You Have Not So Learned Christ

The apostle Paul has been speaking to us about the Church, the body of Christ in previous verses. He now turns his attention to our walk with Christ. He says in verse 17 that we should not walk (we should not live our lives) as the rest of the Gentiles live, in the futility of their mind. What does that mean? Where does their futility come from? Well Paul goes on to explain this statement in 3 ways. 1st – The futility of men's minds comes from their being darkened in their understanding because of their ignorance and blindness. 2nd – It comes from their being past feeling having given themselves over to sensuality. And 3rd – It comes from their not having learned Christ. As we hear about these things tonight, let us consider that Christ would have us to pity the lost people around us, and think of how we can bring the gospel to them, so that they might be saved.