Getting in Touch with Reality: The Real (New) You
In Ephesians Paul abruptly introduces the "old man" and the "new man". What is the background to such terminology? This sermon looks at his fuller teaching on this important subject in Romans 6 and examines how vital this is to understanding sanctification.
Galatians 4:4-7 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Sermon Discussion Questions:
How did we die with Jesus?
What does it mean that we died to sin?
How did we rise with Jesus?
What does it mean that we now live in "newness of life" to God?
What does this have to do with the old man/new man reality?
Why does this not seem real to many?
How does this change how we view and approach sanctification?
