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“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;” Someone asked me the other day how I would describe the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Christ. He said I could go in any direct I wanted, as long as I kept it within five sentences. Well, I think I went longer than five sentences, but in the end I applied the answer by saying we need to be strengthened in the inner man. Now I’ll try to clear up your confusion. I said I was struck most by the fact that God chose to allow His son to be crucified for us, and how Jesus chose to submit. They made these choices based upon their perfect character. This is precisely why we must focus on developing our own character, working from the inner man out. That is the only way we will build enough strength to make the kind of choices Jesus, and His Father made. The point is, God did what He did, because of who He was. In the same way, we act based upon who we are. Therefore we should concentrate on our inner man, realizing internal holiness results in external obedience.