No.
Yes. But this doesn't mean that the old nature, the sin nature, is gone and no longer an issue. Paul made that quite clear in Romans 7.
Then, just for clarification, are you of the understanding that the believer no longer has the sin nature, and therefore is no longer capable of sinning?
If your view is that the believer does not have a sin nature any more, then, yes, WOWSERS!!
ANd please return the favor.
And thanks to you.
Let me ask you this,...
If the Old man, sinful nature, has been CRUCIFIED, DEAD AND BURIED WITH CHRIST, would be fair to
say that when something is dead and buried, it is passed away, gone, done with.
If the Old man was crucified with Christ and dead, and if this were not so,
then by that logic I would have to assume that Christ wasn't really crucified and dead.
Yes Romans 7 , Paul addresses the same dilemma that most "Christians" are experiencing, living
under the law, in the flesh, before one comes to life in the Spirit.
Paul made it quite clear, as long as you are still under law and living in the flesh, you
cannot do right, no matter how much you love God and want to serve Him, you
will fail.
That is why Paul is so bold to say,...I have crucified the flesh with all its lusts and desires,...
..so it is no longer I who live, but Christ that lives in me.
And the life I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God....
For if we have been united with Him in a death LIKE HIS, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His
We know that our old self WAS crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed,
that we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
For he who has died is FREED FROM SIN.
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart
to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and,
HAVING BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN, have become slaves of righteousness.
And how have we been set free from sin?
The old sinful man was crucified and died with Christ on the tree.
For he who has died is freed from sin.
Where does Eternal Life come in.
When the Old sinful man is crucified, dead and buried with Christ,
Then.....we are raised to newness of life, Eternal Life.
There is no born again, no Eternal life, no newness of life, unless the old sinful man is dead and
buried.
When the old man is dead, you are freed from sin, the new has come,
New birth, born of God.
He that is born of God cannot sin.
Ever wondered why Jesus said, strive to enter by the narrow door, for many I tell you,
will seek to enter and will not be able.
And...
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are FEW.
Only way to enter is by bearing your cross until you lose your life.
To renounce All that one has even your free will.
This is what real faith is about.
People like to quote, that Eternal Life is a gift, but let us read in context. ....
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return
you get is sanctification and it's end ,Eternal Life.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE in CHRIST Jesus our Lord.
Have you been set free from sin ?
Are you a slave of God?
Have you been sanctified and come to the end of it?
Then it is possible that you might have the gift of Eternal Life.
This is what real believing is all about.
Not just some mental assent to some scriptures, believing that in them we have Eternal Life.
You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they
that bear witness to Me, yet you refuse to come to Me that you may have Life.
Oh Father open our eyes to see.
May God bless you.