Truth, Lies and Anger (Ephesians 4:25-27)

In Ephesians 4:25-32 Paul gives five exhortations to Christians in practical daily living as they interact with one another in the Christian community. Christians are capable and obligated to obey in light of the fact that Christ has made them new creatures at conversion (4:22, 24) and is renewing them and empowering them on the inside daily through the indwelling Holy Spirit (4:23). Today we look at the first two exhortations: being truthful and controlling anger.

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Remember Who You Are (Ephesians 4:20-24)

In Ephesians 4:25-32, Paul is about to give a flurry of commands for Christians to live by. Before he does, he first reminds believers who they are not (17-19, unsaved and ungodly) and who they are (20-24, new creatures in Christ). Once again Paul reiterates that biblical imperatives (our practice) must flow from biblical indicatives (our position). What we know dictates how we live.

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Join! - A Biblical View of Church Membership

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Don't Do That! (Ephesians 4:17-19)

In Ephesians 4-6 Paul makes it emphatically clear that Christians are to live differently than unbelievers. They live differently because Christians are spiritually alive in Christ and unbelievers are spiritually dead. Paul accentuates this contrast in Ephesians 4:17-19 by first noting what lifestyle typifies unbelievers. He commands Christians to not be like them.

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