Some people live as one person, one entity. This is the only way we can continue in our work without the need to come back to God all the time. The separation of our outer man from our inner man is very much related to our work and our life.
Some parents can laugh and play with their children according to their outer man, but when the occasion calls for them to take up spiritual work, they can exercise their inner man immediately. He can work with his outer man while his inner man is turned to God continually. If his outer man is separated from his inner man, outward things will not affect his inner being. He has never left therefore, he never needs to return. His inner man is not affected, and he can continue to live before God. He can work and labor with his outer man, interact with the myriads of things in the outer world, yet confine all the activities to just that realm. The outer man can be conscious of the "shuffling of the plates," while the inner man continues to live before God. A man can converse with others with his outer man while his inner man is still fellowshipping with God. When the outer man is separated from the inner man, all distractions are confined to the outer realm they cannot enter the inner realm. If God is merciful to us and if our outer man is broken, it will be separated from our inner man, and outward things will only affect the outer man they will not affect the inner man. With those who are broken, their outer man cannot affect their inner man. With those who are not yet broken, their outer man can affect their inner man.
Strictly speaking, the outward things can only affect the outer man but the outer man, in turn, affects the inner man. Whatever affects the outer man affects the inner man. The problem with many people is that their outer man and inner man are entangled together. When the outer man is broken, all outward activities are confined to the outward realm while the inner man continues to enjoy God’s presence.
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