I AM NEW

THE OLD MAN AND HIS WAYSFutile mindDarkenedAlienatedIgnorantHardheartedCallousGiven upimpure

EPHESIANS 4:17-24

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.

EPHESIANS 4:17-24

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.

EPHESIANS 4:17-24

19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

You must not walk as the Gentiles do.

EPHESIANS 4:17-24THE TRUTH IS IN JESUS

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,

THE TRANSFORMATIONOld self apart from

Christ, new self with Christ.

EPHESIANS 4:17-2422 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,

EPHESIANS 4:17-24

24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

FiveFive kinds kinds of people out there:of people out there:

1. LOOSELY RELIGIOUS 1. LOOSELY RELIGIOUS (Eyes man)(Eyes man)

“It’s for them; I’m already good enough.

I don’t need this.”

2. SECULAR-RELIGIOUS2. SECULAR-RELIGIOUS(Super hero)(Super hero)

“I’m here to save the day; The world is in a bad place;

I’m here to make a difference.”

3. VERY SPIRITUAL3. VERY SPIRITUAL(Evolution man)(Evolution man)

“I do need to change. I need to evolve into

higher states of consciousness.”

4. DEVOUTLY RELIGIOUS4. DEVOUTLY RELIGIOUS(D-I-Y man)(D-I-Y man)

“I need to be more self-disciplined. I need more self-ability to govern my

life.”

5. HOPELESS5. HOPELESS(Who man)(Who man)

“I just need to accept my fate.”

WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY?

PHILIPPIANS 3:5-65 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness, under the law blameless.

PHILIPPIANS 3:88 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ.

NOW, WHAT?NOW, WHAT?

1. Receive Jesus in your heart.2. Understand your new identity.3. Walk in your new identity.