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| "The Sin Nature", The Cross of Christ Series |
| 06-029 | |
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The sin nature is a result of the Fall. When the believing sinner comes to Christ, the sin nature is made ineffective (Rom. 6:6).
It will remain ineffective if the Believer maintains unceasing Faith in Christ and the Cross (Rom. 6:1-14). If the Believer ceases to look to Christ and the Cross, but rather makes something else the object of his faith, no matter how good the something else might be, the Holy Spirit will not function in such an atmosphere. He demands exclusively that our Faith be in Christ and the Cross (Rom. 8:1-2,11). If faith is moved to something else, the Believer will find himself once again being ruled by the sin nature. That's why Paul said, "Neither yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin (the sin nature): but yield yourselves unto God (which refers to God's Way, which is Christ and the Cross)" (Rom. 6:3-5, 13). Otherwise, the sin nature will rule the Believer.
This Study Guide, THE CROSS OF CHRIST, THE SIN NATURE, will open this all-important subject to you the Believer, which, in fact, is one of the single most important subjects for the Believer. To not understand the sin nature, how it works, and how it is controlled, is to invite disaster. | |
