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NASB | Philippians 3:9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Philippians 3:9 and may be found in Him [believing and relying on Him], not having any righteousness of my own derived from [my obedience to] the Law and its rituals, but [possessing] that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith. |
Bible Question:
Dear Joe - Thanks so much for your comments. They were very helpful. As soon as I get off the web I will order both of those books that you suggest. I have another question for you. What do you think the sin nature is? Is it a substance or a mindset? I know Jesus has two natures, one divine and one human and I believe that they must be two different substances. If the sin nature is a substance, has it been replaced with the new nature or do both the sin nature and the new nature dwell in the believer at the same time and battle against one another? Blessings, Pam |
Bible Answer: Pam, I think I misunderstood your question with my first reponse which adressed the man fallen nature before justification as a condition reflecting the absence of grace. However, upon review you seem to be asking about our old sin nature after justification as we engage in spiritual warfare, both internally and externally. I don't know if I could easily fit it into the category of "substance" or "mindset" but he following may be of interest to you. 405. "Although it is proper to each individual,[Cf. Council of Trent: DS 1513.] original SIN does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam's descendants. It is a deprivation of original holiness and justice, but human NATURE has not been totally corrupted: it is wounded in the natural powers proper to it, subject to ignorance, suffering and the dominion of death, and inclined to SIN - an inclination to evil that is called concupiscence'. Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ's grace, erases original SIN and turns a man back towards God, but the consequences for NATURE, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man and summon him to spiritual battle." To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/visible4.html#ORIGINAL 407. "The doctrine of original SIN, closely connected with that of redemption by Christ, provides lucid discernment of man's situation and activity in the world. By our first parents' SIN, the devil has acquired a certain domination over man, even though man remains free. Original SIN entails 'captivity under the power of him who thenceforth had the power of death, that is, the devil'.[Council of Trent(1546): DS 1511; cf. Heb 2:14.] Ignorance of the fact that man has a wounded NATURE inclined to evil gives rise to serious errors in the areas of education, politics, social action[Cf. John Paul II, CA 25.] and morals." To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/visible4.html#ORIGINAL 412. "But why did God not prevent the first man from sinning? St. Leo the Great responds, Christ's inexpressible grace gave us blessings better than those the demon's envy had taken away.'[St. Leo the Great, Sermo 73, 4: PL 54, 396.] And St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, 'There is nothing to prevent human NATURE's being raised up to something greater, even after SIN; God permits evil in order to draw forth some greater good. Thus St. Paul says, 'Where SIN increased, grace abounded all the more'; and the Exsultet sings, 'O happy fault,. . . which gained for us so great a Redeemer!''[St. Thomas Aquinas, STh III, I, 3, ad 3; cf. Rom 5:20 .]" To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/visible4.html#DEATH 417. "Adam and Eve transmitted to their descendants human NATURE wounded by their own first SIN and hence deprived of original holiness and justice; this deprivation is called 'original SIN'." To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/visible4.html#DEATH 418. "As a result of original SIN, human NATURE is weakened in its powers, subject to ignorance, suffering and the domination of death, and inclined to SIN (this inclination is called 'concupiscence')." To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/visible4.html#DEATH 419. "'We therefore hold, with the Council of Trent, that original SIN is transmitted with human NATURE, 'by propagation, not by imitation' and that it is. . . 'proper to each'' (Paul VI, CPG # 16)." To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/visible4.html#DEATH from The Catechism of the Catholic Church Emmaus |