NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT

Ephesians 4:17-32

Key Verse: 4:23,24

“…to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”

1. Read verses 17-19. How did the Ephesian Christians live when they did not know God? Why are people separated from the life of God?

2. What does it mean to be ignorant? (18) To lose sensitivity? (19)

3. How were they taught? (21-22) What is characteristic of the old self? Why is it corrupted? (22)

4. What is characteristic of the new self? (24) How can we put on the new self?

5. What should be our basic attitude when we speak to our neighbor? (25) Why?

6. What should we be careful about when we are angry? (26-27) Why should we do something useful with our own hands? (28)

7. What should be our speech habits in Christ? (29,30) What are the things we should get rid of and the things we should practice? (31,32)