"Seated With Him" (Eph 2:6)

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Hating the Old Life

When Jesus commanded to “hate one’s own life” (Luke 14:26) I believe He was at least referring to avoiding the concept of attributing importance to self and any other, above His life (Mat 10:37). This could also include reference to our old life or “old man,” where we are instructed to “hate evil” (Psa 97:10).

Putting Christ first is the work of the Spirit in regeneration, and therefore it must also be His work of our “being conformed” (Rom 8:29); which is by His opposition to the “old man” (flesh—sinful nature—Gal 5:17), in causing “the deeds of the body” to be “mortified” (Rom 8:13).

The Spirit’s work against the old self (old Adamic nature) which arouses our physical members (bodily parts—hands, eyes, etc.) is primarily against, not the physical body itself, but the members of that “body of sin,” listed in Romans 6:6, and exemplified in Colossians 3:5.
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[reba]

the Scriptures are full of 'lesson' on how we become new