RENEWED IN CHRIST (EPHESIANS 4:17-32)

we pick up from where we left off now we go to the last portion of chapter four efficients for 17 to 32 the title is renewed in Christ take note of that the word renewed although it's new again but it is actually not refurbished what Paul is trying to say is that our new life in Christ is not refurbished because Jesus in Christ God in Christ has made us a new identity a new creation by workmanship having a created in Christ Jesus so in this portion of chapter 4 paul again shifted from the creed to Canda from from doctrine to duty from exposition to exhortation and Paul Paul would come to the practical side of what it means to be in Christ so when I was digging deeper and studying it I I came across with this one overarching idea that I want you to picture as we go along with the different verses in chapter 4 especially in the last portion of chapter 4 this overarching idea is glaring in the entire portion of this chapter for this is the one thing that I want you to bring home that Paul is trying to say that in Christ our new outfit our new clothing Paul would use the metaphor of new clothing put on and put off in Christ our new outfit our new clothing our new garment will exhibit new habits which it means it will display a poxy note mortem bagging the Midna be negation any Christo makuhita mama Bhagwan young GU hai at young lifestyle that it will affect it will it doesn't happen overnight that's why I used the word will or the the future tense will which means that as we put on the outfit that God has given to us the new outfit it will display new lifestyle in our lives so pay attention very carefully verse 17 it says here if you will not fall again repeating his exhortation in verse 1 again Paul is saying so I tell you this officiants I tell you these churches in Asia Minor I tell you this and insist on it in the Lord in other translation in the authority of God in the authority of Christ pay attention very carefully I like the world in the NIV insists and he's like saying this is very very important I tell you this and I insist on it in the Lord in Christ that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do in the futility of their thinking I ask myself Paul what do you mean that I should no longer live as a Filipino I should no longer live as a an American I should no longer live as a Singaporean when he was talking to the Gentiles what were you talking about Poland they were Gentiles by birth they were Gentiles by by their ethnicity what do you mean when you say that you no longer live as Gentiles do but if you come if you study deeper what Paul is trying to say is that you don't be naive Anisa T but Paul is actually using the word Gentiles that you can replace it with the pagan way because Gentiles does not only talks about the ethnicity it describes the lifestyle of people who has no God in their lives so Paul is actually saying here that you will no longer live as the pagans do what do you mean why why not live no longer live as the Gentiles do why is there something wrong with a pagan way yes and Paul described it by saying in the futility of their thinking being a pagan according to Paul who was no God who has no relationship with God no revelation of God it's futile it's useless in the used in the uselessness in the in the bankruptcy of their mind of their thinking Paul would emphasize more of the mind here of the of the pagan and Paul Illustrated that more he said they are darkened and he break it down in detail what the futility of thinking is all about do not live any longer like the pagans do again coming from the perspective that you are new in Christ you are renewed in Christ you have a new identity in Christ do not live just like your old ways the pagan way what is this pagan ways pay attention very carefully Paul would use words that are full of meanings and Paulo saying they are darkened in their understanding Romans chapter one especially the last verses of Romans chapter one this is very parallel to that when Paul said when they became depraved when they when they rejected the idea of God the minds of the Gentile the pagan world became depraved they become darkened and the God gave them over to there when you say no to God that opens the door for deterioration of your mind and of your life because there's no moral compass if you reject God then you don't have moral guidance you don't have moral compass so what happens now free-for-all can hang on you don't feel anything because you don't have the idea of God and the revelation of God that's what policy in Romans since they rejected God the idea of God that's why I came to believe more that idolatry is the first sin that idolatry produce a sin once you reject that God once you replace God in your life it reduces sin thou shall have no other gods before me no wonder God in the ten commandments that the first and foremost because if you replace God with something else that gives birth to all sin and wickedness so here Paul again is speaking up in parallel with Romans they are darkened in their understanding darkened black out they have no concept no illumination if you're darkening your understanding so what happens to our mind and separated from the life of God from the righteousness from the Zoe the life of God that God has given to Adam and Eve because we are a bearer of God's life so a pagan way of life they are not only futile in their thinking they are darkened in their understanding separated from the life of God because of ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts we will notice the more we shun God the more we shun the Word of God the more Honor don't listen to pastor boost that's just how can that went first century scripture has meaning to our life that's were just wasting the more we reject God the more we reject God's dealing and the Holy Spirit in our lives the morning heart and Poussin attend and that's the pagan way according to Paul due to the hardening of their hearts whose hardening their hearts then themselves they themselves the idea of Pharaoh hardening his heart Moses always appeared before a pair let my people go and because Pharaoh would not listen to the voice and the message of God Pharaoh would continue to harden his heart and you know what happened to the point that you don't feel anything anymore and Paul continued describing that having lost all sensitivity you know what does it mean callousness our lives will deteriorate and that's what we call you hit rock bottom in your spiritual journey with God if you read Romans chapter 1 Paul already showed what will happen in the 21st century it was happening during those times the man are no longer looking for the opposite sex according to the scripture they're looking for it's already perversion the women in and again and another woman woman in this policy even to the point that animals are attractive already so these are the results of perversion because when we reject God then everything happens in deterioration I'm feeling Cassie not an Indian guide the feelings is not the guide the moral guide is what God said and has God designed in our life he having lost all sensitivity they have given themselves over to sensuality not the callousness of the physical but the callousness of the heart that I am no longer offending that because I don't have God I reject that so what happens the sin that I am doing is no longer sin so an tendency Nia and they gave themselves over to sensuality the immorality that is happening in the 21st century is not something new I think they're even worse during the time of the Egyptians the ancient Near East times where women are sacrificed children are sacrifice were immorality left and right I was reading one commentator said in Greece the Greek influence Impala Maha bata that enables both a teenager boys in Greece during those times where most of them were molested by the adults they were given to the adults for them to sexuality to become open and open Ohana Jana and Paul would say the pagan world do not live any longer as the pagans do and Paul would tell us why we don't have to live that way and especially the efficient because you having lost the sensitivity they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity with the continual lust for more once we reject god that's a downward spiral well on unlimited some day maybe five ten years from now very little stories that a person got married to a horse what an unlimited because you have opened the way for everything once with the Mirage once God is replaced once God is rejected that becomes an open gate to everything it's a free-for-all society that's what Paul is trying to say many many many thousands of years ago they have given themselves to sensuality so as to indulge musasa to every kind of impurity you however here spoil trying to justify what he said you should no longer live just like the pagans do that was your old life you however did not come to know the word no is not just in the mind you have not experienced Christ that way it's not only because I know I read the knowing here is that encounter a life encounter with Christ himself and Paul said you however did not come to know Christ that way what which way the Gentile and the pagan way I was imagining when these letters is being read to the churches and Asia Minor where immorality and sexual immorality and different kinds of impurities are happening in that part of the world it's so natural during those times it's not even a sin during those time and here Paul sighing trying to say you who are in Christ are renewed you must live your pagan way of life abandon it no longer live as the pagans do you supposed to be different and God has given you a garment and here Paul is saying surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus gonna make a cassava Nepal surely you heard of Christ how the gospel comes came to you and how the message of the truth came to you and you were taught in him so this is actually a picture of discipleship didn't ruin kayo you were instructed you heard of him you were taught in him in accordance to the truth with the truth that is in Jesus once we reject the absolute truth of God then everything's become becomes relative so that's now this is my life and that's your life well if we look at God's point to be what life is all about we have to measure our lives based on his definition of life that's the message of the gospel and you know how bumpy Negara langa-voni vision how difficult it was then and difficult today for all of us to live a life a model life what truly human life is all about Jesus Christ model to us what true humanity is Antonina humanity alumni then you can tanks up a gothic lolita element but that's not the true humanity Jesus Christ lived 100 percent human he was thirsty thirsty he was betrayed he cried appease the pain and everything but he had he did not live according to that sinful nature that supposed to be the model of true humanity you were taught with regards to your former way of life to put up here comes the metaphor of garment that's why I said in Christ our new outfit we will exhibit in the future not happening today but the more you wear it the more it will exhibit new habits new habits will be formed as the old habits will be gone Paul saying here you were taught with regards to your former way of life to put off get rid take it off without the put of your old self which is being corrupted by its deceitful desire how many of you have favorite clothes yeah old clothes name globulin it never it feels comfortable Olivia in the House Cafe Saba I'm along in short Minami Joe Kelly Thomas maja Bonham writes a left the volume we love to wear those clothes we feel it feels so comfortable and your wife bought you a new pajama and yet at the end of the night you're still wearing that all you like you linear but us both us now it feels comfortable exactly that's what Paul is saying put off the old clothes but we will always find ourselves going back to the old clothes and natural Cassie the tendency is you naturally well that all clothes because you're familiar we are comfortable and Polly would say no put off your old shell we have an old self because we have a new life in Christ why do we have to put off to abandon the old self why because it is being corrupted by its deceitful desires remember the downward spiral young adding that in boo high i pattern was a corruption and decay Muraki body this is very very simple and yet very very profound if there's one overarching idea that we need to understand that in Christ we have been given a new outfit what police saying we're committing me an outfit the new garment of righteousness that has been given to you why to be made new how how do you where is it put off the old self the old like the old way of life and to be made new in the attitude of the mind look at that phrase very synonymous to what Paul is saying in Romans chapter 12 renew your mind do not conform any longer to the system of this world so to be made new that's why I entitle conversation renewed in Christ Benna Bhagwan easy and attitude not and it is actually a key the change in our lives begins with the change of mine conduct in Dena Baba go up again suppo not and life will not change it all begins with changing our mind our understanding from darkened to lighten Pali saying to be made new in the attitude of your minds why we have to understand why do we have to get rid of the old way of life why we should no longer live as like the pagans would do and to put on here comes the when you put off the old self God would not let you be naked kasi 14 angle me all clothes while I'm being in a bag of the who but Allah had got this ball saying no no put all the news of that new self is our new life in Christ in actually in Colossians if you read Colossians the letter of Paul then yourself is Christ himself you put on Christ Wow see Christ is in dilemma pictured us like we are in Christ in Nasik war or in the Lord but Christ is something that we wear in our lives I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I live that's Galatians and to put on the new self created to be like God that new cell is christ-like created to be like God so that creation again we are a workmanship created by God again that keyword came now created to be like God it's not refurbished Paul in Corinthians would say the oldest can behold the new has come he's not renovating it's a total package of renewing something new that never existed before put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness in contrast to the impurity the lifestyle of the pagan those who have darkened their hearts and in the Pattillo futility of their minds get rid of that kind of life Mara but it if we call ourselves Christians I don't know if we claim to be in Christ then we have to behave a different kind of life we may be wearing the old clothes but today God is reminding all of us he has given you a new work garment put on even if you feel comfortable with that t-shirt before get rid of that shirt because the more you wear that shirt the more it leads you to corruption and sin because that's the shirt that's the old life the more you wear that life the more you go to that kind of way of life the pagan way of life but Paulo saying the more you wear on Christ it is created to be like God in righteousness that new garment will create new habits marquita Monica babbling bahama because of your new clothing in Christ so that's a metaphor that Paul would use therefore now if there you read the word therefore you have to pay attention going back each one of you must not live any longer with your pagan way therefore each of you must put of falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor for we are all members of one body now Paul is so practically why would Paul the first the first putting off what do we put off what is the old life lying why would Paul talked about falsehood in general because lying can be just like your or you lied you say something but falsehood is more generic general are we are we projecting a life that is not us that's falsehood in the opposite church Kalyn and again tempore Momoko say but they will not look down on you you project to be different that's falsehood you may not be lying in words what are we projecting a different image which is not the real way then that's falsehood in the office in your workplaces are you projecting something that yet not really you that can be forceful and Polly sitting here therefore you must put up falsehood why it's very rampant during those times in Asia Minor especially with the pagans and even among the Jewish ancient Jewish people falsehood lying to one another in port would say stop lying to one another in other words giving us an alternative you don't only stop also take off the old cell and the old clothes is falsehood you put on the truth speak truthfully to his neighbor imagine this and not just to one another but to your neighbor may not necessarily be a follower of Christ is our life characterized by falsehood we declare a false tax in Singapore up a gap line at iron and tacit tax paying an iron if we are declaring something wrong you feel it if we are wearing the old garments that old garment will lead us to falsehood in deteriorating decay now polish very practically kamusta nothing boy attire falsehood in facebook are we projecting something that is not true in our social media young people in the way we tell our stories do we sugarcoat it you know all of us has the potential to do that to make ourselves look good that we are no longer aware were projecting false image superb insha Allah who Vita okay Lana i bunting in a sarten we projected something that's why paneling in America pop-up insanity as if we projected a very false image that we are in Singapore abroad husband and wives are we projecting false image that were okay but actually we're not okay and then we're just hiding a lot of things it's only a matter of time so my Sabu hey nothing because you cannot keep it and Paul give us the motivation why do we have to get rid of falsehood and put on truth why because we are all members of one body how can we how can we lie to one another again Paulo say because we're part of one body your hurt is mired in your anger the second factor you need to take off what is that he gives some practical example the old self is first falsehood take out of the shirt because that shirt shows that you have abs but that's only a picture doesn't have abs you know you really like that shirt because she look like you look so thin with that shirt never put off that old serpent and self and then Paul pointed the second example not only falsehood one of those things that we have to put off to take off to get rid abandon is our anger now pay attention Paul said here in your anger do not sin in other words but police saying implication there is a righteous anger and there is an unrighteous anger 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 usually this way this is being applied to husband and wife divided by the cotton pour on honey Alice - 11:59 knock knock oh but I Oh Manny Gasca in your anger do not sin but this is not only applicable to husband and wives it's applicable to the church in our Koinonia in your anger do not sin why do not let the Sun go down to not nourish it wouldn't we be people agreeing with me but to look Anna in a Hayley Hayley Williams Inger because it will grow and it will lead you to be more not like Christ what Paul is saying and I gotta wipe over not the only people who are angry but even in those times the same problem the same struggle I can imagine when I was reading this may be the ladies of the church in Ephesus were Mexico and Silla because their husbands are lacking book no opinion a box and a hallelujah Homestuck Iona no brothers we're all guilty of that now all of a sudden your face changed because the key Thomas your brother you know in your anger why if we are angry we give the devil a foothold because when we are angry we don't think rational you utter words that you will regret for the rest of your life don't discipline your children when you're angry don't talk to the person or anyone when you're angry because the tendency you do nothing properly and the more we nurse anger the more we don't think objectively and the more were not christ-like but if we are in Christ we put off that old self and the second one not only falsehood who in Gallup because the more you're angry you're giving Satan to play with your emotion and your mind you're giving the devil a foothold foothold longing but you know Satan he will not be satisfied with foothold he will get a kilometer in other words policing the unrighteous anger because there's Metta mangle it boy we're all human being even Jesus Christ became angry one time he went into the temple and he saw money changers and people selling doves and turned the temple of God to a market and Jesus was so angry righteously in Acton banya he turned over all the money changers the table of the money changers and after that is fine but did you read in the Bible that Jesus was becoming angry chapter 23 chapter 12 all he still angry and is not single no after that it's done because there's a right way to be angry and there's an unrighteous way to be angry you know you know if it's and righteous because it's lingering and you want to nurse it that becomes unrighteous anger because you're nurturing it lingers and you're the one being affected by you he was been stealing it the third practical example take off the old the falsehood lying take off anger and righteous anger and the third example of Paul is stealing why also you know how an especially among slaves and masters we not even is earning $2 banana but it's very rampant during those ten policy he has been stealing meaning that has been your attitude you have been stealing and stealing is dealing must still no longer put off and here comes the alternative in any way alternative Nepal but must work doing something useful with his own hands that he may have something to share with those in need in Thessalonians Paul said that in a different way he does not work should not eat meaning I have not learned the lazy stealing is another thing that we need to put off and another one do not let and wholesome talk foul speech Paul is becoming very very practical do not let any unwholesome talk Amaka bus Tucson and words that are not beneficial and building each other a mission because that's our old way of life if you're not aware of it we carry it with our own new life interests and sometimes it comes out with our conversation that are very hurtful for others who are listening and sometimes our justification in Tiananmen Alan that's that's me before yeah take off the old line and put on the new garment that is getting rid of that unwholesome talk come out of your mouth but alternative again only what is helpful for building others up because in Christ our unified goal is to build up on you see but only what is helpful for the building others up according to their needs that it may benefit those who listen have you ever experienced in your Koinonia sometimes it's understanding understandable if you have a new brother or a new sister still bagua but for people who are like us who are older in the faith and still we are talking that way hurtful harsh sarcastic means and sometimes you feel like the tan line you know it's not proper and it hurts the people who are listening to us Paul is saying that's one of the things that you have to get rid of sign of maturity is that we are careful in the words that we say speaking the truth in love in the former chapter and do not grieve now here comes Paul do not leave the Holy Spirit of God do not make him sad do not steal the smile in the Holy Spirit's face do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with whom you were sealed meaner common animal and the spirit to you the Holy Spirit is at work in you and every time you say those anger those falsehood those unwholesome talk every time you cost division because this when you're angry and righteously when you are false telling lies and when you're doing and wholesome talk all these things will create the vision and factions in the church you will hurt each other instead of us being built other policies are also hurting the holy spirit you're grieving the spirit of god is working among you to being during you two together with whom you are sealed you were sealed for the day of redemption and then Paul continued get rid now Saddam in enlist a--honey Paul get rid mints put off abandoned get rid of all bitterness again it's anger totally storing the opponent in the end store it importantly to Banco phenomena Panem non-aquatic lola of the socket this is an heirloom mocking up in tires acquaint omission the family would tell stories alimony until unions in London are not in business Karen Aguirre pasa pasa on an Apollo Malaga Lickety on ending April Allah so be careful of how we tell our stories to our children as well because it can create in their hearts bitterness now if you're angry with me it's okay but don't tell it to your children because someday when your children comes to church but roccaluce Avenue and economy nobody though it happens to our church many years ago I can make a mechanical lavender you know a little girl traveling and then we were pictures again he's like seven years old after several months I found out the parents was also mad at me and maybe the parents were not aware they were talking about us and here comes the boy during dining table time developed that anger will ignorance among Italian a montagnana can happen correct and very true with our relatives and cousins and long distance family members if we continue to keep on telling all the stories in the time of reunion Anaka very indifferent semana to you why because you have already painted a picture of your uncle that is so bad that our children are no longer get rid of all bitterness rage and anger brawling and slander under Wow along with every form of malice words that are malicious maliska see there is an intention of destroying there is an intention of mission patent on / actually there's an ulterior motive of discrediting another person that's malice for example in the colony of Lee we a llama but a legacy hobby batalla con una política but we do have to say those words sometimes we're not aware of words that we say that are malicious enough that creates something Polly saying get rid of everything any form of malice mr. na about it Cuyahoga if I don't see you next Sunday and I know your reasons but yeah the succeeding Sunday's will be very painful the MU telling me anniversary ties are 24 my breathing my brief time tire but after the anniversary let's go back to the the reality show get rid of all knowledge and then Paul concluding the chapter for with this with a positive note when you put on the new outfit it will exhibit it will form and display new habit it is not happening now but it will it will form new habits in your life and what are those you are kind and compassionate to one another be your being not only becoming but starting from the being be kind and compassionate doesn't mean that you do you do some act of kindness that you're kind that's two different things that kindness must but there must be the very being of a person be kind and compassionate to one another it's the same word suppose I'd be patient bearing one another's in love in verse 2 of chapter four because when you are patient with one another when we are passing show time if you are patient to one another our heart is big and saying I love you enough brother and sister I know that God is at work in you he's also at work meaning I'll be patient let's be patient to one another being a bhagavata in the Lord why do we have to expect perfection from one another when we are not we're not even perfect so let's be patient with one another let's be compassionate with one another maybe that's your struggle I have a different struggle let's journey together be kind and compassionate with one another forgiving each other why because telega me we will be hurting each other there are comments that you don't mean now not hurt sha I'm sorry forgive one another Koinonia gathering Meadowvale hindi name behind that post casa picture India winning with an attempt Oh River unintentionally sometimes you give comments my best friend in life and the other party was behind in a best friend for life there are many reactions left and right and sometimes we are not careful in Dimona body burning in Dimona bodies of facebook maybe because you're busy so many things are coming in facebook not not a patent on a patent we're like that we all have the potential to feel that way when that happens Paulo saying forgive one another forgive each other why just as in Christ God has forgiven you don't nurse anger because that is giving the devil a foothold but we are nursing anger picture yourself as Satan is on your shoulder his arms this is my body ok yah yah Allah mapa two months ago sin I been here in South Canyon yeah good good and then all of a sudden Facebook memory will show you are you see nurse it time to feed give him formula that touch to old self put on the new self now let me give you in summary what Paul is saying in the old ways falsehood replace it with truth the new habits in the home Italian if we are used to lying it's that we will not change overnight but every time use every time we lie who bad that's the a practical way every time we do we notice the old ways still there who bad and put on the but don't just who bad now you put on truth that's what actually the practical ways continue to put off keep on putting up keep on putting up and keep on putting on that's actually the words of Paul don't stop falsehood when you notice next week okay can a truthful can deliver after two weeks back like meaning to say accidentally you wear that old clothes you have to put it off consciously it's a matter of throwing new cold clothes and putting on new clothes so let's remind each other husband and wife but major all the ways Oh bad now no your old ways you always it's good to remind each other not good to remind each other that no matter - oh Emily pond take it up and they'll put on the new clothes because if we are not careful it's we're so used with the old clothes why it feels comfortable it feels good sanity canal familiar and you're bagging pajama amigo Matt acoustic Esperanto Almirola unrestrained angle timely reconciliation vicuna pata colleen they were stealing general sharing foul language helpful speech Baba guna praise the lord even helpful speech if you're tempted to comment which is malicious stop animosity with kindness the new habit is forming imagine Monica potty if our church in the next 30 years that if we are putting of the old self the old clothes and I'm nothing ok ok I'm again Aladdin why did we have new clothes the new government and you know the effect of that if all of us are changing our clothes on a daily basis every time you notice the old clothes there we take it off and put on the new you know what happens the next generation is rising up with a new moral with a new guide Akhenaten will be different in the next generation because by whether we accept it or we are a product of the old generation because what we learn we apply our take on in Christ our new outfit the new self will exhibit the more you put it on the more it will display new habits new lifestyle in our lives so your take home is this and this is my suggestion for all of us starting this Sunday until we see each other next Sunday and let us share with one another here's the challenge that I want you I want all of us to apply it's let us wear our new outfit deal you know why it doesn't happen one time before you leave your house in the morning you look at the mirror but you also look at the spiritual mirror the scripture and check if we are wearing the old clothes and if you notice you're wearing the old clothes because you're familiar with it take it off put on the new outfit what part of myself is Ivica you're a different kind of boss you're not shouting you're not demeaning you're not putting down people your your your colleague will see you different why is she different because you put on the new outfit it takes time to develop the new habit but it will develop new habits in our lives it's a daily thing young people if you're tempted to lie to make ourselves look good or all of us the moment we realize we're doing that falsehood take it off and put on the truth that's the idea one daily deal if we will only be conscious with this on a daily basis and life will change a new life in class you came to world you created trading your crowd for cross [Music] willing me [Music] I've paid the clothes counting your status as nothing the king of all Kings came to serve washing my feet covering me with your [Music] [Applause] take it breathing yes all of you is all I need [Music] I asked you to stand up and join me in this song [Music] and you are my [Music] with here at your feet years and dreams I [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] yes sir [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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