2011 June 26th
Sunday Sermon at Yoido Full Gospel Church ? Seoul, Korea
Speaker: Senior Pastor Rev. Yonggi Cho
The Outer Person and the Inner Person
(2 Cor 4:16-18)

When Adam committed sin against God in the Garden of Eden, we as human beings became spiritually dead. Ever since then, the descendants of Adam have lived and died as flesh. They have not known anything about the spiritual world because they have been dead spiritually. ?

1. The birth of the inward person
1) The dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus, the teacher of the Jews * (Jn 3:5-6)
2) With the grace of Jesus saving us on the Cross, faith, and the work of the Holy Spirit, the inward person came back to life again.
3) While we are descendants of Adam physically, we are descendants of Jesus spiritually.
2. The life of the inward person
1) The grace of redemption on the Cross and the provision of God’s Word.
2) The breath of prayer
3. The lifestyle of the inner person
1) Spiritual thoughts * (1 Cor 2:14)
2) Spiritual Dream
3) Spiritual Faith
4) Spiritual words
4. The struggle for control of life between the outer person and the inner person
1) The outward person ? relies on senses, experiences, reason and scientific ways of thinking
2) The inward person-lives by believing in God’s Word
? A clash of opinions between Jesus and Martha in front of Lazarus?


* (2 Cor 4:16-18)
Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.