Andrew Wommack Devotional for June 16 2026

TODAY’S ANDREW WOMMACK DEVOTIONAL.

TOPIC: The Old Man Is Gone

John 8:44, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

Text: John 8:44

All of us were born in sin and were therefore 'by nature' the children of the devil. That's the reason we sinned. Our sins don't corrupt our nature, but our corrupt nature makes us sin. That's why we must be 'born again' and become new creatures (or a new creation) in Christ.

The scriptures teach that everyone was born with a sin nature or old man. For the Christian, the old man is dead. We do not have a nature that is driving us to sin. If that is the case, then why do we seem so bound to sin even after we experience the new birth? The reason is that our old man left behind what Romans 6:6 calls a body.

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Just as a person's spirit and soul leave behind a physical body at death, so our old man left behind habits and strongholds in our thoughts and emotions. The reason a Christian tends to sin is because of an unrenewed mind, not because of a sin nature.

Our old man ruled our thinking before we were born again. He taught us such things as selfishness, hatred, and fear and he placed within us the desire for sin. The old man is now gone, but these negative parts of his body remain. Until renewed, our minds continue to lead us on the course that our old man charted.

To experience the resurrection life of Jesus, we have to know that our old man is dead. Then, through the renewing of our minds, we destroy the body that the old man left behind. The end result is that we will not serve sin any longer.

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Many believers struggle with recurring weaknesses because they focus on fighting a nature that no longer exists. According to Scripture, the old sinful nature was crucified with Christ, and through the new birth, we have become new creations in Him. The real battle is not against an old nature but against old patterns of thinking that were formed before we came to Christ.

As we renew our minds with God’s Word, those habits, fears, and strongholds lose their influence, allowing the life of Christ within us to be expressed more fully. Victory over sin is therefore not achieved by striving harder but by understanding who we have become in Christ and aligning our thoughts with that reality. When believers consistently feed on God’s Word and walk in the consciousness of their new identity, they experience greater freedom, transformation, and the manifestation of Christ’s resurrection life.