03/28/23 THREE NATURES AND DOUBLE MINDEDNESS

03/28/23 THREE NATURES AND DOUBLE MINDEDNESS

We are born with:
Human Nature, the nature to be human...
Body, our "other awareness;" Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, Touching, Tasting.

Soul, our "self awareness," Reason, Desire, Emotion, Conscience and Will.

Spirit, our God awareness.
Our Human nature has been corrupted, polluted, tainted, weakened, because of Adam's sin, but it has not been destroyed or disabled.

We are also born with:
Sinful Nature aka Carnal Mind, The Old Man, The Evil Heart of Unbelief, The Root of Bitterness, Sin, The Flesh. This Adamic Nature was not created by God but it is a propensity of attitude toward sin, and away from God, passed on to every child of Adam, because of Adam's sin.

When we get saved we receive a New Man, New Nature, Divine Nature, created in the likeness of God.

The New Man, the Divine Nature is in opposition to the Old Man, the Adamic Nature, the Sin Nature, (this condition is referred to as being Double Minded), and a battle ensues, as the Spiritual Man (Nature) and the Fleshly Man (Nature) seeks to influence the Human Nature to submit to God.

Notice, the Bible tells us that the Double Mind is the cause of chaos and disobedience to God. We are told that God will deliver us from this Double Mindedness. 

God's deliverance does not destroy the Human Nature.
Instead,
God redeems, restores, regenerates the Human Nature.
God does not redeem, regenerate the Sin Nature.
God does not tell us to cleanse, consecrate or commit our Sinful Nature to God.

The Bible says that the Carnal Mind is not subject to the law of God and cannot be.
God's solution to the internal strife, internal war between the Old Man and the New Man, between the Carnal Mind and the Spiritual Mind, is crucifixion of the Old Man, Purification of our total inner man from all Sin.
God does not tell us to bring the Old Man into subjection or purify the Old Man.

The Old Man must die.

When we as obedient Christians desire God more than anything else we are willing to die to self, to the world and to the devil. This is when we make full surrender to God and we accept complete authority and rule of God in our lives as Christians.

Our Human Nature never ceases to exist.
Our Human Nature must be yielded to God's rule.
Our Human Nature will grow in grace and knowledge of Christ and will be conformed to the image of Jesus.
Our Human Nature will be perfected and live forever with God.

God's plan is to justify us and to purify us and to glorify us.
This will only happen to those who believe, trust and follow Jesus by faith.
There is instantaneous salvation for those who turn to Christ.
There is instantaneous purification for those who surrender fully to Christ.
There is progressive and continuous growth for those who follow Christ in their daily walk.