13. READ: EPHESIANS 4:17-25
[Ephesians 4:17] "So I tell you this, and insist on it
in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in
the futility of their thinking. [18] They are darkened in their
understanding and separated from the life of God because of the
ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
[19] Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over
to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a
continual lust for more.
[20] "You, however, did not come to know Christ that
way. [21] Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him in
accordance with the Truth that is in Jesus. [22] You were taught,
with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self,
which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; [23] to be made
new in the attitude of your minds; [24] and to put on the new self,
created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
[25] "Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and
speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one
body."
a. Why are most people separated from the life of God?
b. What must we "put off"?
c. What must we "put on"?
d. In Christ, what are we all members of?
