"Renewal" | April 3, 2022

I.       “Put Off Adam!”
Ephesians 4:17-21; 4:22; 2:1-3; Col 3:7-9; 1Thess 2:12
Ephesians 4:20-22; 4:17; Ro 1:18-25;
1 John 2:15-17; Ro 13:14; Ja 4:4; 1Pe 4:1-8; 2Pe 2:18-22; Ecclesiastes 4:8; 5:11
Ephesians 2:8-9; 2Ti 1:9; 1Co 6:11; 1:18;
Romans 5:9-10; 8:29-30
Colossians 3:1-8; Ro 8:13-14; Eph 4:22; 1Thess 4:1-8

II.          “Renewal In The Spirit!”    
Ephesians 4:20-23;
Ro 12:1-2; Tit 3:5; [Ps 51:10; 2Co 4:16]; Eph 4:22; Col 3:10
Matthew 17:2; Ro 12:2; 2Co 3:18; Ro 1:21; 8:5-9;
Romans 13:11-14; 2Co 4:18; 1Jn 2:17
2 Corinthians 3:18; Col 3:3; Php 2:12-13; Ro 8:5-6, 11

III.        “Put On Christ!” 
Ephesians 4:20-24; Eph 1, 2, 3; Ro 6:4-12; Eph 2:10, 15
Ephesians 2:13-15; Jn 16:7-15; Eph 2:10; 4:24
Luke 1:68-69; 74-75; Lk 67-79
Colossians 3:9-13; 3:14-17

Greek Word Study:
Put off: ‘apotithemi’: to put away (literal or figurative): - cast off, lay aside (down), put (away, off). To place in sense of laying off or aside garments. (Jn 13:4 [Eph 4:22])
Old: ‘palaios’: from ‘palai’: antique, i.e. not recent, worn out: - Old, in age or time, old, former, not recent. Spoken of Man in Eph 4:22.
Man: ‘anthropos’: human being: Spoken of in reference to his human nature; metaphorically, used of the internal man, meaning the mind, soul, the rational man; “the hidden person of the heart”…So, the old man (ho palaios) or heart, and the new man (‘kainos’), the disposition which is created and cherished by the new nature that Jesus Christ gives to the Believer. (Ro 6:6; Eph 2:15; 4:22, 24; Col 3:9)
Manner of life: ‘anastrophe’: Behavior: conduct, life, manner (way) of life.
Corrupt: ‘phtheiro’: to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (genitive) to ruin (especially by moral influences, to Deprave): - corrupt, destroy, lead astray, ruin. Figuratively, in a moral sense to corrupt, to make depraved. (1Co 15:33; Eph 4:22; Jude 10; Rev 19:2)
Deceitful: ‘apate’: delusion: from ‘apatao’: cheat, delude: - deceive; deceit (-ful, -fulness) [Desires that deceive or delude] [Eph 4:22]
Desires: ‘epithumia’: from ‘epithumeo’ (to set heart on, long for), a longing, especially for what is forbidden): - covet (-ousness), earnestly desire, long, lust, passion; “lusts of deceit” means deceitful lusts (Eph 4:22) All these refer to desires which are fixed on sensual objects as pleasures, profits, honors. Spoken of impure desires (Ro 1:24; 1Th 4:5)
Renewed: ‘ananeoo’: to renovate, to reform: - renew [sanctify]. From ‘ana’ (again) and ‘neoo’ (to renew), which is from ‘neos’ (new, another). In NT, to renew oneself; to be renewed in spirit, i.e. changed from a carnal life to a Christian life. Only in Eph 4:23. [Transformed]
Mind: ‘nous’: mind as seat of emotions, mode of thinking, feeling, disposition. Moral inclination equivalent to the Heart (…Eph 4:17, 23)
Spirit: ‘pneuma’: spirit: the rational spirit, mind, element of life. As referring to the disposition, feeling, temper of mind; e.g. the spirit of gentleness (Eph 2:2; 4:23; Php 1:27; 2:1; 2Ti 1:7; Jas 4:5; 1Pe 3:4)
New: ‘kainos’: new: - especially in freshness: - fresh, new; New as opposed to old or former; hence, implying better, as ‘kaine’ ‘diatheke’ (New Testament) is a new and better Covenant; metaphorically speaking of Christians who are renewed and changed from evil to good by the Spirit of God: A New Man (Ephesians 2:15; 4:24)
Righteousness: ‘dikaiosune’: from ‘dikaios: equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) Justification: - Justice, Justify, righteousness which has regard to God and the divine law. Internal, where the heart is right with God through faith in Christ i.e. imputed righteousness. (Lk 1:74-75; Eph 4:24)
Holiness: ‘hosiotes’: holiness manifesting itself in the discharge of pious duties in religious and social life. (Lk 1:74-75; Eph 4:24)
Transformed: ‘metamorphoo’: to transform (lit or fig: ‘metamorphose’): - transfigure, transform (into). From ‘meta’ (change of condition) and ‘morphoo’ (to form). To be transformed, transfigured, to change ones form. In the NT only passive, spoken literally of Christ’s Transfiguration (Mt17:2); Spoken fig of our being transformed in mind and heart (Ro 12:2; 2Co 3:18) [Think Butterfly] (Renewed)