Aim: To consciously resist our flesh, and to cling to Christ by faith.
Doctrine: Because the church is the body of Christ, we must reject our old ways of the world. Our fallen tendencies are still real threats, and they define who we are outside of Christ.
Exegesis: The absolute evils of the lost life: the entire fallen world lives in iniquity (v. 17a); unregenerate souls are completely dead (vv. 17b-18); unbelievers sin a wholeheartedly as possible (v. 19).
Further application: Humbling facts about the lost life: first, left to ourselves, we are totally willing rebels; and, without the gospel, there is no hope for anyone.
Key verse: v. 17 ''This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind...''
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Mark Henninger
The Lost Life Series in Ephesians (2008-10) Redeemer Presbyterian...
Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.