The sin nature term is a man-made one. It is not a biblical term. Unfortunately it came about from the NIV which translated the Greek word "sarx" which is flesh - they changed it to say "sinful nature" because of their religious church taught beliefs. They have since fixed this error in their subsequent newer translations.
As I have said - the flesh is here with us but it is NOT our identity. The flesh is NOT us. The only "nature" talked about in the New Covenant is us having the divine nature of God that Peter talks about.
The old man which was our sinful nature has been crucified on the cross with Christ - it has died. There is still the power of sin in our members Paul says in Romans 7:17-23 and there is still the flesh which is our ways of thinking and doing things to find life which is in our brains/minds - how we live on this earth outside of God's life. This is one of the reasons why we are transformed by the renewing of our minds.
Here is a short 6 minute video that talks about "the flesh".
[video=youtube;wYQxHB-U6NU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYQxHB-U6NU[/video]
Here is a 4 minute one that talks about "Who is the real me?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4sS6QmQ-Ps
As I have said - the flesh is here with us but it is NOT our identity. The flesh is NOT us. The only "nature" talked about in the New Covenant is us having the divine nature of God that Peter talks about.
The old man which was our sinful nature has been crucified on the cross with Christ - it has died. There is still the power of sin in our members Paul says in Romans 7:17-23 and there is still the flesh which is our ways of thinking and doing things to find life which is in our brains/minds - how we live on this earth outside of God's life. This is one of the reasons why we are transformed by the renewing of our minds.
Here is a short 6 minute video that talks about "the flesh".
[video=youtube;wYQxHB-U6NU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYQxHB-U6NU[/video]
Here is a 4 minute one that talks about "Who is the real me?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4sS6QmQ-Ps
You call it flesh.
I call it sin nature because it refers to the sin nature --- our nature.
Your speaker calls it: The Policy of the Former Administrtion!!
Even he admitted that flesh could be two different concepts:
Flesh --- the actual body of flesh and bones
Flesh --- That part of us that "causes things to happen". This is the sin nature to me.
Whatever you want to call a rose, it's still a rose.
So, if I know what you mean, I don't really care what you call it. I'll understand you better now.
I have an acquaintence who believes that we still have a FLESH, but our SIN NATURE has been demolished.
So, as you could see, we each understand ourselves in a different way.
But, in the end, it's all the same stuff.
Our sin nature is the opposite of our God nature.
We still have it, we still have The Flesh. But it's put under submission, so that, yes, we will Always sin till Death.
Some churches teach that
The body is amoral
The soul is amoral
The spirit is moral
They teach that the body and soul and not perfectable, but the spirit IS perfectable precisely because God looks at the heart.
So in our heart WE WILL to have perfect affection(love) and perfect motives (non-sinning). Our WILL cannot Always have dominance due to our flesh, or sin nature.
Want some more expressions?:
inbred sin
indwelling sin
enmity against God
moral corruption
carnality
the old man
the sin principle
the law of sin
the bent toward sin
the carnal mind
double-mindedness
sinful propensity
fallen nature
and many more (from Dynamics of Discipling , Arts Publications)
I think Language is a problem sometimes and we shouldn't get hung up on words.
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