Inward and Outward Christians

I. Inward Experience and Knowing Christ as the Spirit - John 7:37-39
A. Old Testament experiences of the Spirit
1. Brooding - Gen. 1:2
2. Striving - Gen. 6:3
3. Equipping - Exo. 28:3; 31:3; 35:31
4. Resting - Num. 11:25
5. Falling - Judges 3:10a; 14:6; 1 Sam. 10:6, 10; Ezek. 11:5
B. Types of the Spirit
1. The Land of Canaan - Gen. 28:4; Deut. 11:8-12; Gal. 3:14; 4:6
2. Water out of the rock - Exo. 17:1-6; Num. 20:8; 1 Cor. 10:4
a) The meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles - Lev. 23:33-43; Deut. 16:13-15;
Zech. 14:16-19; Neh. 8:17
(1) Remembering the supply of water in the wilderness
- Mishnah (Sukkah 4:8-5:3)
(a) Isa. 12:3-6; Ezek. 47:1-12; Zech. 14:8
3. The holy anointing oil - Exo. 30:23-26
C. Promises of the Spirit
1. The mingled Spirit - Ezek. 36:26-27
2. The poured-out Spirit - Joel 2:28-29
D. The process of the Spirit in the Gospels
1. The fact of a process - John 7:37-39
2. The steps of the process
a) Incarnation - John 1:14; Matt. 1:18b, 20; Luke 1:35
b) Human living - Luke 2:40; 3:21-22; 4:1; Acts 10:38
c) Crucifixion - Heb. 9:14
d) Resurrection - 1 Cor. 15:45b; John 20:22
e) The Spirit being Jesus Himself - John 14:16-18
E. The pouring out of the Spirit in Acts
1. The exalted Christ pouring out the Spirit - Acts 2:33, 36
2. The Body of Christ being baptized - 1 Cor. 12:13; Acts 2:33; 10:44
F. The flow of the Spirit in the Epistles
1. In our human spirit - 1 Cor. 6:17; Rom. 8:15-16
2. In our heart - Gal. 4:6; Eph. 3:16-17; 5:18-19
3. In our soul - 2 Cor. 3:16-18
4. In our body - Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 6:19
5. In our relationships - 1 Cor. 12:13-14; Eph. 4:3
G. The embodiment of the Spirit in Revelation
1. The goal of embodiment in the churches - Rev. 1:4, 11; 2:7, 17, etc.
2. The transformed persons of the embodiment - Rev. 3:12
3. The ultimate expression of the embodiment - Rev. 22:16-17
II. Symptoms of Being Outward
A. Turning away from the inward way of spirit and life - John 6:60-71
B. Exercising worldly methods for outward show - John 7:2-5
C. Being political in behavior - John 7:11-13
D. Trusting in conventional education - John 7:14-15
E. Filled with reactions - John 7:19-23
F. Judging according to outward appearances - John 7:24
G. Not able to recognize Christ - John 7:25-36
H. Being caught up in division and confusion - John 7:40-53
III. The Experience of Being Inward
A. Going to the open ones - John 7:1
B. Making decisions by the Father's timing - John 7:6-9
C. Not doing things for outward show - John 7:10
D. The significance of having a proper desire to do God's will - John 7:16-19
1. The presence of "desire" in our spirit - Matt. 26:41
2. The difference between "desire" and "doing" - 2 Cor. 8:10-12
3. Living with "desires" - Rom. 15:22-23