Inner Man

 AATHAVAN 🖋️ 670 ⛪ November 28, 2022 Monday

"......be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man" ( Ephesians 3 : 16 )

Each of us are really two persons. A man is visible to the world; Another man, unknown to the outside world, lies hidden within every man. That is, the inner man. Most people live in conflict between the two.

The inner man is spiritual man. Today people are behaving differently contrary to expression of their mouth. That is they are acting contrary to their inner man. If we could express ourselves as we are in the inner man, it means that we are strong. But, most of the time, the inner man is jealous, lustful, greedy for money, sexually abusive thoughts etc. So many people hide these and show themselves as good people and walk in the world.

The inner man is the spiritual man. It is necessary to strengthen our inner man. Although the worldly men are bad inwardly, when the Spirit of Christ comes into the inward man, he makes it different. Only then only the inner man become spiritual; Only then does ones thoughts become spiritual.

However, the situation of people trying to live a spiritual life has difficulties as Paul says. The circumstances one live affect the desire to live according to God in the inner man. Yes, world brings obstacles to live such a spiritual life. That is why Paul says, "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man" ( Romans 7 : 22 ). But the circumstances of the outer world are a great challenge to living a holy life.

Because of this Paul writes, "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day." ( 2 Corinthians 4 : 16 ) That is, because we want to live holy, even though the outer man looks like it is decaying and perishing, the inner man is being refreshed and renewed day by day. In today's verse, Paul says that he is praying for all the believers in the church of Ephesus to be strengthened with power in the inner man.

Without the help of the Holy Spirit we cannot be strengthened in the inner man and become the new man.

Beloved, Paul prays for his church believers to reach this higher state of life, unlike the servants of today who give priority to the worldly needs of the believers.

Since we have very few such Christian pastors today, it is necessary for us to pray for ourselves. When we pray for our inner man to be renewed daily, our life becomes a life without conflict. Only when our inner man and our outer man become one can we become true witnesses to the world.

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