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1 | Is the sin nature substance or mind set? | Phil 3:9 | Pam D | 100412 | ||
Question (full): Please stop arguing with Ken and answer my questions. Is the sin nature a substance or a mindset? Has the sin nature been eradicated and replaced by the new nature? Or does the sin nature remain in the believer and battle against the new nature? Is the sin nature the same thing as the flesh? What is the new nature? Is it God in me or is it a part of me that is a new creation? Is the new nature a substance or a mind set? Blessings, Pam |
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2 | Is the sin nature substance or mind set? | Phil 3:9 | Reformer Joe | 100429 | ||
"Is the sin nature a substance or a mindset?" Not a substance. Mindset is closer. I would call it a disposition. "Has the sin nature been eradicated and replaced by the new nature?" That is a good question. Since the believer still struggles with "the flesh" (NIV translates the Greek to "sin nature"), I would say that it hasn't been eradicated, but it is being put to death in the believer. There is a struggle between the desire to please and obey God in faith and the sin nature (which will ultimately be eradicated). "Or does the sin nature remain in the believer and battle against the new nature?" I think that it is clear in the Bible that both dispositions are there. Galatians 5:16 ff. describes this struggle. "Is the sin nature the same thing as the flesh?" Yes. "What is the new nature? Is it God in me or is it a part of me that is a new creation?" The Holy Spirit indwells the believer, but the new nature is a human one that the Spirit is changing. "Is the new nature a substance or a mind set?" A disposition, like the old one. --Joe! |
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3 | How should I understand 2Peter 1:4? | Phil 3:9 | Pam D | 100568 | ||
Dear Joe, Thank you for your wonderful enlightening answers to my questions about sanctification and related questions on what the sin nature and the new nature are. I ordered the books you suggested (they didn’t have them at my local Christian bookstore) and they will arrive next Wed. I am anxious to read them. But in the meantime, I’d like to pick your brain a little further if I may. You said in your last post that the new nature is a human disposition that the Spirit is changing. How then should I understand 2Peter 1:4 which says: "For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you (believers-vs 1) MIGHT become PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust." Thanks for any insight you may have regarding this question. Blessings, Pam |
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4 | How should I understand 2Peter 1:4? | Phil 3:9 | Searcher56 | 100581 | ||
Scripture ... Rom 8:28-30; Eph 4:22-24; Heb 12:10; 1 Pet 1:3-10; 1 Jhn 3:2 Pam ... Hopefully Joe will use Scripture to support what he says ... I think he used one verse in the previous post. Cult members do so, not that he is one ... but, be careful when someone speaks with Scripture support ... then check them out, as I have pointed out before. I presume you are wondering what "MIGHT become PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE" means. It does not mean we become divine (tho cultist want you to believe it) ... the Holy Spirit indwells us (Jhn 14:16-17). Our humanity and His deity remain distinct and separate. Read the above passages ... our goal is to be like Him ... and will have new bodies ... BUT we will NEVER become divine. Searcher |
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