Calvary Church is dedicated to doctrine, and we want you to experience the life change that comes

from knowing God's word and applying it to your life. So we explain the Bible verse by verse,

every chapter, every book, this is expound. Well, turning your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 5. Ephesians chapter 5 is what we want to

cover tonight. This fifth chapter of this incredible book. We just sang several songs. One of the

songs that we sang together, the lyrics are The Old Made New When I Met You.

The Old Made New When I Met You.

I think that song, that little phrase in that song, must be based on 2 Corinthians 517.

If any man is in Christ, he is a new creation.

Old things are passed away.

Behold, all things become new.

The old made new when I met you.

I love that.

Well, that's a good introduction to chapter 5 because Ephesians is all about

God's new society. We call it the church, but it was a revolutionary concept back then,

especially among Jewish people. That God would take Jews and non-Jews

and place them in the same group, tear down the barriers, tear down the walls of division,

and make one new society. Now, Ephesus was an ancient city. It was an ancient Greek city before it was taken

over by the Romans. Alexander the Great, way back when liberated the city of Ephesus.

Later on, it was given over to the Romans. It's an ancient city.

And so Paul writes to believers in an ancient city telling them they're a new society.

New society, a new group of people, new way of life, new relationships, new standards, new values, and a new family. A new family. A couple weeks ago after church, we were talking with a small group and this one young gal said,

I love coming to church. I love coming here. And I say, well, we share that in common. So do I. I've

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