Die hele skepping is in Jesus Christus geskape; die woord. All things in heaven and on earth, the visible and invisible, are created by Him and for Him. There’s not one creation that is created without Him. Everything has its existence in Jesus Christ; die woord. That’s why the whole creation testifies about Him.
why did Jesus have to come to the earth?
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse (Romeine 1:20)
Want ons is Sy vakmanskap, geskape in Christus Jesus tot goeie werke, wat God vooraf bepaal het dat ons daarin sou wandel (Efesiërs 2:10)
Die hele skepping is in Jesus Christus geskape, die woord. For that reason Jesus the Living Word had to come to earth. Sodat die nuwe skepping (die nuwe mens) could be created in Him.
The new creation is created by and in Jesus Christ.
Wie is die beeld van die onsigbare God, the firstborn of every creature: Want deur Hom is alle dinge geskape, wat in die hemel is, en wat op aarde is, sigbaar en onsigbaar, of hulle trone is, of heerskappye, of owerhede, of magte: alle dinge is deur Hom geskep, en vir Hom: En Hy is voor alle dinge, en deur Hom bestaan alle dinge (Kolossense 1:15-18)
The sons of man
The sons of man are born of the seed of Adam; the seed of fallen man. They are his offspring. Because Adam sinned through his ongehoorsaamheid aan God, death entered. As a result, his spirit died and his flesh (siel en liggaam) remained alive.
Sin had affected the seed of humanity. Because of sin, death entered and reigned from that moment in the whole human race.
Adam had become unclean; 'n sondaar. Therefore the offspring of Adam; the sons of man would be born as a sinner. Death would reign and still reigns in every person, Wie op hierdie aarde gebore word.
The coming of Jesus Christ
For we have not an high Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; maar was in alle opsigte versoek soos ons is, tog sonder sonde (Hebreërs 4:15)
Jesus came in the flesh on this earth. Egter, Jesus was not born of the seed of man but of the holy Seed of God. Because Jesus was born of the holy Seed of God, Jesus wasn’t affected by evil and death didn’t reign in Jesus. Tydens Jesus’ Lewe op aarde, Jesus had the ability to disobey God en sonde, net soos Adam.
Jesus could exchange His holy status through sin for death. But Jesus walked in righteousness and holiness and stayed obedient to the will of God until His death.
When the time came to fulfill God’s redemptive plan for fallen man, they took Jesus captive, whipped Him, and crucified Him.
Jesus yielded and humbled Himself and at the cross, God laid all the sins and iniquities of humanity upon Him.
En so, Jesus took all sins and iniquities of the human race upon Himself and died on the cross.
His blood was shed for the whole corrupted human race, which was affected by sin and death.
Because Jesus took all sins and iniquities upon Himself, Jesus entered Hades and stayed there for three days. Na drie dae, Jesus conquered death and rose from the dead.
The Redemption in Jesus Christ
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life(John 3:14-15)
Jesus did all this, sodat almal, who believes in Him and accepts Him as Saviour and makes Him Lord of their lives and obeys His words and walks in Sy gebooie, would not see death, but receive eternal life.
Through His redemptive work, Jesus het die mens met God versoen. Jesus was die Eersgeborene van die nuwe skepping; die kinders van God (dit geld vir beide mans en wyfies). The sons of God are born of God and walk in righteousness and holiness in the will of God.
The sons of God are created in Jesus Christ
But as many as received him, aan hulle het hy mag gegee om kinders van God te word, selfs vir hulle wat in sy Naam glo: Wat gebore is, nie van bloed nie, ook nie van die wil van die vlees nie, ook nie van die wil van die mens nie, maar van God (John 1:12-13)
The sons of God are created in Jesus Christ through faith in Jesus Christ and because they are born of water (die doop) and the Spirit (baptism of the Holy Spirit). God has given everyone who believes and receives His Son, the power to become a son of God.
The life reigns in Jesus Christ and death has been conquered. If the life reigns in Jesus Christ, and if the sons of God are seated in Him, then life also reigns in the sons of God instead of death. The new creation shall not see death.
The sons of God are holy and righteous
Jesus was heilig en regverdig. Therefore the offspring of Jesus (die kinders van God), who are born of the Seed of God, are holy and righteous. The Spirit and life shall reign again in every person, who is born again in Jesus Christ by water and Spirit. The sons of God walk after the Spirit in the will of God and keep His commandments.
They obey His words and walk in the commandments of God because they are written upon their new hearts, deur die inwoning van die Heilige Gees. They have the holy nature and character of God inside of them, instead of the corrupt evil nature and character of the devil.
The only thing that stands in the way, and prevents them from walking after the Spirit like Jesus, is their carnal mind that thinks like the world.
The spiritual new man has been made perfect (complete) in Christus. The new man shall stel die ou man af en trek die nuwe man aan from his perfect spiritual state in Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
When you renew your mind with the Word of God, your thoughts and the way you think will line up with God’s Word.
Your mind determines your actions. Therefore if your mind lines up with the Word of God, your actions and works line up with the Word of God.
The more time you spend in the Bible and renew your mind with the words of God, the quicker your mind will line up with the Word. You shall spiritually mature and walk after the Spirit according to the Word.
En word vernuwe in die gees van jou gedagtes; and that you put on the new man, wat na God geskape is in geregtigheid en ware heiligheid (Efesiërs 4:23-24)
En het die nuwe man aangetrek, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created Him (Kolossense 3:10)
Die hele skepping is in Jesus Christus geskape
The purpose of the sons of God is to do God’s will upon this earth and manifest His Kingdom, waar Jesus Christus Koning is, so that the Father and the Son will be exalted.
In everything you do, you could ask yourself the following question, “Do I exalt Jesus by doing this?”
We have become in Christ the new creation, which God had in mind, from the moment that Adam sinned and the seed of the human race became corrupted with evil and death.
Since the creation was created by the Word, Jesus had to come to this earth. So that through and in Jesus Christ (the Living Word) the new man could be created.
The new man is the last creation that God created in Jesus Christ (die woord). And so the whole creation is created in Jesus Christ.
‘Wees die sout van die aarde’
