God is not looking at our old man.
Consider God talking to Satan, bragging up Job. God knowing the beginning to the end.
Then Satan lays a lickin on Job and we see in chapter 38 it is like God chastising Job, whom he bragged up, because of Job's complaining. Because, nothing takes God by surprise surely that side of Job is not what God was talking about. So the real Job (Christian) is not what we see. Scripture says that God had known His from before the foundation of the world. So let us not be discouraged when we see our failing, for God does not see that but He is looking at the sacrifice.
Consider God talking to Satan, bragging up Job. God knowing the beginning to the end.
Then Satan lays a lickin on Job and we see in chapter 38 it is like God chastising Job, whom he bragged up, because of Job's complaining. Because, nothing takes God by surprise surely that side of Job is not what God was talking about. So the real Job (Christian) is not what we see. Scripture says that God had known His from before the foundation of the world. So let us not be discouraged when we see our failing, for God does not see that but He is looking at the sacrifice.