Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: . . . forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31–32 C. S. Lewis wrote that “forgiveness is a lovely idea, until you have something to forgive.” Yet forgiveness...
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4:29 Words are powerful things. The children’s rhyme “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is not true. Words definitely have...
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Ephesians 4:26–27 We just considered one of the top problems all of us face: the issue of the tongue. Ephesians 4:26 now addresses a second matter: that of anger. Anger has the power to...
I say therefore . . . that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, . . . that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye...
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). God is the Master Planner. With astounding precision, He ordered the universe through intelligent design. His wisdom and power created everything that exists. God had a plan for the Garden of Eden so He assigned Adam to dress and keep it. Moses built...
The whole body [in Christ is] fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part. Ephesians 4:15–16 Each member of the body has a specific function: eyes see; ears hear; legs walk; noses smell; brains think. Healthy body parts carry out their...