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The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
1. The honesty of a renewed life (v. 25)
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
1. The honesty of a renewed life (v. 25)
• Put away falsehood, speak the truth
To speak the truth is to speak what is true
both according to God and before God.
“You shall not bear false witness against
your neighbor.” – Exodus 20:16
“You shall not bear false witness against
your neighbor.” – Exodus 20:16
“A dishonest man spreads strife, and a
whisperer separates close friends.”
– Proverbs 16:28
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
1. The honesty of a renewed life (v. 25)
• Put away falsehood, speak the truth
• Because we are members one of another
When we speak falsehoods to one another, it
doesn’t just hurt one person. It hurts the
whole body.
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
2. The righteous anger of a renewed life (vv.
26-27)
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
2. The righteous anger of a renewed life (vv.
26-27)
• Be angry without sinning
“There’s a great need in the contemporary
world for more Christian anger…In the face of
blatant evil we should be indignant not
tolerant, angry not apathetic. If God hates sin,
his people should hate it too. If evil arouses his
anger, it should arouse ours also.” – John Stott
“Let every person be quick to hear, slow to
speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man
does not produce the righteousness of God.”
– James 1:19-20
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
2. The righteous anger of a renewed life (vv.
26-27)
• Be angry without sinning
• So we don’t give opportunity to the devil
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
3. The integrity and generosity of a renewed
life (v. 28)
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
3. The integrity and generosity of a renewed
life (v. 28)
• Do not steal, but do honest work
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
3. The integrity and generosity of a renewed
life (v. 28)
• Do not steal, but do honest work
• For the purpose of giving
“Do not neglect to do good and to share what
you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to
God.” – Hebrews 13:16
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
4. The love and forgiveness of a renewed life
(vv. 29-32)
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
4. The love and forgiveness of a renewed life
(vv. 29-32)
• Corrupting talk
“But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead
people into more and more ungodliness, and
their talk will spread like gangrene.”
– 2 Timothy 2:16-17
“The good person out of the good treasure of
his heart produces good, and the evil person
out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out
of the abundance of the heart his mouth
speaks.” – Luke 6:45
“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the
holiness without which no one will see the
Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the
grace of God; that no root of bitterness
springs up and causes trouble, and by it
many become defiled.” – Hebrews 12:14-15
“But what comes out of the mouth proceeds
from the heart, and this defiles a person. For
out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder,
adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false
witness, slander.” – Matthew 15:18-19
The Behavior of the New Self
Ephesians 4:25-32
4. The love and forgiveness of a renewed life
(vv. 29-32)
• Corrupting talk
• Words that build up and give grace
