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Before moving on to the second aspect of salvation, allow me to establish two more
things concerning the primary aspect. Man is composed of what the Scripture terms our
outward man and the inward man II Cor 4:16; Eph 3:16; Rm 7:22-23; and others.
The outward man is the body and the inward man resides within the outward man. A
tremendous amount of Bible language relates to this distinction.
First, consider the following verses:
1. ". . . I keep under my body . . ." (I Cor 9:27);
2. ". . . I . . . live in the flesh . . ." (Gal 2:20);
3. ". . . we that are in this tabernacle . . ." (II Cor 5:4); and
5. ". . . I must put off this tabernacle . . ." (II Pet 1:14).
In each verse the I or we described the inward man as distinct from my body . . . the
flesh . . . this tabernacle, that is the outward man. In each case, the inward man
lived within the outward man.
Galatians 2:20, Paul says, ". . . I . . .live in the flesh . . .." He did not say, "I
am the flesh." In II Corinthians 5:4 he spoke of we that are in this tabernacle. He
did not say, "We are this tabernacle."
From I Corinthians 9:27 where Paul said, ". . .I keep under my body . . .," we not
only learn the I is distinct from my body, but the I is responsible for controlling
the actions of the body. Thus, the I or the inward man is the intellect, the real man.
Romans 6:13 provides reference to the responsibility of the saved. Neither yield ye
your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin . . .." Similarly, in Romans
12:1, Paul said, "I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies . . .." In both verses the terms ye your members and ye your
bodies not only distinguishing the inward man from the outward man, but also showing
the inward man is the intellect addressed and, as such, is responsible for the actions
of the outward man.
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we
are absent from the Lord . . .. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
The words whilst we are at home in the body are equivalent to being physically alive.
The words absent from the body are equivalent to the separation of spirit from body
that takes place at physical death (Ja 2:26).
When physical death occurs, believers in Christ being in view, are as those to whom
Paul spoke when he said, ". . . to be absent from the body" is to be ". . . present
with the Lord." This is possible for the inward man if the inward man is in possession
of eternal life.
Thus in Romans 6:13, having already distinguished between the ye, the inward man, and
your members, the outward man, we find the ye is said to be dead indeed unto sin and
alive unto God Rm 6:11, 13. Since that man is already in possession of spiritual life,
when he departs the body at physical death, he goes directly to be present with the
Lord.
The words found in Genesis 3:17-19 are descriptive of the outward man. ". . . in
sorrow shalt thou eat of it (the ground) all the days of thy life . . . thou shalt eat
the herb of the field . . .. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou
return unto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto
dust shalt thou return."
That man is the man of whom it is true, dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return. That man will be sustained by physical food till he returns unto the ground,
thus all the days of his life.
But, is that all that man is made up of, or all that he is to eat? No. For the inward
man was not formed . . . of the dust of the ground and at physical death does not
return to the earth (Gen 2:7; Eccl 12:7), nor does he eat physical food. Instead,
Christ said, ". . . man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Mt 4:4).
Christ said, ". . . I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst" (Jn 6:35). The words never hunger and
never thirst are certainly not applicable to the outward man.
Christ further said, "This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may
eat thereof, and not die." The man who is capable of eating this bread, and as a
result, not die, is not the outward man.
"I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him
up at the last day. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your
fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever"
(vs 48-49, 54, 58).
These verses speak of: 1) two different kinds of men; 2) two different kinds of food;
3) two different kinds of eating; and 4) two entirely different results.
The two different kinds of men are found first in that man who did eat manna in the
wilderness and second, that man who eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood. The food
and the eating in the former were physical while in the latter both were spiritual.
The results are also different. "Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are
dead . . .." Then, "This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your
fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever."
The Jews said, "Our fathers did eat manna in the desert . . ."referring to the record
in Numbers 16. Christ said, "Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are
dead." That is, still dead at the time He was then speaking.
Moses would be numbered among the your fathers and would be included in the words,
"Gather of it (the manna) every man according to his eating . . ." (Ex 16:16). The
life sustained by the eating of manna was the physical life. All the fathers so
eating, in the process of time, died physically. So of Moses we read, "And die in the
mount . . . Because ye trespassed against me . . ." (Deut 32:50-51). "Moses the
servant of the Lord died . . . according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him .
. ." (Deut 34:5-6).
But, lo and behold, in Luke 9:30-31, we read, "And behold, there talked with him two
men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake . . .." We know this
passage speaking of Moses as one of two men is speaking of Moses' inward man because
his outward man, though sustained for awhile by manna in the process of time died and
was buried.
He is the same kind of man that Paul spoke of as existing out of the body (II Cor
12:2) who was caught up to the third heaven . . . into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words (vs 2,4). We therefore know that Moses had eaten of that spiritual food, of
which to eat is to live for ever.
This was also true of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Their deaths, physically speaking, are
recorded in Genesis 25:8; 35:29; and 49:33. But, in Luke 20:37, we read, " . . . Moses
. . . calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him."
Two things should be noted. First, the Lord is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Second, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, like Moses, lived on beyond the termination of
physical life.
How is it possible? Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath (a
present possession in the inward man) everlasting life (Jn 6:47). Therefore Christ
looked back through some 4,000 years of human history and attributed a state of
blessedness to all believers in Christ in the words, " . . . blessed are they that
have not seen, and yet have believed" (Jn 20:29).
We have demonstrated the inward man is currently dead indeed unto sin and alive unto
God. And, when this man departs the body at physical death he is present with the
Lord. This is predicated on one thing, and one thing only--believing on Christ. BD
things concerning the primary aspect. Man is composed of what the Scripture terms our
outward man and the inward man II Cor 4:16; Eph 3:16; Rm 7:22-23; and others.
The outward man is the body and the inward man resides within the outward man. A
tremendous amount of Bible language relates to this distinction.
First, consider the following verses:
1. ". . . I keep under my body . . ." (I Cor 9:27);
2. ". . . I . . . live in the flesh . . ." (Gal 2:20);
3. ". . . we that are in this tabernacle . . ." (II Cor 5:4); and
5. ". . . I must put off this tabernacle . . ." (II Pet 1:14).
In each verse the I or we described the inward man as distinct from my body . . . the
flesh . . . this tabernacle, that is the outward man. In each case, the inward man
lived within the outward man.
Galatians 2:20, Paul says, ". . . I . . .live in the flesh . . .." He did not say, "I
am the flesh." In II Corinthians 5:4 he spoke of we that are in this tabernacle. He
did not say, "We are this tabernacle."
From I Corinthians 9:27 where Paul said, ". . .I keep under my body . . .," we not
only learn the I is distinct from my body, but the I is responsible for controlling
the actions of the body. Thus, the I or the inward man is the intellect, the real man.
Romans 6:13 provides reference to the responsibility of the saved. Neither yield ye
your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin . . .." Similarly, in Romans
12:1, Paul said, "I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies . . .." In both verses the terms ye your members and ye your
bodies not only distinguishing the inward man from the outward man, but also showing
the inward man is the intellect addressed and, as such, is responsible for the actions
of the outward man.
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we
are absent from the Lord . . .. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
The words whilst we are at home in the body are equivalent to being physically alive.
The words absent from the body are equivalent to the separation of spirit from body
that takes place at physical death (Ja 2:26).
When physical death occurs, believers in Christ being in view, are as those to whom
Paul spoke when he said, ". . . to be absent from the body" is to be ". . . present
with the Lord." This is possible for the inward man if the inward man is in possession
of eternal life.
Thus in Romans 6:13, having already distinguished between the ye, the inward man, and
your members, the outward man, we find the ye is said to be dead indeed unto sin and
alive unto God Rm 6:11, 13. Since that man is already in possession of spiritual life,
when he departs the body at physical death, he goes directly to be present with the
Lord.
The words found in Genesis 3:17-19 are descriptive of the outward man. ". . . in
sorrow shalt thou eat of it (the ground) all the days of thy life . . . thou shalt eat
the herb of the field . . .. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou
return unto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto
dust shalt thou return."
That man is the man of whom it is true, dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return. That man will be sustained by physical food till he returns unto the ground,
thus all the days of his life.
But, is that all that man is made up of, or all that he is to eat? No. For the inward
man was not formed . . . of the dust of the ground and at physical death does not
return to the earth (Gen 2:7; Eccl 12:7), nor does he eat physical food. Instead,
Christ said, ". . . man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Mt 4:4).
Christ said, ". . . I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst" (Jn 6:35). The words never hunger and
never thirst are certainly not applicable to the outward man.
Christ further said, "This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may
eat thereof, and not die." The man who is capable of eating this bread, and as a
result, not die, is not the outward man.
"I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him
up at the last day. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your
fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever"
(vs 48-49, 54, 58).
These verses speak of: 1) two different kinds of men; 2) two different kinds of food;
3) two different kinds of eating; and 4) two entirely different results.
The two different kinds of men are found first in that man who did eat manna in the
wilderness and second, that man who eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood. The food
and the eating in the former were physical while in the latter both were spiritual.
The results are also different. "Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are
dead . . .." Then, "This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your
fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever."
The Jews said, "Our fathers did eat manna in the desert . . ."referring to the record
in Numbers 16. Christ said, "Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are
dead." That is, still dead at the time He was then speaking.
Moses would be numbered among the your fathers and would be included in the words,
"Gather of it (the manna) every man according to his eating . . ." (Ex 16:16). The
life sustained by the eating of manna was the physical life. All the fathers so
eating, in the process of time, died physically. So of Moses we read, "And die in the
mount . . . Because ye trespassed against me . . ." (Deut 32:50-51). "Moses the
servant of the Lord died . . . according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him .
. ." (Deut 34:5-6).
But, lo and behold, in Luke 9:30-31, we read, "And behold, there talked with him two
men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake . . .." We know this
passage speaking of Moses as one of two men is speaking of Moses' inward man because
his outward man, though sustained for awhile by manna in the process of time died and
was buried.
He is the same kind of man that Paul spoke of as existing out of the body (II Cor
12:2) who was caught up to the third heaven . . . into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words (vs 2,4). We therefore know that Moses had eaten of that spiritual food, of
which to eat is to live for ever.
This was also true of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Their deaths, physically speaking, are
recorded in Genesis 25:8; 35:29; and 49:33. But, in Luke 20:37, we read, " . . . Moses
. . . calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him."
Two things should be noted. First, the Lord is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Second, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, like Moses, lived on beyond the termination of
physical life.
How is it possible? Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath (a
present possession in the inward man) everlasting life (Jn 6:47). Therefore Christ
looked back through some 4,000 years of human history and attributed a state of
blessedness to all believers in Christ in the words, " . . . blessed are they that
have not seen, and yet have believed" (Jn 20:29).
We have demonstrated the inward man is currently dead indeed unto sin and alive unto
God. And, when this man departs the body at physical death he is present with the
Lord. This is predicated on one thing, and one thing only--believing on Christ. BD
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