Selvfølgelig
elsker Gud syndere, men er det synd, der får ham til at elske dem -
og derfor bliver de hans "favorit"?
Når alt kommer til alt betyder det at være nogens favorit, at du
foretrækkes frem for andre.
Da alle mennesker er syndere - er det umuligt at være Guds favorit.
Gud hader synd, syndens løn er døden. Gud vil ikke vi skal synde
men Han elsker sine skabninger menneskerne og har so sådan ikke
nogen favoritter.
Men Gud har omsorg for hvert eneste menneske
Gud forlader gerne sine egne børn for at finde det fortabte får.
Jesus fortæller metaforen, sammenfletninger det med, om den mand,
der forlod de 99 får for at finde den, der var kommet væk og
slutter med at sige, at "der er større glæde i himlen over en
synd, der omvender sig, end over halvfems retfærdige ..." ( Luk
15: 4-7).
Pointen med lignelsen er ikke, at manden forlader 99, fordi han kan
lide de får, der er gået bedre end de andre. Det var ikke fordi den
mistede får var den "favorit", at han forlod de andre 99.
Han forlod de andre 99, fordi han har medfølelse med den, der er
død.
Det skal også bemærkes, at Jesus siger, at der vil være større
glæde i himlen over en synder, der vender rundt. Med andre ord var
det ikke synd, der var årsagen til glæde, men det faktum, at
syndere vendte ryggen til synden. Og kom i tro til bage til Gud.
Det er ikke sådan, at Gud synes, at syndere, ikke kristne, er
køligere og mere elskværdige end andre. Er syndere så Guds
favorit? I hans store nåde er Gud villig til at frelse syndere -
ikke fordi han synes, det er så smart og vidunderligt at være en
synder, men fordi han er fuld af medfølelse med dem, der har rodet
sig ud i det syndeliv.
Hvis man kalder syndere Guds favorit, er værd det at påpege, at
synderen ikke er Guds favorit, fordi han er en synder. Det er ikke
sådan, at Gud synes synden er så smart, at når han ser mennesker
"klædt i synd", ser han ud til, at den ser fantastisk ud.
Jesus valgte ikke at dø på et kors, fordi han allerede var så
tilfreds med synderne, at ingen ændring var nødvendig.
Han døde på korset, fordi det var en nødvendighed. Vi havde
fuldstændigt rodet det rundt, men på grund af hans store kærlighed
valgte han at dø for at stille frelse tilgængelig for alle
mennesker.
Dt er at nedgøre Guds kærlighed, når vi fremstiller det som Gud,
der elsker os, fordi vi er hans favoritter. Guds kærlighed er meget
større end det. Han elsker os, selvom vi roder alt sammen, selvom vi
ikke fortjener det, og selvom vi har noget i os selv at være stolte
af.'
Gud elsker mig ikke, fordi jeg er så forbløffende. Gud elsker mig,
fordi han er så forbløffende.
Er syndere"Guds favoritter? Vi vil hellere sige, at menneskerer
Guds favoritter. Ja, vi har alle syndet, og ingen af os er perfekte
i den forstand. Men det er ikke synd, der gør os til Guds
favoritter.
Er omvendelse da bare at vi begynder at tro på Jesus?
Omvendelse handler ikke om at vende sig fra synd, men kun om at tro
på Jesus. Det er, hvad nogle prædikere hævder, men det må være
en ny åbenbaring, som apostlen Paul gik glip af? I hans brev læser
vi mange formaninger om at vende sig fra synd.
Her er nogle eksempler:
Fjern derfor løgnen og tal sande med hinanden! (Ef 4:25)
Den, der har stjålet, skal ikke længere stjæle, men arbejde og
gøre noget nyttigt med egne hænder, så han kan have noget at give
til dem, der har brug for det. (Ef 4:28)
Lad ikke et eneste råddent ord komme over dine læber. Bare sig hvad
der er godt, og bygge op, hvor det er nødvendigt, så det kan være
en velsignelse for dem, der lytter. (Ef 4:29)
Afslut med al hårdhed og hårdhed, med vrede, raseri, hån og alt
andet ondt. (Ef 4:31)
Som kristne er vi alle enige om, at omvendelse handler om at komme
til Jesus - men hvorfor skulle vi komme til Jesus? Årsagen til, at
vi vender os mod ham, er fordi han er den eneste, der kan redde fra
synd. Det var netop derfor, han kom (Matt. 1:21). Men omvendelse er
ikke kun en "engangshændelse". Det er en daglig proces,
hvor jeg korsfæster kødet og vender mig bort fra synd.
Selvom jeg er kristen, er jeg stadig en mand af kød og blod med
”kødets ønske”, der bringer tanker, ord og handlinger på tværs
af Guds vilje. Men Jesus forsonede for alle synder, en gang for alle
på Golgata, og derfor kommer jeg til ham med min synd. På grund af
Jesu forsonings arbejde ved jeg, at jeg har Guds tilgivelse, så jeg
bekender synderne og takker for Guds nåde.
Men som kristen er det også meningen, at der vil være en Åndelig
vækst, hvor Jesus får mere og mere form i mig. Min nye åndelige
natur bliver stærkere og salige er de rene i hjertet, for de skal se
Gud!" (Matt. 5: 8)
Hvem er de rene i hjertet?
Det er et vigtigt spørgsmål for enhver, der vil se Gud en dag!
Måske skulle vi starte med at spørge: Hvad gør et hjerte uren? Det
eneste sted, hvor vi kan finde svaret på et sådant spørgsmål, er
i Bibelen. Det er vores facet af alle ting, og summen af Guds ord er
sandhed. Hejret er dit sind, fra dit sind kommer dine tanker, far
dine tanker lever du dit liv.
Det, der urenheder vores hjerter, er synd, og Bibelen siger,
synd er en forbrydelse". (1. Johannes 3: 4) Vi har alle syndet,
så der er ikke et enkelt menneske med et rent hjerte. Men Gud
har ved sin store kærlighed givet os en renser, der renser vores
hjerte, og det er Jesu blod! Bibelen fortæller om en person,
der har vasket deres klæder og gjort dem hvide i Lammets blod.
(Åbenbaring 7:14) Dette betyder, at al synd fjernes, som den siger i
1. Johannes. 1, 7: Hvis vi vandrer i lyset, som han selv er i lyset,
så har vi fællesskab med hinanden, og blodet fra Jesus hans Søn
renser os fra al synd. Når vi er rene, er det vigtigt at leve i en
konstant renselse, og dette vers fortæller os, at grundlaget for
dette er at gå i lyset, som han selv er i lyset.
Når vi er renset for ”al synd”, kan Jesus flytte ind i os, og Bibelen siger, at vi er født igen. Det er Guds frø, der har givet os en ny karakter. Det gør det naturligt for os at leve uden synd, ja, vi kan lide at leve hellig og opleve den profetiske i Ezek. 36:27: Jeg vil give dig min Ånd inden i dig, og jeg vil gøre det, så du går efter mine love og så du holder mine domme og gør dem.
Vi er blevet renset hvide i Lammets blod og har modtaget Guds Ånd i
vores hjerter. Derefter kan vi gå i lyset af et rent hjerte og
bliver nødt til at se Gud selv en dag Det er rigtigt med Hebræ.
12:14, der siger, at uden helliggørelse skal ingen se Herren.
Paulus siger det i 1 Kor. 7:19: Det, der betyder noget, er ikke at
blive omskåret eller uomskåret, men at holde Guds bud. Et hjerte,
der er renset i Jesu blod, og som lever i et menneske, som er født
på ny med Guds natur, han vil elske Jesus og entusiastisk holde Guds
bud! Velsignet er sådan en mand efter Jesu ord, og han giver os
alle muligheden for at leve et sådant liv. overvinder "kødets
natur" i større grad. Det kaldes Bibelhelliggørelse, og det er
en vækstproces.
Hvis vi ønsker at se flere af velsignelserne i frelsesarbejdet, skal
vi hver dag tage vores kors op, vende os fra kødets lyst og synd,
der så let fanger os og med udholdenhed fuldfører løbet foran os
med vores øjne rettet mod Jesus.
ENGLISH
Are sinners God's favorites
Of course, God loves sinners, but is it sin
that makes him love them - and therefore they become his "favorite"?
After all, being someone's favorite means that
you are preferred over others.
Since all people are sinners - it is impossible
to be God's favorite. God hates sin, the wages of sin is death. God
does not want us to sin but He loves His creatures humans and so have
no favorites.
But God cares for every human being
God willingly leaves his own children to find
the lost sheep. Jesus tells the metaphor, intertwines it with whether
the man who left the 99 sheep to find the one who had come away and
ends by saying that "there is greater joy in heaven over a
repenting sin than over ninety righteous… ”(Luke 15: 4-7).
The point of the parable is not that the man
leaves 99 because he likes the sheep that have fared better than the
others. It was not because the lost sheep was the "favorite"
that he left the other 99. He left the other 99 because he has
compassion for the dead person.
It should also be noted that Jesus says that
there will be greater joy in heaven over a sinner turning around. In
other words, it was not sin that was the cause of joy, but the fact
that sinners turned their backs on sin. And come back to God in
faith.
It is not that God thinks that sinners, not
Christians, are cooler and more gracious than others. Are sinners
God's favorite then? In his great grace, God is willing to save
sinners - not because he thinks it is so smart and wonderful to be a
sinner, but because he is full of compassion for those who have taken
root in that sinful life.
If one calls sinners God's favorite, it is
worth pointing out that the sinner is not God's favorite because he
is a sinner. It's not that God thinks sin is so clever that when he
sees people "dressed in sin," he looks like it looks
amazing.
Jesus chose not to die on a cross because he
was already so pleased with the sins that no change was necessary.
He died on the cross because it was a
necessity. We had completely messed it up, but because of his great
love, he chose to die to make salvation available to all people.
It is to downplay the love of God when we make
it as God who loves us because we are his favorites. God's love is
much greater than that. He loves us even if we mess up everything,
even if we don't deserve it, and even if we have something in
ourselves to be proud of. '
God does not love me because I am so amazing.
God loves me because he is so amazing.
Are sinners "God's favorites? We would
rather say that people are God's favorites. Yes, we have all sinned
and none of us are perfect in that sense. But it is not sin that
makes us God's favorites.
Is repentance just that we begin to believe in
Jesus?
Repentance is not about turning away from sin,
but only about believing in Jesus. That is what some preachers claim,
but it must be a new revelation that the Apostle Paul missed? In his
letter we read many admonitions to turn from sin.
Here are some examples:
Therefore, remove the lie and speak true to
each other! (Eph 4:25)
Whoever has stolen should no longer steal, but
work and do something useful with his own hands so that he can have
something to give to those who need it. (Eph 4:28)
Don't let a single rotten word get over your
lips. Just say what's good and build where it's needed so it can be a
blessing to those who listen. (Eph 4:29)
Finish with all the harshness and harshness,
with anger, rage, mockery and all other evil. (Eph 4:31)
As Christians, we all agree that repentance is
about coming to Jesus - but why should we come to Jesus? The reason
we turn to Him is because He is the only one who can save from sin.
That is precisely why He came (Matt. 1:21). But repentance is not
just a "one-off event". It is a daily process where I
crucify the flesh and turn away from sin.
Although I am a Christian, I am still a man of
flesh and blood with the "desire of the flesh" that brings
thoughts, words and actions across God's will. But Jesus atoned for
all sins, once and for all on Calvary, and therefore I come to Him
with my sin. Because of the work of the Atonement of Jesus, I know
that I have God’s forgiveness, so I confess the sins and give
thanks for God’s grace.
But, as a Christian, it is also meant that
there will be a Spiritual growth where Jesus takes more and more form
in me. My new spiritual nature becomes stronger and blissful they are
pure in heart, for they must see God! "(Matt. 5: 8)
Who are the pure in heart?
It is an important question for anyone who
wants to see God someday! Maybe we should start by asking: What makes
a heart impure? The only place where we can find the answer to such a
question is in the Bible. It is our facet of all things, and the sum
of God's words is truth. The herd is your mind, from your mind comes
your thoughts, Father dne thoughts you live your life.
The thing that defiles our hearts is sin, and
the Bible says,
sin is a crime. "(1 John 3: 4) We have all
sinned, so there is not a single human being with a pure heart. But
God, through His great love, has given us a purifier that purifies
our heart, and that is the blood of Jesus! The Bible tells of a
person who washed their garments and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb. (Revelation 7:14) This means that all sin is removed as it
says in 1 John 1: 7: we walk in the light, as he himself is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
his Son cleanses us from all sin. When we are clean, it is important
to live in a constant cleansing, and this verse tells us that the
basis for this is to walk in the light, as he himself is in the
light.
When we are cleansed of “all sin,” Jesus
can move into us, and the Bible says we are born again. It is the
seed of God that has given us a new character. It makes it natural
for us to live without sin, yes, we like to live holy and experience
the prophetic in Ezek. 36:27: I will give you my Spirit within you,
and I will do it so that you will follow my laws and you will keep my
judgments and do them.
We have been purified white in the blood of the
Lamb and have received the Spirit of God in our hearts. Then we can
walk in the light of a pure heart and have to see God even one day.
That's right with Hebrew. 12:14, which says that without
sanctification no one shall see the Lord. Paul says this in 1 Cor.
7:19: What matters is not to be circumcised or uncircumcised, but to
keep the commandments of God. A heart that is purified in the blood
of Jesus and who lives in a human being born again with the nature of
God, he will love Jesus and enthusiastically keep the commandments of
God! Blessed is such a man according to the words of Jesus, and he
gives us all the opportunity to live such a life. overcomes the
"nature of the flesh" to a greater extent. It's called
Bible sanctification, and it's a growth process.
If we want to see more of the blessings in the
work of salvation, we must daily take up our cross, turn from the
desire and sin of the flesh that so easily captivates us and with
endurance completes the race before us with our eyes directed to
Jesus.
