Prepared by William Earnhardt, For Sabbath School class, August 19, 2023.

Main Theme: Receiving Christ changes the way we talk and act just like changing clothes changes the way we look.

Read in Class: Ephesians 4:17-24. Define the main idea of this passage.

Study: In retelling the story of the conversion of his audience, what essential main point is Paul getting across to them?

Apply: What is the difference, the crucial difference, between learning about Christ and learning to know Christ? See “What is all This Jesus Stuff About Anyways?”

Share: Your friend asks, “How we are supposed to be renewed in the Spirit of our mind?” What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Ephesians 4:25-32. Define the main idea of this passage.

Study: In discussing sins of speech within the Christian community, what exhortation does Paul share about the presence of the Holy Spirit with believers?

Apply: Which of Paul’s words of counsel with regard to the use of speech among believers is the most important to you just now? Why?

Share: Your friend asks, “Can you be angry and still not sin? Do Christians get angry? Did Jesus get angry?” What do you tell your friend? See Mark 3:5

Read in Class: Colossians 3:1-11. Discuss the main idea of this passage?

Study: What are the things we take off as we put on Christ?

Apply: “How did God help you to put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, and filthy language out of your mouth?

Share: Your friend asks why Colossians 3:8 tells us to put off anger, when Jesus was angry and did not sin? What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Colossians 3:12-17. Discuss the main idea of this passage.

Study: What are the things we put on as we put on Christ?

Apply: How did God help you to put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; and love, which is the bond of perfection?

Share: Can you think of someone you may need to forgive? Can you share God’s forgiveness with them this week?