We are Being Transformed
Series: Who is the Church?
Speaker: Steve Jeffrey
Date: 15th March 2026
00:00:00 --> 00:00:08 Well, what we've been seeing in Ephesians over the past number of weeks is who the church is
00:00:08 --> 00:00:10 ! From God's perspective, not from ours.
00:00:11 --> 00:00:20 What we've seen is the church is central to God's plan for history, to unite all things under Jesus Christ.
00:00:20 --> 00:00:24 It's a plan that he achieves through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
00:00:25 --> 00:00:34 It's a plan that's, in fact, being worked out right now through time and space, through his church,
00:00:34 --> 00:00:40 as both Jews and Gentiles, people from every tribe, language and nations, are united together under the Lord Jesus.
00:00:40 --> 00:00:44 That's really the summary of the first three chapters.
00:00:45 --> 00:00:59 What we're starting to see now is that Christianity isn't about giving ourselves a little boost to live a better life,
00:01:00 --> 00:01:03 a better version of the life that we're currently living.
00:01:04 --> 00:01:09 What we're seeing is that Christianity is nothing less than being a Christian,
00:01:09 --> 00:01:17 is nothing less than a sweeping revolution that changes every aspect of life.
00:01:17 --> 00:01:26 And this is what Paul is addressing in the opening verse in our section today,
00:01:26 --> 00:01:29 which is what he's already been doing since the beginning of chapter 4,
00:01:29 --> 00:01:30 where he says,
00:01:30 --> 00:01:45 What our topic today is, Paul's calling us here, is to be transformed.
00:01:45 --> 00:01:49 That is, to be who we already are.
00:01:49 --> 00:01:55 So, four points, which is going to be our progression today.
00:01:56 --> 00:01:57 First of all, already transformed.
00:01:57 --> 00:02:06 Now, the key to this whole section, and I'm really covering right through to chapter 5, verse 21,
00:02:06 --> 00:02:20 the key to the section is verses 22 and 24, putting off the old self and putting on the new self.
00:02:21 --> 00:02:27 Now, I need to get a little bit technical here for a moment, so just bear with me,
00:02:27 --> 00:02:30 because it's really, really important.
00:02:30 --> 00:02:39 I'm going to talk linguistics and language, and particularly in the original language of the New Testament,
00:02:39 --> 00:02:48 the Greek language, both verse 22 and 24 is in what is called the aorist tense.
00:02:48 --> 00:02:52 The verb there, to put on to put off, is in the aorist tense.
00:02:53 --> 00:02:59 Now, the aorist tense is not something the English language, or virtually any other language, understands.
00:02:59 --> 00:03:04 It doesn't, the aorist tense doesn't exist for English language.
00:03:05 --> 00:03:09 But what it means, what the aorist tense means for Greek language,
00:03:10 --> 00:03:19 is it's a single action that's happened in the past, that's finalised,
00:03:20 --> 00:03:24 but has ongoing implications for my very present.
00:03:25 --> 00:03:27 That's what the aorist tense means.
00:03:29 --> 00:03:34 And what that means is, when you look at verse 22 and verse 24, putting on and putting off,
00:03:35 --> 00:03:42 the Ephesians have already put off and have already put on.
00:03:42 --> 00:03:43 That's what it means.
00:03:44 --> 00:03:45 It's already happened.
00:03:45 --> 00:03:55 And what it means is, in the past, there's been a conscious, decisive decision that they've made.
00:03:56 --> 00:04:04 And it's been a decision to turn away from the old life, to take off the old life, like an old piece of garment,
00:04:05 --> 00:04:07 and to put on a new self.
00:04:07 --> 00:04:13 And what they've turned away from is described in verses 17 to 19.
00:04:13 --> 00:04:18 You must no longer live, as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
00:04:18 --> 00:04:21 They are darkening their understanding and separated from the life of God,
00:04:21 --> 00:04:25 because of the ignorance that is in them, due to the hardening of their hearts,
00:04:25 --> 00:04:26 having lost all sensitivity.
00:04:27 --> 00:04:32 They have given themselves over to sensuality, so as to indulge in every kind of impurity.
00:04:33 --> 00:04:34 And they are full of greed.
00:04:34 --> 00:04:43 Now, what we have here in these verses is Paul's psychology of unbelief, of life without God.
00:04:45 --> 00:04:55 This is how our minds and our hearts work when they are separated from what Paul says here is the life in God,
00:04:55 --> 00:04:56 the life of God.
00:04:57 --> 00:05:01 It's a life that is marked by futility and vanity.
00:05:01 --> 00:05:10 It's a sense, if you like, of doing life, of an awful lot of work, doing an awful lot of things,
00:05:11 --> 00:05:13 and not actually getting anywhere.
00:05:14 --> 00:05:19 Of all of those things, still having a sense of hollowness to it all,
00:05:20 --> 00:05:21 not accomplishing anything.
00:05:22 --> 00:05:25 And this futility leads to verse 19.
00:05:25 --> 00:05:31 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality,
00:05:31 --> 00:05:37 so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
00:05:37 --> 00:05:46 This futility in life means that eventually we give ourselves over to things.
00:05:46 --> 00:05:54 Now, they are things like pleasures and activities and indulgences in life.
00:05:54 --> 00:05:59 They are things that, on the surface, might appear to be harmful and good for us,
00:05:59 --> 00:06:08 but all of those things are designed to soothe this sense of futility and vanity in life.
00:06:08 --> 00:06:16 They are things, you know, you might say things like, well, you know, life might be futile,
00:06:17 --> 00:06:22 but maybe it'd be better if I could run a marathon under three hours.
00:06:23 --> 00:06:29 And so that becomes the driving force of my life, or if I'm financially secure in retirement,
00:06:29 --> 00:06:33 or I've got more than 2 friends on Facebook, or I get an ATAR over 98,
00:06:33 --> 00:06:38 or my kids are happy, or I've got a career that I'm validated in,
00:06:38 --> 00:06:43 or that I've got the ability to have holidays wherever and whenever I want.
00:06:45 --> 00:06:50 And what it says here, all of those things become the markers for who we are,
00:06:51 --> 00:06:58 and it's designed to soothe this sense that my life is futile and a vanity.
00:06:58 --> 00:07:04 And then eventually it says we give ourselves to them.
00:07:05 --> 00:07:08 That is, we give ourselves over to them.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:13 In other words, that they become the controlling things in our life.
00:07:13 --> 00:07:14 They become the advantages of our life.
00:07:15 --> 00:07:17 And we need it more and more and more.
00:07:18 --> 00:07:20 I've achieved three hours marathon.
00:07:20 --> 00:07:22 Maybe two and a half would be better now.
00:07:22 --> 00:07:29 And it's a sense of I'm now controlled by the futility of life.
00:07:36 --> 00:07:43 And that goes on, and I get busier and busier and busier
00:07:43 --> 00:07:52 to try and hide the loud noise of futility that sits in my soul.
00:07:52 --> 00:08:01 Until something forces me to stop and be confronted with the vanity of my life.
00:08:02 --> 00:08:06 And that's what happened to the Ephesians in verses 20 and 22.
00:08:07 --> 00:08:11 That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ
00:08:11 --> 00:08:15 and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
00:08:15 --> 00:08:20 You were taught with regard to your former way of life to put off your old self,
00:08:20 --> 00:08:24 which has been corrupted by its deceitful desires.
00:08:24 --> 00:08:33 Now, again, there are three, another three verbs in there that are also in the aorist tense.
00:08:33 --> 00:08:42 Decisive action in the past that's finished that is consequences for my present right now.
00:08:42 --> 00:08:53 And what Paul's saying there is they lived in the futility of their life until a radical decision happened
00:08:53 --> 00:08:55 and a radical change happened in their life.
00:08:57 --> 00:08:59 In Christian circles, we call it conversion.
00:08:59 --> 00:09:02 God calls it recreation.
00:09:02 --> 00:09:04 He calls it new birth.
00:09:04 --> 00:09:06 That's what Paul's referring to here.
00:09:06 --> 00:09:14 It revolves the rejection of our former self, a life without God,
00:09:15 --> 00:09:20 and the starting of an entire new life under and in God and under the lordship of Jesus.
00:09:21 --> 00:09:23 And verse 20, the three verbs are,
00:09:23 --> 00:09:31 you learned Christ, you heard Christ, and you were taught the truth that is in Christ.
00:09:31 --> 00:09:37 What happened to them in the past is that they heard about Christ.
00:09:39 --> 00:09:42 And then they heard the voice of Christ.
00:09:43 --> 00:09:47 And in so doing, they discovered the truth that is Jesus.
00:09:50 --> 00:09:54 And they turned from the old life to the new life.
00:09:55 --> 00:10:00 They discovered the truth of who he is and what he has done for them.
00:10:00 --> 00:10:09 And so what Paul's doing here in this first section is he's reminding the Ephesians here of their conversion,
00:10:09 --> 00:10:16 of the moment that they took off their old self and they put on their new self,
00:10:18 --> 00:10:22 when the truth of Jesus broke into their lives.
00:10:22 --> 00:10:25 And he says,
00:10:25 --> 00:10:27 you're already transformed.
00:10:30 --> 00:10:34 But notice that in verses 25 and onwards,
00:10:35 --> 00:10:38 and if you read to the end of chapter 5,
00:10:38 --> 00:10:39 and in fact,
00:10:39 --> 00:10:41 keep going really into chapter 6,
00:10:42 --> 00:10:46 there are various moral actions and behaviours
00:10:46 --> 00:10:49 that Paul is calling the Ephesian church,
00:10:49 --> 00:10:50 in fact,
00:10:50 --> 00:10:53 some to put off and equally others to put on.
00:10:55 --> 00:10:57 He's still calling them to put off and put on.
00:10:57 --> 00:10:58 But crucially,
00:11:00 --> 00:11:04 we need to understand that before you get to verse 25,
00:11:06 --> 00:11:08 verses 17 and 20 to 24 are there.
00:11:09 --> 00:11:11 They come first.
00:11:11 --> 00:11:18 Verses 22 and 24 talk about putting off the old self and putting on the new self,
00:11:18 --> 00:11:25 not about putting off old behaviours and putting on new behaviours.
00:11:26 --> 00:11:28 It's talking about the self,
00:11:30 --> 00:11:31 the person.
00:11:31 --> 00:11:34 Christianity,
00:11:36 --> 00:11:37 this is essential
00:11:37 --> 00:11:41 because way too many people get this wrong
00:11:41 --> 00:11:44 in the church and outside the church.
00:11:46 --> 00:11:50 Christianity is about being someone
00:11:50 --> 00:11:53 before it's doing something.
00:11:56 --> 00:11:57 First and foremost,
00:11:57 --> 00:12:01 it's about becoming a whole new self.
00:12:02 --> 00:12:05 It is a comprehensive revolution
00:12:05 --> 00:12:08 that changes who you are
00:12:08 --> 00:12:15 before it revolutionarily changes what you do and how you live.
00:12:17 --> 00:12:19 That's possibly the biggest
00:12:19 --> 00:12:23 and most common mistake people make about Christianity.
00:12:23 --> 00:12:26 morality
00:12:26 --> 00:12:31 is not Christianity.
00:12:35 --> 00:12:37 Even biblical morality
00:12:37 --> 00:12:41 is not Christianity.
00:12:46 --> 00:12:49 Christianity is not about becoming more moral.
00:12:49 --> 00:12:56 This is how most people look at it.
00:12:56 --> 00:12:57 And to be honest with you,
00:12:58 --> 00:12:58 I've,
00:12:59 --> 00:13:01 over more than three decades,
00:13:01 --> 00:13:02 I've had this conversation
00:13:02 --> 00:13:04 so many times with people
00:13:04 --> 00:13:05 and I'm confident
00:13:05 --> 00:13:08 that in my old life,
00:13:08 --> 00:13:10 I asked exactly the same questions.
00:13:11 --> 00:13:12 It goes something like this.
00:13:12 --> 00:13:14 Look, I'm interested in becoming a Christian,
00:13:14 --> 00:13:15 but I'm just wondering,
00:13:15 --> 00:13:16 if I do become a Christian,
00:13:16 --> 00:13:19 do I need to stop having sex
00:13:19 --> 00:13:20 with my married co-worker?
00:13:21 --> 00:13:22 Like, will I need to do that?
00:13:23 --> 00:13:24 I'm just weighing up here,
00:13:25 --> 00:13:25 you know,
00:13:26 --> 00:13:28 will I have to give money away?
00:13:28 --> 00:13:29 Do I need to do that?
00:13:29 --> 00:13:32 Do I need to come to church at all?
00:13:33 --> 00:13:34 Do I have to forgive my parents
00:13:34 --> 00:13:36 for not giving me the Porsche
00:13:36 --> 00:13:37 on my 18th birthday?
00:13:37 --> 00:13:39 Because I haven't spoken to them for 10 years.
00:13:40 --> 00:13:41 Like, do I need to do that?
00:13:41 --> 00:13:41
00:13:41 --> 00:13:42 Now,
00:13:45 --> 00:13:47 the answer is,
00:13:49 --> 00:13:49 well,
00:13:50 --> 00:13:51 yes,
00:13:52 --> 00:13:53 ultimately,
00:13:53 --> 00:13:54 in fact,
00:13:54 --> 00:13:56 you'll see all of those behaviours
00:13:56 --> 00:13:57 mentioned,
00:13:58 --> 00:13:59 not in the details I just gave,
00:13:59 --> 00:14:01 but you'll see them there
00:14:01 --> 00:14:02 eventually,
00:14:02 --> 00:14:04 but let me just say,
00:14:04 --> 00:14:06 you've asked me the wrong questions
00:14:06 --> 00:14:09 and you've got in Christianity
00:14:09 --> 00:14:11 entirely wrong.
00:14:11 --> 00:14:13 Entirely wrong.
00:14:14 --> 00:14:15 Becoming a Christian
00:14:15 --> 00:14:19 is about becoming a new person
00:14:19 --> 00:14:21 before you live
00:14:21 --> 00:14:22 with a new set of behaviours
00:14:22 --> 00:14:23 and attitudes.
00:14:24 --> 00:14:25 You haven't understood
00:14:25 --> 00:14:27 what Christianity actually is
00:14:27 --> 00:14:29 in asking those questions.
00:14:31 --> 00:14:33 That's the first point.
00:14:34 --> 00:14:35 Already transformed.
00:14:35 --> 00:14:36 Secondly,
00:14:37 --> 00:14:39 verse 25 says,
00:14:39 --> 00:14:41 it starts with,
00:14:41 --> 00:14:41 therefore.
00:14:42 --> 00:14:43 And so what follows
00:14:43 --> 00:14:45 is the implications
00:14:45 --> 00:14:46 of the very fact
00:14:46 --> 00:14:47 that they have already
00:14:47 --> 00:14:48 taken off
00:14:48 --> 00:14:49 and have put on.
00:14:50 --> 00:14:51 Therefore,
00:14:51 --> 00:14:53 because you have made
00:14:53 --> 00:14:53 the decision
00:14:53 --> 00:14:55 to throw off
00:14:55 --> 00:14:56 your old self
00:14:56 --> 00:14:58 once and for all,
00:14:59 --> 00:15:00 you must now
00:15:00 --> 00:15:02 put on
00:15:02 --> 00:15:04 all conduct.
00:15:04 --> 00:15:06 so you must continue
00:15:06 --> 00:15:07 to put off
00:15:07 --> 00:15:07 all conduct
00:15:07 --> 00:15:08 that belongs
00:15:08 --> 00:15:09 to the old self.
00:15:10 --> 00:15:10 Throw it away.
00:15:14 --> 00:15:15 And the point here
00:15:15 --> 00:15:16 as we move on
00:15:16 --> 00:15:18 is this new self
00:15:18 --> 00:15:20 that we have taken on,
00:15:21 --> 00:15:22 all of its behaviours
00:15:22 --> 00:15:23 and attitudes,
00:15:23 --> 00:15:24 you do not
00:15:24 --> 00:15:25 naturally
00:15:25 --> 00:15:26 drift
00:15:26 --> 00:15:27 into it.
00:15:27 --> 00:15:30 doesn't just happen.
00:15:33 --> 00:15:34 We must actively
00:15:34 --> 00:15:35 put it on.
00:15:36 --> 00:15:37 Chapter 4,
00:15:37 --> 00:15:38 verse 1,
00:15:38 --> 00:15:39 which Ash
00:15:39 --> 00:15:40 took us to last week,
00:15:40 --> 00:15:41 calls us,
00:15:41 --> 00:15:42 the Christian,
00:15:42 --> 00:15:43 to live worthy
00:15:43 --> 00:15:44 of the kingdom
00:15:44 --> 00:15:45 that we've been
00:15:45 --> 00:15:46 called into.
00:15:47 --> 00:15:48 Verse 17 says,
00:15:48 --> 00:15:48 stop living
00:15:48 --> 00:15:49 the old life.
00:15:49 --> 00:15:50 Chapter 5,
00:15:50 --> 00:15:51 verse 3
00:15:51 --> 00:15:52 refers to the old life
00:15:52 --> 00:15:53 being in brother
00:15:53 --> 00:15:55 for God's people.
00:15:56 --> 00:15:56 Instead,
00:15:56 --> 00:15:57 he calls us
00:15:57 --> 00:16:00 in chapter 5,
00:16:00 --> 00:16:00 verse 1 and 2,
00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 follow God's example
00:16:02 --> 00:16:02 therefore
00:16:02 --> 00:16:04 as dearly loved children
00:16:04 --> 00:16:06 and walk
00:16:06 --> 00:16:07 in the way
00:16:07 --> 00:16:07 of love
00:16:07 --> 00:16:10 just as Christ
00:16:10 --> 00:16:11 loved us
00:16:11 --> 00:16:12 and gave himself
00:16:12 --> 00:16:12 up for us
00:16:12 --> 00:16:13 as a fragrant
00:16:13 --> 00:16:14 offering and sacrifice
00:16:14 --> 00:16:15 to God.
00:16:17 --> 00:16:18 Ephesians 2,
00:16:18 --> 00:16:19 which I was,
00:16:19 --> 00:16:20 took us there
00:16:20 --> 00:16:21 a number of weeks
00:16:21 --> 00:16:21 ago now,
00:16:22 --> 00:16:22 says that
00:16:22 --> 00:16:24 the very essence
00:16:24 --> 00:16:26 of the old life
00:16:26 --> 00:16:26 of sin
00:16:26 --> 00:16:28 is a life
00:16:28 --> 00:16:31 which is centered
00:16:31 --> 00:16:34 entirely on me.
00:16:35 --> 00:16:37 It's a life
00:16:37 --> 00:16:39 where everything
00:16:39 --> 00:16:41 exists for my glory,
00:16:41 --> 00:16:42 where my heart
00:16:42 --> 00:16:42 is curved
00:16:42 --> 00:16:43 towards myself.
00:16:43 --> 00:16:45 It's a life
00:16:45 --> 00:16:46 fundamentally
00:16:46 --> 00:16:49 that is selfish,
00:16:49 --> 00:16:50 no matter how
00:16:50 --> 00:16:53 we cover it up
00:16:53 --> 00:16:56 and make it look good.
00:16:57 --> 00:16:58 That's the old self
00:16:58 --> 00:17:00 and what we see here,
00:17:01 --> 00:17:02 the new self
00:17:02 --> 00:17:05 and all its behaviors
00:17:05 --> 00:17:06 and attitudes
00:17:06 --> 00:17:08 is the exact opposite.
00:17:08 --> 00:17:12 it's a life
00:17:12 --> 00:17:13 as chapter 5
00:17:13 --> 00:17:14 tells us there,
00:17:14 --> 00:17:15 a life of love.
00:17:17 --> 00:17:17 It's a life
00:17:17 --> 00:17:18 of personal
00:17:18 --> 00:17:20 sacrifice,
00:17:21 --> 00:17:21 of giving
00:17:21 --> 00:17:23 and serving
00:17:23 --> 00:17:24 and forgiving.
00:17:26 --> 00:17:27 In fact,
00:17:27 --> 00:17:28 everything
00:17:28 --> 00:17:29 that's listed here
00:17:29 --> 00:17:30 is about
00:17:30 --> 00:17:32 building
00:17:32 --> 00:17:33 relationships,
00:17:35 --> 00:17:35 loving
00:17:35 --> 00:17:36 others.
00:17:40 --> 00:17:41 Third point,
00:17:41 --> 00:17:41 how do we do that
00:17:41 --> 00:17:42 then?
00:17:42 --> 00:17:43 How to be transformed,
00:17:43 --> 00:17:43 how to continue
00:17:43 --> 00:17:44 to be transformed.
00:17:44 --> 00:17:45 I want to spend
00:17:45 --> 00:17:46 a bit of time
00:17:46 --> 00:17:46 on this one
00:17:46 --> 00:17:48 because,
00:17:48 --> 00:17:49 frankly,
00:17:49 --> 00:17:50 we all want
00:17:50 --> 00:17:51 to change
00:17:51 --> 00:17:53 and
00:17:53 --> 00:17:56 it's one of the
00:17:56 --> 00:17:57 preoccupations,
00:17:57 --> 00:17:57 in fact,
00:17:57 --> 00:17:58 of our
00:17:58 --> 00:17:59 society
00:17:59 --> 00:18:00 and yet
00:18:00 --> 00:18:01 we always
00:18:01 --> 00:18:01 struggle
00:18:01 --> 00:18:02 to change.
00:18:04 --> 00:18:05 It's one of the
00:18:05 --> 00:18:05 things we kick
00:18:05 --> 00:18:06 ourselves for,
00:18:07 --> 00:18:07 how quickly
00:18:07 --> 00:18:08 we have
00:18:08 --> 00:18:09 New Year's Eve
00:18:09 --> 00:18:09 resolutions
00:18:09 --> 00:18:11 and
00:18:11 --> 00:18:12 90-something
00:18:12 --> 00:18:13 percent
00:18:13 --> 00:18:14 fail
00:18:14 --> 00:18:14 before the
00:18:14 --> 00:18:15 end of January.
00:18:16 --> 00:18:16 Struggle
00:18:16 --> 00:18:17 to change.
00:18:18 --> 00:18:19 So,
00:18:19 --> 00:18:19 the first thing
00:18:19 --> 00:18:20 we need to do,
00:18:20 --> 00:18:21 there's three points
00:18:21 --> 00:18:21 here,
00:18:21 --> 00:18:22 and the first thing
00:18:22 --> 00:18:22 is we need
00:18:22 --> 00:18:23 a new motive,
00:18:23 --> 00:18:24 a different motive
00:18:24 --> 00:18:25 to change.
00:18:25 --> 00:18:28 that is what
00:18:28 --> 00:18:28 it's saying
00:18:28 --> 00:18:29 is that
00:18:29 --> 00:18:30 the reason
00:18:30 --> 00:18:32 why we
00:18:32 --> 00:18:33 do things
00:18:33 --> 00:18:34 is critical.
00:18:35 --> 00:18:36 It matters
00:18:36 --> 00:18:37 critically.
00:18:38 --> 00:18:39 Why we do
00:18:39 --> 00:18:40 the things
00:18:40 --> 00:18:41 we do
00:18:41 --> 00:18:42 absolutely
00:18:42 --> 00:18:42 matters.
00:18:44 --> 00:18:44 It matters
00:18:44 --> 00:18:45 so much
00:18:45 --> 00:18:47 because it's
00:18:47 --> 00:18:47 in fact
00:18:47 --> 00:18:48 possible
00:18:48 --> 00:18:49 to do
00:18:49 --> 00:18:51 the entirely
00:18:51 --> 00:18:52 right things
00:18:52 --> 00:18:52 to do,
00:18:53 --> 00:18:53 to even
00:18:53 --> 00:18:54 live with
00:18:54 --> 00:18:55 Christian morality
00:18:55 --> 00:18:57 and to
00:18:57 --> 00:18:58 do it
00:18:58 --> 00:18:58 for the
00:18:58 --> 00:18:58 wrong
00:18:58 --> 00:18:59 reasons.
00:19:01 --> 00:19:01 For
00:19:01 --> 00:19:01 instance,
00:19:02 --> 00:19:03 let's
00:19:03 --> 00:19:04 take
00:19:04 --> 00:19:04 raising
00:19:04 --> 00:19:05 children.
00:19:07 --> 00:19:08 And you
00:19:08 --> 00:19:08 want to
00:19:08 --> 00:19:09 raise your
00:19:09 --> 00:19:10 child to
00:19:10 --> 00:19:10 be truthful.
00:19:11 --> 00:19:12 The main
00:19:12 --> 00:19:13 ways that
00:19:13 --> 00:19:14 we raise
00:19:14 --> 00:19:15 children
00:19:15 --> 00:19:16 ethically
00:19:16 --> 00:19:16 and say,
00:19:16 --> 00:19:17 for instance,
00:19:17 --> 00:19:17 in the issue
00:19:17 --> 00:19:18 of truth,
00:19:18 --> 00:19:19 the main
00:19:19 --> 00:19:19 ways we
00:19:19 --> 00:19:20 do that
00:19:20 --> 00:19:21 is through
00:19:21 --> 00:19:22 fear
00:19:22 --> 00:19:23 or pride.
00:19:24 --> 00:19:24 Fear or
00:19:24 --> 00:19:25 pride,
00:19:25 --> 00:19:25 or maybe
00:19:25 --> 00:19:25 a combination
00:19:25 --> 00:19:26 of both.
00:19:27 --> 00:19:27 Fear says
00:19:27 --> 00:19:28 something like
00:19:28 --> 00:19:28 this,
00:19:29 --> 00:19:29 you better
00:19:29 --> 00:19:30 tell the
00:19:30 --> 00:19:30 truth or
00:19:30 --> 00:19:30 I'll
00:19:30 --> 00:19:31 punish you.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:34 Liars,
00:19:34 --> 00:19:36 or God
00:19:36 --> 00:19:36 will be
00:19:36 --> 00:19:36 angry with
00:19:36 --> 00:19:37 you,
00:19:38 --> 00:19:38 or even
00:19:38 --> 00:19:38 take it
00:19:38 --> 00:19:39 even further,
00:19:39 --> 00:19:39 all liars
00:19:39 --> 00:19:40 go to
00:19:40 --> 00:19:40 hell.
00:19:42 --> 00:19:42 Or you're
00:19:42 --> 00:19:43 going to get
00:19:43 --> 00:19:43 found out,
00:19:44 --> 00:19:44 and if you
00:19:44 --> 00:19:45 get found
00:19:45 --> 00:19:45 out, people
00:19:45 --> 00:19:46 won't trust
00:19:46 --> 00:19:46 you, they
00:19:46 --> 00:19:47 won't like
00:19:47 --> 00:19:47 you.
00:19:48 --> 00:19:49 That's
00:19:49 --> 00:19:50 fear.
00:19:50 --> 00:19:54 pride says
00:19:54 --> 00:19:56 something like,
00:19:57 --> 00:19:58 oh, awful
00:19:58 --> 00:19:59 people lie.
00:20:00 --> 00:20:01 Awful, awful
00:20:01 --> 00:20:02 people lie.
00:20:03 --> 00:20:03 Truthful people
00:20:03 --> 00:20:04 are good
00:20:04 --> 00:20:05 people, but
00:20:05 --> 00:20:06 awful people
00:20:06 --> 00:20:07 are bad,
00:20:07 --> 00:20:07 bad people.
00:20:08 --> 00:20:08 God will
00:20:08 --> 00:20:09 bless you if
00:20:09 --> 00:20:10 you tell the
00:20:10 --> 00:20:10 truth.
00:20:10 --> 00:20:10 truth.
00:20:15 --> 00:20:15 And so
00:20:15 --> 00:20:16 what happens
00:20:16 --> 00:20:16 in that
00:20:16 --> 00:20:17 moment is
00:20:17 --> 00:20:18 an external
00:20:18 --> 00:20:19 pressure for
00:20:19 --> 00:20:20 fear or
00:20:20 --> 00:20:21 pride.
00:20:21 --> 00:20:22 Fear, I
00:20:22 --> 00:20:22 don't want to
00:20:22 --> 00:20:23 get caught, I
00:20:23 --> 00:20:23 don't want to
00:20:23 --> 00:20:24 be punished.
00:20:26 --> 00:20:27 Pride, I
00:20:27 --> 00:20:27 don't want to
00:20:27 --> 00:20:27 be like the
00:20:27 --> 00:20:28 awful people,
00:20:28 --> 00:20:28 and if I'm
00:20:28 --> 00:20:29 not like the
00:20:29 --> 00:20:29 awful people,
00:20:29 --> 00:20:29 therefore I'm
00:20:29 --> 00:20:30 a good
00:20:30 --> 00:20:30 person.
00:20:31 --> 00:20:31 Fear and
00:20:31 --> 00:20:32 pride.
00:20:33 --> 00:20:34 External
00:20:34 --> 00:20:35 pressures to
00:20:35 --> 00:20:35 tell the
00:20:35 --> 00:20:36 truth.
00:20:38 --> 00:20:39 And the
00:20:39 --> 00:20:40 reason
00:20:40 --> 00:20:42 the reason
00:20:42 --> 00:20:43 I will
00:20:43 --> 00:20:43 tell the
00:20:43 --> 00:20:45 truth is
00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 because I'm
00:20:46 --> 00:20:47 motivated by
00:20:47 --> 00:20:48 self-interest.
00:20:50 --> 00:20:51 That's the
00:20:51 --> 00:20:51 reason I do
00:20:51 --> 00:20:52 it.
00:20:52 --> 00:20:53 It's about
00:20:53 --> 00:20:53 me.
00:20:55 --> 00:20:55 It's got
00:20:55 --> 00:20:56 nothing to
00:20:56 --> 00:20:57 do with
00:20:57 --> 00:20:59 damaging the
00:20:59 --> 00:20:59 life of the
00:20:59 --> 00:21:00 person that I'm
00:21:00 --> 00:21:01 lying to.
00:21:01 --> 00:21:01 It's got
00:21:01 --> 00:21:02 nothing to
00:21:02 --> 00:21:02 do with
00:21:02 --> 00:21:02 whether it
00:21:02 --> 00:21:03 honors God
00:21:03 --> 00:21:03 or not.
00:21:03 --> 00:21:04 It's about
00:21:04 --> 00:21:04 me.
00:21:05 --> 00:21:05 And it's
00:21:05 --> 00:21:06 no different
00:21:06 --> 00:21:07 than Ephesians
00:21:07 --> 00:21:07 2 and my
00:21:07 --> 00:21:08 life being
00:21:08 --> 00:21:09 curved in
00:21:09 --> 00:21:10 on myself.
00:21:10 --> 00:21:12 And so I
00:21:12 --> 00:21:13 pursue
00:21:13 --> 00:21:14 Christian
00:21:14 --> 00:21:16 morality for
00:21:16 --> 00:21:16 my sake.
00:21:21 --> 00:21:21 And that
00:21:21 --> 00:21:22 works for a
00:21:22 --> 00:21:23 little while.
00:21:24 --> 00:21:25 But then
00:21:25 --> 00:21:25 there's a
00:21:25 --> 00:21:25 time when
00:21:25 --> 00:21:26 telling the
00:21:26 --> 00:21:27 truth doesn't
00:21:27 --> 00:21:27 work for me
00:21:27 --> 00:21:28 because there's
00:21:28 --> 00:21:28 something else
00:21:28 --> 00:21:29 that's even
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 more valuable
00:21:29 --> 00:21:30 to me in my
00:21:30 --> 00:21:31 identity.
00:21:31 --> 00:21:32 And that
00:21:32 --> 00:21:32 might be,
00:21:32 --> 00:21:33 for instance,
00:21:34 --> 00:21:35 being rich.
00:21:35 --> 00:21:35 rich.
00:21:37 --> 00:21:37 And so
00:21:37 --> 00:21:38 when the
00:21:38 --> 00:21:38 opportunity
00:21:38 --> 00:21:40 presents
00:21:40 --> 00:21:40 itself,
00:21:41 --> 00:21:43 I will
00:21:43 --> 00:21:44 lie,
00:21:44 --> 00:21:45 I will
00:21:45 --> 00:21:45 falsify,
00:21:46 --> 00:21:46 I will
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 embezzle.
00:21:49 --> 00:21:50 And if I
00:21:50 --> 00:21:50 ever get
00:21:50 --> 00:21:50 caught out in
00:21:50 --> 00:21:51 that moment
00:21:51 --> 00:21:51 for doing
00:21:51 --> 00:21:52 those things,
00:21:52 --> 00:21:52 I go,
00:21:52 --> 00:21:53 I don't know
00:21:53 --> 00:21:53 what happened
00:21:53 --> 00:21:53 to me.
00:21:54 --> 00:21:54 This is not
00:21:54 --> 00:21:55 who I am.
00:21:56 --> 00:21:56 I'm not a
00:21:56 --> 00:21:56 liar.
00:21:57 --> 00:21:57 I was not
00:21:57 --> 00:21:57 brought up
00:21:57 --> 00:21:58 to be a
00:21:58 --> 00:21:58 liar.
00:21:59 --> 00:22:00 And the
00:22:00 --> 00:22:00 answer to
00:22:00 --> 00:22:00 that is,
00:22:00 --> 00:22:01 well,
00:22:01 --> 00:22:01 of course
00:22:01 --> 00:22:03 you are.
00:22:03 --> 00:22:04 Of course
00:22:04 --> 00:22:04 you were
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 brought up
00:22:05 --> 00:22:05 to lie.
00:22:07 --> 00:22:08 You were
00:22:08 --> 00:22:08 brought up
00:22:08 --> 00:22:08 to make
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09 everything about
00:22:09 --> 00:22:10 you,
00:22:10 --> 00:22:10 and that is
00:22:10 --> 00:22:11 why you've
00:22:11 --> 00:22:12 embezzled.
00:22:12 --> 00:22:12 It's why
00:22:12 --> 00:22:13 you've lied.
00:22:13 --> 00:22:14 It's why
00:22:14 --> 00:22:14 you're
00:22:14 --> 00:22:15 falsified.
00:22:16 --> 00:22:17 You've been
00:22:17 --> 00:22:17 practicing
00:22:17 --> 00:22:19 new self
00:22:19 --> 00:22:20 behaviors out
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 of an old
00:22:21 --> 00:22:22 self heart.
00:22:28 --> 00:22:28 And it's
00:22:28 --> 00:22:29 been working
00:22:29 --> 00:22:30 for a little
00:22:30 --> 00:22:30 while.
00:22:30 --> 00:22:31 But ultimately
00:22:31 --> 00:22:32 it doesn't.
00:22:33 --> 00:22:34 And there
00:22:34 --> 00:22:34 are churches
00:22:34 --> 00:22:35 all over
00:22:35 --> 00:22:36 this country
00:22:36 --> 00:22:37 right now,
00:22:38 --> 00:22:38 like this
00:22:38 --> 00:22:39 one,
00:22:39 --> 00:22:39 meeting,
00:22:40 --> 00:22:40 and there
00:22:40 --> 00:22:41 are people
00:22:41 --> 00:22:42 sitting beside
00:22:42 --> 00:22:42 each other
00:22:42 --> 00:22:43 in those
00:22:43 --> 00:22:43 churches,
00:22:44 --> 00:22:45 living with
00:22:45 --> 00:22:47 the same
00:22:47 --> 00:22:48 moral frameworks,
00:22:49 --> 00:22:50 but doing
00:22:50 --> 00:22:50 it for
00:22:50 --> 00:22:51 entirely
00:22:51 --> 00:22:51 different
00:22:51 --> 00:22:52 reasons.
00:22:53 --> 00:22:54 Entirely
00:22:54 --> 00:22:54 different
00:22:54 --> 00:22:55 reasons.
00:22:55 --> 00:22:55 There are
00:22:55 --> 00:22:56 those who
00:22:56 --> 00:22:56 are doing
00:22:56 --> 00:22:57 it because
00:22:57 --> 00:22:57 they hope
00:22:57 --> 00:22:58 God approves
00:22:58 --> 00:22:58 of them in
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 the end,
00:22:59 --> 00:23:01 or because
00:23:01 --> 00:23:01 it makes
00:23:01 --> 00:23:01 them feel
00:23:01 --> 00:23:02 superior to
00:23:02 --> 00:23:03 those who
00:23:03 --> 00:23:03 are not
00:23:03 --> 00:23:03 living the
00:23:03 --> 00:23:04 way they're
00:23:04 --> 00:23:04 living,
00:23:05 --> 00:23:05 fear and
00:23:05 --> 00:23:05 pride.
00:23:07 --> 00:23:07 And there
00:23:07 --> 00:23:08 are those
00:23:08 --> 00:23:08 who are
00:23:08 --> 00:23:08 doing it
00:23:08 --> 00:23:09 simply out
00:23:09 --> 00:23:10 of gratitude.
00:23:10 --> 00:23:13 for God's
00:23:13 --> 00:23:13 grace
00:23:13 --> 00:23:14 in Jesus
00:23:14 --> 00:23:14 Christ,
00:23:15 --> 00:23:15 taking them
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 from darkness
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 to light,
00:23:17 --> 00:23:18 from death
00:23:18 --> 00:23:19 to life,
00:23:20 --> 00:23:20 from the
00:23:20 --> 00:23:20 old self
00:23:20 --> 00:23:21 to the
00:23:21 --> 00:23:21 new self,
00:23:22 --> 00:23:22 and so
00:23:22 --> 00:23:23 they're doing
00:23:23 --> 00:23:24 the life
00:23:24 --> 00:23:24 they're doing,
00:23:24 --> 00:23:24 they're living
00:23:24 --> 00:23:25 the life,
00:23:25 --> 00:23:25 they have the
00:23:25 --> 00:23:26 behaviours,
00:23:26 --> 00:23:26 they're just
00:23:26 --> 00:23:27 out of joy,
00:23:27 --> 00:23:31 out of joy.
00:23:33 --> 00:23:33 So that's
00:23:33 --> 00:23:34 the first
00:23:34 --> 00:23:34 thing we
00:23:34 --> 00:23:34 need to
00:23:34 --> 00:23:35 change,
00:23:36 --> 00:23:36 to really
00:23:36 --> 00:23:37 change,
00:23:37 --> 00:23:37 and that's
00:23:37 --> 00:23:37 a different
00:23:37 --> 00:23:39 motive from
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00:23:41 --> 00:23:41 an internal
00:23:41 --> 00:23:42 motive as
00:23:42 --> 00:23:42 opposed to
00:23:42 --> 00:23:43 external
00:23:43 --> 00:23:43 compliance.
00:23:43 --> 00:23:44 The second
00:23:44 --> 00:23:45 source of
00:23:45 --> 00:23:46 this new,
00:23:46 --> 00:23:47 and the
00:23:47 --> 00:23:48 second thing,
00:23:48 --> 00:23:48 and I think
00:23:48 --> 00:23:49 it's the
00:23:49 --> 00:23:50 source of
00:23:50 --> 00:23:51 this new
00:23:51 --> 00:23:51 motive,
00:23:51 --> 00:23:52 is we need
00:23:52 --> 00:23:52 a new
00:23:52 --> 00:23:53 identity.
00:23:55 --> 00:23:55 We've seen
00:23:55 --> 00:23:56 that we've
00:23:56 --> 00:23:56 been made
00:23:56 --> 00:23:57 an entirely
00:23:57 --> 00:23:57 new person
00:23:57 --> 00:23:58 in Jesus
00:23:58 --> 00:23:58 Christ.
00:23:59 --> 00:23:59 Chapter 5,
00:23:59 --> 00:24:00 verse 1,
00:24:00 --> 00:24:01 is the
00:24:01 --> 00:24:01 Christian's
00:24:01 --> 00:24:02 new identity.
00:24:03 --> 00:24:03 Follow God's
00:24:03 --> 00:24:04 example,
00:24:04 --> 00:24:04 therefore,
00:24:05 --> 00:24:06 as dearly
00:24:06 --> 00:24:07 loved
00:24:07 --> 00:24:07 children.
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 Verse 3,
00:24:09 --> 00:24:10 his holy
00:24:10 --> 00:24:10 people.
00:24:11 --> 00:24:11 Verse 8,
00:24:12 --> 00:24:12 you are his
00:24:12 --> 00:24:13 children.
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14 Light
00:24:14 --> 00:24:15 in the
00:24:15 --> 00:24:16 Lord,
00:24:17 --> 00:24:18 which means
00:24:18 --> 00:24:20 in
00:24:20 --> 00:24:21 Christ,
00:24:22 --> 00:24:23 you are
00:24:23 --> 00:24:25 light,
00:24:25 --> 00:24:26 not dark.
00:24:26 --> 00:24:27 You've
00:24:27 --> 00:24:27 been
00:24:27 --> 00:24:28 forgiven
00:24:28 --> 00:24:29 and made
00:24:29 --> 00:24:29 new in
00:24:29 --> 00:24:29 him.
00:24:30 --> 00:24:31 That is,
00:24:31 --> 00:24:31 God has
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 loved us,
00:24:32 --> 00:24:32 he has
00:24:32 --> 00:24:33 chosen us,
00:24:33 --> 00:24:33 he has
00:24:33 --> 00:24:34 called us,
00:24:34 --> 00:24:34 he has
00:24:34 --> 00:24:35 forgiven us,
00:24:35 --> 00:24:35 he's
00:24:35 --> 00:24:36 redeemed us,
00:24:36 --> 00:24:36 he's filled
00:24:36 --> 00:24:36 us,
00:24:36 --> 00:24:37 he's changing
00:24:37 --> 00:24:37 us,
00:24:37 --> 00:24:38 and one
00:24:38 --> 00:24:38 day he
00:24:38 --> 00:24:39 will glorify
00:24:39 --> 00:24:39 us.
00:24:40 --> 00:24:40 The
00:24:40 --> 00:24:41 almighty
00:24:41 --> 00:24:41 God,
00:24:41 --> 00:24:42 who alone
00:24:42 --> 00:24:43 is holy,
00:24:43 --> 00:24:44 who is
00:24:44 --> 00:24:45 all-powerful,
00:24:45 --> 00:24:46 who is
00:24:46 --> 00:24:46 perfect,
00:24:47 --> 00:24:47 he has
00:24:47 --> 00:24:48 set his
00:24:48 --> 00:24:50 unconditional,
00:24:50 --> 00:24:51 undeserved,
00:24:51 --> 00:24:52 sacrificial,
00:24:52 --> 00:24:52 adopting,
00:24:52 --> 00:24:53 redeeming love,
00:24:54 --> 00:24:55 on you,
00:24:55 --> 00:24:56 the Christian.
00:24:56 --> 00:24:58 And it
00:24:58 --> 00:24:59 is
00:24:59 --> 00:25:01 all a
00:25:01 --> 00:25:01 gift.
00:25:03 --> 00:25:04 Not one
00:25:04 --> 00:25:06 moral act
00:25:06 --> 00:25:06 on your
00:25:06 --> 00:25:07 behalf
00:25:07 --> 00:25:08 has caused
00:25:08 --> 00:25:09 him to
00:25:09 --> 00:25:09 turn his
00:25:09 --> 00:25:10 face towards
00:25:10 --> 00:25:10 you.
00:25:12 --> 00:25:13 Not one
00:25:13 --> 00:25:14 positive good
00:25:14 --> 00:25:15 thing that
00:25:15 --> 00:25:15 you've done
00:25:15 --> 00:25:16 has made
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17 him approve
00:25:17 --> 00:25:18 of you.
00:25:18 --> 00:25:20 it is
00:25:20 --> 00:25:21 all about
00:25:21 --> 00:25:22 him and
00:25:22 --> 00:25:23 his
00:25:23 --> 00:25:23 perfection
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 and
00:25:24 --> 00:25:25 desiring
00:25:25 --> 00:25:26 to impute
00:25:26 --> 00:25:26 it to
00:25:26 --> 00:25:27 us,
00:25:27 --> 00:25:28 to give
00:25:28 --> 00:25:29 it to
00:25:29 --> 00:25:29 us as
00:25:29 --> 00:25:30 a gift.
00:25:32 --> 00:25:33 And he
00:25:33 --> 00:25:33 knows
00:25:33 --> 00:25:35 already
00:25:35 --> 00:25:36 the darkness
00:25:36 --> 00:25:36 of the
00:25:36 --> 00:25:37 heart,
00:25:37 --> 00:25:37 the hardness
00:25:37 --> 00:25:38 of the
00:25:38 --> 00:25:38 heart,
00:25:38 --> 00:25:38 the greed,
00:25:39 --> 00:25:39 the debauchery,
00:25:39 --> 00:25:40 the impurity.
00:25:41 --> 00:25:42 He knows
00:25:42 --> 00:25:43 it all.
00:25:43 --> 00:25:47 And yet
00:25:47 --> 00:25:47 he's still
00:25:47 --> 00:25:49 set his
00:25:49 --> 00:25:49 face towards
00:25:49 --> 00:25:50 us,
00:25:51 --> 00:25:53 designed
00:25:53 --> 00:25:53 to love
00:25:53 --> 00:25:55 and to
00:25:55 --> 00:25:56 take us
00:25:56 --> 00:25:56 from old
00:25:56 --> 00:25:56 to new.
00:25:59 --> 00:26:00 And it's
00:26:00 --> 00:26:01 because of
00:26:01 --> 00:26:01 who the
00:26:01 --> 00:26:02 gift giver
00:26:02 --> 00:26:02 is,
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 in his
00:26:03 --> 00:26:04 sovereign
00:26:04 --> 00:26:04 grace,
00:26:05 --> 00:26:07 what he
00:26:07 --> 00:26:07 has set
00:26:07 --> 00:26:08 his face
00:26:08 --> 00:26:08 towards us,
00:26:08 --> 00:26:09 his love
00:26:09 --> 00:26:09 in determining
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 us that we
00:26:10 --> 00:26:10 are his
00:26:10 --> 00:26:11 children,
00:26:12 --> 00:26:12 that will
00:26:12 --> 00:26:13 never
00:26:13 --> 00:26:14 change.
00:26:15 --> 00:26:16 That will
00:26:16 --> 00:26:16 never
00:26:16 --> 00:26:17 change.
00:26:18 --> 00:26:18 As I
00:26:18 --> 00:26:19 said to my
00:26:19 --> 00:26:19 group on
00:26:19 --> 00:26:20 Friday night,
00:26:21 --> 00:26:21 there is
00:26:21 --> 00:26:22 no sin
00:26:22 --> 00:26:25 so small
00:26:25 --> 00:26:26 that it's
00:26:26 --> 00:26:28 not eternally
00:26:28 --> 00:26:28 damnable.
00:26:31 --> 00:26:32 And there
00:26:32 --> 00:26:33 is no sin
00:26:33 --> 00:26:35 so great
00:26:35 --> 00:26:38 that it's
00:26:38 --> 00:26:38 not eternally
00:26:38 --> 00:26:39 forgivable.
00:26:40 --> 00:26:46 you see,
00:26:46 --> 00:26:47 deep and
00:26:47 --> 00:26:47 enduring
00:26:47 --> 00:26:48 change in
00:26:48 --> 00:26:49 life comes
00:26:49 --> 00:26:49 from an
00:26:49 --> 00:26:50 internal
00:26:50 --> 00:26:50 motive,
00:26:52 --> 00:26:52 and the
00:26:52 --> 00:26:53 only
00:26:53 --> 00:26:54 energizing
00:26:54 --> 00:26:55 motive is
00:26:55 --> 00:26:55 an entirely
00:26:55 --> 00:26:56 new
00:26:56 --> 00:26:56 identity.
00:26:58 --> 00:26:58 And as
00:26:58 --> 00:26:59 we grow to
00:26:59 --> 00:27:00 understand who
00:27:00 --> 00:27:01 we are as
00:27:01 --> 00:27:02 his children,
00:27:02 --> 00:27:02 it will
00:27:02 --> 00:27:03 shape our
00:27:03 --> 00:27:03 hearts in
00:27:03 --> 00:27:04 such a
00:27:04 --> 00:27:04 way,
00:27:06 --> 00:27:08 change our
00:27:08 --> 00:27:09 motives in
00:27:09 --> 00:27:09 such a
00:27:09 --> 00:27:10 way that we
00:27:10 --> 00:27:10 will take
00:27:10 --> 00:27:11 on his
00:27:11 --> 00:27:12 new
00:27:12 --> 00:27:14 framework of
00:27:14 --> 00:27:16 life in
00:27:16 --> 00:27:17 determining what
00:27:17 --> 00:27:18 is right and
00:27:18 --> 00:27:19 what is wrong,
00:27:19 --> 00:27:20 what is good and
00:27:20 --> 00:27:21 what is bad for
00:27:21 --> 00:27:22 my life.
00:27:22 --> 00:27:23 And we will
00:27:23 --> 00:27:24 live into
00:27:24 --> 00:27:24 that.
00:27:24 --> 00:27:30 so where do
00:27:30 --> 00:27:31 you get your
00:27:31 --> 00:27:32 ethical framework
00:27:32 --> 00:27:32 from?
00:27:33 --> 00:27:33 Where does it
00:27:33 --> 00:27:34 come from?
00:27:37 --> 00:27:37 TV,
00:27:38 --> 00:27:38 family,
00:27:39 --> 00:27:41 your culture,
00:27:41 --> 00:27:42 friends,
00:27:42 --> 00:27:43 social media,
00:27:43 --> 00:27:44 maybe it's just
00:27:44 --> 00:27:45 a vibe,
00:27:46 --> 00:27:46 a feeling.
00:27:49 --> 00:27:50 Like Donald
00:27:50 --> 00:27:50 Trump said,
00:27:50 --> 00:27:51 the war in Iran
00:27:51 --> 00:27:52 will end when I,
00:27:52 --> 00:27:53 he said,
00:27:53 --> 00:27:53 I'll feel it
00:27:53 --> 00:27:54 in my bones.
00:27:56 --> 00:27:57 Maybe that's
00:27:57 --> 00:27:57 it.
00:27:58 --> 00:27:59 It feels the
00:27:59 --> 00:27:59 right thing to
00:27:59 --> 00:27:59 do.
00:27:59 --> 00:28:00 I mean,
00:28:00 --> 00:28:00 I laugh at
00:28:00 --> 00:28:01 that,
00:28:01 --> 00:28:02 but that is
00:28:02 --> 00:28:03 the current
00:28:03 --> 00:28:04 young generation.
00:28:04 --> 00:28:05 It feels like
00:28:05 --> 00:28:05 the right thing
00:28:05 --> 00:28:06 to do.
00:28:07 --> 00:28:08 Or is it
00:28:08 --> 00:28:08 God and
00:28:08 --> 00:28:09 his word?
00:28:10 --> 00:28:11 You see,
00:28:11 --> 00:28:11 it's not
00:28:11 --> 00:28:12 until the
00:28:12 --> 00:28:13 source of
00:28:13 --> 00:28:13 right and
00:28:13 --> 00:28:14 wrong shifts
00:28:14 --> 00:28:15 to God's
00:28:15 --> 00:28:16 word do we
00:28:16 --> 00:28:17 actually change.
00:28:18 --> 00:28:18 And it shifts
00:28:18 --> 00:28:19 because of our
00:28:19 --> 00:28:20 new identity.
00:28:20 --> 00:28:20 identity.
00:28:26 --> 00:28:26 Our new
00:28:26 --> 00:28:27 identity
00:28:27 --> 00:28:27 is shading
00:28:27 --> 00:28:28 a new
00:28:28 --> 00:28:28 motive.
00:28:30 --> 00:28:30 There's a
00:28:30 --> 00:28:31 parallel passage
00:28:31 --> 00:28:32 to this,
00:28:32 --> 00:28:33 Ephesians
00:28:33 --> 00:28:33 passage,
00:28:33 --> 00:28:34 in the
00:28:34 --> 00:28:34 book of
00:28:34 --> 00:28:35 Colossians.
00:28:35 --> 00:28:35 Paul also
00:28:35 --> 00:28:36 wrote that.
00:28:36 --> 00:28:37 Chapter 3,
00:28:37 --> 00:28:38 verse 16,
00:28:38 --> 00:28:39 Paul writes,
00:28:39 --> 00:28:39 let the word
00:28:39 --> 00:28:40 of God dwell
00:28:40 --> 00:28:41 in you
00:28:41 --> 00:28:41 richly.
00:28:42 --> 00:28:43 Now,
00:28:43 --> 00:28:43 what he's
00:28:43 --> 00:28:44 saying there
00:28:44 --> 00:28:44 in Colossians
00:28:44 --> 00:28:45 3.16,
00:28:45 --> 00:28:46 it's not
00:28:46 --> 00:28:46 just,
00:28:46 --> 00:28:46 oh,
00:28:46 --> 00:28:46 you know,
00:28:47 --> 00:28:48 read the
00:28:48 --> 00:28:48 Bible.
00:28:48 --> 00:28:51 He's not
00:28:51 --> 00:28:51 just simply
00:28:51 --> 00:28:52 saying here,
00:28:53 --> 00:28:53 read the
00:28:53 --> 00:28:54 Bible,
00:28:54 --> 00:28:54 you know,
00:28:54 --> 00:28:55 a chapter
00:28:55 --> 00:28:55 a day will
00:28:55 --> 00:28:55 keep the
00:28:55 --> 00:28:56 devil away
00:28:56 --> 00:28:56 kind of
00:28:56 --> 00:28:56 stuff,
00:28:57 --> 00:28:57 keep God
00:28:57 --> 00:28:58 happy.
00:28:59 --> 00:29:00 It's in
00:29:00 --> 00:29:01 fact having
00:29:01 --> 00:29:01 God's
00:29:01 --> 00:29:03 word imminently
00:29:03 --> 00:29:03 !
00:29:03 --> 00:29:05 present in
00:29:05 --> 00:29:05 your heart,
00:29:05 --> 00:29:06 the driving
00:29:06 --> 00:29:06 center of
00:29:06 --> 00:29:07 your life
00:29:07 --> 00:29:08 through your
00:29:08 --> 00:29:08 mind.
00:29:09 --> 00:29:10 It's pushing
00:29:10 --> 00:29:11 the reality
00:29:11 --> 00:29:12 of God's
00:29:12 --> 00:29:14 word down
00:29:14 --> 00:29:15 into the
00:29:15 --> 00:29:16 very center
00:29:16 --> 00:29:16 and the
00:29:16 --> 00:29:17 driving
00:29:17 --> 00:29:17 being of
00:29:17 --> 00:29:18 my life.
00:29:18 --> 00:29:19 So let's
00:29:19 --> 00:29:19 go back
00:29:19 --> 00:29:20 to Ephesians
00:29:20 --> 00:29:20 now.
00:29:21 --> 00:29:22 Remember
00:29:22 --> 00:29:23 I said
00:29:23 --> 00:29:23 Ephesians
00:29:23 --> 00:29:25 verse 22
00:29:25 --> 00:29:26 and 24
00:29:26 --> 00:29:27 were in
00:29:27 --> 00:29:27 the what
00:29:27 --> 00:29:27 tense?
00:29:30 --> 00:29:31 The
00:29:31 --> 00:29:34 aorist
00:29:34 --> 00:29:34 tense.
00:29:37 --> 00:29:38 A single
00:29:38 --> 00:29:39 past action
00:29:39 --> 00:29:40 that's
00:29:40 --> 00:29:41 completed
00:29:41 --> 00:29:41 with present
00:29:41 --> 00:29:42 consequences.
00:29:43 --> 00:29:43 I've already
00:29:43 --> 00:29:43 taken off
00:29:43 --> 00:29:44 the old
00:29:44 --> 00:29:44 self,
00:29:44 --> 00:29:44 already put
00:29:44 --> 00:29:44 on the
00:29:44 --> 00:29:45 new
00:29:45 --> 00:29:45 self.
00:29:46 --> 00:29:46 In the
00:29:46 --> 00:29:47 middle of
00:29:47 --> 00:29:47 verses 22
00:29:47 --> 00:29:49 and 24
00:29:49 --> 00:29:50 logically is
00:29:50 --> 00:29:50 verse 23
00:29:50 --> 00:29:53 as it
00:29:53 --> 00:29:53 happens.
00:29:55 --> 00:29:55 And
00:29:55 --> 00:29:56 verse 23
00:29:56 --> 00:29:58 is how
00:29:58 --> 00:29:59 we consistently
00:29:59 --> 00:29:59 take off
00:29:59 --> 00:29:59 the old
00:29:59 --> 00:30:00 and put
00:30:00 --> 00:30:00 on the
00:30:00 --> 00:30:00 new.
00:30:01 --> 00:30:02 Verse 23
00:30:02 --> 00:30:03 is how
00:30:03 --> 00:30:03 it happens.
00:30:04 --> 00:30:05 And
00:30:05 --> 00:30:05 verse 23
00:30:05 --> 00:30:06 is not
00:30:06 --> 00:30:07 in the
00:30:07 --> 00:30:07 aorist
00:30:07 --> 00:30:08 tense.
00:30:08 --> 00:30:11 It's
00:30:11 --> 00:30:12 in,
00:30:12 --> 00:30:13 for those
00:30:13 --> 00:30:13 with pens
00:30:13 --> 00:30:14 you might
00:30:14 --> 00:30:14 want to
00:30:14 --> 00:30:15 write this
00:30:15 --> 00:30:15 down,
00:30:15 --> 00:30:15 don't,
00:30:15 --> 00:30:16 because it
00:30:16 --> 00:30:16 probably won't
00:30:16 --> 00:30:16 mean anything
00:30:16 --> 00:30:17 to you
00:30:17 --> 00:30:17 anyway.
00:30:19 --> 00:30:20 Verse 23
00:30:20 --> 00:30:21 is in
00:30:21 --> 00:30:21 what is
00:30:21 --> 00:30:21 called the
00:30:21 --> 00:30:22 present
00:30:22 --> 00:30:22 middle
00:30:22 --> 00:30:23 infinitive
00:30:23 --> 00:30:23 tense
00:30:23 --> 00:30:24 of a
00:30:24 --> 00:30:24 verb.
00:30:26 --> 00:30:26 And let
00:30:26 --> 00:30:27 me tell
00:30:27 --> 00:30:27 you what
00:30:27 --> 00:30:27 that
00:30:27 --> 00:30:28 means.
00:30:29 --> 00:30:29 It
00:30:29 --> 00:30:30 means
00:30:30 --> 00:30:31 putting
00:30:31 --> 00:30:32 on
00:30:32 --> 00:30:33 and
00:30:33 --> 00:30:33 putting
00:30:33 --> 00:30:34 off
00:30:34 --> 00:30:35 is a
00:30:35 --> 00:30:35 continuous
00:30:35 --> 00:30:36 action
00:30:36 --> 00:30:36 that you
00:30:36 --> 00:30:37 do
00:30:37 --> 00:30:37 while it's
00:30:37 --> 00:30:38 being done
00:30:38 --> 00:30:38 to you.
00:30:41 --> 00:30:41 That's
00:30:41 --> 00:30:42 what that
00:30:42 --> 00:30:42 means.
00:30:43 --> 00:30:44 And a
00:30:44 --> 00:30:44 good way
00:30:44 --> 00:30:45 to read
00:30:45 --> 00:30:48 verse
00:30:48 --> 00:30:50 23
00:30:50 --> 00:30:52 is
00:30:52 --> 00:30:52 something
00:30:52 --> 00:30:53 like this.
00:30:54 --> 00:30:55 Constantly
00:30:55 --> 00:30:56 be made
00:30:56 --> 00:30:56 new
00:30:56 --> 00:30:57 in the
00:30:57 --> 00:30:57 spirit
00:30:57 --> 00:30:58 of your
00:30:58 --> 00:30:58 thinking.
00:30:58 --> 00:31:05 be made
00:31:05 --> 00:31:05 new.
00:31:06 --> 00:31:06 So in
00:31:06 --> 00:31:06 other words
00:31:06 --> 00:31:06 you are
00:31:06 --> 00:31:07 being made
00:31:07 --> 00:31:07 new.
00:31:08 --> 00:31:08 That is
00:31:08 --> 00:31:09 something
00:31:09 --> 00:31:09 that's
00:31:09 --> 00:31:10 being done
00:31:10 --> 00:31:10 to you
00:31:10 --> 00:31:11 while you
00:31:11 --> 00:31:11 were doing
00:31:11 --> 00:31:11 it.
00:31:14 --> 00:31:14 Now
00:31:14 --> 00:31:15 what he's
00:31:15 --> 00:31:15 saying there
00:31:15 --> 00:31:16 is he
00:31:16 --> 00:31:16 didn't just
00:31:16 --> 00:31:17 say because
00:31:17 --> 00:31:17 he'd been
00:31:17 --> 00:31:18 made renewed
00:31:18 --> 00:31:18 as you
00:31:18 --> 00:31:19 read the
00:31:19 --> 00:31:19 Bible.
00:31:20 --> 00:31:20 Or as
00:31:20 --> 00:31:21 you think.
00:31:21 --> 00:31:21 He didn't
00:31:21 --> 00:31:21 just say
00:31:21 --> 00:31:22 as you
00:31:22 --> 00:31:22 think.
00:31:24 --> 00:31:24 It's
00:31:24 --> 00:31:24 literally
00:31:24 --> 00:31:25 the spirit
00:31:25 --> 00:31:25 of your
00:31:25 --> 00:31:25 thinking
00:31:25 --> 00:31:26 which is
00:31:26 --> 00:31:27 a very
00:31:27 --> 00:31:28 unusual
00:31:28 --> 00:31:28 term.
00:31:28 --> 00:31:29 for Paul.
00:31:32 --> 00:31:33 It's
00:31:33 --> 00:31:33 more than
00:31:33 --> 00:31:34 rational
00:31:34 --> 00:31:34 thought.
00:31:36 --> 00:31:36 It is
00:31:36 --> 00:31:37 more
00:31:37 --> 00:31:37 the spirit
00:31:37 --> 00:31:37 of your
00:31:37 --> 00:31:38 thinking
00:31:38 --> 00:31:38 is more
00:31:38 --> 00:31:39 like the
00:31:39 --> 00:31:39 idea of
00:31:39 --> 00:31:40 the direction
00:31:40 --> 00:31:41 of your
00:31:41 --> 00:31:41 thinking.
00:31:42 --> 00:31:43 It is
00:31:43 --> 00:31:43 the state
00:31:43 --> 00:31:44 of your
00:31:44 --> 00:31:44 mind.
00:31:45 --> 00:31:45 It is
00:31:45 --> 00:31:46 the inner
00:31:46 --> 00:31:47 life of
00:31:47 --> 00:31:47 your
00:31:47 --> 00:31:47 thinking.
00:31:49 --> 00:31:49 To have
00:31:49 --> 00:31:50 or as
00:31:50 --> 00:31:51 some
00:31:51 --> 00:31:51 commentators
00:31:51 --> 00:31:52 have put it
00:31:52 --> 00:31:53 it is
00:31:53 --> 00:31:54 be renewed
00:31:54 --> 00:31:55 by having
00:31:55 --> 00:31:55 your
00:31:55 --> 00:31:57 imagination
00:31:57 --> 00:31:58 being taken
00:31:58 --> 00:31:59 captive.
00:32:03 --> 00:32:04 By what?
00:32:07 --> 00:32:08 Verse 20
00:32:08 --> 00:32:09 and 21
00:32:09 --> 00:32:10 again.
00:32:11 --> 00:32:11 That however
00:32:11 --> 00:32:12 is not the
00:32:12 --> 00:32:13 way of life
00:32:13 --> 00:32:13 you learned
00:32:13 --> 00:32:13 when you
00:32:13 --> 00:32:14 were heard
00:32:14 --> 00:32:15 about Christ
00:32:15 --> 00:32:16 were taught
00:32:16 --> 00:32:17 in him
00:32:17 --> 00:32:17 in accordance
00:32:17 --> 00:32:18 with the
00:32:18 --> 00:32:19 truth that
00:32:19 --> 00:32:20 is in
00:32:20 --> 00:32:20 Jesus.
00:32:21 --> 00:32:22 The way
00:32:22 --> 00:32:23 to be
00:32:23 --> 00:32:23 constantly
00:32:23 --> 00:32:24 renewed
00:32:24 --> 00:32:25 in the
00:32:25 --> 00:32:25 spirit of
00:32:25 --> 00:32:26 our
00:32:26 --> 00:32:26 thinking
00:32:26 --> 00:32:27 is not
00:32:27 --> 00:32:28 to focus
00:32:28 --> 00:32:29 on
00:32:29 --> 00:32:29 Christian
00:32:29 --> 00:32:31 morality
00:32:31 --> 00:32:32 or Christian
00:32:32 --> 00:32:32 principles
00:32:32 --> 00:32:33 or Christian
00:32:33 --> 00:32:33 ethics
00:32:33 --> 00:32:34 or even
00:32:34 --> 00:32:35 dare I
00:32:35 --> 00:32:35 say
00:32:35 --> 00:32:35 key
00:32:35 --> 00:32:36 doctrines.
00:32:37 --> 00:32:38 It is
00:32:38 --> 00:32:39 to focus
00:32:39 --> 00:32:40 not on a
00:32:40 --> 00:32:40 principle
00:32:40 --> 00:32:42 not on a
00:32:42 --> 00:32:43 dogma
00:32:43 --> 00:32:44 but on a
00:32:44 --> 00:32:45 person.
00:32:46 --> 00:32:47 It's to
00:32:47 --> 00:32:47 focus on a
00:32:47 --> 00:32:47 person.
00:32:47 --> 00:32:50 not even
00:32:50 --> 00:32:50 on a
00:32:50 --> 00:32:51 title
00:32:51 --> 00:32:52 but on a
00:32:52 --> 00:32:53 person.
00:32:55 --> 00:32:56 And the
00:32:56 --> 00:32:57 reason I
00:32:57 --> 00:32:57 say that
00:32:57 --> 00:32:59 interesting
00:32:59 --> 00:33:00 again
00:33:00 --> 00:33:01 verse 21
00:33:01 --> 00:33:03 is the
00:33:03 --> 00:33:04 only time
00:33:04 --> 00:33:06 in all
00:33:06 --> 00:33:06 of Ephesians
00:33:06 --> 00:33:08 where Paul
00:33:08 --> 00:33:09 doesn't use
00:33:09 --> 00:33:10 the term
00:33:10 --> 00:33:10 Jesus
00:33:10 --> 00:33:11 Christ
00:33:11 --> 00:33:11 Christ
00:33:11 --> 00:33:12 Jesus
00:33:12 --> 00:33:12 or simply
00:33:12 --> 00:33:13 Christ
00:33:13 --> 00:33:14 he says
00:33:14 --> 00:33:15 Jesus.
00:33:16 --> 00:33:17 It's the
00:33:17 --> 00:33:17 only time
00:33:17 --> 00:33:19 he says
00:33:19 --> 00:33:20 Jesus.
00:33:21 --> 00:33:22 That's
00:33:22 --> 00:33:22 what he
00:33:22 --> 00:33:22 writes.
00:33:24 --> 00:33:25 And normally
00:33:25 --> 00:33:26 in Ephesians
00:33:26 --> 00:33:26 he's
00:33:26 --> 00:33:27 emphasizing the
00:33:27 --> 00:33:27 lordship of
00:33:27 --> 00:33:28 Christ over
00:33:28 --> 00:33:29 all things
00:33:29 --> 00:33:30 and here
00:33:30 --> 00:33:30 he draws
00:33:30 --> 00:33:31 their attention
00:33:31 --> 00:33:32 to the
00:33:32 --> 00:33:33 man
00:33:33 --> 00:33:33 Jesus.
00:33:35 --> 00:33:35 Why?
00:33:37 --> 00:33:38 Because
00:33:38 --> 00:33:38 the key
00:33:38 --> 00:33:41 the key
00:33:41 --> 00:33:41 to being
00:33:41 --> 00:33:42 transformed
00:33:42 --> 00:33:43 from the
00:33:43 --> 00:33:44 inside out
00:33:44 --> 00:33:44 giving us
00:33:44 --> 00:33:44 a new
00:33:44 --> 00:33:45 identity
00:33:45 --> 00:33:46 and a
00:33:46 --> 00:33:46 new
00:33:46 --> 00:33:46 motive
00:33:46 --> 00:33:49 and all
00:33:49 --> 00:33:49 its
00:33:49 --> 00:33:50 behaviors
00:33:50 --> 00:33:50 you know
00:33:50 --> 00:33:51 taking off
00:33:51 --> 00:33:51 the old
00:33:51 --> 00:33:51 self
00:33:51 --> 00:33:51 with all
00:33:51 --> 00:33:52 its
00:33:52 --> 00:33:52 behaviors
00:33:52 --> 00:33:52 and putting
00:33:52 --> 00:33:52 on the
00:33:52 --> 00:33:53 new
00:33:53 --> 00:33:53 self
00:33:53 --> 00:33:53 with all
00:33:53 --> 00:33:53 of its
00:33:53 --> 00:33:54 characteristics
00:33:54 --> 00:33:54 and behaviors
00:33:54 --> 00:33:55 becoming
00:33:55 --> 00:33:55 more loving
00:33:55 --> 00:33:56 more selfless
00:33:56 --> 00:33:57 more forgiving
00:33:57 --> 00:33:58 is to be
00:33:58 --> 00:34:00 captivated by
00:34:00 --> 00:34:00 the man
00:34:00 --> 00:34:01 Jesus.
00:34:06 --> 00:34:07 You see
00:34:07 --> 00:34:09 the Christian
00:34:09 --> 00:34:09 life
00:34:09 --> 00:34:11 and what
00:34:11 --> 00:34:11 Paul's
00:34:11 --> 00:34:11 calling us
00:34:11 --> 00:34:12 to here
00:34:12 --> 00:34:13 Christian
00:34:13 --> 00:34:13 ethics
00:34:13 --> 00:34:14 Christian
00:34:14 --> 00:34:14 behavior
00:34:14 --> 00:34:14 Christian
00:34:14 --> 00:34:15 morality
00:34:15 --> 00:34:15 makes
00:34:15 --> 00:34:17 absolutely
00:34:17 --> 00:34:18 no sense
00:34:18 --> 00:34:19 at all
00:34:19 --> 00:34:20 unless
00:34:20 --> 00:34:21 they are
00:34:21 --> 00:34:22 seen
00:34:22 --> 00:34:23 through the
00:34:23 --> 00:34:24 lens of
00:34:24 --> 00:34:25 the person
00:34:25 --> 00:34:25 Jesus.
00:34:27 --> 00:34:28 No
00:34:28 --> 00:34:28 sense.
00:34:31 --> 00:34:31 That's
00:34:31 --> 00:34:32 why when
00:34:32 --> 00:34:32 the person
00:34:32 --> 00:34:33 says you
00:34:33 --> 00:34:33 know do
00:34:33 --> 00:34:34 I need
00:34:34 --> 00:34:34 to stop
00:34:34 --> 00:34:35 gossiping
00:34:35 --> 00:34:36 and become
00:34:36 --> 00:34:36 a Christian?
00:34:38 --> 00:34:38 You know
00:34:38 --> 00:34:39 well I need
00:34:39 --> 00:34:39 to stop
00:34:39 --> 00:34:40 that life
00:34:40 --> 00:34:40 of slander
00:34:40 --> 00:34:41 and gossip
00:34:41 --> 00:34:41 in order
00:34:41 --> 00:34:42 to be
00:34:42 --> 00:34:42 a Christian
00:34:42 --> 00:34:43 you've
00:34:43 --> 00:34:43 not
00:34:43 --> 00:34:44 understood
00:34:44 --> 00:34:44 Christianity.
00:34:46 --> 00:34:46 You're
00:34:46 --> 00:34:47 focusing on
00:34:47 --> 00:34:47 a behavior
00:34:47 --> 00:34:48 not a
00:34:48 --> 00:34:48 person
00:34:48 --> 00:34:50 and when
00:34:50 --> 00:34:51 you see
00:34:51 --> 00:34:51 the person
00:34:51 --> 00:34:52 you'll
00:34:52 --> 00:34:52 understand
00:34:52 --> 00:34:53 that gossiping
00:34:53 --> 00:34:54 and slanderous
00:34:54 --> 00:34:55 is damnable
00:34:55 --> 00:34:56 to hell
00:34:56 --> 00:34:59 because of
00:34:59 --> 00:34:59 who Jesus
00:34:59 --> 00:35:00 is.
00:35:02 --> 00:35:03 And what
00:35:03 --> 00:35:04 specifically
00:35:04 --> 00:35:08 are we
00:35:08 --> 00:35:08 meant to
00:35:08 --> 00:35:09 see?
00:35:11 --> 00:35:11 We're
00:35:11 --> 00:35:12 meant to
00:35:12 --> 00:35:12 see Jesus
00:35:12 --> 00:35:13 moving in
00:35:13 --> 00:35:14 the opposite
00:35:14 --> 00:35:15 direction that
00:35:15 --> 00:35:15 we've been
00:35:15 --> 00:35:16 moving.
00:35:17 --> 00:35:18 We've
00:35:18 --> 00:35:18 taken off
00:35:18 --> 00:35:19 the old
00:35:19 --> 00:35:19 and put on
00:35:19 --> 00:35:20 the new.
00:35:20 --> 00:35:20 He was
00:35:20 --> 00:35:21 already new
00:35:21 --> 00:35:22 and he put
00:35:22 --> 00:35:22 on our
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