Old Self-New Self

Old Self–New Self

Ephesians 4:20–24

Ephesians 4:20–24 But that is not the way you learned Christ! — 21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

We have this conflict that is present inside us. We have an old self that is corrupt through deceitful desires. And we have a new self that is renewed by Christ, in the spirit of our minds. I am made up of mind and body.

The body is not the same thing as my old corrupted sinful nature. The body is my flesh and blood; the tent that houses my mind and my corrupted nature. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and I am to take care of it. But my old self is the enemy within. Thomas Watson said “you could sooner trust the devil than listen to your sinful nature.” We are to put off this sinful nature with its deceitful desires. We are to then put on our new self that God created in His own image when he gave us new spiritual birth. This new self is created in true righteousness and holiness.