Ephesians 4:26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, One of the biggest misconceptions is that anger IS sin; yet the Bible does not state this. Rather…anger is an emotion that is aroused when we are faced with an injustice Read more…
Ephesians 4:25 Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Is it OK to tell a White Lie? One too many people do, and for a variety of reasons. Let me list a couple of them now: They Read more…
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 only Bbecause of Christ’s redemptive work on the Cross, so 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 to contend with on a daily basis. We will never 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 way of allowing Holy Spirit to renew our minds Now, 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 and sisters in Christ, including myself, have allowed ourselves to 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 their lifestyles are little different than the non Christians around 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 friends as callous and promiscuous. For, they were, after all, 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 non Christian faces each day of his life. And yet, 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 yields purposeless living. And, Paul is giving us a sober Read more…