Ephesians 4 (7)

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Master Your Mouth

In the previous verse, which we looked at a couple weeks ago, we saw for the thief that putting off the old self and putting on the new was so clear and obvious. Paul has another bellwether of old-self versus new-self: The Tongue. Maybe stealing…

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Share

Sharing. Do you know how hard a lesson that is for us to get? We watch our kids—without training from us—naturally battle and fight for the things they want. It starts so young! And when we get older, we’re supposed to have mastered the art…

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A Lesson in Anger

Last week we talked about the importance of being honest, transparent, and speaking even painful truths to those around us. Yet do so out of love and humility, for our own benefit and for the benefit of those with whom we speak. Paul’s next command…

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Honesty

We know from this chapter that God intends for us to grow into maturity in Christ. We have been made new, according to the likeness of Jesus Christ, but as we talked about last week, we need to work on learning these new ways and…

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Make the Change

In Ephesians so far we have seen the amazing love and kindness of God toward us. We are not the same people we were before we heard and believed the Gospel, and we have so many more wonderful things to look forward to than we…

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