Lesson 16
The Brain Soul Complex
DOCTRINE: OLD SIN NATURE
(Part 5)
c. Furthermore, Christ also needed to live a sinless life
under kenosis to qualify as the sin - bearer.
1. Christ was
tempted only from without as was Adam. (Heb.4:15 cp. Heb
2. Christ kept the
Law and so had a righteousness that comes via Law (Gal 4:4; Mt.5:17; Phil 2:7,8)
d.
The
necessity of Jesus' humanity being genetically and experientially pure. (impeccability)
1. So all personal
sins of all mankind of all time could be transferred to an acceptable substitute (2 Cor
2. So no personal
sins would be imputed to those who committed them; (2 Cor
3. So He bore the
judgment of sins in His genetically pure body and that for all mankind.
(1
Pet
(1 Jn 2:2 " and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for
ours only, but also for those of the
whole world."
4. So God could
provide the potential of the gift of salvation an adjustment to the justice of
God. No longer condemned and separated
from a Holy and Righteous God.
(Rom
5:17,18,21; 7:4 "you might be joined to
another").
7. What Happens to the Sin nature at the point of
Salvation.
a.
At the very moment of salvation God imputes +R to the individual setting up the grace pipeline of blessing.
b.
The
giving of the human spirit and eternal life cancels spiritual death.
c.
The
believer is also baptized by the Holy Spirit into union with Christ; Identified
with Him in His death, burial and resurrection. Rom 6:2-7
d.
So RAPT
constitutes the positional setting aside of the sin nature which position
guarantees to each BEL a resurrection body minus the sin nature.
e.
It does
not necessarily follow that the BEL will go on to the experiential isolation -
the setting aside of the rule of the flesh in their life. Gal 3:3
- failure to utilize the resources
8. What Happens to the Sin Nature after Salvation?
a.
It must
be established that the believer continues to possess the sin nature and
commits personal sins.
1. He who contends otherwise is deceived and
blasphemes. 1 John 1:8,10
2. Paul in Romans
chapter 7 uses himself as a proof of the post-salvation reality and function of
the sin nature Rom 7:8-11.
Also 7:17,21,23-25.
3. All exhortations
in Bible not to sin or practice "the former things" prove Christians
can sin. (cp. 1 Pet 2:1,2, 20; Rom
4. Scripture
rebukes antinomianism as further proof that Christians sin. Rom 6:1,15
DOCTRINE: SUMMARY OF THE RULERSHIP OF LIFE
I. Preliminary observations and
Introduction:
A. The principle of rulership
is found in the theology of basileuo basileu,w in
Romans 5:14, 17, 21;
B. Must recognize that there exists two potential rulers of life for
the believer: [your thinking and therefore your life]
1. The indwelling Holy Spirit along with the mind of Christ, the Word.
(producing the character of Christ.)
2. The indwelling SIN NATURE which is programmed with a knowledge of
good (human) and evil (Rom
- Gen. 2:17; Heb. 5:14 From the growth
in word we are to have our senses trained to discern good and evil.
C. We must maintain a distinction between the:
1. Real you, your SOUL, with volition which determines just who
rules. [Vol]
2. Indwelling SIN NATURE (each cell contaminated therefore mankind is
totally depraved). Rom.
3. Indwelling Holy Spirit and mind of Christ (DVPT - BD producing the
character of Christ). New man in Christ!
[IHS+BD]
D. The volition of the Soul (Real You) determines which of the 2 is the ruler of life at any given moment. Gal 5:16-17 (the
pres. a. subjunctive of poiew).
II. The Real You, your soul, determines who is the ruler of life
at any given point in time: Rom
8:5. [Principle is stated.]
A. This is also seen in the exhortations to walk
by the Spirit and not the flesh. Gal 5:16-18 cp. Ro.
B. All response to
external stimuli (5 senses) coming into your body are translated into
responsive action through either:
1. the SIN NATURE into either sin or human good on the one hand or
2. through the IHS
into righteousness (DGP). Rom
C. Neither the
indwelling SIN NATURE or IHS can usurp authority over
the Real You, the Soul, apart from the volition's cooperation. [all active voice
verbs and commands]
III. When the SIN
NATURE rules the LIFE:
A. In the believer
the SIN NATURE is put into rulership when the volition sends out a command to
sin. Paul uses himself to illustrate this process in Rom. 7:7-25; 7:9 "sin became alive and I died."
Sin nature is the stimulator of
sin; Rom
So the believer who is in fellowship
and commits some sin immediately places the flesh in rulership of their life.
The result is that they become in
Paul's terms fleshly sarkikoj CARNAL.
- also
Gal
B. The believer who
is in this carnal state, under sin nature's rule is said to be:
1. Dead = Temporal death (Rom. 7:5, 9-11;
connects the sin nature and death; Jas.
2. A slave to the SIN NATURE AND it's lusts
(Rom.
3. A P.O.W. (Ro
4. Pattern of life
like the unbeliever (1 Cor 3:1-3); Eph 4:17-19
5. Having an affair
with the SIN NATURE (Jas.
6. Deceived by
lusts (Rom.