Eph 5
As he encourages us to live Godly lives, Paul takes us to the temple and reminds us of the sacrifice Jesus made for us.
If we walk in love, our lives will be living sacrifices, a fragrance to the Lord which is pleasing.
Sin is ugly and a stench in God's nostril.
Then Paul goes to the field and reminds us that walking in the light produces spiritual fruit.
If we walk in the light, we cannot have fellowship with the darkness.
And he also takes us to the marketplace and exhorts us to be like good merchants, who know how to buy up an opportunity.
You see, when you walk in wisdom, you use your time wisely.
And then we follow him to the banqueting hall and learn to walk in the Spirit and be joyful, thankful and submissive to one another.
Eph 6
Spirit-ful Christians will manifest Christ-likeness in the home, on the job and on the battlefield of life.
Listen – the bottomline here is that if we don't learn to obey at home, we're not likely to be obedient on the job, or in the army of the Lord.
In the same way, if we've not learned to take orders, we will not be too successful at giving orders, either as parents or as employers.
The danger in the home is parents who are authoritarian, but do not exercise loving spiritual authority.
The danger on the job is the employee who's a clockwatcher and does not obey from the heart, and the boss who forgets he is second in command and must one day give an account to the Lord.
And the danger on the battlefield is that we do not take the enemy seriously and so fail to put on the full armour.
By faith you put on the armour through prayer, which must be done at the beginning of everyday.
Hey, have you got your armour on right now?
Listen – never underestimate the strategy and strength of the devil!
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