NEW NATURE

 

 

A. OUR FORMER CONDITION

 

1. We were dead in sin - Ep 2:1

2. We were quite active, walking and following after:

         a. The world

         b. Satan

         c. The flesh -     Ep 2:2-3

 

B. OUR CURRENT CONDITION...

 

1. Out of love, mercy and grace, we who were dead are now alive!

         - Ep 2:4-5; Ro 5:6-8

 

2.      Raised with Christ - Ep 2:6a; Col 2:12; 3:1

 

<>·Ep 2:6

 

<>·Col 3:1-2. We are to seek those things above; We are to set our minds on thing above.

 

 

Characteristics of Old Nature

 

• It produces an old sinful nature (Ps. 51:5 OT).

• It produces a perishable nature (1 Pet. 1:23).

• It produces an old nature under the sentence of death (Rom 6:23).

• It produces an old nature that makes every unsaved person a child of the devil (1 John 3:10).  

<>··Sitting in the seat of scoffers

 

 

Characteristics of New Nature

 

• It produces a sinless nature (1 John 3:9).

• It produces a nature that can not sin (1 John 3:9).

• It produces a righteous nature (2 Cor. 5:21).

• It produces a divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4).

• The new nature is a new creation (2 Cor, 5:17).

• The new nature is a spiritual resurrection (Eph. 2:1-9).

• The new nature is regeneration (Titus 3:5).

• The new nature is partaking of the divine nature of God (2 Pet. 1:4).

• The new nature is receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, by faith (John 1:12)

• The new nature is being made the “righteousness of God” (2 Cor. 5:21).

• Sitting with Christ in heavenly places

<>·Standing firm in battle

 

 

COMPARING SPIRITUAL WITH SPIRITUAL

 

1Cor.2:13-14

 

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

 

A. Natural Man

 

Who is the Natural Man?  

 

• The Bible says, to the natural man the things of God are foolishness. Why? Because the things of God are only spiritually discerned. (1Co 2:14)

 

• For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass (Jas 1:23  )

 

• This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God's standards because it can't. Those who are under the control of the corrupt nature can't please God. But if God's Spirit (your new nature, not the Holy Spirit) lives in you, you are under the control of your spiritual nature, not your corrupt nature. Whoever doesn't have the Spirit of Christ (your new nature, not the Holy Spirit) doesn't belong to him. (Romans 8:7-9)

 

 

1. The natural man is the human nature without the spirit.

 

1. The natural man is the one who is ruled by his senses.

 

<>vvvvvWho is the Spiritual Man?   Deep calls unto deep!!

 

• Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. (1Co 2:13) 

 

• But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. (1Co 2:15) 

 

1. The spiritual man is able to discern the things of God.

 

<>vvJn 14:25-26

 

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• The spiritual man has no desire or appetite for the things of the world.

 

1. The mysteries of God are not understood by a carnal person, somebody who relies on his brain to understand a matter.

 

1. The spirit you have received searches the deep things of God.

 

1. The deep things of God are only revealed to your spirit man, so if your spiritman is not matured you can only know little of the things of God, so you need to have a matured spiritman. Your spiritman gets matured by edifying it through tongues, feed it by assimilating the Word of God.

 

1. God reveals mysteries by His Spirit (not the Holy Spirit).

 

1. You need the illumination of the Lord to see, hear and understand revelations

 

1. The Holy Spirit comes and takes a seat in your spirit man. He becomes a resident teacher to teach, instruct and commune with your spiritman to enable you to know what you should know.

 

1. The spirit you have received can be lighted. By the illumination of your spirit you are able to find out what God has freely given to you.

 

1. The spirit you have received is the one that God uses as a candle to light revelations in you.

 

1. God is Spirit and the only way that you get to know Him is by your spirit. If your spirit does not catch what your read from the Bible or what you hear, you will never know it.

 

1. When you are led by your new nature, there is no error with it.

 

C. Difference Between the Carnal Man and the Spiritual Man

 

Natural Man      

                      

Spiritual Man                          

The natural man is directed by his or her own abilities and human nature

 

A spiritual man is directed by what the Holy Spirit teaches. He or she is directed by his or her relationship with the Holy Spirit.

The natural man seeks the path that reflects the norms and accepted perspectives of society.

 

The spiritual man perceives the things of God, is in love with Christ and desires nothing more than to seek His will and help to become more like Him.

 

Self is the center.

The thoughts and conversation of the natural man center around his interests and accomplishments.

Christ is the center. 

The spiritual man fills his or her thoughts and conversations with HIS Word.  

 

I do for God.

 

I do with God.

 

The natural man has fears and anxiety. He sees God as distant and not interested in his personal life. The natural man seeks to controls things himself.

 

The Spiritual man is secure and in peace. He knows God loves him.  He knows Christ reflects love,                    commitment, peace and faith towards him even when circumstances are difficult. 

 

In Conclusion, we have received a spirit that is empowered to make your soul new. The spirit we have received is the one searching the deep things of God. The Holy Spirit comes to dwell in your spirit. It is this spirit we have received that will enable you to know the measure of what God has for you. Sin has no dominion over the spirit you have received. The new nature you have received is alive, so if you choose not to limit it, you will also heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out devils freely.

 

If Jesus was to be still living on the surface of the earth whatever HE would have been doing – that is what you should do daily. Again spend more hours in praying in tongues.