How is the Christian to walk? We are to walk in love, that love which is given to us by Christ, that love which is shown by Christ on the cross. Do we do it? Not like we should. That's why we have such great opportunity for repentance and forgiveness on a daily basis. Our passage in Ephesians gives us command after command from God. Are we to keep these commands? No doubt we are. But we realize we will fail every day. We will fall short of the command, though when we compare ourselves to others we may not think we fall as short as some people. Regardless, we fall short. We fail to keep God's command. So where is our hope? Let's find it in the passage.
4.30 - sealed by the Holy Spirit - We have been claimed by God. He will not fail to redeem his people.
4.32 - forgiving as Christ forgave us - We are forgiven even when we fail to forgive.
5.1 - Christ loved us - Though we did nothing to deserve it, Christ loved us.
5.6 - God's wrath is on the "sons of disobedience" - We who trust in Christ are not subject to God's wrath, but his wrath does exist. It is not our responsibility to right all the evil in the world. God will take care of that in the end.
5.8 - light in the Lord - The believers are God's light. We do good and are able to do so because God is shining his light through us.
5.14 - Christ will shine on you - We have no need to fear in discerning God's will. He will give his light and reveal to us what is right and good. He has done this in the Scripture, which we can trust as God's definitive revelation of himself and his will.
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