There is a whole universe that mankind in all their wisdom is ignorant of. That is the world of the spirit. And I'm not just talking about the spiritual realm outside of us but also the spiritual being inside of every person. We aren't evolved animals; we were created in God's image and likeness (Gen. 1:26). We are spirit beings. The ultimate way to control bad behavior isn't by more laws, metal detectors, or social engineering; it's by changing the hearts of people, one at a time. Only Jesus can do that.
Yet sadly, even many Christians have lost this spiritual point of view. Very few Christians know who they are in the spirit. In fact, they have been taught by religion that they are sinners by nature, which is just the opposite of what the Bible teaches.
It's true that we were all born sinners (Ps. 51:5) and had the nature of the devil working in us (Eph. 2:2-3). But when we came to Christ and received salvation, we became a new person in the spirit:
"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Cor. 5:17).
This isn't talking about your body. If you were a man before you accepted Christ, you're still a man afterwards. Your body didn't change. And your soul, which is what the Bible calls the mental/emotional part of you, didn't automatically change either. It's subject to change, but you have to renew your mind to experience change in your mind and emotions.
But in the spirit, you became a brand-new species of being. Your spirit is totally new. There isn't an old sin nature left in you.
I know this comes as a complete shock to many of you who have been indoctrinated in the-old-nature-versus-the-new-nature theology. Most Christians have been taught to believe that after salvation, they are still the same at their core, and they live the rest of their lives trying to restrain this old nature. They believe they have two natures. That's schizophrenic, and it produces Christians who are nothing like Christ.
Discover more about this life-changing truth from the Word of God in Andrew's teaching Spirit, Soul & Body.
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