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I. INTRO
A. Where We’ve Been
B. Where We’re Going
C. Main Text
D. Prayer
II.
CONTEXT
A. Illust.
Man overboard siren one night
a. “U must no longer” like that dangerous warning!
1.
To ignore this warning is to hazard running ur faith aground!
2. This isn’t about good and bad habits its about the maintaining our connection to Jesus
i. It’s about consistency of our words & life presenting the Gospel
-we may be the only Gospel Bennington ever encounters
-We are God’s representation on Earth…HIS very image to people who’ve never encountered him
b. next several statements that follow r devastating statements!
B. Warning from a follower o Christ 2 followers o Christ
III.
BODY
A. There are two Ways
Eph 4:
a.
The first way is of the world
1. the way of the world is Futile thinking
i. futile thinking looks like no understanding
-“darkened understanding”
-“darkened understanding”
*dim understanding o God & HIS ways; what’s that look like?
ii.
futile thinking looks like separated from God
- Only 1 way 2 God:
- Anyone who hasn’t accepted Jesus as Lord & Savior are not living a life connected to God
-Furthermore, if folks don’t understand/know God & HIS ways, then they can’t live the life God wants for & from them.
iii.
futile thinking looks like hard hearted
-def: lack o sensitivity to H.S.’s leading
-hard heartedness causes ignorance
Eph 4:19
2. the way of the world is callous
i. def: to cease to feel pain for; 2 b past feeling; insensible to honor & shame
past feeling,” insensible to honor and shame
to cease to feel pain for
-Illust: working folk’s hands vs soft hands
*story o shoveling rock where I worked
-its a callousness toward others (especially God)
Vine, W. E., Unger, M. F., & White, W., Jr. (1996).
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Vol.
2, p. 232).
Nashville, TN: T. Nelson.
-its an in ability to recognize one’s actions as either honorable/shameful
*& so this leads folks to do whatever feels good regardless o how it affects others
ii.
leads to: Giving one’s self up
ii.
sensuality: literally filthy, whatever is disgraceful; disregard of decency (God’s way)
-replaced themselves w/sensuality
disregard of decency
whatever is disgraceful
*this is practicing every kind o impurity: and the world is greedy for it!
iii.
impurity: uncleanness
uncleanness
- these 2 words sum up the practicing o every kind o impurity: and the world is greedy for it!
iv.
Here’s the rub:
-If we do not find a way to lay down this old way (the way o the world) we will become so caught up in it that we will become desensitized (numb) to the H.S. who is urging us to turn away from that to the new way
b.
The way of Jesus
b.
The way of Jesus
Eph 4:20
1.
1. Jesus’s way is to learn HIM (looks like?)
—look how this lines up w/What Jesus told his disciples 2 do—
i. heard about him
-a disciple tells folks about Jesus
-that person
*hears testimony of who Jesus is, what he did, & how that’s affected the disciple eternally...
* & now the hearer encounters the H.S.
*makes a decision 2 trust Jesus & is baptized
ii.
taught in him
- then the Christ followers teach “all that Jesus commanded”
-notice says “in him”
*relationally intimate
~Christ followers teach with the H.S. (describe)
-Why Learn in Christ?
*The truth is in Jesus, no where else!
2. What we learn is
i.
Put off the old way
ii.
Let the spirit renew our minds
Eph 4:24
iii.
put on the new way: the image of God
-The image of God is righteousness
*that is right faith, not action
Ro
-The image of God is holiness
*set apart, different, unique, distinct
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