Lesson 17
The Brain Soul Complex
DOCTRINE: Rulership of Life (Part 2)
Review:
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.
C. Synonyms for the SIN NATURE
1. Sin in the
singular [all through Rom. 6 and 7] Rom
2. Flesh - Rom. 8:8; Gal
5:16,17,19; 6:8; Eph 2:3; 2 Pet 2:10,18;
1 John 2:16;
3. Mortal body Ro 6:12
4. Old man - old
self; Eph. 4:22; Col. 3:9
5. Evil Rom
6. Corruptible
man. Ro. 1:23
7. Fleshly or Carnal 1 Cor. 3:1-3 sarkikoj
8. Fleshly mind.
Col. 2:18
9. Seed which is
perishable (fqartoj corruptible/transitory speaks of the nature
or character of the seed) 1 Pet
10. Body of this death Ro 7:24
11. Body of sin Ro 6:6 (sin
possessed body)
12. Any passage
describing personal sin, human good or evil as its source from the heart. Jer 17:9; Mt
12:34-35; Mk 7:21-23; Heb 3:10; Rom 1:24; Acts 5:3,4; Prov 12:8; evil heart - Jer 3:17; 7:24;
11:8; 18:12.
(B/C
with the sin nature dominating the real you therefore the r/o of the soul is
personal sin, human good or evil.)
D. As a spiritual POW, a slave of the sin
nature, the Believer opens himself to the influence of Satan's plan which is in
direct conflict with grace.
- Eph.
- Eph. 6:12; list of
categories of the spiritual forces of wickedness
- Col. 1:13; domain of
darkness
- 1 Jn 1:6;
walking in darkness; 2:11
Operating in this sphere
includes:
1. producing sins,
fruit of sin nature - Gal. 5:19-21
2. Lack of discernment that results in falling under the influence of every wind of
false doctrine - Eph. 4:14
IV. When the IHS and New Man rules the Real You:
A. You will not fulfill the
lusts of the flesh - Gal 5:16
B. You will fulfill the legal requirement of the
Law - Rom 8:4
C.
You will practice or live out righteousness - Rom. 6:13b; 16b-19
D. You produce Divine Good - Eph 2:10;
E. You are constantly building up the New Man -
2 Cor 4:16;
Col. 2:6-7
F. You will produce the fruit of the Holy Spirit
- Gal 5:22-23 emphasis is on attitudes overflowing in life
G. The SIN NATURE is "isolated"
separated from its rule - Rom 7:8b;
8:13b; Gal
- nekroj ; in Rom 7:8 speaks of what is of no benefit morally or
spiritually; often translated useless, completely ineffective.
H. Synonyms for this state:
(descriptions of the believer while in this state)
1. Alive Ro 6:11, 13; 7:9
2. Filled by the Spirit Eph. 5:18
3. Walking by the Spirit,
light, or love - Gal 5:16; 1 Jn 1:7; Eph 5:2.
4. Slave to righteousness
- Rom 6:16,18
5. Under
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ - Rom. 8:2
6. Imitators of God - Eph
5:1
7. Spiritual - 1 Cor
I. Synonyms for the New Man
which is being constructed in the believer:
1.
Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ - Rom
2. Transformed into the
image of Christ - 2 Cor 3:18.
3. New man or new self - Eph 4:24; Col.
3:10
4. Inner Man - Rom