Lessons

Two Natures – Part 4. The audio lesson on October 3, 2004 continues in the series on Two Natures in the Child of God. Nicodemus asked the Lord in John 3:4-6 (KJV) “…How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit”. Verse 6 identifies the conflict between the flesh and the spirit. The Apostle Paul tells us how the flesh lusts after the flesh. Whether it’s the flesh, the natural man, or the old man, it all refers to the old nature that we are born with and what we had before we came to know Christ. It’s also what we’re not supposed to walk in after we accept Christ. The spirit gives life but the flesh profits nothing. This lesson recaps the attributes of the old nature and continues to study the conflict between the flesh and the spirit.