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AA18
Replacing Our Old Nature with a New Nature

AA18

We are to replace our old nature with a new nature given us by the Holy Spirit.

Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness

Type: Positive

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: New Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Everyone

Literal Application: mandated

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • Colossians 3:9-10
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17
  • Ephesians 4:22-24
  • Romans 8:12-13
  • Romans 12:2
Supportive NT Scriptures
  • 1 Corinthians 5:6-8
  • Galatians 5:24-25
  • Galatians 6:8
  • John 3:3-8
  • 1 Peter 1:3
  • 1 Peter 2:11-12
  • 2 Peter 2:9-10
  • 2 Peter 2:18
  • Romans 6:9-11
Supportive OT Scriptures
  • Ezekiel 36:26-27

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

When we willfully receive Yeshua as our Lord and Messiah, we are said to be “born again” because we become new creations in our spirit. Our old nature (our old spirit) is replaced by a new nature (a new spirit), and this is done through the Holy Spirit. There are three spirits involved and they should not be confused. The first two (the old and new spirits) are our human spirits and the Holy Spirit is, of course, God’s Spirit. There is another kind of spiritual transaction with which this should not be confused, and that is the “immersion (baptism) of the Holy Spirit. That is when the Holy Spirit indwells us alongside our human spirit. It is often experienced as a second spiritual event that enhances (does not initially give us) our new spiritual nature.


Copyright © Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective - Volume 3

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Based on The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective by Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster.

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Disclaimer: the original content is authored by Rabbi Michael Rudolph and Rabbi Daniel Juster; additional notes or implementation details on this website are not part of their original work and do not represent their views.

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