10 things to know about the inner man
Voice of Eden (episode 96)
Thur. 22nd Nov. 2018
#The_Inner_Man
Dear friend,
_A man is only as strong as he is on the inside not as he is on the inside.
Key scripture : 2Cor 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
I have always wondered why God is more concerned about the inner man than He is on the outer man until today. Remember He said to Samuel, "man looks at the outward but I look at the inward.
The human body carries a treasure, something wonderful yet very mysterious that God looks at intensely - A spirit
Do you ever wish you could see your spirit? I believe if you do, you'll find out that your spirit look like your body, it only takes the form of your body. That's the reason why the human spirit can leave a body, take another body and continue living. In the same way, as a man grows, his outer man changes and he don't look the same way he did five years ago, but you know what? It doesn't apply to the inner man. The spirit doesn't change as in growth because of length of days but it's only renewed by its maker.
There are no 10 things about the inner man from God's word I want to share with you, and I believe it's the very reason God looks there. With this understanding I think we'll be really clear about certain things and it will give us victory in life's battle.
10 things you should know about that inner man from God's word
1. Strength is of the inner man: (Isaiah 40:29, Ephesians 3:16).
This one is very simple I think that's why we miss it often. If strength is of the outer man then a youth is never supposed to get weary/tired. The Bible talks about being strengthened through His spirit in your inner man. It is the strength a man has on the inside that keeps him in the days of adversities.
No man is stronger than he is on the insde. No matter how much you appear strong outwardly, true strength is of the inside. Build a strong inner man!
2. The inner man is built to accept spiritual things.(1Cor 2:14): Whatever is spiritual can be understood by the outward man, it can't be accepted by the natural man. The inner man is a spiritual man. I have seen to many people trying to understand spiritual things naturally, it's not possible. What most likely happens is, they give it another interpretation or they just read it and know it but don't accept it (the 2nd is mostly amongst Christians).
If it doesn't get to and involve your spirit you can not accept it. That's why we need to always pray for a clear understanding. Only then can we walk by the spirit.
3. Inspiration is given to the inner man:(Job 32:8). When ever you hear the word inspiration, two things should come to mind,
(a) Motivation
(b) Idea
Both of them are relevant to the point I want to make. A man can only be motivated from the inside. What happens outwardly only serves as a trigger. If you are functional in an area where you are motivated, you won't lack brilliant ideas. One reason why we often lack ideas is because we lack motivation. Secondly, we believe we get ideas by thinking of it alone. No! Idea is more spiritual than intellectual. Don't depend on people to motivate you, they may try for a while, but you ultimately need to get motivated from within. Times will come when there will be absolutely nothing around you that will possibly make you motivated, at such moments, you'll need to draw it from your spirit.
4. The Inner man is God's search engine: (Pro 20:27).
Google is considered to be a search engine because it has the answer to almost every single thing o the earth. When ever you are I need of an answer, people simply say ask google. The same is applicable to the inner man. God considers our inner man to His search engine. The Bible calls it the lamp of God and it searches out our innermost being. It takes the inner man to search the innermost part of a man. The heart check is done by the inner man. So we need to ensure that the lamp is kept on.
5. The inner man knows everything about the man: (1cor 2:11).
This is quite similar to no. 4 but it's actually different. The thought of a man is the hidden part of that man and if anyone can know a man's thought, he knows the entire man. The only reason why God knows your thoughts is simply because the spirit of every man (which knows the man's thoughts) is the lamp of the Lord. The Lord owns it and so it's answerable to Him.
That's the very reason why the devil can not know the thoughts of a man except the man thinks out loud.(because the inner man that knows a man's thought is God's lamp not his).
6. The inner man is God's breath: (Job 32:8a, Gen 2:7).
It is the spirit in man that is the breath of the almighty. After God formed man from dust, His breath was what gave man life.
Man's spirit (the inner man) is different from God's Spirit...we need to clearly understand that. Man's spirit is God's breath not God's spirit. It is at rebirth that our spirit becomes one with the spirit of God.
7. The inner man is the essence of a man's being: (James 2:26a).
A man is dead without a spirit. So the spirit of a man is the life of that man, is the very nature of that man. Without the inner man, no man will be able to walk, breathe, eat, talk, dance, bath...man will not be able to do anything. Your body systems will stop functioning, no digestion, respiration, circulation etc. The outer man is only functions because it lives, and lives because it carries the inner man.
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Thur. 22nd Nov. 2018
#The_Inner_Man
Dear friend,
_A man is only as strong as he is on the inside not as he is on the inside.
Key scripture : 2Cor 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
I have always wondered why God is more concerned about the inner man than He is on the outer man until today. Remember He said to Samuel, "man looks at the outward but I look at the inward.
The human body carries a treasure, something wonderful yet very mysterious that God looks at intensely - A spirit
Do you ever wish you could see your spirit? I believe if you do, you'll find out that your spirit look like your body, it only takes the form of your body. That's the reason why the human spirit can leave a body, take another body and continue living. In the same way, as a man grows, his outer man changes and he don't look the same way he did five years ago, but you know what? It doesn't apply to the inner man. The spirit doesn't change as in growth because of length of days but it's only renewed by its maker.
There are no 10 things about the inner man from God's word I want to share with you, and I believe it's the very reason God looks there. With this understanding I think we'll be really clear about certain things and it will give us victory in life's battle.
10 things you should know about that inner man from God's word
1. Strength is of the inner man: (Isaiah 40:29, Ephesians 3:16).
This one is very simple I think that's why we miss it often. If strength is of the outer man then a youth is never supposed to get weary/tired. The Bible talks about being strengthened through His spirit in your inner man. It is the strength a man has on the inside that keeps him in the days of adversities.
No man is stronger than he is on the insde. No matter how much you appear strong outwardly, true strength is of the inside. Build a strong inner man!
2. The inner man is built to accept spiritual things.(1Cor 2:14): Whatever is spiritual can be understood by the outward man, it can't be accepted by the natural man. The inner man is a spiritual man. I have seen to many people trying to understand spiritual things naturally, it's not possible. What most likely happens is, they give it another interpretation or they just read it and know it but don't accept it (the 2nd is mostly amongst Christians).
If it doesn't get to and involve your spirit you can not accept it. That's why we need to always pray for a clear understanding. Only then can we walk by the spirit.
3. Inspiration is given to the inner man:(Job 32:8). When ever you hear the word inspiration, two things should come to mind,
(a) Motivation
(b) Idea
Both of them are relevant to the point I want to make. A man can only be motivated from the inside. What happens outwardly only serves as a trigger. If you are functional in an area where you are motivated, you won't lack brilliant ideas. One reason why we often lack ideas is because we lack motivation. Secondly, we believe we get ideas by thinking of it alone. No! Idea is more spiritual than intellectual. Don't depend on people to motivate you, they may try for a while, but you ultimately need to get motivated from within. Times will come when there will be absolutely nothing around you that will possibly make you motivated, at such moments, you'll need to draw it from your spirit.
4. The Inner man is God's search engine: (Pro 20:27).
Google is considered to be a search engine because it has the answer to almost every single thing o the earth. When ever you are I need of an answer, people simply say ask google. The same is applicable to the inner man. God considers our inner man to His search engine. The Bible calls it the lamp of God and it searches out our innermost being. It takes the inner man to search the innermost part of a man. The heart check is done by the inner man. So we need to ensure that the lamp is kept on.
5. The inner man knows everything about the man: (1cor 2:11).
This is quite similar to no. 4 but it's actually different. The thought of a man is the hidden part of that man and if anyone can know a man's thought, he knows the entire man. The only reason why God knows your thoughts is simply because the spirit of every man (which knows the man's thoughts) is the lamp of the Lord. The Lord owns it and so it's answerable to Him.
That's the very reason why the devil can not know the thoughts of a man except the man thinks out loud.(because the inner man that knows a man's thought is God's lamp not his).
6. The inner man is God's breath: (Job 32:8a, Gen 2:7).
It is the spirit in man that is the breath of the almighty. After God formed man from dust, His breath was what gave man life.
Man's spirit (the inner man) is different from God's Spirit...we need to clearly understand that. Man's spirit is God's breath not God's spirit. It is at rebirth that our spirit becomes one with the spirit of God.
7. The inner man is the essence of a man's being: (James 2:26a).
A man is dead without a spirit. So the spirit of a man is the life of that man, is the very nature of that man. Without the inner man, no man will be able to walk, breathe, eat, talk, dance, bath...man will not be able to do anything. Your body systems will stop functioning, no digestion, respiration, circulation etc. The outer man is only functions because it lives, and lives because it carries the inner man.
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