Resurrecting, Renewing our Inner Man
Our regenerated human spirit is in the new creation in Christ. And so is our soul, to the extent that the Spirit mingled with our spirit has spread for the renewing of our mind (Rom. 12:2; Titus 3:5). The rest of our being is still 
part of the old creation and its living and habits need to be put off (Eph. 4:22; Rom. 8:13).
The putting off of the old and the spreading of the Spirit are a process, a gradual renewing. Second Corinthians 4:16 encourages us, “Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.”
The decay of the outer man is not merely decrease of physical ability; it also, as one example, includes the decay of memory as we age. But “we do not lose heart.” Why? “Therefore” points to verse 14, “He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus.”
This raising of us is certainly from the physical grave if we die before the Lord returns. Yet I believe it also includes a day by day, perhaps immeasurably small, raising us by the renewing (= resurrecting) of our inner man. This is our road to the city of resurrection, New Jerusalem.
A City in Resurrection
New Jerusalem is a City in Resurrection
We Come into Resurrection for New Jerusalem
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Posted by Don on May 20, 2024
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