How is the new man created according to Ephesians 4?
Ephesians 4 teaches that the new man is created after God, as God moves in by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is a new creation, a newly created part of the believer, created in righteousness and true holiness, put on by renewing the spirit of the mind.
Les teaches from Ephesians 4 that the old man, that old Adam, is corrupt according to deceitful lusts or desires and must be put off concerning the former manner of living. Believers are then to be renewed in the spirit of their mind and to put on the new man, not the old Adam. This new man is after God—after God moves in by the power of the Holy Spirit—so there is a creation, a new created part of us. That new creation is created in righteousness and true holiness. Les also connects this to Romans, where since the old Adam is dead, we do not have to let him rule and reign in our lives but reckon him dead.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;