I No Longer Live – Part 2
Ephesians 4:17-23
1. The Lost Demonstrate “Emptiness” in Their:
a. Actions. (Vs. 17)
b. Minds. (Vs. 18)
c. Hard Hearts. (Vs. 18, Eph 2:12)
i. Ephesians 2:12, “At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.”
2. Emptiness:
a. Dulls the Soul. (Vs. 19)
b. Breeds Greedy Desires. (Vs. 19, Rom 1:24-28)
c. Is Never Satisfied. (Vs. 19, Prob 27:20)
i. Proverbs 27:20, “Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.”
3. Christians:
a. Know and Learn in Christ! (Vs. 15, 20)
b. Are Devotees. (Vs. 20)
c. Take Off the Corrupting. (Vs. 21-22)
d. Are Mentally Renewed. (Vs. 23, Rom 12:2)
i. Romans 12:2, “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.”
e. Live in God’s Likeness. (Vs. 24)