And the old man is as a result of man's disobedience. The old man is carnal. The carnal mind is not subject to the law of God and therefore cannot please God. Why don't you explain this. If your liberty is not being subject to the law then you want the liberty to do the works of the flesh which is against the law of God.
The old man died with Christ.
Rom 6:3-7 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
into his death? 4 We were therefore
buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 If we have been
united with him like this
in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6 For we know that
our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. NIV
Col 2:11-15 In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, 12 having
been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. NIV
Now we are to live from the new heart within us by God's Spirit bringing to us the resurrection life of Christ, the wells of living water that is the life of Jesus. That really is a wonderful salvation!
John
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