Would you turn please to Ephesians the fourth chapter?

We've been on a series for some weeks now that we're calling no place for the devil.

And we get that from this text here in Ephesians 4.

Verse 21 says, if so be the... we get that from this text here in Ephesians 4.

Verse 21 says, if so be that you have heard him and have been taught by him as the truth is in Jesus,

that you put off concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lust.

Now, he's writing to saved people.

He's writing to the saints at Ephesus. These are born-again people, also spirit-filled tongue-talking people.

And he tells them, put off the old man everybody

say put off the old man now verse 23 keep reading and be renewed in the spirit of

your mind when you're born again, you are saved, thoroughly saved. You are righteous,

completely righteous. You don't grow in righteousness because righteousness is a gift that was

given to you. It's actually the Lord's own righteousness. But when you're born again,

you're born a spiritual baby and you need to develop and grow up and become mature spiritually.

And when you got born again, it wasn't your mind that got born again. It was the hidden man of the heart.

It was the spirit man. The mind, then after you're born again, needs to be renewed. How many

remember Romans says, don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind again

he's writing to the saints at Rome he's writing to Christians not unsaved people renewed in the

spirit of your mind keep reading and that you put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

See, he said, put off the old man.

Then he said, put on the new man.

And this is putting on like you would put on a garment, like you would put on a robe or a coat.

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