Psalm 85, 87, 89:1-29
Joshua 3:14 – 4:7
Ephesians 5:1-20
John 9:1-12, 35-38
The recent passages from Ephesians have among the most practical
verses I know in the Bible about practical Christian living. Today’s excerpt
does not change that streak. It mentions several sins specifically, probably
because they were issues with which the church was dealing, but it by no means
is meant to be a comprehensive list as some would have it be. There can be no
comprehensive list of sins, for as long as man has an imagination, man will be
able to come up with previously unimagined sins.
The author implores the people to live a Godly life, not
continue in the ways they had before being introduced to Christ. The writer
begins this selection with the direction in verse one and two to be imitators
of God and to love as Christ loved us. When we do such things, then those sins
of old no longer are part of our lives. They have been replaced by new ways.
The author continues with warnings that there will be deceivers and people who
will come forward with “empty words.”
Let us genuinely become imitators of God with a love that
equals that of Christ. Such behaviors not only transform our own lives, but the
lives of all we encounter until we have changed our world into the world God
would have. God does not expect more from us than we are able to do; living as
he would have us will is entirely within our achievement by his grace.
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