What is the old Adamic nature?
The old Adamic nature is the nature tied to the old Adam, what we were born in. It is rebellious against God and sinful in all its appetites. People try to clean it up and keep it in check with inhibitions and good home upbringing, but when unrestrained it leads to trouble with the law.
Les teaches that the old Adamic nature is what we were born in—the old Adam. It is the nature that is rebellious against God and sinful in all of its appetites. He explains that people try to clean it up and keep it in check with inhibitions and what is called a good home upbringing. When those restraints are not given, the Adamic nature is let free. That, he says, explains why many younger people are adrift, have no principles, and get in trouble with the law. This connects to being dead to the old Adam and setting affection on things above rather than on things on the earth.