- Remind
ourselves that life is a gift from God
Another way we can renew the
inward man day by day is by reminding ourselves of the fact that we are not our
own and that the spiritual or eternal life which we possessed is a gift from
God as we have been duly instructed saying; “For the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
We are also to take into
consideration the fact that, we were bought at a price and therefore, we are to
glorify God in your body and in our spirit, which are God's. This gift of eternal
life which we have received from God is Jesus Christ in whom all things exist
as we have been duly admonished saying; “And He has made from one blood every
nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their
pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should
seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though
He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our
being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His
offspring.' Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think
that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art
and man's devising” (Acts 17:26-29).
It is in Jesus Christ we all live
and move and have our existence and this spiritual life is antagonistic to the
life which is in accordance to the flesh and also against the spiritual hosts
of wickedness in high places and hence, we have been duly admonished saying; “I
say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For
the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh; and these
are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.”
And so, we have been duly admonition saying; “If we live in the Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit. (Galatians 5: 16-17; 25).
As previously mentioned, the daily
struggle is not only against the flesh but also against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in high places and so we have been forewarned saying; “For though we
walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting
down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of
God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and
being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled” (.2Corintians
10:3-6).
We have also been duly admonished
saying; “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His
might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places: Therefore take up
the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and
having done all, to stand” (Ephesians 6:10-13).
Jesus Christ therefore is the
most important ingredient or element in the daily renewal of the inward man and
this is comparative to the breath of air which is the most important ingredient
or element of the life in the flesh. Therefore, it is imperative that we not
only have our existence in Jesus Christ but also to have Jesus Christ living in
us and there is an outward sign to prove whether or not Jesus Christ in living
in us which according to the apostle Paul is, “And if Christ is in you, the
body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness”
(Romans 8:10).
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To be continued
With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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