263 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 3 - Book 22 - The Old Sin Nature vs The New Nature

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 22 THE OLD SIN NATURE VS THE NEW NATURE Paul is still dealing with breaking the relationship with old Adam who has to be crucified not by anything we do. Romans 7:5 "For when we were in the flesh (under control of old Adam), the motions (or results) of sins (plural. Sin is the old Adam, he is the fountainhead of our sins of action. Romans 6:23 "For the wages (that old Adam pays) of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Now Romans 7:6. Romans 7:6 Where old Adam did nothing but generate sins that became fruit unto death, the flip side now is) now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held (under old Adam); that we should serve in newness of spirit (under the control of the Holy Spirit), and not in the oldness of the letter (or the Law)." Romans 7:7 Is the law sin (or like old Adam? Is the Law something that just generates sin. Well what's his answer)? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin (old Adam), but by the law (remember I said in the last lesson that the law hangs over the old Adamic nature, and is constantly trying to convict him that he's breaking it. It was the Law that showed Paul what old Adam was all about): for I had not known lust, except the law had said, `Thou shalt not covet.'" Why does Paul pick this commandment "Thou shalt not covet" as his example instead of "Thou shalt not kill, or Thou shalt not steal? You cannot kill unless you covet. You cannot steal unless you covet. You cannot commit adultery unless you covet. All the way through the Ten Commandments the thing that triggers breaking the Law is coveting. Attention. Now verse 8: Romans 7:8 "But sin (old Adam), taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence (and if I understand the word correctly, it's immoral thinking), For without the law sin (old Adam) was dead." Religious. A religious fanatic in fact. Now verse 9: Romans 7:9 "For I was alive without the law once (in other words he was functioning as a Pharisee, as a religious zealot, and the Law wasn't even touching him. It was rolling off of him like water off a duck): but when the commandment came, sin (old Adam) revived (woke up, and as soon as the Law came down on the Adamic part of Paul, and woke him up, what happened to Paul's old Adam?), and I died." Jehovah! Jehovah! Now continuing on with verse 5. Man, who would even have thought such a thing in Paul's shoes. Exodus 3:14 "And God said unto Moses, `I AM THAT I AM:' and he said, `Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.'" John 8:57,58 "Then said the Jews unto him, `Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?' Jesus said unto them, `Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.'" Now let's turn to Acts Chapter 26 for a moment. Believing that Jesus was the Christ), I gave my voice (or vote) against them (or I voted to have them put to death)." Now verse 10: Romans 7:10 "And the commandment (the ten), which was ordained to life, (remember they're Holy, and perfect, because up in verse 9, as soon as old Adam in Saul woke up and realized that the Law was condemning him, what happened? He said, "I woke up, I revived," and he became aware that the Law was convicting him, and that he had only one prospect as a Law-breaker, and that was eternal death) I found to be unto death." Now verse 11: Romans 7:11 "For sin (old Adam), taking occasion by the commandment (ten), deceived me, and by it slew me." Romans 7:5 So old Adam had been keeping him blind to the reality of the true purpose of the Law, which was to convict him. Remember what it said back in Romans Chapter 3? Romans 3:20b "...for by the law is the knowledge of sin." Now verse 12. Romans 7:12 "Wherefore the law (the ten) is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good." Romans 7:13 God forbid (don't think such a thought. It was convicting him); that sin (old Adam)by the commandment might become exceeding sinful." I know most people have forgotten what we studied in Chapter 3. And keep this passage hooked up with Saul of Tarsus. Romans 3:20 "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin." The Law shows us what old Adam is really made of. Okay? Now come back to Chapter 7. So what does the Law do for Saul of Tarsus? Now verse 14. Romans 7:14 It was holy, and God given, and spiritual): but I am carnal (in his pre-saved condition), sold under sin (or old Adam)." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible