciliar a ambos con Dios en un solo cuerpo mediante la cruz., habiendo matado la enemistad con ello: y vino y predicó la paz a vosotros que estabais lejos, y a los que estaban cerca. Porque por medio de él ambos tenemos acceso por un solo Espíritu al Padre (Efesios 2:13-18)
But when you heard the gospel of Jesus Christ; and His perfect work of redemption, you believed in Him and made Jesus Christ your Savior and Lord.
By faith in His sacrifice on the cross and His blood and the identification of yourself with His death and resurrection from the dead, a través de la regeneración, te convertiste en una nueva creación; el nuevo hombre, and were reconciled in the body of Christ to God.
All your sins and iniquities were forgiven! The blood of Jesus Christ, cleansed you from all your sins and iniquities.
Jesus Christ became your Substitute and through His death He abolished in His flesh the enmity between you and God, to present you holy unblameable and unreproveable in His sight.
The sacrifice and blood of Jesus Christ made you holy
Through regeneration in Him, you have become a new man; un santo. You have been made holy, so that you can walk in holiness; separated from the world devoted unto God, doing righteous works instead of wicked works (pecados).
A saint is not someone, who has been declared holy after his or her death by people, because of his or her works. But a saint is someone, quien se ha convertido en una nueva creación; un hijo de dios (tanto masculino como femenino) in Jesus Christ through His blood and regeneration in Him and belongs to Him and walks after the Spirit in the will of God.
The new creation is a saint, the old creation is a sinner. Therefore the works of a person testify whether a person is a new creation or the old creation (Leer también: ‘Do you always remain a sinner?').
A new creation walks in the will of God and does righteous works and the old creation walks in the will of the flesh and does wicked works
The sacrifice and blood of Jesus Christ made you unblameable and unreprovable
Sin embargo nosotros, according to His promise, busca nuevos cielos y una nueva tierra, donde habita la justicia. Por lo tanto,, querido, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things (2 Pedro 3:13-16)
The blood of Jesus Christ is so powerful that it washed away all your sins and iniquities. By the blood of Jesus Christ you have been made unblameable and unreprovable, which means that He has made you without blame, without fault, without spot, and without blemish. You have been cleansed and no one can accuse you anymore, everything is under the blood of Jesus Christ.
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 corintios 1:8)
Maridos, Amad a vuestras esposas, así como también Cristo amó a la Iglesia, y se entregó a sí mismo por ello; para santificarlo y limpiarlo con el lavamiento del agua mediante la palabra, Para presentarse a sí mismo como una Iglesia gloriosa, no tener lugar, o arruga, o cualquier cosa por el estilo; sino que sea santa y sin mancha (Efesios 5:25-27)
No one shall be able to accuse you, as long as you walk after the Spirit in holiness and righteousness. Because Jesus will return for His Church; Su cuerpo, which is holy and without blemish, spot or wrinkle.
Continue in the faith grounded and settled
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, eso, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul (hebreo 10:35-39)
As long as you stay in Him and continue in the faith grounded and settled, which means that you will walk by faith after the Spirit, instead of walking after the will of the flesh doing wicked works, you shall remain holy, unblameable, and unreproveable (Leer también: ‘Shall I find faith on earth?‘ y ‘Examine yourself, whether you are in the faith’.
But you have to watch that nothing and no one moves you away from the hope of the gospel. That task and responsibility lie with you and no one else.
Todos los días, you make a choice and you decide on what things you spend your time on and with what things you fill your mind.
If you spend more time on (Las cosas de) el mundo, entonces (Las cosas de) God and His Kingdom and fill your mind with the things of the world, you will become world like instead of by renewing your mind with the Word of God you become like the Word.
Faith is built upon God’s Word
God’s Word is the truth and faith is built upon God’s Word. But if you listen to all kinds of preachers and/or read all kinds of ‘Christian books that teach doctrines, which derive from a carnal mind and changes the words of God in such a subtle manner that it may look spiritual, encouraging, and hopeful for the carnal eye, but in reality diametrically opposes the words of God and lead to perdition, then it won’t be long before you believe their words above the words of God and follow them and deviate from the Word and become lukewarm in the faith and the true gospel of Jesus Christ and the things of God’s Kingdom.
You shall no longer be grounded and settled in the Word, but you shall become unlearned and unstable and be tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, and you shall doubt and become fearful and shall not be able to resist temptations.
Only if you renueva tu mente with the Word and stand on the Word, there shall be no room for unbelief, duda, and fear and you shall endure and resist temptations and stay faithful to God.
How do you get faith? By spending time with God in prayer and read and study the Word of God and become a doer of the Word.
Faith is trust in God and believe His Word and obey and act upon His words. Therefore you have to get to know the Word, so that you will get to know God and be able to trust Him. Because how can you trust a person, if you don’t know the person? Exactamente, no puedes
Faith is a seed and must grow. Faith will only grow and become strong if you take that little bit of faith and apply it in your life (Leer también: 'La fe como un grano de mostaza').
Faith doesn’t whine, murmullo, and complain. Por lo tanto, if you want to walk by faith, you should stop complaining and murmuring and stop allowing the circumstances, dificultades, and problems to dictate your life and/or linger in el pasado, which is all part of the nature of the old creation.
Because the new creation, who walks by faith doesn’t murmur and complain, but fights the good fight of faith and takes the Sword; the Word of God and believe His words, obey His words and do His words and keep standing on His Word and in everything gives thanks to God and exalts God (Leer también: ‘Agradecimiento de los hijos de Dios').
Fight the good fight of faith until the end
Pelea la buena batalla de la fe, echar mano de la vida eterna, para lo cual tú también eres llamado, y has profesado buena profesión delante de muchos testigos. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in His times He shall shew, Who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; Whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to Whom be honour and power everlasting. Amén (1 Timoteo 6:12-16)
Let nothing and no one move you away from the faith and the hope of the gospel, but stay grounded and settled in the faith. No se trata de cómo empiezas, pero como terminas. Therefore stay in Jesus Christ; stay faithful to Him, keep standing on the Word and fight the good fight of faith until the end, echar mano de la vida eterna, so that the Lord, el juez justo, shall give you the crown of righteousness at that Day.
'Sé la sal de la tierra’
