Robert Pate
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Our old Adamic nature can be sub-dued but it cannot be inhilated. Many believe that the Adamic nature can be completely destroyed, they are of a holiness religion like Catholicism, Nazarenes and many others. They have convinced themselves that they don't sin. Sin is the transgression of God's law. The law is both written and spiritual, Romans 7:14. Some do quite well with the written law but fail miserably with the spiritual law. The spiritual law searches the desires and the intent of the heart, Hebrews 4:12. To keep the spiritual law all of our thoughts would have to be pure and without sin. Not going to happen.
Everyone is born into the world with an Adamic nature Psalm 51:5, this nature is opposed to God's law and is Godless. Paul brought this out when he said, "There is none righteous, no, not one" Romans 3:10. Simply because all have been born after Adam. They have Adam's blood coursing through their veins and are sinners. When Adam sinned against God, all of humanity sinned also, because our humanity was constituted in him. We are spiritually related to Adam.
Our old Adamic nature can be very disturbing because it wants to dominate us. Paul struggled with his Adamic nature when he said, "But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members" Romans 7:23. Paul was describing his fight with his Adamic nature. It wanted to take control of him. The Christian life is a fight, we have to fight against the influences of the flesh. Satan works through the flesh, because the flesh is weak. Eve was taken in by the devil because he convinced her that she would be like God, a very fleshy desire.
The Adamic nature can be subdued by faith in Christ and his Gospel. In the Gospel Jesus crucified our Adamic nature along with the law. We don't have to obey the law, which promotes sin, Romans 7:8, because "Where there is no law there is no sin" Romans 4:15. This is for Christians only. Nor do we have to listen to Adam because he is dead, Romans 6:7. Crucified with Christ. This is all very spiritual, if you don't have the Holy Spirit, you will not understand any of it. There are multitudes of people that are trying to do in their flesh what God has already done in Jesus Christ. It is a religion of the flesh. Holiness religions are a religion of the flesh.
God has already dealt with our sins in the person of Jesus Christ. As for as God is concerned sin, death and the devil have been destroyed and Jesus now sits in heaven as "The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16. If sin has been destroyed and God is no longer concerned about it, why should we be concerned about it? God sees his people as perfect and complete in Christ, Colossians 2:10. If we are spiritually perfect and complete in Christ, then sin does not have dominion over us. Why feed a dead horse?
Everyone is born into the world with an Adamic nature Psalm 51:5, this nature is opposed to God's law and is Godless. Paul brought this out when he said, "There is none righteous, no, not one" Romans 3:10. Simply because all have been born after Adam. They have Adam's blood coursing through their veins and are sinners. When Adam sinned against God, all of humanity sinned also, because our humanity was constituted in him. We are spiritually related to Adam.
Our old Adamic nature can be very disturbing because it wants to dominate us. Paul struggled with his Adamic nature when he said, "But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members" Romans 7:23. Paul was describing his fight with his Adamic nature. It wanted to take control of him. The Christian life is a fight, we have to fight against the influences of the flesh. Satan works through the flesh, because the flesh is weak. Eve was taken in by the devil because he convinced her that she would be like God, a very fleshy desire.
The Adamic nature can be subdued by faith in Christ and his Gospel. In the Gospel Jesus crucified our Adamic nature along with the law. We don't have to obey the law, which promotes sin, Romans 7:8, because "Where there is no law there is no sin" Romans 4:15. This is for Christians only. Nor do we have to listen to Adam because he is dead, Romans 6:7. Crucified with Christ. This is all very spiritual, if you don't have the Holy Spirit, you will not understand any of it. There are multitudes of people that are trying to do in their flesh what God has already done in Jesus Christ. It is a religion of the flesh. Holiness religions are a religion of the flesh.
God has already dealt with our sins in the person of Jesus Christ. As for as God is concerned sin, death and the devil have been destroyed and Jesus now sits in heaven as "The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16. If sin has been destroyed and God is no longer concerned about it, why should we be concerned about it? God sees his people as perfect and complete in Christ, Colossians 2:10. If we are spiritually perfect and complete in Christ, then sin does not have dominion over us. Why feed a dead horse?