Consistency With the Inner Man

"We regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer." 2 CORINTHIANS 5:16 In our relationships it is easy to touch one another in the flesh. But to put on the Lord Jesus is to make no provision for the flesh, even in our relationships. To "know no man after the flesh" is truly a challenge. We "project" a certain something, and either it is ourselves, or it is Christ. We note the personality differences between Paul, and Peter, and John, and James, and Barnabas; even so, they each have the same clothing, having put on the Lord Jesus. So we can touch them on a deeper level than who they are in themselves. We can still see the man, but we mostly see the Lord of the man. When we put on the Lord Jesus then the outward man becomes consistent with the inward man. This is fruitfulness, and this should be the normal experience of all disciples of the Lord. Source: "Lord of All" by Chip Brogden http://theschoolofchrist.org/books/lord-of-all.html