Change Clothes Wk 2

Dressing Room

Last week we spoke about what were the 6 layers of corruption apart from Christ. Then we spoke about the 2 things you need to do to peel the onion?

hear God

be taught in Him

So today I to build on that concept.

Who wants to know what a dressing room is? Have you ever gone in and tried on something and realize, “whoa this is not me?”

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Put off the old man and put on the new

Ephesians 4:22–24 ESV

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.

We shouldn’t wait until we feel new before we put on the new

And so after you hear the voice of Christ and are made alive and brought to faith in him and enter into his school to let him teach you how to live, the first thing he says to you is: "change your clothes." Take off the old person and put on the new person.

Lets say you are taking 2 outfits or garments into this dressing room? one new style one old comfortable style

So we should ask immediately: What do these two garments refer to? What is the old person and what is the new person?

Verse 25 gives a helpful clue. The same word is used for "put off" both here and in verse 22, as though Paul meant to illustrate now what he intends by putting off the old person. He says, "Therefore putting off falsehood, speak truth." So it seems like one example of putting off the old person is to put off bad practices that belong to the old way of life—like lying.

Another good clue to the meaning of "the old person" is in

Colossians 3:8–9 ESV

8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

But now put them all away [same Greek word as in ]: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old person with its practices.

So putting off the old person is more than putting off old practices, because says we put it off WITH its practices. And mentions things that lie beneath and behind practices—like anger and wrath.

So the old person is the old bundle of attitudes and emotions and practices that I used to be. That's who I was before I was called out of darkness by the voice of Jesus and began to be taught in his school.

Putting On the New Person

Colossians 3:12 ESV

12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

gives the same kind of clue about the meaning of the new person that we are supposed to put on. Paul says, "Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and loved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience."

Know about God

Know about God

gives the same kind of clue about the meaning of the new person that we are supposed to put on. Paul says, "Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and loved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience."

So the new person is the new bundle of attitudes and emotions and practices that Jesus has called us to become in his school. We must take off the old person and put on the new person. It is absolutely imperative that we get our moral clothes changed. If we don't, we will not graduate. We will not make it to heaven.

Know God

Romans 12:2 ESV

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.

12 steps

I can’t

God Can

Let God

Look within

Admit Wrongs

Prepare for change

Seek God’s help

Becoming Willing

Make Amends

Daily Inventory

Reflection

Give it away

Put on the New You

Put on the New You

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Small Group Questions:

What about last week do you remember?

hear Jesus

be taught in Him

What did we build on this week?

If you had to summarize the lesson in 1 sentence how would you do that?

What about your old self bothers you the most? (Try to dig deep on this one, this is where I plan to get messy.)

What about your old self do you have the hardest time “putting off”? What is it about it that you struggle with it?

What about the new self is most desirable?

What is it about it that you struggle with it?

What seems most unattainable about the new self?

How can you take steps of obedience to put on the new self?