Put Away and Put On!

God loves you and He wants you to be with Him in heaven. But to get there, He expects you to be and behave like His child. He has made it abundantly clear in His word how we are to live. According to Paul, in Ephesians 4:17-32, we must to put away somethings and put on other things.

I. V17-24: Put on the New You!

a. Put away the

– Putting on a different in your life will change your . This means that we shouldn’t wait to feel like the “new man” before we put on the “new man.”

b. Put on the new man .

– The new you is one color to God – it is . That’s the person God wants to always see!

References: Proverbs 14:12; Romans 1; 1 John 2:16; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Isaiah 59:2; Galatians 3:27; Revelation 1:5; 1 John 1:7; Romans 12:2; 1 Corinthians 6:11

II. V25-29: Don’t Give Place to the Devil!

a. Put away:

– Anger becomes sin when it is .

b. Put on: , .

– When you are busy laboring to help others, it’s hard to .

References: John 8:44; Mark 3:5; Matthew 21:12; Galatians 6:10, 4:16

III. V30-32: Don’t Grieve the Spirit!

a. Put away: , , , , and , with all .

Notes:

b. Put on: , , and .

Notes:

References: Proverbs 6:19; Matthew 18:15; Proverbs 26:20-22; Galatians 6:2; Matthew 22:37-39