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Very good points here. I like your Joker quote. It is true. Our outer natural man is like a mask. We do show our real selves by how much we put into the outward show. It isn't that the masks don't represent something about us...they do. But we can purposefully demask ourselves and come out...

The world is the reality of the outward man. The kingdom of God is the reality of the inner man. So if you live by your senses...you are a carnal man...ie...the carnal senses. If you walk by faith in the inner man...then the kingdom of God is something you live in and by.

Well that is the modern religion fooling people into believing things that aren't truth. The waters have been so muddied that people just do as they feel these days. Beginning a life in the Spirit in no way guarantees that we will continue in the Spirit. And how many have really even begun...

I think hypocrisy only comes about when we seek to cover up our failings. A hypocrite is an actor...who tries to appear religious before men...since God always sees our true condition. How do we cover up our failings based on the activities of our natural man? By judging others as worthy of...

Alright. I think it is Jame's point that we allow ourselves too often to be hard on others from the outward man....AND also do what is right from the inner man...to bless others. We are to bless and not curse. But there is that pesky natural man to put in his place. That is OUR responsibility to...

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Remember that in many the cares of this world choke out the word. The cares of this world affect the outer man...and when he becomes strong..or takes over...the inner man with the inner life is choked out. So then we can see the natural man as the outer man or carnal man. We all have an...

Amen. I see the law as a gauge...like a voltmeter. You stick a voltmeter in the wall socket to see if there is power there. Now the voltmeter is NOT a source of power...but a revealer of power. So it is with the law. We can't bring power to our homes with a voltmeter. Neither can we bring...

Actually I meant...the natural man gets in the way of the inner man BECOMING spiritual in Christ. Did James not say...out of the same mouth blessings AND cursings...this ought not to be? People are a jumble of inward and outward motivations...till they get sorted out. How many people are...

IOW in your world Christ is only someone that is talked about in the bible. This is a very sad testimony. Too many modern "believers" have no testimony of Christ. It would be better to say...I have no experience of Christ as compared with the testimony in the bible. If Jesus had not called me...

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The natural man is the greatest enemy we will ever face. Why and how is that? The devil can't get to us through the inner man directly. We are with Christ in the inner man (if we are truly the Lord's). But we can be fooled into putting some level of confidence in the outward man. If we don't...

It is a common ploy to divide up the biblical text when people don't like what they read. Either we take all the gifts and functions as being of the same Spirit and purpose....the spiritual edification of the church.... ...or .....we must reject all the gifts and functions together as the...

There were 15 steps that led into the temple in Jerusalem. There were also 15 psalms (Ps. 120-134) called "the psalms of ascent" and these would be ascended one by one to the singing of the appropriate psalm. This was to symbolize the steps to maturity of a saint. If we look at the content...

Grace is the power to keep the law without human effort. It is the power of a new life in Christ whereby we do things from the love of God...because we desire this more than anything. It is a change of nature. The irony of it all is that when we focus on the law...we fail at both the...

Shem means name... The Gentiles also add to the number of Shem....as God seeks for a people of all nations to bear His "name". Acts 15:14 Simeon has related how God first visited to take out of the Gentiles a people for His name.

This is not Israel you are referring to. Abraham means "father of many nations." Not just one nation. This is before Israel was born. We trace the history of the physical representation of that covenant through a physical circumcision. But there is far more to God's eternal covenant than what...

People come in different ethnicities. I believe that God created people with different characteristics and this from the beginning. The southern people were dark skinned. The northern people were light skinned. The eastern people were yellow tinged...with the Asian features we know of today. The...

There are false prophets to be sure. But you are relegating all prophets to evil? Jesus was a prophet....as were many of His followers. Why be negative to the things of God?

Angels can take human form. Some have visited us at times. Abraham entertained angels...as did Lot. They are more powerful than we are. The corruption of the earth came about by angels infiltrating on earth "illegally." The sin of Adam opened the door to this "invasion" of rebellious...