The Cross of Christ Study Guide Series: The Sin Nature
Overview
The sin nature is a result of the Fall. When the believing sinner comes to Christ, the sin nature is made ineffective (Rom. 6:6). It will remain ineffective if the believer maintains unceasing Faith in Christ and the Cross (Rom. 6:1-14). If the believer ceases to look to Christ and the Cross, but rather makes something else the object of his faith—no matter how good the something else might be—the Holy Spirit will not function in such an atmosphere. He demands exclusively that our Faith be in Christ and the Cross (Rom. 8:1-2,11). If faith is moved to something else, the believer will find himself once again being ruled by the sin nature. That's why Paul said, "Neither yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin (the sin nature): but yield yourselves unto God (which refers to God's Way, which is Christ and the Cross)" (Rom. 6:3-5, 13). Otherwise, the sin nature will rule the believer. This study guide will open this all-important subject to you the believer, which, in fact, is one of the single most important subjects for the believer. To not understand the sin nature, how it works, and how it is controlled, is to invite disaster.
Top Highlights
“‘conformable’ in the Greek is ‘summorphos,’ which means ‘fashioned like unto.’ I am to fashion my life and living according to what He did for me at the Cross, which will provide everything I need.” (Page 17)
“No! It’s not the Will of God for us to struggle against sin. That’s not ‘more abundant life,’ but rather, ‘O wretched man that I am!…’ (Rom. 7:24).” (Page 63)
“‘The husk represents the flesh and the old life. Nothing of it must remain.’” (Page 19)
“If the Believer doesn’t understand the 6th Chapter of Romans, such a Believer simply does not know how to live for the Lord. He can still be a Christian and not understand this Chapter, but he definitely cannot walk in victory, which means the ‘more abundant life’ promised to us by Christ cannot be realized.” (Page 26)
“Any doctrine, way, scheme, or direction made up by men, which means it is devised by men and not by God, is constituted by the Lord as ‘heresy,’ which is a ‘work of the flesh.’” (Page 25)
- Title: The Sin Nature
- Author: Jimmy Swaggart
- Series: The Cross of Christ Study Guide Series
- Publisher: World Evangelism
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2008
- Pages: 71
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Sin › Biblical teaching; Study guide
- ISBNs: 9780529124685, 0529124688
- Resource ID: LLS:COCSINNTR
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:54:20Z
Jimmy Swaggart (1935–) is a pastor, musician, television host, and televangelist. He founded the Family Worship Center church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he serves as pastor.
After graduating from Bible college in 1961, Swaggart was ordained by the Assemblies of God; one year later, he began his radio ministry. His radio program, The Camp Meeting Hour, was aired nationwide. In 1975, Swaggart started his television ministry, which consists of a weekly telecast of his preaching and Bible study.
Swaggart is an award-winning musician, and he has earned Grammy and Dove Award nominations. He has written several books, study guides, and commentaries. His titles, like The Expositor’s Study Bible, The Cross of Christ, and many others, appear in the Jimmy Swaggart Lifeworks Library.
