There's nothing old about the new you.

There’s nothing old about the new you.

Who is this old man of ours?

He is different from the body of sin.

He was crucified with Christ.

The old man is not the sinful nature.

The old man is not the flesh.

The old man is not the body of sin.

The old man is who we were in Adam.

The old man is a kind of man whose history really ended at the cross.

The old man is the race of mankind who were slaves to sin and under the law.

There is not too much “old” in the New Testament epistles.
Particularly when speaking about us!

Abraham was 100 years OLD
Our OLD man was crucified
The OLD leaven

OLD testament

OLD things

OLD wives’ fables

OLD widows

The OLD earth and heavens

The OLD covenant

The men of OLD

OLD time

OLD sins
OLD world
OLD commandments
OLD serpent

NONE
of these OLD things are who WE ARE NOW in CHRIST!!!

We who are in Christ are not said to have an
“old nature”.
2 Cor 5:17

the Greek verb for “passed away” is in the aorist active indicative.

2 Cor 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;

2 Cor 5:17
old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. NKJV

“have become” is in the perfect active indicative.

The use of the aorist followed by the perfect
sets up a dramatic contrast between the old things and the new things.

Aorist = This happened and it’s back there.

The old things passed away and we left them behind back there in the past.

Perfect = This happened and the results of the event are still with us!

Perfect = our present state follows a prior action.

The action is concluded and the actor is at rest, but the results of the action are still in existence!

The New Testament does not state that we believers in Christ have a new nature and an old nature…

…that are fighting it out to be in control of our life; and the one you feed more wins.

There is the inner man - YOU now, according to God - who is being renewed by the Spirit…
 

and the outer man - the flesh, the body of sin - which is decaying and being put out of business by the Spirit.

The inner man and the outer man are not two different but complete human natures…

…and they are not on any kind of equal footing!