Today, we gathered in the presence of God, joining with believers across the world, to reflect on the transformative power of Jesus and the call to live as new creations. Drawing from Ephesians 4:17-24, we explored the pivotal moment in Paul’s letter where he urges us to no longer walk as the Gentiles do, but to embrace a radically different way of life. This passage serves as a hinge between the deep theology of the first chapters and the practical instructions that follow, reminding us that the Christian life is not just about what we believe, but how we live.
We are all walking on one of two paths: the way of the world or the way of Christ. Paul’s language is clear—there is no middle ground. The world’s path is marked by futility, darkness, and a hardening of the heart, a process that leads to spiritual petrification. Sin is not just a list of wrongdoings; it is a terminal condition that, left unchecked, will consume and harden us from the inside out. Yet, the good news is that this is not the way we have learned Christ. Christianity is unique in that we are invited not just to learn about Jesus, but to learn Him—to know Him intimately, to apprentice under Him, to cherish and be transformed by Him.
Learning Christ is not a one-time event but a continual process of putting off the old self and putting on the new. This is not about self-improvement or patching up our flaws; it is about being recreated in the likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness. The old self is like rotting fruit—corrupt and incapable of producing life. But in Christ, we are given the opportunity to strip away that old nature and be renewed in the spirit of our minds. This renewal empowers us to live not by a checklist of dos and don’ts, but out of a deep gratitude and union with Jesus, walking in the light as new creations.
The invitation is open: to leave behind the futility and decay of the old life and to step fully into the newness that Jesus offers. Whether you are just beginning this journey or have been walking with the Lord for years, today is a day to go all in—to put on the new self, to live in union with Christ, and to let dead things come alive in His name.
Ephesians 4:17-24 (ESV) — 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. 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. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!—assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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