CHAPTER ONE

THE GOD-MEN AND THE NEW MAN

Scripture Reading: Eph. 2:15-16; 4:22-24; Col. 3:10-11

OUTLINE

1. The God-men:
   1. Born of God to be His sons-John 1:12-13; Heb. 2:10.
   2. Having the divine life-John 3:15, 36a.
   3. Having the divine nature-2 Pet. 1:4.
   4. Having two lives, human and divine, living together as one life.
   5. Having two natures, humanity and divinity.
   6. The human life (the old man) being crucified for the living of the divine life with the resurrected human life (the new man)-Gal. 2:20a; Eph. 4:22-24.
   7. For the manifestation of God in the flesh as the new man-1 Tim. 3:16; Eph. 2:15.
   8. Growing up for the purpose of building up the organic Body of Christ for the fulfillment of the eternal economy of God-Eph. 4:12-13, 15-16.
2. The new man:
   1. Created by Christ.
   2. With the Jews and the Gentiles as the materials.
   3. In Himself as the divine element-Eph. 2:15.
   4. Through His death on the cross.
   5. To be the one new man for the Body of Christ-Eph. 2:16.
   6. Having the believers as his constituents, who are Christ and in whom is Christ.
   7. To be the corporate Christ-Col. 3:10-11.
   8. By the believers:
      1. Putting off the old man.
      2. Putting on the new man.
      3. Through the renewing of the spirit in their mind-Eph. 4:22-24.
   9. To be the new creation of God:
      1. In Christ as the element-2 Cor. 5:17.
      2. As the unique accomplishment in God’s economy-Gal. 6:15:
         1. The New Jerusalem as the ultimate consummation of God’s divine work-Rev. 21:2:
            1. 1) Through the four ages of humanity.
            2. 2) By Himself in Christ and through the Spirit as the Triune God.
         2. Showing God’s wisdom, as a shame to God’s enemy Satan in his cosmos-Eph. 3:10.