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Put Off…. Put On…. Ephesians 4:17-32. E PHESIANS 4:17-32.

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  1. Put Off… Put On… Ephesians 4:17-32

  2. EPHESIANS4:17-32  17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.  20You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. 21Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.

  3. EPHESIANS4:17-32  22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. 25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold.

  4. EPHESIANS4:17-32 28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need. 29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

  5. Ephesuswas a leading commercial and cultural city of the Roman Empire. It boasted of the great pagan temple of Artemis or Diana, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. But it was also the leading city in debauchery and sexual immorality. Some historians rank it as the most lascivious city of Asia Minor.

  6. A GENTILES’ Characteristics “So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do…” v.17

  7. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: Who Are They? ANY PERSON WHO… • is not a Jew • does not belong to the Jewish faith • is not a believer of Jesus Christ • is not a born again Christian

  8. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: Who Are They? “… not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God…” 1 Thessalonians 4:5

  9. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? 17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.

  10. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? MENTALLY FUTILE “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7

  11. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? MENTALLY FUTILE Romans 1:21-22 “For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.”

  12. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? DARKENEDIN UNDERSTANDING “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18

  13. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? DARKENEDIN UNDERSTANDING “The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14

  14. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? DARKENEDIN UNDERSTANDING “…always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” 2 Timothy 3:7

  15. RELIGIOUS UNBELIEVERS GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? DARKENEDIN UNDERSTANDING • like Nicodemus before his encounter with Jesus • like Paul, before Jesus met him at the Damascus Road • like the rich young man who religiously followed majority of the laws of the Ten Commandments

  16. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? SEPARATEDFROM THE LIFEOF GOD “They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God…” v. 18

  17. TAO DIYOS MAKASALANAN BANAL “Ngunitpinapaghiwalaynginyongkasamaan kayo at anginyongDiyos.” Isaias 59:2a

  18. MABUTING GAWA TAO DIYOS RELIHIYON PILOSOPIYA MAKASALANAN BANAL MORALIDAD “Na hindidahilsamgagawasakatuwirannaginawanatingsarili, kundiayonsakaniyangkaawaan ay kaniyanginiligtastayo...” Titus 3:5a

  19. TAO DIYOS MAKASALANAN BANAL “SapagkatsiKristo man ay nagbata ring minsandahilsamgakasalanan, angmatuwiddahilsamgadimatuwid, upangtayo’ymadalaniyasaDiyos.” 1 Pedro 3:18a

  20. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? LOST ALL SENSITIVITY… GIVEN THEMSELVES OVER TO SENSUALITY… “Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.” v.19

  21. GENTILES’ Characteristics A The Gentiles: What Are They Like? LOST ALL SENSITIVITY… GIVEN THEMSELVES OVER TO SENSUALITY… “…every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.” v.19b

  22. B BELIEVERS’ Potentials “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” vv. 22-24

  23. BELIEVERS’ Potentials B The Ability to PUT OFF and PUT ON Will it not be of greater importance that we carefully secure our eternal estate through testing ourselves if we have the ability to put off the old self and put on the new self?

  24. BELIEVERS’ Potentials B PUTTING OFF… PUTTING ON… Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need. vv. 25-28

  25. BELIEVERS’ Potentials B PUTTING OFF PUTTING ON falsehood truth-telling anger calmness and tolerance stealing respect for others’ property

  26. BELIEVERS’ Potentials B PUTTING ON AND BE LIKE GOD “… and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” v. 24

  27. BELIEVERS’ Potentials B PUTTING ON AND BE LIKE GOD • We can’t be like God in being • all knowing • all powerful • ever-present • unchangeable

  28. BELIEVERS’ Potentials B PUTTING ON AND BE LIKE GOD • We can be like God in • righteousness • holiness

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