I write it this way...That's not true.
1.) The fact is.. "the old man of SIN, has been Crucified with Christ", so, Paul tells us that because it has, then "reckon it dead".
You are not doing that, @Peterlag.. you are stating that your old man is alive and well, and sinning.
And that old man is not your body, as "the body is dead because of Sin"..
So, the Born Again believer, is nothing less, and the "Old man of sin, is no part of them"..
2.) Where a believer has an issue, is with wrong desires while "under Grace", and those are related to "" sin consciousness"
Sin consciousness is empowered by trying to do in the flesh what has already been accomplished on the Cross.
Paul teaches that "I DIE DAILY" and that means i never let my mind return to "im trying not to sin"...or anything related to trying to save myself....... or Romans 9, "that which i would do"..."I cant"..
3.) He keeps that AWAY by : Hebrews 13:9
He has established his HEART, with GRACE.. So, that means he doe not let His MIND become "flesh", which is. to believe that you are a sinner, sinning., when in fact the Old man of sin is dead, crucified with Christ.
We undergo a miraculous exchange at the center of our being once we have the spirit of Christ. Who we were in Adam is no longer there. We become a new person because we are now a child of God who is in Christ. The key event causing this exchange is a death, burial, and resurrection with Christ. This miraculous exchange is not figurative or symbolic, but literal and actual.
The spiritual part of every Christian has literally and actually been crucified, buried, and raised with Christ. The fact that this occurs spiritually and not physically doesn’t make it any less real. So what happens to the old self that was in Adam? The old self is entirely obliterated once the spirit of Christ enters the Christian.