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The Outward Person and the Inward Person

2 Corinthians 4:16~18

Introduction: When God created Adam, He made his inward person?봦is spiritual person??
in His image and in His likeness. The Bible says that God is Spirit, so human beings were made spiritual, and they live clothed with flesh?봳he outward person. However, when Adam committed sin against God, his spiritual person??his inward person?봡ied, and he became a fleshly person?봞n outward person.

1. Fallen humankind
혻혻 1) Human beings are dead spiritually
혻혻혻혻 (1) Being dead doesn't mean "disappear" but "disconnected" (Isa 59:2)
(2) Human beings are disconnected from God, the Spirit, and heaven, and they are destined not to혻have spiritual knowledge or experience. (1Co 2:14)
(3) Since being dead is like decaying, human beings were decaying spiritually and have혻become a dwelling place for the evil spirit. (Ps 14:1, Jn 8:34, Ro 7:14)
혻혻 2) The real image of the outward person
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) Lives hard pressed by sin, evil, disease, trouble, and death (Ps 38:4-6)
(2) Lives perplexed by various oppressions such as worry, anxiety, despondency, despair,혻sorrow, hatred, anger, envy, and jealousy (Ps 38:8, Job 17:7)
(3) Lives in continual discord such as conflicts in human relationships, oppression,혻estrangement, and confrontation. (Ps 38:11-12)
혻혻혻혻혻 (4) Getting old without hope in losing one?셲 identity, sick, and dying lonely.혻

2. The salvation of Jesus and the resurrection of the inward person
혻혻 1) God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son
(1) The inward person in absolute despair is saved by the grace of Jesus
(Eph 2:1-6, Mt 9:13)
혻혻 2) Behold! He is a new creation (2Co 5:17)
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) a righteous person (Ro 6:6-7)혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻
?€?€(2) a godly person (Tit 3:5)
혻혻혻혻혻 (3) a healthy person mentally and physically혻
(4) a person who received the blessing of Abraham
혻혻혻혻혻 (5) a heavenly person of eternal life (Jn 3:5-6)
혻혻 3) Recognizing a new self-image
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) A spiritual inward person dwells in a physical outward person. (Eph 4:22-24)혻
혻혻혻혻 (2) We must not live in the outward person but in the inward person (Ro 8:5-10)

3. The inward person who is being renewed day by day
혻혻 1) Be renewed by the Word - the awareness of a spiritual self (Ro 12:2)
2) My righteous one will live by faith - He does not live according to the information from the혻physical senses but from the Word (Ro 1:17, Ps 119:105, 130)
3) The inward person lives by the grace of the Holy Spirit - The grace of the Holy Spirit by helping, guiding, and혻encouraging (Ro 8:14, Gal 5:16)
4) The inward person lives by the power of prayer - trusts and depends on God through prayer and lives in peace,혻joy, and hope. (Ps 37:4-5, Ro 15:13)

Conclusion: As time goes by, the outward person gets older and powerless, but the inward person
is renewed and powerful, becomes abundantly filled with spiritual life, lives with God, and goes to heaven.