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Depravity and Regeneration (5): The Depravity of the Old Man
What follows is the fifth entry of a series of articles written by Rev. Wilbur Bruinsma....
Depravity and Regeneration (4): A Battleground Within the Regenerated Believer
The life of a regenerated sinner is a battle ground. This is true because he carries with him a sinful flesh. There is a law in his members seeking to pull him down into captivity to the law of sin. Though the regenerated sinner is yet the old man of sin, the old man is no longer in control. Being redeemed in the blood of Christ the regenerated believer is become a new creature. Through the work of regeneration, faith, and sanctification he is recreated. His spiritual identity is now the new man in Christ. According to Ephesians 4:24, the regenerated man and woman have the image of God restored to them: “And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” According to Colossians 3:10, this image of God also includes a true knowledge of God: “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.” This new man renewed in the image of God is now who we are. Not the old man, but the new man dominates our hearts and therefore our thoughts and desires. The old man is not in control! There is not even a 50/50 relationship between the old and new man as if the control of who we are is up for grabs! The new man, the inward man of the heart (Romans 7:22) is in control of our hearts, thoughts and desires. I am the new man in Christ.
Depravity and Regeneration (3): The Freedom of the Regenerated Believer
To insist that a regenerated child of God is still given over totally to sin, therefore, denies the work of Jesus Christ both in his death and resurrection. What did Christ actually accomplish on the cross if we as God’s children are still lost in our sin? It simply is not true that we only do evil and when any good comes out in us we are not doing it, but Christ is doing it for us.
Depravity and Regeneration (2): "Except we are Regenerated"
What follows is the second entry of a series of articles written by Rev. Wilbur Bruinsma....
Depravity and Regeneration (1): Understanding Total Depravity
What follows is the first entry of a series of articles written by Rev. Wilbur Bruinsma....
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