| A Tale of Two Men |
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
| | | | | | | | | | |
There are two ways to look at, and value life by concentrating strictly on the outward man that the Bible calls the ‘Natural Man’ or by valuing the inner man or
the ‘Spiritual Man’. In the world we are conditioned right from birth to value all things external and all our labor is exercised towards making the body as
beautiful and as comfortable as possible with little or no thought given to enhancing the beauty of the inner man. We need to learn how to make the inner man
beautiful so we can see Christ in us, who alone has beauty that will last forever We can waste our lives looking at glass mirrors that reflect the image of a body
that perishes daily or we can spend our days looking at the mirror of the Word of God which alone can transform and renew us on the inside. The image that
we see in the mirror of The Word is not that of our bodies but of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The more we look into this mirror the more we become like
Him and then we can see real beauty not only in ourselves but in our brothers and sisters in Christ. The more we see Christ in each other the more we become
lights in the world; we become beacons of hope and lighthouses that can guide others to a safe harbour. The image of Christ is the only beauty we should
behold for it is eternal as opposed to that of the outward man that is perishing daily. The following table is a scriptural comparison between the outward
corrupt and corrupting man, and the inner spirit man that is being renewed daily into the image of the incorruptible Lord Jesus Christ.
the ‘Spiritual Man’. In the world we are conditioned right from birth to value all things external and all our labor is exercised towards making the body as
beautiful and as comfortable as possible with little or no thought given to enhancing the beauty of the inner man. We need to learn how to make the inner man
beautiful so we can see Christ in us, who alone has beauty that will last forever We can waste our lives looking at glass mirrors that reflect the image of a body
that perishes daily or we can spend our days looking at the mirror of the Word of God which alone can transform and renew us on the inside. The image that
we see in the mirror of The Word is not that of our bodies but of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The more we look into this mirror the more we become like
Him and then we can see real beauty not only in ourselves but in our brothers and sisters in Christ. The more we see Christ in each other the more we become
lights in the world; we become beacons of hope and lighthouses that can guide others to a safe harbour. The image of Christ is the only beauty we should
behold for it is eternal as opposed to that of the outward man that is perishing daily. The following table is a scriptural comparison between the outward
corrupt and corrupting man, and the inner spirit man that is being renewed daily into the image of the incorruptible Lord Jesus Christ.
|