Yes, Paul describes the old Adamic nature as crucified with Christ and replaced with a new divine nature that God imparts at salvation.
Paul teaches that the old Adam, the sinful nature we are born with, was crucified with Christ, breaking its power over believers. In its place, God creates and imparts a new divine nature that cannot sin, though the old flesh remains experientially active. This exchange is a work of God, not human effort.
Romans 6:6 — This verse explicitly states that the old man (old Adam) is crucified with Christ, a key foundation for the doctrine of the old nature's replacement.
2 Corinthians 5:17 — This verse describes the believer as a new creation with old things passed away, aligning with the impartation of the new nature.
Scripture reveals that every person is born with a sinful nature, inherited from Adam. This 'old man' is corrupt and is the source of disobedience. Through the work of Christ on the cross, the old man is crucified with Him, so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we should no longer be in bondage to sin. The one who has died is freed from sin's dominion. This crucifixion is a past, finished event for the believer, breaking the power of the old nature. Furthermore, Scripture declares that anyone who is in Christ is a new creation; the old things have passed away, and all things have become new. This new creation involves receiving a new nature from God that is holy and cannot sin, as it is divine. The physical body remains, but the inner person is regenerated.
Les Feldick emphasizes that the old Adam is the sinful nature we are born with, and its power is broken at the cross. He clarifies that 'death' in this context is spiritual and judicial—God reckons the old Adam dead, though he remains experientially present in the believer's daily life. When a person believes the gospel, God performs a creative work: the old nature is crucified and a new divine nature is imparted. This new nature is set opposite to the old Adam and cannot sin. Believers are left in the world to walk by faith, reckoning the old Adam dead and living by Christ's faithfulness. The key is that the replacement is God's act, not our own effort.
Les Feldick teaches that the old Adam is the sin nature inherited from Adam, the 'old man of Scripture' that we are born with. This nature is centered in the invisible part of us—the personality, the 'I', the id, the ego—and is under the control of the sin nature. It is the nature that Ephesians 2 describes as 'by nature the children of wrath.'[Clip 2][Clip 7]
The old Adam is put to death only by being crucified with Christ on the cross. This is a work of God; we cannot do it ourselves. Paul says 'our old man is crucified with him,' and this crucifixion breaks the old Adam's power over our daily behavior. Death severs the old Adam's control, just as the death of a guilty person breaks the claim of the law against him. Until death, the old Adam reigns as a king, but at the cross his tyranny is ended for those who believe.[Clip 0][Clip 1][Clip 2][Clip 3]
When the old Adam is crucified, God does not leave the believer empty. God imparts a new divine nature, set in contrast to the old Adamic nature. This new nature is divine, cannot sin, and is placed within the believer by an act of God. It begins to affect our Christian walk, and we become a new creation in Christ. The new nature is in consort with the eternal God and enables us to grow in grace and knowledge.[Clip 4][Clip 5][Clip 6]
Yes, Les Feldick teaches that although God reckons the old Adam as dead, he is still present experientially. Believers still have the old flesh and the old Adam that can trip them up. The new nature is set in opposition to the old, and the believer must learn to live by faith in Christ's faithfulness, not by their own strength. This is why Paul says 'I live by the faith of the Son of God,' meaning the faithfulness of Christ.[Clip 1][Clip 4][Clip 6]
Death of the Old Adam
Les clarifies that the old Adam must be crucified and put to death by God's work, and discusses the different aspects of death, including physical death and the invisible personality inside the body.
Crucified With Christ
Les explains that the power of the old Adam is broken through crucifixion, and believers live by Christ's faithfulness, not their own, referencing Galatians 2:20.
Old Man Defined
Les identifies the old man as the sin nature or old Adam that we are born with, and emphasizes that he was crucified with Christ when we believed the gospel.
Death Severs Control
Les teaches that the only way to separate from the old Adam is to put him to death, and once he dies, he loses control over us, as seen in Romans 6:7.
New Divine Nature
Les contrasts the new divine nature with the old Adamic nature, noting that the old Adam is dead in God's sight but still present experientially, while the new nature is a creative work of God.
New Nature Imparted
Les explains that at salvation the old sin nature becomes a new divine nature, which aligns with the eternal God and begins to affect our Christian walk as we grow in grace.
New Creation in Christ
Les emphasizes that when old Adam dies, God imparts a new divine nature that cannot sin, based on 2 Corinthians 5:17, while the old flesh remains and can still trip us up.
Old Adam in Contrast to Death
Les defines the old man as the old Adam we are born with, and contrasts the believer's glorious death with the fearful death of the unregenerate.
Romans 6:6: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Paul declares the old man is crucified with Christ, breaking sin's dominion.
Romans 6:7: For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Death to old Adam results in freedom from sin's control.
Romans 6:8: Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Death with Christ is the basis for new life with Him.
2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Being in Christ results in new creation, replacing the old.
Galatians 2:20: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Paul identifies with Christ's crucifixion and lives by Christ's faithfulness.
No, Les Feldick teaches that God reckons the old Adam as dead, but it remains experientially present in the believer's daily life and can still trip us up. The new nature is also present, set in opposition to the old.
That means our sinful nature, the old Adam, was put to death with Christ on the cross. Its power over our behavior is broken, and we are no longer enslaved to it, though we still have the old flesh to contend with.
The new nature is a divine nature imparted by God at salvation through a creative act. It is set in contrast to the old Adamic nature and cannot sin because it is divine. This new nature is part of being a new creation in Christ.
Les emphasizes that believers live by faith in Christ's faithfulness, not by their own strength. We reckon the old Adam dead and trust in the new nature's power, growing in grace and knowledge.
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