Ephesians 4:17-22 Putting Off The Old Man CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO
The old man is that natural man whose genealogy can be traced back to Adam and he has a walk that is common to all other natural men. Here is the description concerning his:
- Mind – Worthless
- I Cor 3:19-21a
- Vain
- Comes up with great stuff but winds up in hell
- Understanding – Unenlightened
- Darkened, no light
- He can shed some light on the subject
- Rom 1:21-22
- Jn 3:19
- Jn 8:12
- Relationship to God – Alienated
- Jn 14:6
- Is 59:2
- Col 1:21-22
- At an FCA meeting, I learned that I was alienated from God, though I was religious
- Actually think they are God’s because they go to church
- Knowledge of God – Ignorant
- Acts 3:14-17
- II Thes 1:8
- Acts 17:23, they worshipped the Unknown God
- Hearts – Blind
- They don’t see that they have NO affection for God whatsoever
- Jn 12:40
- II Cor 3:14-17
- Feelings – Jaded
- Past feeling
- Jude 17-19
- Jas 3:15
- Sensual
- Can’t feel it so they do more perversion
- Relations to Men – Perverted
- Lasciviousness
- Mk 7:21-23, these things are within the natural man
- I Pet 4:3-5
- Works – Filthy
- Uncleanness
- Job 15:15-16
- Ps 14:2-3
- Filthy mouth, jokes, dress, look
- Motives – Greedy
- Prov 21:25-26
- Eze 11-13
- End – Corruption (v. 22)
- Corrupt
- Gen 6:11-12
- Deut 31:29
- II Cor 2:17
According to deceitful lusts – knows only what it wants and fouls up these 10 things.