Yes — when a person believes in Christ, God reckons the old Adamic sinful nature as crucified and dead, and its power to reign as king is broken.
The old man is crucified with Christ, and the body of sin is put out of commission so that the believer no longer has to serve sin. Les Feldick clarifies, however, that while God reckons old Adam dead, he is still experientially present in the flesh and must be kept under control. Grace never becomes a license to keep letting old Adam rule.
Romans 6:6-7 — Romans 6:6-7 directly states that the old man is crucified with Christ so the body of sin is destroyed and the one who is dead is freed from sin.
In Romans 6:1-2, Paul asks, "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" The believer is dead to sin and should not continue living in it. Romans 6:6-7 says, "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. For he that is dead is freed from sin." The old man — the sinful nature — is crucified with Christ, and this destroys the body of sin's power. Paul also describes the believer's new identity: "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me" (Galatians 2:20). And 2 Corinthians 5:17 declares, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Les Feldick teaches that the old Adam — the sinful nature we are born with — has been crucified with Christ. God reckons him dead, and his power over the believer's daily behavior is broken. Just as death ends a guilty person's obligations, the death of old Adam breaks his control over us. However, Les is careful to say that old Adam is still present experientially. He is constantly working on the believer to sin, and he succeeds too often. The believer is told to keep him under control and not let him reign as king. Grace does not give a believer the right to continue in sin; instead, it changes appetites and motives, and Christ now lives in the believer. According to Les, when old Adam dies, God imparts a new divine nature that cannot sin. Yet the old flesh remains and can still trip us up. The life the believer now lives in the flesh is lived by the faithfulness of Christ, not by the old Adamic nature.
Les Feldick teaches that God reckons old Adam as dead and crucified — his power to rule is broken. But he also says that the old Adam is "still in force, experientially" after salvation. God kills old Adam in the sense of putting him out of commission, yet the believer still has the old flesh and must deal with it day by day.
No. Romans 6:1-2 asks, "Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" and answers, "God forbid." Les Feldick repeatedly stresses that grace is not a license. The fact that God's grace is greater than sin does not mean a believer is free to do as he pleases or to let old Adam control him. Grace changes a person's appetites and motives.
Les Feldick explains that it is possible to live without sin and still not possible. The new nature is divine and cannot sin, but the old Adam is still present and working on the believer constantly. When a believer sins, it is not the true self in Christ but old Adam who dwells in him. God reckons old Adam as dead, but the believer must keep him under control.
Les Feldick emphasizes Paul's testimony: "I have been crucified with Christ, yet nevertheless I live. Not I, but Christ liveth in me." The believer lives by the faithfulness of Christ. Since God leaves the believer in the world, the believer must keep his body under control and not beat the air — that is, live a disciplined Christian walk while trusting Christ's indwelling life.
Grace Is Not a License
Les insists that because grace superabounds, the believer must not continue letting old Adam rule; the answer to 'Shall we continue in sin?' is 'God forbid.'
Death Breaks Old Adam's Control
Les compares old Adam to a guilty man who dies: once crucified with Christ, old Adam loses his control over us, and we are freed from him.
Perfection Is Not Possible in This Life
The old Adam constantly works to make us sin, so no believer can live absolutely sinless; but grace is not a license.
Crucified With Christ Yet Still in the Flesh
God reckons old Adam dead, but he is still experientially present; the believer lives by Christ's faithfulness, not by the old nature.
The Body of Sin Is Put Out of Commission
When Christ was crucified, God killed old Adam, so the body of sin is destroyed and the believer no longer has to serve sin.
Christ Paid the Death Our Sin Required
Les connects the cross to the sin-debt: Christ died the death that our sin nature demanded, so the believer identifies with His finished work.
The True 'I' Is Not the One Sinning
After salvation, when a believer sins, it is old Adam, not the new self in Christ; God reckons old Adam as dead and we must keep the body under control.
The New Nature Cannot Sin
When old Adam dies, God imparts a new divine nature that cannot sin, yet the old flesh remains and can still trip us up.
Romans 6:1-2: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Shows that grace abounding does not give the believer permission to keep sinning.
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.
Directly answers the question by stating that the old man is crucified with Christ.
Romans 6:7: For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Explains why the crucified old man no longer has to be served.
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.
Shows the believer's identification with Christ's death and Christ's indwelling life.
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.
Describes the new creation reality that follows the death of old Adam.
Romans 7:17: Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Explains the believer's struggle: the indwelling old Adam, not the new self, is the source of sin.
Les Feldick teaches that God reckons old Adam as dead and crucified, but experientially he remains in the flesh. The old nature no longer has the right to rule, yet it still exists and can trip up the believer.
No. Paul asks, "Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" and answers, "God forbid." Les Feldick stresses that grace is not a license, and the believer should not keep letting old Adam control him.
The old Adam is still working on the believer constantly. The new nature is divine and cannot sin, but the old flesh can cause the believer to stumble. Les says the answer is to keep old Adam under control.
It means the old man has been crucified with Christ, so the body of sin is destroyed and the believer no longer has to serve sin. He that is dead is freed from sin.
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