Renew Your View: Seeing Life Through the Lens of Grace – Part 2

What if we’ve been seeing it all wrong? Discussion Questions for Ephesians 4: Read verses 17-19. What key words describe the unbeliever? How is the born-again believer different in each case? Read verses 20-24. Why is it important to see these verses as a “chunk” and interpret their meaning very carefully? What do you then conclude about laying aside and putting on? Read verses 24-25. What are the two reasons not to lie to one another? How does identity relate to behavior here? Read verses 26-27. Is anger a sin? Why or why not? What kind of “opportunity” is given to the enemy when we don’t forgive? Read verse 28. Notice Paul’s concern when someone has been sinning. What is his instruction focused on? What is it *not* focused on? (Hint: Consider the horizontal and vertical analogy in the message.) Read verses 29-31. How does reading these three verses together help us better understand the true meaning of “do not grieve the Holy Spirit”? Read verse 32. How is this different from trying to earn God’s forgiveness by forgiving others first? Compare verse 32 with Matthew 6:14-15. Why are these two passages so different from each other?