"Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?" (Luke 11:40
In the mid 1940's the United States Military Academy (Army) had two great running backs, Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis. They were called, "Mr Inside and Mr. Outside." Together they were almost unstoppable. They produced three undefeated and two national championship teams, and two Heisman Trophies.
Our text describes life in Jesus Christ as an "inside/outside" life. "Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness. Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?" Of course He did. And when Jesus appeared among men, He revealed that the law was after the "inside" man to affect the "outside" man. Jesus said, "....First clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also." If I try the reverse, it simply won't work. The only result will be a Pharisee. Jesus does not work from the outside in. He works from the inside out. Maybe that's why "the work" takes so long.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray that "Mr Inside and Mr. Outside" will be the same person. Amen.
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