Topic:
Training the Spirit Man
Today I
would like to discuss with you about this topic and allow the Scriptures to
show you the importance of training your spirit man. Here are some realities
about the spirit man that we need to be aware of:
1.
Needs
to be Strengthened
Ephesians
3:14-16: For this cause I bow my knees
unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven
and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his
glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.
Our spirit
man need to be strengthened by the Lord.
If this is the case then we can say that our spirit man can become
weak. How can our spirit man become weak
when we fail to eat and take in food. Of
course this food is not natural but the only food and healthy food I might add
for the spirit and that is the Word of God.
John 1:14 says the Word is full of grace and truth and we know grace is
power and authority. It is by the power
within the Word that our spirit man is strengthened
2.
Needs
to be Transformed
2
Corinthians 3:18: But we all with open
face beholding as in a glass the glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Lord.
In this
current season so many sons are being changed glory to glory and as they mature
they change from walking in the partial to walking in the fullness of
Christ.
3.
Needs
to be Renewed
2
Corinthians 4:16: For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man
perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
One of the
wonderful things about the spirit man is that as the Lord reveals more and more
of Himself and we come more into being who He sees and knows us as from glory
to glory our spirit is renewed. When a
fresh word comes from the mouth of God our spirit is renewed and notice it says
day to day. Our desire for God should
press us to seek him daily and even in the Lord’s prayer we ask Him, Give us this day our daily bread. We know that bread is not physical but it is
the grace contained within the Word that we are renewed day to day.
4.
Needs to Grow
Ephesians
4:15: But speaking the truth in love,
may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
So when we
speak the truth in love we grow up we mature and grow to the mature stature of
the fullness of Christ.
So how does
all of this happen? Let me give show you
this in Scripture:
1 John
2:27: But the anointing which ye have
received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all
things and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall
abide in him.
It is done
by the Holy Spirit teaching you. Through
our fellowship with the Spirit we are strengthened, transformed, renewed and
mature so Christ will be all in all. We
live Zoe life. This life needs to be
completely natural to us because it is who we are, Sons of God.
Peace and
Grace,
Calvin
Calhoun Jr.
