Ephesians 4:24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. We really do have a new self, a new identify, my Christian friend: and it is Read more…
Ephesians 4:22 You were taught to change the way you were living. The person you used to be will ruin you through desires that deceive you. Now, that person we used to be is still the person whom we need Read more…
Ephesians 4:23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. You and I need to be willingly participating with God as we live each day. While we must say NO to sin, we need to, equally, be proactive by Read more…
Ephesians 4:21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, I am experiencing a joy filled-sadness as I write this. I am saddened that one too many of my brothers Read more…
Ephesians 4:20 That was not what you learned about Christ! Friend, the original readers of this letter were falling into the same problems we fall into, namely taking on the ways of the world to such an extent that Read more…
Ephesians 4:19 They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more. When I was younger, I had an aversion in even considering my non Christian Read more…
Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts. The word picture painted here exposes the horror that the Read more…
Ephesians 4:17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts. There is a connection between how we live and how we think: futile thinking Read more…
Ephesians 4:16 He makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint. As each and every part does its job, he makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Love Read more…
Ephesians 4:15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, What would happen today in our government: if we spoke the truth to one another…in love. Read more…