3. I AM NEW

4. THE OLD MAN AND HIS WAYS
Futile mind
Darkened
Alienated
Ignorant
Hardhearted
Callous
Given up
impure

5. EPHESIANS 4:17-24
17 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.

6. EPHESIANS 4:17-24
18 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.

7. EPHESIANS 4:17-24
19 They have become callous and have
given themselves up to sensuality,
greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

8. You must not walk as the
Gentiles do.

9. EPHESIANS 4:17-24
THE TRUTH IS IN JESUS
20 But that is not the way you learned
Christ!
21 assuming that you have heard about
Him and were taught in Him, as the truth
is in Jesus,

10. THE TRANSFORMATION
Old self apart from
Christ, new self with
Christ.

11. EPHESIANS 4:17-24
22 to put off your old self, which belongs
to your former manner of life and is
corrupt through deceitful desires,
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your
minds,

12. EPHESIANS 4:17-24
24 and to put on the new self, created
after the likeness of God in true
righteousness and holiness.

13. FiveFive kindskinds
of people out there:of people out there:

14. 1. LOOSELY RELIGIOUS1. LOOSELY RELIGIOUS
(Eyes man)(Eyes man)
“It’s for them; I’m already good
enough.
I don’t need this.”

15. 2. SECULAR-RELIGIOUS2. SECULAR-RELIGIOUS
(Super hero)(Super hero)
“I’m here to save the day; The world
is in a bad place;
I’m here to make a difference.”

16. 3. VERY SPIRITUAL3. VERY SPIRITUAL
(Evolution man)(Evolution man)
“I do need to change.
I need to evolve into
higher states of consciousness.”

17. 4. DEVOUTLY RELIGIOUS4. DEVOUTLY RELIGIOUS
(D-I-Y man)(D-I-Y man)
“I need to be more self-disciplined.
I need more self-ability to govern my
life.”

18. 5. HOPELESS5. HOPELESS
(Who man)(Who man)
“I just need to accept my fate.”

19. WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY?

20. PHILIPPIANS 3:5-6
5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the
people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin,
a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a
Pharisee;
6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church;
as to righteousness, under the law
blameless.

21. PHILIPPIANS 3:8
8 Indeed, I count everything as loss
because of the surpassing worth of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His
sake I have suffered the loss of all things
and count them as rubbish, in order that I
may gain Christ.

22. NOW, WHAT?NOW, WHAT?

23. 1. Receive Jesus in your heart.
2. Understand your new identity.
3. Walk in your new identity.