Renewing the Mind: Putting On the New Self
1 John 2:15, 17 (ESV):
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does
the will of God abides forever.
Ephesians 4:17-32
17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the
futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God
because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19 They have become
callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of
impurity. 20 But that is not the way you learned Christ!— 21 assuming that you have heard
about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22 to put off your old self, which
belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be
renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the
likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor,
for we are members one of another. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on
your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the devil. 28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let
him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with
anyone in need. 29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for
building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve
the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness
and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be
kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Focus on:
Kindness, tenderheartedness, and forgiveness as God in Christ has shown.
Warning:
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
1. Disobedience to God's Commands
Isaiah 63:10 (ESV): "But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned
to be their enemy, and himself fought against them."
2. Sinning Deliberately
Hebrews 10:26-29 (ESV): "...how much worse punishment, do you think, will be
deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God...and has outraged
the Spirit of grace?"
Conclusion:
Summary: Putting on the new self involves an intentional shift in our speech,
emotions, actions, and attitudes.
Challenge: Commit to living out these principles daily as a reflection of our new
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