Ephesians: Life Together In Christ | Embracing Our New Identity (4:17-24)

Ephesians 4:17-24

Christianity is not merely an outward modification of morality but a radical change of heart-level identity!

The OLD life of an unbeliever is:

• Blind and numb to God (Proverbs 4:19)
• Entrenched in corrupting lies (Romans 1:21-25)
• Restlessly searching for lasting pleasure and contentment where it can never be found (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11)

The NEW life of a believer is:

• Progressively transformed by hearing and obeying Jesus (Matthew 7:24)
• Ongoing adoption of righteous, gospel-centered living (Colossians 3:9-10)
• Ongoing abandonment of sinful, ignorant living (Colossians 2:8)

“If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man’s outward actions – if he continues to be just as snobbish or spiteful or envious or ambitious as he was before – then I think we must suspect that his ‘conversion’ was largely imaginary.” — C.S. Lewis