Via Church

As we close out this book, Paul wants to make sure and remind us one last time. He uses words that he loves. In fact, he uses words that open or close almost every letter that he writes. They are that important. He wants them to understand in the midst of a metropolis, successful, high-standing, extremely tolerant city and society, that Christ has come to make them new and that the Holy Spirit is changing them, transforming them, from the inside out. He still wants to remind us that Christ has come to make us new, that because of what Christ has accomplished through His life, death and resurrection, we should live differently and that our lives should reflect this hope that we find in Christ to the world around us.