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our old sin nature? Or does He give us victory from our old sin
nature? I believe if you read this passage and the balance of
scripture, you will find that He gives victory from it.

The second thing about this key, can be summarized in a quote
from H.C.G. Moule speaking of Ephesians 4:22 “Consider the
old self...” and 4:24, “Put on the new self.” He says, “The
reference which I believe is intended is not a duty but a fact! In
the Greek it is an aorist infinitive (finished in the past). The
“putting on” and the “putting off” is viewed as an accomplished
fact. What’s he saying? He’s saying what we sing about, believe
and love. It is finished!!! It’s a contradiction, to say Christ
finished it all on the cross, but I still must battle sin. That Christ
finished the war but I must struggle. That Christ won the victory
and now I must win it. No!! That is all wrong. That would be
victory over the shirt. We are not delivered in the battle, but
from the battle.

Thousands of Christians live in a constant struggle with the sin
nature. There is no struggle. If there were, it would be a
slaughter, and not a struggle. The power of the heart to sin,
cannot be conquered or overcome. There is no struggle. That’s
what I love about 4:20 & 21,

“You did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have
heard Him and been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus.”

Here’s the good news. The gospel as a fact. And not as an act.
The old sin nature is no longer the issue. Just like maturity is no
longer an issue. God doesn’t deliver from defeat to victory, in the
battle. He delivers you FROM the battle itself. The war is over,
and He is the victor. He has won. He, has victory. He, is dead to
sin. He, is alive to God. He, is Holy. What is your part? To fight
sin? To struggle with the old man? No! Literally put it off!
Reckon it put off. It is an inescapable fact. Christ has triumphed.
He leads you in His triumph. Christ is the overcomer and we are
overcomers in Him!