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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:
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 |
Bible Answer: "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! |