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Hi Rex - Again your on target and I like replying to your posts because they usually concern the meat-of-the-Word issues. I believe (as you do) the members in this context (Rom 7:23) are not the physical parts of the body but the members of "the body of sin" or sinful nature (Rom 6:6), which the...

Hi FC and thanks for your support. I just wanted to point out that the "old things are passed away" doesn't refer to the "old man," which is the sinful nature, but to our old ways of living our life. My thread supports the ongoing existence of the "old man" in the believer. We just no longer...

Hi Rex - Your posts are very direct, unpretentious and accurate concerning the indwelling sin of the believer and I would like to share a couple things with you; and I know you know that it's never out of contending with you, but would like your opinion concerning them. I've learned that...

My post concerning everything related to the sinful nature is that since it continues to influence the believer (because it's still there), its crucifixion is still restraining it. The only parts destroyed are its damning curse and its governing influence, but not its presence and non-ruling...

I just wanted to reply that I believe man has a nature, but animals do not, because they have instinct. I also wanted to indicate that I believe the "frailties of the human condition" of Christ did not include a sin nature--"yet without sin," meaning His human nature was as His divine nature...

Hi Scott - Greek words are probably the most trans-linguistic in that most of them contain multiple meanings beyond most languages. As you may know, this adds significance to the careful use and understanding of the context used, as used in the passage of Galatians 5:17, "For the flesh lusts...

Not yet. Most of my Dispensational exposure for the last twelve years has been mostly Miles J Stanford, who over the years has gleaned through many such teachers from the last three centuries and W Nee is included in some of his compiled materials. Nee has much good applicable teaching, along...

Hi Scott - I'm uncertain what you determine to be the meaning of "the flesh" but I understand it in its context as the sinful nature, wherein dwells "the affections and lusts" (passions and desires). Are you understanding "the flesh" to be the sinful nature or the physical body?

Yes, I see your familiar with the concept you mentioned. The exchanged life means it's the life of Christ being live through us by Him, instead of us trying to change our old nature and live like Him.

“As He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). When Christ was crucified, we were crucified: “I am crucified with Christ” (Gal 2:20); when He died, we died: “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Col 3:3); when He was raised, we were raised: “raised us up together” (Eph...

Hi Ax - The inward work of the Spirit in the believer through regeneration (re-birth) effects in us freedom from the sin nature's control, but not from its presence which still being continually restrained by His Cross (Rom 6:6); which has negligible influence on the believer because it can no...

Apostle John seems to have an appearance (but not apparent of course) of contradiction between his first and third epistles. In my opinion, a seemingly-apparent contradiction may be one of the means by which God hides His Word from the natural man (Matt 13:11, 13-17). “If we say that we have no...

Due to the relevancy of the doctrine of indwelling sin within the believer, I thought this share-worthy. ___________________________________________________________ In our zeal to please God we can unknowingly, due to possessing less Scriptural-comprehension than we realize, accept doctrine...

Hi Axhead - You may already know or agree, or not, that the "flesh" in Galatians 5:17 is in direct reference to our sin nature (old man alive but restrained in constant crucifixtion). The Holy Spirit constantly works against this sin nature and it works against the Holy Spirit. Only those...

When one chooses to follow the Father’s drawing to Christ (John 6:44) and receives Him (John 1:12; Rev 3:20), what happens to the “old man” or, sin nature? Scripture declares, “That our old man is crucified with Him” (Rom 6:6) and we ourselves are also crucified (Gal 2:20). How the believer...

DF - I too owe you gratitude from our communications in this thread. It caused me to look at the opinions from multiple (10) commentators and was surprised (I didn't realize any commentators accepted it as such) to find a couple who concur with your opinion, that Paul was referring to himself in...

Hi DF - First I want to express my displeasure of your disappointment with my replies concerning your earlier posts. It wasn't that I was avoiding some of them but that, as I indicated before and appears even more so now, our believes concerning what Paul teaches in Rom 7 are too distanced from...

Hi Brother - I'm not sure what you mean by, "he is describing himself under the law," when v 4 describes him not being under the Law, but dead to the Law. The phrase "dead to sin" does not intend a state of absence of our sin nature, nor the absence of sin's effect on the believer, for the sin...

Before we can continue, we should first establish our opinions concerning Paul's reference to himself in Romans 7. The concept concerning whether or not Paul was referencing himself as a regenerate or unregenerate is vital to establish in order to determine understanding or misunderstanding his...

Though our understanding varies on the subject of this thread, I believe the basic concepts involved are about the same and thanks to all who replied for your correspondence on it. God's blessing to your Families! God Be Blessed DF - How do you use the multiple quotes access to address...