| The term "The Old
Nature" as used in this analysis, Refers to the Old, Original, Hereditary, Adamic,
Fallen, Depraved Human Nature of Man. The Old Nature is every Man's Possession by
Generation, Nature, Birth, and Inheritance; and Paradoxically the Old Nature is not only
Possessed by the Natural Man, but it Possesses, by Inherent Claim, Prerogative and Power, every.Natural Descendant of the First Man: The First Adam. |
The term
"The New Nature" as used in this analysis, Refers the New, Imparted, Spiritual,
Heavenly, Holy, Divine Nature bestowed Graciously and Gratuitously upon every Man who by
Regeneration or the New Creation, Comes into its Possession; a Paradoxically, the New
Nature is not only Possessed by the New Spiritual Man, but it Possesses, by Divine Claim,
Prerogative and Power, every Spiritual Descendant of the Second Man: The Last Adam. |
| 1. NOTATION:
This Refers to the Various Names by which the Old Nature is known. The Pauline Epistles
form the chief basis for our Study for the Reason that those Epistles form a distinct,
important curriculum upon the theme: "THE OLD NATURE." 2.
ENUMERATION: The Designations for the Old Nature appear to be SIX in Number. This may
be by Divine Design, for SIX is the Number of the Natural Man in Scripture. Man came into
Being upon the Sixth Day, and Six has been the Hallmark of Humanity throughout the Ages.
3. SPECIFICATION: The Names of the Old Nature.
(1) THE FLESH: Rom. 7:18, 8:5 Cp. Jno. 3:6.
NOTE: The word "Flesh" is Subject to Various Usages in the Scripture.
Sometimes the Term Refers to:
A. The Mortal Bodies of Men or Animals: Gen. 6:12-13; 7:15-16;
Jno.1:13; 17:2; 1Cor.15:39,50; 2 Cor. 4:11; Phil. 1:23-24.
B. Even the Earth-Body of Christ was termed "FLESH":
Rom. 8:3; 1Tim. 3:16; Rom. 1:2; 9:8; 11:14; Eph. 2:15; Col. 1:22 Cp. Jno. 1:14.
C. The Specific Sense in which it is used in the Pauline
Epistles: It Describes Human Nature in its Corporeal Embodiment, Signifying the Sinful
Condition of the Human Fleshly Nature in Contrast to the Divine Spiritual Nature Imparted
to Believers: Rom. 7:18; 8:4-5; 13:14 Cp. Jno. 3:6.
(2) THE NATURAL MAN: 1 Cor. 2:14 (In Contrast to the Spiritual Man).
(3) THE OLD MAN: Rom. 6:6; Eph. 4:22; Col. 3:9 (In Contrast to the New
Man).
(4) THE OUTWARD MAN: 2 Cor. 4:16 (In Contrast to the Inward Man).
(5) THE CARNAL MIND: Rom. 8:7 (In Contrast to the Spiritual Mind).
(6) SIN: Rom. 6: Referring not to sins, or acts of
transgression, but to the old nature that prompts or incites the soul to commit sins. |
1. NOTATION:
This Refers to the Various Names by which the New Nature is known. The Pauline Epistles
form the chief basis for our Study for the Reason that those Epistles form a distinct,
important curriculum upon the theme: "THE NEW NATURE." 2.
ENUMERATION: The Designations for the New Nature Appear to be FIVE in Number. This may
be by Divine Design, for FIVE is the Number of Grace according to the Scripture. Five
Marks the Divine Volition, Action and Benefaction in the Regeneration and Re-creation of
Humanity throughout the Ages.
3. SPECIFICATION: The Names of the New Nature.
(1) SPIRIT: Rom. 8:9, 16; 1 Cor. 2:12 Cp. Jno. 3:6;
2 Pet.1:4, NOTE: The word "Spirit" is Subject to Various
Usages in Scripture. Sometimes the Word Refers to:
A. The Character of Man: Man Possessing an Invisible Character
or Spirit that is Known or Manifest through Action: Rom. 8:15; 1 Cor. 2:11; 4:21; 2 Cor.
7:1 Cp. Ps. 78:8; Prov.14:29; 16:18; 25:28.
B. The Members of the God-Head: The Father (Jno. 4:24 The Lord
Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 6:17; 2 Cor. 3:17-18), The Holy Spirit (Jno. 14:16-17).
C. The Specific Sense in which it is used in the Pauline
Epistles: It Describes a Spiritual Operation and ReIation by which God Communicates His
own Life and Nature to Man;and this Gift is termed "Spirit"or the
"New Nature": Rom. 8:4-16 Cp. Jno. 3:6
(2) THE SPIRITUAL MAN: Rom. 8:5-6; 1 Cor. 3:1; Gal. 6:1 (In Contrast to
the Natural Man).
(3) THE NEW MAN: 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10-11 (In
Contrast to the Old Man).
(4) THE INWARD MAN: 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 3:16 (In Contrast to the Outward
Man).
(5) THE SPIRITUAL MIND: Rom. 8:4-6; 7:23-25; 1 Cor. 3: 1 (In Contrast to
the Carnal Mind). |
1.
THE OLD NATURE IS OLD: Belongs to the Realm of "THE OLD MAN," Related to
"THE FIRST MAN": Eph. 4:22; Rom. 6:6; Col. 3:9 Cp. 1 Cor. 15: 45-48.
2. THE OLD NATURE IS WHAT MAN POSSESSES BY THE OLD CREATION: Rom. 5:12-19.
3. THE OLD NATURE POSSESSES NO INHERENT GOODNESS OR ATTAINED RIGHTEOUSNESS:
Rom. 7:18; Eph. 2:1-3; Col. 2:13.
4. THE OLD NATURE IS ABSOLUTELY REPELLANT, DISPLEASING AND
ABHORRENT TO GOD: Rom. 8:8 Cp. 1Cor. 1:29.
5. THE OLD NATURE IS THOROUGHLY WORTHLESS IN ITSELF AND VALUELESS TO GOD:
Rom. 7:18; Jno. 6:63.
6. THE OLD NATURE IS UNALTERABLY NATURAL, FLESHLY, SENSUAL AND SINFUL: Rom.
8:7 Cp. Gal. 5:16; Eph. 2:2-3; Rom. 1:18-32; 1 Jno. 2:16.
7. THE OLD NATURE IS UNCHANGEABLE IN CHARACTER. It is
therefore Impossible for the Old Nature to Undergo a Spiritual Transformation: Jno. 3:6
Cp. Rom. 6:7: Gal. 6:8; Eph. 4:22; Titus 1:15.
8. THE OLD NATURE IS SPIRITUALLY BLIND, OBLIVIOUS AND WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION AS TO THINGS DIVINE: 1Cor. 2:7-14; Eph. 4:18.
9. THE OLD NATURE IS PRONE TO DECEITFULNESS AND SELF-DELUSION: Eph. 4:22 Cp.
Mk. 7:20-23; Jer. 17:9.
10. THE OLD NATURE IS LAWLESS. BOLSHEVIK. ANARCHISTIC. It
Resists the Word and Will of God: Rom. 8:7; Gal. 4:29; 5:17.
11. THE OLD NATURE DISDAINS AND DESPISES SPIRITUAL TRUTHS AND THINGS: 1
Cor. 2:14; Rom. 8:5.
12. THE OLD NATURE CAPTIVATES, DOMINATES AND ENTHRALLS THE
NATURAL MAN. Reigns within the Natural Man, it makes Man a Slave to Satan and to the
Law of Sin: Rom. 6:16; 7:23; 8:5; 7:5.
13. THE OLD NATURE IS SUBJECT TO SENSUAL HUMAN CULTURE AND
WISDOM: 2Cor. 1:12; 1Cor. 1:17-22; 2:1, 6-8,13; 3:19-20. Note: James 3:15.
14. THE OLD NATURE IS ANTAGONISTIC TO THE NEW NATURE: Is
Contrary to it; Rebels against and Denies it the Right to Control the Life: Gal. 5:16-17;
4:29; Rom. 7.
15. THE OLD NATURE REIGNS IN THE LIFE OF THE UNBELIEVER: Rom. 6:12, 20,
21.
16. THE OLD NATURE PRODUCES "WORKS OF THE FLESH": Gal. 5:19-21.
17. THE OLD NATURE CONFERS WITH FLESH AND
BLOOD:Gal. 1:15-16.
18. THE OLD NATURE "WALKS AFTER THE FLESH: Rom.8:4-5.
19. THE OLD NATURE PAMPERS THE FLESH: Rom. 8:5.
20. THE OLD NATURE IS DESTINED TO PERISH: Rom. 6:23; 7:5, 24; 8:6.
21. THE OLD NATURE IS NATURALLY RELIGIOUS. It Possesses an
Affection, Desire and Satisfaction in the Outward, Seen and Heard in Religious Forms,
Ceremonies, Pageantry: Col. 2:16-23; Gal. 6:12-13.
22. THE OLD NATURE POSSESSES AN AFFECTION FOR ECCLESIASTICAL POPULARITY AND
POSITION, HIGH PLACES AND LIBERAL HONORARIUMS. IT SEEKS TO PLEASE THE WORLD
AND THE WORLDLY AND POSSESSES AN EAR FOR LIBERAL PRAISE: 2 Tim. 4:10; Phil. 3:17-19;
1:15-16.
23. THE OLD NATURE RECEIVES A WAGE: Rom. 6:23.
24. THE OLD NATURE IS UNDER CONDEMNATION: Rom.5:-7
25. THE OLD NATURE CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED: Rom. 3:20.
26. THE OLD NATURE LEADS TO CORRUPTION: Gal. 6:8.
27. THE OLD NATURE SHOULD BE DENIED AS TO ITS DESIRES AND DEMANDS: Rom.
6:11-13; 6:1-2.
Chart By - Dr. Robert Acheson Hadden
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1.THE
NEW NATURE IS NEW: Belongs to the Realm of "THE NEW MAN," Related to
"THE SECOND MAN": Gal. 6:4, 2Cor. 5:17; Rom. 7:6 Cp. 1Cor. 15:45-48.
2. THE NEW NATURE IS WHAT BELIEVERS POSSESS BY THE NEW CREATION: Rom.
8:15; 2 Cor. 5:17; 6:15.
3. THE NEW NATURE PROCEEDS FROM THE ONE WHO IS INHERENTLY GOOD, RIGHTEOUS,
DIVINE:
Rom. 8:9.
4. THE NEW NATURE IS TRULY ATTRACTIVE, PLEASING, AND ACCEPTABLE TO GOD: Col.
1:10; Phil. 2:13; 2 Thess 1:11; 2 Tim. 2:4.
5. THE NEW NATURE COUNTS ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THE OLD NATURE, WORTHLESS AS
REFUSE: Phil. 3:3-9
6. THE NEW NATURE IS UNALTERABLY DIVINE, SPIRITUAL, HOLY, AND RIGHTEOUS:
Rom. 8:9, 4-6; 1Cor 2:12-16; 1:30; Phil. 3:9.
7. THE NEW NATURE IS PROGRESSIVELY CHANGEABLE IN CHARACTER. It is
therefore Constantly and Progressively Undergoing Transformation: Jno. 3:6 Cp. Rom.12:1-3;
2Cor. 3:18; 4:16; 1Thess. 5:23.
8. THE NEW NATURE IS SPIRITUALLY APPREHENSIVE. IT DISCERNS AND UNDERSTANDS
THE THINGS DIVINE: 1Cor. 2:8-12; Rom. 8:16; 1Cor. 2:16.
9. THE NEW NATURE POSSESSES NO CONFIDENCE IN THE OLD NATURE;
Distrusts it altogether: Rom. 7:18 Phil. 3:3-4.
10. THE NEW NATURE IS LOYAL, SUBMISSIVE, SURRENDERED. It
Conforms to the Word and Will of God: Rom. 8:5; 12:1-3.
11. THE NEW NATURE APPRECIATES, DESIRES AND VALUES SPIRITUAL TRUTH: Rom.
8:5; 1Cor. 2:9-13.
12. THE NEW NATURE CAPTIVATES, DOMINATES AND CONTROLS THE
SPIRITUAL MAN. Reigns within the Spiritual Man, it Makes Man a Servant unto God
and Brings Him under the Rule of the Spirit of Life: Rom. 6:11-14; 5:21; 8:1-4; 7:6; 6:22.
13. THE NEW NATURE IS SUBJECT TO SURPASSING DIVINE CULTURE
AND WISDOM: 2 Cor. 1:12; 4:6; Eph. 1:15-19; 3:14-21; Col. 1:9-10; 2 Tim. 3:15-17. 14. THE NEW NATURE IS ANTAGONISTIC TO THE OLD NATURE: Is
Contrary to it; Rebels against.and Denies it the Right to Control the Life: Gal.
5:16-17; Rom. 7; 2 Cor. 10:3.
15. THE NEW NATURE REIGNS IN THE LIFE OF THE TRUE BELIEVER: Rom.
6:11-14, 17, 21. 16. THE NEW NATURE PRODUCES "THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: Gal.
5:22-24.
17. THE NEW NATURE REJECTS THE COUNSELS OF FLESH AND BLOOD: Gal.
1:15-16.
18. THE NEW NATURE "WALKS AFTER THE SPIRIT": Rom. 8:4-5.
19. THE NEW NATURE CRUCIFIES THE FLESH: Gal. 5:24.
20. THE NEW NATURE IS DESTINED TO PERPETUATION:
Rom. 8:11, 23.
21. THE NEW NATURE IS DIVINELY SPIRITUAL.
It Possesses a Love, Desire and
Satisfaction in the Spirit and the Spiritual. It Worships God in Spirit and in Truth:
Phil. 3:3; Jno. 4:22-24.
22. THE NEW NATURE POSSESSES LOVE FOR THE WORD AND WORK OF GOD; IT PLACES NO
VALUE UPON THE THINGS HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY MEN. IT SEEKS TO PLEASE GOD AND DESIRES ONLY HIS
PRAISE: Gal. 1:10; I Thess. 2:4, 9-10; Col. 3:1-4; 1:24-29.
23. THE NEW NATURE RECEIVES A GIFT: Rom. 6:23.
24. THE NEW NATURE IS FREE FROM CONDEMNATION:
Rom.8:1-4
25. THE NEW NATURE ATTESTS OUR JUSTIFICATION:
Rom.8:9
26. THE NEW NATURE LEADS TO LIFE EVERLASTING:
Gal. 6:8
27. THE NEW NATURE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR AS TO ITS NEEDS AND
ASPIRATIONS: Eph. 4:23; 1 Pet. 2:2; 2 Tim. 3:16-17 |
