Ephesians 4:20-32 

LIVING DAILY FOR JESUS

Ephesians 5:15-17 - “Be very careful, then, how you live

—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of

every opportunity, because the days are evil.

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.” 

• Robert Lauer wrote in A Greater Enemy: “Long ago, William Law warned that the world is now a greater enemy to the Christian than it was in apostolic times. It is a greater enemy, because it has greater power over Christians by its favors, riches, honors, rewards, and protection than it had by the fire and fury of its persecutors. It is a more dangerous enemy, by having lost its appearance of being an enemy.” 

• I John 2:15-17 - “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.”

WE PUT AWAY THE FORMER LIFE

• 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.

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.

“Put off your old

self.”

• Romans 8:12-14 - 12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh — 13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

“Idle minds/hands are the devil’s workshop”?

WE PUT ON THE NEW LIFE

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. 

“You really clean up nice!”

I Corinthians 11:1 – “Follow my example, as I follow

the example of Christ.” 

• Titus 2:9-10 - Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good

fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. NKJV

Claudia Schiffer

Cameron Diaz

Kate Moss

Helena Christensen

Heidi Klum

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Eva Longoria

Halle Berry

“Even an old barn looks better with a fresh coat of paint.”

• Matthew 5:16 - 16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” 

• 1 Peter 2:12 - Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation. NASU

Philippians 2:14-16 - Do all things without grumbling or disputing; 15 so that you will prove

yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, 16 holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will

have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. NASU

Another way and the best way is to look to Jesus

Christ.

• Hebrews 12:1-2 - “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith....”

• 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 - 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. NASU

Acts 4:13 – "When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men

had been with Jesus.”

Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;Abide in Him always, and feed on His Word.

Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak,

Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek.

Take time to be holy, the world rushes on;Spend much time in secret, with Jesus alone.By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be;

Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

DON’T GIVE SATAN A FOOTHOLD

• 26-28 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while

you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.”

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• 28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need. 29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

James 4:7-8 – “Submit yourselves, then, to

God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to

God and he will come near to you.”

• Galatians 2:20 - “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”