What is “One-Naturism”?
David Dunlap Definition One-Naturism argues vigorously that a believer does not possess an old sinful nature, but only a new nature. The traditional understanding of the old and new nature of the believer, it is assumed, introduces an untenable spiritual contradiction within him, which causes confusion in the believer. John MacArthur writes, I believe it is a serious misunderstanding to think of the believer as having both an old and new nature. Believers do not have dual personalities… there is no such thing as an old nature in the believer. (Freedom from Sin-Rom. 6-7, Chicago: Moody Press, 1991, p.48) Proponents Professor John Murray of Westminster Seminary, Reformed Baptist John MacArthur, Reformed theologian R. C. Sproul, British expositor D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, spiritual warfare author Neil Anderson (Bondage Breaker, Victory Over Darkness), and David Needham, of Multnomah School of the Bible are all articulate promoters of this view. History This unorthodox view is embraced by m
