The Inward Man In Ephesians 3:6, it says, “That He would grant you according to the riches of His glory that you may be strengthened with His ability through your spirit which is in the inward man.” This inward man is our spirit, and it is going to be strengthened with Gods ability, and the Spirit is going to take charge of the upbuilding, the strengthening of our spirits through the Word. He has recreated us; now He is going to build that Word into us. You remember that “in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). So He is going to build this Word, this Logos, into your spirit, and it will so dominate your inward spirit that you become like the Master. You remember in John 1:3 that it says, “All things were made through Him and without Him was not anything made that has been made. In Him was Life and that Life is the Light of men.” Then the life that is within Jesus is Gods life, and that life is our Light, our Ability, our Wisdom. It is God Himself becoming our tutor, leading us on from strength to strength; from success to success; from weakness into strength, and from failure into victory. It is God taking us over, building Himself into us until we can say with Paul: “It is no longer I that live but Christ has taken me over. He is building Himself and the Fathers Nature into me until I become utterly one with Him” (Galatians 2:20). You remember in our teaching on Identification that we saw how God came down here in the person of His Son and Identified Himself with man. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Now He is dwelling in our midst. He is dwelling in us. He became incarnate in the flesh. Now He is Incarnate in our spirits. Would it not be worth while to learn to utilize this spirit that is in us? Would not it mean much to the church and to ourselves and to our loved ones if these things which we have been studying would become a part of our lives, and we would use them as we use simple mathematics? Advance Bible Course
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