Shane Gooch : Ephesians 4:17-24
(22 April 2018)
Sermon Notes: Out with the Old, In with the New (Ephesians 4:17-24)
“The Ephesians Christians were marginalised in a pluralistic culture of many things but not of the Christian gospel or the church which proclaimed it” – Sinclair Ferguson
Ephesians 2:8-10
- What we were; v17-19
“We live in an age which prides itself on intellectual attainments, just as the Greeks did, but it lacks true spiritual understanding” – James Montgomery Boice
“The punishment of sin is sin” – Augustine
John D. Rockefeller was once asked ‘How much money is enough?’ His reply ‘Just a little bit more’
Such were some of you, BUT
2. What we ought to be; v20-24
Chris is both a teacher and a lesson
“A person can do very little with one scissor blade” – William Hendriksen
“Salvation is not a matter of improvement or perfection of what previously existed. It is a total transformation” – John MacArthur
“Any knowledge of Christ, which is not accompanied by mortification of the flesh, is not true and sincere” – John Calvin
Exodus 2:1-17