OFF WITH THE OLD - ON WITH THE NEW! (16 OF 27)
Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24
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Off With the Old - On With the New! (16 of 27)
Series: Ephesians
Collin Wimberly
Ephesians 4:17-24
Ephesians 4:17-24
CIT - Paul commands the Ephesian believers to put off the old way of living and to put on the new.
Proposition - Christians must refuse to live like the lost world by embracing a radically righteous way of life.
Intention -
1) Emphasize that what determines your thinking drives your living.
2) Emphasize that coming to Christ as Lord was forsaking the old way of life.
3) Help people to see that although the power of the old life has been broken there is still the presence of sin that must be dealt with intentionally and daily.
INTRODUCTION:
ILLUS: In his book The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis describes a young man who is tormented by a red lizard that sits on his shoulder and mocks him. For Lewis, the lizard represents the indwelling sin all of us struggle with. An angel comes and promises to get rid of the red lizard, and the man, for the moment, takes great joy in that. He’s thrilled. I can be rid of this thing. And then he realizes the way the angel will get rid of it, as the angel begins to glow with a fiery heat. He will kill the lizard. Beginning to recognize the implications, the young man says, ‘‘Maybe you don’t have to kill it. Maybe you don’t have to get rid of it entirely. Can’t we just do this another time?’’ The angel says, ‘‘In this moment are all moments. Either you want the red lizard to live or you do not.’’
Paul is commanding us to put off, to kill, the sin that we all struggle with.
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Paul here commands us to live radically. God here commands to put away the sin and rebellion of the old way of living and put on the new life that is ours in Christ.
I) PUT OFF THE OLD WAY OF LIFE-
Vs. 17 - Walk - the conduct of one’s life.
The rest of chp. 4 and the rest of the book will deal with how we walk, the quality of our lifestyle.
Gentiles - Physically this means anyone wh ...
Series: Ephesians
Collin Wimberly
Ephesians 4:17-24
Ephesians 4:17-24
CIT - Paul commands the Ephesian believers to put off the old way of living and to put on the new.
Proposition - Christians must refuse to live like the lost world by embracing a radically righteous way of life.
Intention -
1) Emphasize that what determines your thinking drives your living.
2) Emphasize that coming to Christ as Lord was forsaking the old way of life.
3) Help people to see that although the power of the old life has been broken there is still the presence of sin that must be dealt with intentionally and daily.
INTRODUCTION:
ILLUS: In his book The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis describes a young man who is tormented by a red lizard that sits on his shoulder and mocks him. For Lewis, the lizard represents the indwelling sin all of us struggle with. An angel comes and promises to get rid of the red lizard, and the man, for the moment, takes great joy in that. He’s thrilled. I can be rid of this thing. And then he realizes the way the angel will get rid of it, as the angel begins to glow with a fiery heat. He will kill the lizard. Beginning to recognize the implications, the young man says, ‘‘Maybe you don’t have to kill it. Maybe you don’t have to get rid of it entirely. Can’t we just do this another time?’’ The angel says, ‘‘In this moment are all moments. Either you want the red lizard to live or you do not.’’
Paul is commanding us to put off, to kill, the sin that we all struggle with.
Read passage of Scripture
Paul here commands us to live radically. God here commands to put away the sin and rebellion of the old way of living and put on the new life that is ours in Christ.
I) PUT OFF THE OLD WAY OF LIFE-
Vs. 17 - Walk - the conduct of one’s life.
The rest of chp. 4 and the rest of the book will deal with how we walk, the quality of our lifestyle.
Gentiles - Physically this means anyone wh ...
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