1. The believer is light in the world and thus is exhorted to walk as the child of light.
2. And as always, I do not teach imperatives and exhortations without also talking about the Indicatives (the things that actually cause salvation).
3. So, we defined some things-especially around what it means to be light and darkness…
4. Many of course come and falsely accuse our steadfastness to preach the sufficiency of Christ alone as the only just grounds of righteousness, goodness, sanctification (holiness) in salvation.
5. But their accusations are misplaced, because the URGENT Matter of the gospel is not how people ought to live, but what Christ accomplished when He came in the flesh.
6. In much of the so-called gospel messages of today-Christ is somewhere in the background (always assumed), but is never at the forefront and we do not accept such teaching, even if people are using bible verses.
7. But by the command of the Lord, we do teach the imperatives/commands of scripture-as we find them… because they are necessary to the functioning of the body of Christ. But commands divorced from the gospel become just another backdoor for works salvation.
8. Ephesians 5:7-13 (NASB) 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them; 8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light 9 (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; 12 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in
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“ Great Sermon! ” This series on Ephesians is such excellent teaching. None of this is being taught in the pulpits of todays churches and it is no wonder, so many are walking around in ignorance of God's salvation through Christ and Christ Alone.
