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PAUL’S PLEA
Ephesians 4:17-20
Review
• Paul has been describing Christian
stability.
• His focus has been collective – teachers
equip all the saints for the good of the
body.
• Now Paul turns the focus to the individual
Christian.
But even more narrowly, to the
way every Christian thinks.
Paul’s Admonition
• New Direction: “Now” gives a new direction
of focus (not a whole change of topic).
• Present-ness: “I am saying … I am begging
… that you no longer be walking …”
• Pleading: Saying and testifying has a
different tone than “commanding”
• Departure: Gentile thinking is a default
setting and a life-long struggle
The Gentile Walk
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Walk – life characterized by a way of thought
Futility – empty/vain (22 OT categories)
Wealth (Proverbs 13:11; Ecclesiastes 2:26)
Idolatry (Psalm 31:6; Isaiah 57:13; many others)
Lies (Proverbs 21:6)
Physical Beauty (Proverbs 31:30)
Hedonism (Ecclesiastes 2:1)
Scholarship (Ecclesiastes 2:15)
Successful Business (Ecclesiastes 2:11)
Many Words (Ecclesiastes 5:7; 6:11)
The Gentile Walk
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Results: darkened, alienation, ignorance (all
present effects; all disastrous – see Romans
1:21 and Ephesians 2:12)
Root – Hardness of Heart
Pharaoh Refusal – Exodus 7:13-14
Israel’s Complaining – Psalm 95:8
Pharisaical Self-Righteousness – Mark 3:5
Christians in Persecution – Hebrews 3:8, 15; 4:7
Refusing to Honor the Creator – Romans 1:21
The Gentile Walk
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Calloused – NIV probably gives the best
sense, “having lost all sensitivity.”
Sensual – any sin that becomes
excessive and flagrant – drunken
debauchery, promiscuity, organized
violence, etc.
Covetous – all the sins that Paul has in
mind are, at their core, idolatrous.
The Christ Walk
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Major Shift – the rest of the book of
Ephesians is a description of the Christ walk
Christ – Paul deliberately uses the word
“Messiah” rather than other titles/names
Learn – “Take my yoke upon you and learn
of me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls”
(Matthew 11:29)
A Personal Example
• Gentile-Thinking: My biggest problems
are outside of me.
• Christ-Learning: “For from within, out of
the heart of man, come evil thoughts …
all these evil things come from within
and they defile a person” (Mark 7:21-23)
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