Robin

Perhaps I am being a little nitpicky here, however when you say:
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The old nature is no less totally depraved after regeneration than it was before the new nature was there.

I think it is inconsistent with having a new nature.
That isn't to say that we are not capable of heinous sins as Christians, but this doesn't mean that we are still "totally depraved.
Perhaps Pilgrim’s point number 3 will help here. (Pilgrim if I am misunderstanding something, please chime in).
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3. If you take the biblical and classic Reformed definition of the doctrine of Total Depravity then it is impossible that a regenerate man can still be totally depraved. As I have argued elsewhere, e.g., HERE and HERE, a topic of which you were involved, IF a person is totally depraved, i.e., their entire being is dominated by a sin nature thus rendering them totally unable to even desire to do good, never mind to be saved by Christ, etc., then repentance, faith and sanctification would be impossible. It is "out of the heart" that man sins and it is "out of the heart" that man does good works after the "tree" is made good.

Do you understand what I am saying? Do you agree?
I think there is an important distinction between what Pilgrim said and what you said.

Tom


Edited by Tom (Saturday, June 23, 2012 5:32 PM)