Ephesians

Sixth Day: Review Ephesians 4:17-24, concentrating on verses 23-24.

1. a. As we have seen, we must shed the old ways of thinking and start over with new premises and assumptions, which come from God Himself. How does Ephesians 4:23-24a say we are to do this?

b. Describe this new self from Ephesians 4:24b.

2. a. Just as Paul referred to the old way of living as the “old self,” he now refers to a new way of living as putting on our “new self”. (This is not the same as our new nature, which was already brought into being when we were born of God’s Spirit.) Read 2 Timothy 3:16-17. What has God given us so that we might have a new way of thinking?

b. From this passage, name some of the ways the Scriptures change our way of thinking.

3. What does 2 Peter 1:3 say that God has given us?

4. We have a choice. Put off, put on—that is the choice we must make. Reject the old; accept the new. Throw out the clutter of old urges and desires, and make way for the Spirit to come in and set up housekeeping. Read 1 Peter 1:13-15 and make a list of what we are to do.

5. Personal: God has freed us from the penalty and control of sin. He has given us everything we need to live a godly life. We have to choose what we will do. What is your choice going to be?

Ephesians Lesson 14

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