“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.
I am your brother,
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