Ques. 10.-It is frequently said that though the believer is born again and has a new nature, he also has the old nature. Scripture says our old man is crucified with Christ, and that means death. Is the flesh the same as the old nature, and what is the difference between the old man and the flesh?

Ans.-"The old nature" is not a scriptural expression, though its meaning is sufficiently clear. "The flesh "is the scriptural term and refers to that which belongs to the nature of fallen man. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh." "The old man" refers to a person, responsible before God- what we were in Adam. This old man, this responsible man in the flesh, has come to an end in the cross. He has ceased to exist before God. But the flesh, the nature that belonged to that old man, still exists and has to be constantly judged and its lusts abstained from.