Made new

Eph 4:20-24 – Main verses

Interesting thoughts:

The Holy Spirit is our seal of salvation

Take off your old self

No longer demonstrating

Col 3:8 | Heb 12:1 | James 1:21 | 1 Pet 2:1

Rom 6:6 | col 3:9

Rom 12:2

Rom 1:21

Verses:

17

Work to show

How they show in their

18

They are far from God

They are not close to Him

Built on hardness of heart

Stubbornness, not blindness

Knowing God is being close relationally with Him

19

Lowness of their depravity

Lost the ability to recognize their actions

“Handed over” like from Romans

Three ways

Debauchery

Flaunting

20-21

An image of a school

Learn a person not mentioned often

Asked him into our lives

Also, developed by a lifestyle in submission

Implies certainty

Systematical theology

22-24

To put off

Fundamental break with the past

Living out

These elements are

To be renewed

Old to new

Old| BEING CORRUPTED

Take people from reality

New | being made new

Yield to their connection of Christ

Takes effort and can be challenging Galatians 5

Keep the unity of the spirit (don’t grieve the holy Spirit

HS agent of renewal

Pattern, motivation, and direction of our thinking needs to changed

To put on

“Created” | made in God

Clothed in religion qualities

Romans 13:14 | being clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ

Taught to be made new

4:25-5:2

Builds up the unity of fellow Christians

Virtues of those who are in Christ

Addressing of counter behavior and correction is important

Intro: Not sure yet...

What we are discussing today…

The new life we have in Christ Jesus and the power of walkingfully in this life.

BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF GOD IN OUR WORLD.

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32

Background:

Cultural - Jews and Greeks. (EPHESUS)

Thye lived in a culture that

Spiritual - those that follow Christ are looking for life - those that follow their own desires are ignorantly chancing corruption

Points:

To Put off OLD

Explanation

This is the action of taking off the past actions and practices of our old life in order to properly live in the new life that we have been given. Being able to recognize the corruption of the old self is crucial for being able to move.

These Ephesus Christians are told that they are no longer called to the old ways and the teaching of Christ didn’t include the behaviors of their old ways

We change from death to life

We didn’t do the work of the Lord but are guided by our feelings (Sinful Nature) and not Jesus.

We change from a life of self reliance to submission

We follow that work and act of the Holy Spirit in us

Our struggle:

Is a backwards move for most of us built on FOMO

Fear of missing out

Yes you are missing out, on a life that doesn’t build you up but brings corruption

It’s not that bad… :(

We have struggled in submitting to God and in turn we have grieved the Holy Spirit.

Application: Work towards pulling off the old

FInding that battle in prayer

Each morning coming to God

To fight our feelings of missing out.

To be renewed

This is a process not just an incident. Those that have been given the opportunity to be renewed are doing so daily. It is a reflection of the work of the Holy Spirit in them.

The work of the Holy Spirit in each of us is an action of disciplining in oneself to not only to run from the curruptable old way of living, but also entering into a relationship with our God that will develop us. We aren't there yet.

How it happens…

It is about pattern | Romans 12:2 - not conformed but tested

Our minds are instruments for

It is about motivation | As those that are following the call of Christ, we change our motivations. We live to serve Christ not ourselves. This change general is seen by examples like Jesus calling himself the vine in John.

It is about direction | 2 Corinthians 10:5 - take your thoughts captive

We can't always control the the images that flash before our eyes, but we can take hold of them and make them submissive to the will of God.

OF OUR THINKING…

What we need to protect?

We need to be protecting our relationship with the Holy Spirit. As followers of Christ we identify the Holy Spirit with personal characteristics. Paul tells us near the end of our passage today that we can actually grieve the Holy Spirit. This grieving happens when our actions and choices pull us away from living in God's purposes and move toward acting on the desires of our sinful nature.

To put on NEW

We are to out on our new lives as Christ followers. This requires us to see the new person we are in Jesus and pursue his action in our lives. Noticing the new live that we have have in Jesus shows us our purpose for life. To love, serve and follow.

We as followers of Christ need to follow Christ in our actions. We see some practical examples in the text of how God is calling us to change work towards putting on our new self.

Galatians 5 impact…

Closing…

This world could use more examples of Christ regardless of the choice that they are going to do when we act.