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Every believer has two conflicting natures. Our human nature, created to reflect God's character (Gen. 1:26-27), has been corrupted by sin (Gen. 3). As a result, the human nature, or “sin nature,” now acts in rebellion against God. However, when we trust in Jesus, we receive a new nature; we become a new creation. Now alive in Christ, we have the desire and ability to respond to God. Yet, the sin nature is not eradicated.