tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post8941260225980963844..comments2023-09-24T03:09:02.536-05:00Comments on Grace For Life: What Is The Offense Of The Cross?Terry Rayburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722632954331009294noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-10641513974989693252007-03-01T18:30:00.000-06:002007-03-01T18:30:00.000-06:00Amen Terry. The mistake in asserting that we still...Amen Terry. The mistake in asserting that we still have a sinful nature that is a part of us and exploring all of its faculties is not scriptural at all. That nature it put to death and it is the flesh that sins if it is fed but as Paul said, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells with me. So we walk in the spirit and grow stronger in our new creation which is greater than the wicked one that rules the world. This is a promise that helps us grow. A blessed promise to be believed. We have the power in the new birth to walk and not fear brother. Keep preachin the truth.Bhedrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091896907803479900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-62423275392650792592007-02-13T09:52:00.000-06:002007-02-13T09:52:00.000-06:00Thanks to you all for stopping by.Prem,Glad you we...Thanks to you all for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>Prem,<BR/><BR/>Glad you were lifted up by the reminder of the good news of grace for the believer.<BR/><BR/>For the record, and not to get overly technical, I don't believe the Scipture teaches that a believer has a sinful nature.<BR/><BR/>We have one nature, which is entirely bad (sinful and anti-God) before we are born again. This nature equates with our spirit.<BR/><BR/>After we are born again, this nature is made new. We still have one nature, but now in our new nature we love Christ and hate sin.<BR/><BR/>We still have some old habits, old "programs", old thinking patterns, physical desires and cravings, etc., and sin itself, which resides in our members. But this is not our nature, it wars against our new nature. It's what the Bible calls the "flesh" (Greek <I>sarx</I>).<BR/><BR/>Paul makes it clear in Romans 7 that sin still dwells in us, in our flesh, but that it is not us.<BR/><BR/>This is important, because if we think that our new nature is a sinful nature, we will think it's "natural" for us to sin. Actually, the Bible teaches the opposite, that it is "UN-natural" for us to sin now (that is, it goes against our nature). <BR/><BR/>We died to sin on the cross in Christ, and we are (in our nature) now dead to sin and alive to God (Rom. 6:11).<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, some Bible translations such as the NIV and early versions of the ESV translate "flesh" in Rom. 6,7 as "sin nature". This is a bad translation which stems from a bad interpretation. Thankfully, the ESV has been revised to reflect the true biblical meaning of flesh.<BR/><BR/>Hope that's helpful.<BR/><BR/>Blessings, <BR/>TerryTerry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888533194435826837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-74599891609235763792007-02-13T00:45:00.000-06:002007-02-13T00:45:00.000-06:00Thanks a lot for your blog. I came upon it quite b...Thanks a lot for your blog. I came upon it quite by accident. Was feeling depressed and tired of continuously struggling against my sinful nature. So I searched for "Lord, am I righteous?" on google.. and one of the links that it returned was your blog. :)<BR/><BR/>I read through your blog entries made in the last week of January 2005 and was blessed. Thanks again.<BR/><BR/>Prem Kurian PhilipPremhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820240817738947292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-79767440829680472312007-02-07T17:18:00.000-06:002007-02-07T17:18:00.000-06:00Amen also.
God tried to tell the first person bor...Amen also.<br /><br />God tried to tell the first person born from a man & woman and he would not listen. Cain would not do what was right and accept the grace of God.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550677503244754888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-12158669468826623382007-02-07T16:52:00.000-06:002007-02-07T16:52:00.000-06:00Amen big boo!!Amen big boo!!Bhedrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091896907803479900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-57825420596060048442007-02-07T15:13:00.000-06:002007-02-07T15:13:00.000-06:00"Then the "offense" becomes sweet music to his ear..."Then the "offense" becomes sweet music to his ears, and he sees the Good News as the most precious news he has ever heard."<br /><br />That is the most amazing thing, isn't it?annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669872553144304889noreply@blogger.com