Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Har Gelius skjønt det?
Gud skapte og han så at alt det han hadde skapt var godt! Siden har mennesket pervertert mye av det. Men Designeren for universet gav oss en håndbok om hvordan vi skal forvalte skapelsen best mulig. Hvorfor ikke følge håndboka? Vi gjør det jo ellers når det gjelder alt mulig teknisk utsyr...biler, motorsykler, kjøkkenmaskiner ...... Det er lov å være smart, er det ikke? www.hedmarkmisjon.no/Ekteskapet.html
Thursday, October 14, 2010
In Jesus we have become new!
2.Cor.5.17: Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come
I think the meaning of this verse is much more than we think the first times we are reading it. -As Adam was the head, the ancestor, of all human beings is Jesus the head, the ancestor of a new family tree of new creations.
Other refrences:1.Cor.15.22: For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. 1.Cor.15.45: The first Adam became a living soul. The last Adam(=Christ) became a life-giving spirit.1.Cor.15.49: "And just as we were born in the image of the earthly; and as is the heavenly, so also those who are heavenly." Means: Now we are born as new creation in the image of the heavenly (=Christ)
Shortly: The old things which have passed away is: All the bad things which came into the world because man did wrong. Through his death and ressurection Jesus took away the sting of death which is the sin(1Cor.15.55-56) Therefore it was getting possible for us to get back the relationsship which we had lost because of the fall of man, but also to be restored for the consequenses of the sin.
Jesus bore our sins on the cross so we should get back all the things we lost through the fall.
As new creations we have got a new identity. We are forgiven. We are born again. We belong to Christ and are heirs to all the spiritual blessings which are in heaven: Ephesians 1.3. And as children, heirs, we also can take part of all the promises which is in the Bible. 2.Cor.1.20: For as many as may be the promises of God, in Him they also are yes; wherefore also by Him is our amen to the glory of God through us.
Our relationship with God was broken and we lost the purpose of getting part of what he has. In Christ we have got all these things back!
I think the meaning of this verse is much more than we think the first times we are reading it. -As Adam was the head, the ancestor, of all human beings is Jesus the head, the ancestor of a new family tree of new creations.
Other refrences:1.Cor.15.22: For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. 1.Cor.15.45: The first Adam became a living soul. The last Adam(=Christ) became a life-giving spirit.1.Cor.15.49: "And just as we were born in the image of the earthly; and as is the heavenly, so also those who are heavenly." Means: Now we are born as new creation in the image of the heavenly (=Christ)
Shortly: The old things which have passed away is: All the bad things which came into the world because man did wrong. Through his death and ressurection Jesus took away the sting of death which is the sin(1Cor.15.55-56) Therefore it was getting possible for us to get back the relationsship which we had lost because of the fall of man, but also to be restored for the consequenses of the sin.
Jesus bore our sins on the cross so we should get back all the things we lost through the fall.
As new creations we have got a new identity. We are forgiven. We are born again. We belong to Christ and are heirs to all the spiritual blessings which are in heaven: Ephesians 1.3. And as children, heirs, we also can take part of all the promises which is in the Bible. 2.Cor.1.20: For as many as may be the promises of God, in Him they also are yes; wherefore also by Him is our amen to the glory of God through us.
Our relationship with God was broken and we lost the purpose of getting part of what he has. In Christ we have got all these things back!
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