The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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perfectly those that come unto God by Him"<br />
(Hebrews 7:25).<br />
26. If Christ took upon Himself our sinful<br />
nature, would there not be "indwelling sin" in<br />
Him, which was not in the sinless Adam?<br />
No, for "indwelling sin" is already sin.<br />
"Indwelling sin" is a habit pattern that has been<br />
planted among the brain cells by the sinner's<br />
choice. It causes us to "do that which I allow not....<br />
What I hate, I do.... Now it is no more I that do it,<br />
but sin that dwelleth in me" (Romans 7:15-18,<br />
KJV). "Indwelling sin" makes us captive to sin, so<br />
"how to perform that which is good I find not"<br />
(verse 18). If my problem is "indwelling sin," then<br />
"the evil which I would not, that I do" (verse 19).<br />
This is the problem of our "evil propensities."<br />
Christ never "did evil" or did what He "hated," or<br />
could "will to do good" but not know how "to<br />
perform" it (Romans 7:18). To assert such of Christ<br />
would be blasphemy.<br />
27. Was the fallen nature that Christ "took"<br />
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