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We’re still on the book of Ephesians, so let’s pick up at EPH 4:17.
*I.
**/EPH 4:17/*
*A.
Starting here* in (*V 17*) *Paul begins* to *move* more *into temporal truths*.
*1.
What we are to do* *and what we should not be doing*.
*a.
*In (*EPH 4:1*) *Paul says*, that ye *walk worthy of the vocation*.
*i.
He* *begins to instruct* *on* the *things* that *we should be doing*.
*b.
In* (*V 17*) he *starts* now, “*How we should **/not/** walk*.”
(*Things that we should **/not/** be doing*.)
*i.
Later* now he *goes back* to the *things that we should be doing*.
*2.
*Now *in* (*V 17*) *he says*, “*Stop walking as other Gentiles (unbelievers) walk*, in the vanity of their mind.”
*a.
*The word “*Vanity*” here in this V *when he says*, “*in the vanity of their mind*,” *means* that there is “*A perverseness*, *an Emptiness*, *and* *void of the Truth*.”
*i.
If someone is an unbeliever*, *they are definitely void* *of the Truth of God’s Word*.
*B.
**/EPH 4:18/*
*1.
Because someone is void* the Truth *of* *God’s Word*, *their understanding is darkened*.
*a.
*(*2 Corinthians 4:4*) “*In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them*.”
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*2.
He goes on* in this V *to say*, “*being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them*.”
*a.
People are alienated* *or* “*Separated*” *from God because of* *Ignorance*.
*i.
If there ignorance was removed*, *they would see that they need God* in their lives.
*They would make Jesus* their *Lord*.
*ii. But* their *ignorance* has *stopped them*.
*b.
How did that ignorance get in*?
*i.
Through* the “*blindness of their heart*.”
*ii. *The word “*Blindness*” should be translated *hardness*.”
*iii.
In many cases*, *Unbelievers are ignorant of the things of God* *because* their *heart’s are hardened* to the things of God.
*II.
**/EPH 4:19/*
*A.
*The *NIV* says this, (*Eph 4:19*) “*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*.”
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*1.
He’s talking about unbelievers* here, *but not all unbelievers are this way*, *some* *try* to *live* a *moral* life.
*a.
*They *try* to *receive* *salvation* *through* the *law*, a system of *do’s and don’ts*.
*2.
What Paul is trying to say here* *is that Christians* *should not be living in this type of life style*.
*a.
**/EPH 4:20/*
*i. *Or *in other words*, He’s saying *You* *did not come to know Christ that way*.”
*ii.
This is not what you have been taught*, *you have been taught to live a godly live*.
*B.
**/EPH 4:21-22/*
*1.
*The word “*Conversation*” in (*V 22*) *means*, “*manner of life*.”
*a.
*In this V *Paul tells us* to *put off* the *former life style* *of* the *OLD MAN*.
*i. *The *OLD MAN* *is* the *person* that *you were* *before* you came to know *Jesus* as Lord and Saviour.
*ii.
That Old Man is dead* and gone, *now* you are a *new creation in Christ* Jesus, Created in Righteousness.
*b.
*Very simply,* Paul’s telling us* to *put off the former way of life*.
(The sinful things)
*2.
**/EPH 4:23/*
*a.
This V* is *very similar* to *1 found in* the Book of *COL* so let’s turn there.
*b.
**/COL 3:9-10/*
*i.
Notice* that he says in (*V 10*) that *we have put on the NEW MAN*, *but* that *NEW MAN needs to be renewed*.
*c.
How* is that *New Man* *Renewed*?
In *KNOWLEDGE*.
*i. *But *not just any knowledge* is going to do it.
*Reading*, *writing*, and *arithmetic* are great, *but* that’s *not what Paul* is *talking about*.
*ii.
Our minds are to be renewed in knowledge* *after* the *image of him* that created him.
*iii.
In other words*, *Our minds are to be renewed in the knowledge of our Creator*.
(After *God the Father*, God the *Son* , and *God the HS*.)
*d.
The only way that were going to change our life style is to have our minds renewed to the Word of God*.
*III.
**/EPH 4:24-25a/* (*STOP after WHEREFORE*)
*A.
Wherefore or because* *you have put on the new man*.
*/V 25/*
*1. *When *you become renewed* *in* the *Spirit or Attitude* *of* your *mind*, *put away lying*.
*a.
*The *Greek* literally *says*, “*Put away conscious and intentional falsehood*.”
*i.
The reason* that he *gives* for this is that *we are members one of another*.
*We are Christ body*.
*ii.
*The *body of Christ* *should not be involved in lying*, *but* we should *tell the truth*.
*iii.
*But the *Bible also teaches* us to be *slow to speak*.
We *don’t always* want to *say everything we know*.
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