New Clothes
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Paul has shared in Ephesians what Christ has done for us: Ephesians 1:3-14 — Blessed us in Christ // Ephesians 2:1-10 — Saved us from death // Ephesians 2:11-22 — Reconciled us with God // Ephesians 3:1-13 — United us to others
Paul has shared in Ephesians what Christ has done for us: Ephesians 1:3-14 — Blessed us in Christ // Ephesians 2:1-10 — Saved us from death // Ephesians 2:11-22 — Reconciled us with God // Ephesians 3:1-13 — United us to others
Do you really believe the depth of your sin destined you for hell?
Do you really believe that the only way to be right with God is through the sacrifice of Jesus, and not based on any work you do?
Do you truly believe the price that Jesus paid so that we can live in the blessings of Ephesians 1-3?
1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
Paul tells us that our calling is to be different from the world
Paul tells us that our calling is to be different from the world
17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
Paul tells us that the world is calloused towards sin
Paul tells us that the world is calloused towards sin
26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
20 But that is not the way you learned Christ!— 21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
Christ doesn’t call you to keep on living in sin, but to be changed
Christ doesn’t call you to keep on living in sin, but to be changed
43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” 44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
If you have been made alive in Christ, you are called to live a life in Christ
If you have been made alive in Christ, you are called to live a life in Christ
22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
We must change our thinking and align it with Christ’s (repentance)
We must change our thinking and align it with Christ’s (repentance)
32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.