New Lifestyle | Dr. David Jeremiah

NEW AND IMPROVED
In direct contrast to the preceding description of the unregenerate person, Paul next described the new life of the believer. He wrote of:
• our NEW MINDS: “But that isn’t what you were taught when you learned about Christ. Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught … to be renewed in the spirit of your minds.”
• our NEW HEARTS: “[You were taught] to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires.”
• our NEW BEHAVIOR: “Clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”
From darkened minds, hearts, and behavior, to new ones—this is the stark contrast from the old self to the new. Does your life reflect this contrast, the marks of the new life of the believer? Are there evidences of it in your thinking, desires, will, and behavior?

Covers Ephesians 4:25-32

Barton, B. B., & Comfort, P. W. (1996). Ephesians (p. 91). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.