3RD MARCH, 2024
PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON
RENEWING THE OUTER MAN
2Corinthians 4:16 KJV
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Here the Scripture tells us that though our outward man (i.e. the physical body) is perishing, or is progressively aging and decaying, the inner man (the born-again human spirit and soul), is being DAILY renewed.
Now, why does the renewing of the inner man not automatically cause a renewing of the outward man, and how can the outward man be renewed?
The inner man is being renewed by the daily inflow of the life of God into the man, by fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit through the Word (Jn. 6:63; 2Pet. 1:4).
It is the sin-nature in the physical body (Rom. 8:10) that prevents the renewing of the outer man. The invisible spiritual forces of Satan from the air (Eph. 2:2-3) impinge on the sin-nature and distort our biological system (Rom. 8:10). This causes our outward man to grow old, weak, sick and eventually die.
To renew the outer-man therefore, we must cleanse out the spiritual sin nature in our physical bodies.
This is done by daily prayer to receive the life of God, confessions from the Word to do the love of God, and then praying in tongues and with groanings.
Romans 8:11 NKJV
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
This will inject the life of God into the physical body and neutralize Satan’s power in the air (2Pet. 1:4; 1Jn. 2:25; 2Cor. 4:10-11).
Hence, instead of ageing and gradually dying, our youth is renewed like the eagles, and we will experience youth renewal like Abraham and Sarah did at the respective ages of 99 and 90 (Rom. 4:19-21), and Caleb at 85 (Josh. 14:10).
Psalms 103:5 NKJV
…Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
This will give us DOMINION over physical death: so we will only die WHEN we and God are satisfied (Ps. 91:16) and not by sickness, old age or Satanic affliction like the Lord Jesus (Jn. 10:17-18), or like Paul and Peter dying ONLY WHEN they and God decided it was time to die (2Tim. 4:6-7; 2Pet. 1:13-14).
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