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1 U ono pak doba dođe Jovan krstitelj, i učaše u pustinji judejskoj.

2 I govoraše: Pokajte se, jer se približi carstvo nebesko.

3 Jer je to onaj za koga je govorio prorok Isaija gde kaže: Glas onog što viče u pustinji: Pripravite put Gospodu, i poravnite staze Njegove.

4 A Jovan imaše haljinu od dlake kamilje i pojas kožan oko sebe; a hrana njegova beše skakavci i med divlji.

5 Tada izlažaše k njemu Jerusalim i sva Judeja, i sva okolina jordanska.

6 I on ih krštavaše u Jordanu, i ispovedahu grehe svoje.

7 A kad vide (Jovan) mnoge fariseje i sadukeje gde idu da ih krsti, reče im: Porodi aspidini! Ko kaza vama da bežite od gneva koji ide?

8 Rodite dakle rod dostojan pokajanja.

9 I ne mislite i ne govorite u sebi: Imamo oca Avrama; jer vam kažem da može Bog i od kamenja ovog podignuti decu Avramu.

10 Veći sekira kod korena drvetu stoji; svako dakle drvo koje ne rađa dobar rod, seče se i u oganj baca.

11 Ja dakle krštavam vas vodom za pokajanje; a Onaj koji ide za mnom, jači je od mene; ja nisam dostojan Njemu obuću poneti; On će vas krstiti Duhom Svetim i ognjem.

12 Njemu je lopata u ruci Njegovoj, pa će otrebiti gumno svoje, i skupiće pšenicu svoju u žitnicu, a plevu će sažeći ognjem večnim.

13 Tada dođe Isus iz Galileje na Jordan k Jovanu da se krsti.

14 A Jovan branjaše Mu govoreći: Ti treba mene da krstiš, a Ti li dolaziš k meni?

15 A Isus odgovori i reče mu: Ostavi sad, jer tako nam treba ispuniti svaku pravdu. Tada Jovan ostavi Ga.

16 I krstivši se Isus iziđe odmah iz vode; i gle, otvoriše Mu se nebesa, i vide Duha Božjeg gde silazi kao golub i dođe na Njega.

17 I gle, glas s neba koji govori: Ovo je Sin moj ljubazni koji je po mojoj volji.

   

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True Christian Religion # 95

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95. (v) THE LORD BY ACTS OF REDEMPTION MADE HIMSELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

The Christian churches to-day say and believe that merit and righteousness belong to the Lord alone through the obedience He showed to God the Father, while He was in the world, in particular by His passion on the cross. But they have assumed that suffering the cross was itself the act of redemption; yet that was not it, but the act of glorifying His Human, a subject which will be discussed in the following section on redemption. The acts of redemption by which the Lord made Himself righteousness were His carrying out of the last judgment, which took place in the spiritual world. He then separated the wicked from the good and the goats from the sheep, expelling from heaven those who made common cause with the beasts of the dragon. From the worthy He founded a new heaven, from the unworthy a new hell; and by stages He brought everything everywhere back into order, and in addition He established a new church. These were the acts of redemption by which the Lord made Himself righteousness; for righteousness consists in doing everything in accordance with Divine order, and restoring everything which had slipped out of order. Divine order itself is righteousness. This is the meaning of these words of the Lord:

It is appropriate for me to fulfil all the righteousness of God, Matthew 3:15.

Also these passages in the Old Testament:

Behold, the days will come when I will raise up for David a righteous shoot, who will reign as king and do righteousness upon the earth; and this is his name, Jehovah our righteousness, Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.

I speak in righteousness, mighty to save, Isaiah 63:1.

He shall sit upon the throne of David to establish it in judgment and righteousness, Isaiah 9:7.

Zion shall be redeemed in righteousness, Isaiah 1:27.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.