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Sanity in the inner man = Trusting in Christ.
Sanity = 1) The quality or condition of being sane; soundness of mind. 2) Soundness of judgment or reason.
Ephesians
3:14-19 "14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,15 Of whom the whole family in heaven
and earth is named,16 that he grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit
in the inner man;17 that Christ dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,18 be able to comprehend
with all saints what the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;19 and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye be filled with all the fulness of God"
1 Peter 3:4 "But the hidden man of the heart, in that
which is not corruptible, of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God: of great
price"
Meek = Greek 1) mildness of disposition, gentleness of spirit, meekness.
Quiet = Greek 1) quiet, tranquil
Psalm 22:26 "The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they
shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever"
Eat = to believe Jesus
Christ = bread
John 6:27-33 "27 Labour not for the meat which
perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath
God the Father sealed.28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that
we work the works of God?29 Jesus
answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we see, and believe thee? what
dost thou work?31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is
written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth
life unto the world.
God's
elect eat the bread from heaven = we trust/believe in Christ's work on the cross for all our sins.
Meek =
(Hebrew) 1) poor, humble, afflicted, meek. a) poor, needy b) poor and weak c)
poor, weak and afflicted d) humble, lowly, meek.
God's chosen people are meek by trusting in Christ
alone for the Salvation of our souls and trusting in His absolute control of life.
Psalm 25:9 "The meek
will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way"
The meek
will he guide in judgment = We bring the truth of God's Salvation; Christ dying for sinners (chosen sinners)
The
meek will he teach his way = John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,
the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me"
Proverbs
22:6 "Train up a child in the way he goes: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it" This child is whosever has been born spiritually.
To train up a child
in the way he goes = To teach God's sovereignty in Salvation. The Holy Spirit will lead us to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ
for the Salvation of our soul. Christ trusted in His Father; the same he who is born again, will trust in Christ alone.
John 3:5 "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"
Proverbs 25:8
"Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners
in the way"
Psalm 37:11 "But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall
delight themselves in the abundance of peace"
But the meek shall inherit the
earth = The new earth
Shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace = No sin in the new earth.
Isaiah
65:17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new
earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind"
2 Peter 3:13 "Nevertheless we, according
to his promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness"
Wherein dwelleth righteousness = People with the mind
of Christ.
Psalm 76:8-9 "8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared and was still,9
when God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah"
Psalm 147:6 "The LORD lifteth up
the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground"
Psalm 149:4 "For the
LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation"
Psalm 51:6 "Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts and in the hidden thou shalt make me to know wisdom"
138:3 "In the day when I cried thou answeredst me;
strengthenedst me: strength in my soul"
Inward parts = Inner man = soul
Psalm 86:13 "For great
thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell"
1 Corinthians 2:1-13 "1 And
I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.2
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified.3 And I was with you in weakness and
in fear, and in much trembling.4 And my speech and my preaching not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration
of the Spirit and of power:5 That your faith stand not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.6 Howbeit we speak wisdom
among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:7 But
we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery; the hidden, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:8 Which none of the
princes of this world knew: for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.9 But as it is written, Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that
love him.10 But God hath revealed unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.11
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man,
but the Spirit of God.12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we know the
things that are freely given to us of God.13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but
which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of
the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know, because they are spiritually discerned.15 But he
that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that
he instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ" To be perfect is to trust in God,
which is the mind of Christ in the inner man or the soul of each one of God's chosen people.
Romans 16:25-27 "25
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation
of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,26 but now is made manifest and by the scriptures of the prophets,
according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:27 To God only wise,
glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen"
Obedience of Faith = Therefore of faith,
that by grace; to the end the promise be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law,
but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all.
The
father of us all = those whom God has chosen to trust in Christ.
Romans 4:3 "For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness"
Galatians 3:6-7 "6 Even as Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness.7 Know ye therefore
that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham"
The inner man trusteth in the Lord Jesus
Christ for the Salvation of the soul. I believe He died and rose from the dead for the justification
of my soul.
PRAISE THE LORD JESUS!
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