Part 4 | Walk this Way

From Ephesians 5:1-17

📖 Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

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1. We walk in the of God.

📖 Ephesians 5:1-2 (ESV) Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 

WHY: we are Children by God.

📖 1 John 2:6 (ESV) whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

📖 2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV) And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

📖 1 John 3:2 (ESV) Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

📖 Ephesians 5:3 (ESV) But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. 

The more something is- the more regarding its .

📖 Ephesians 5:4 (ESV) Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

📖 Ephesians 5:5 (ESV) For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

📖 Ephesians 5:6 (ESV) Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. 

2. We walk in the of .

📖 Ephesians 5:8-9 (ESV) or at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true)

WHY: we are in the Lord. 

📖 1 Thessalonians 5:5 (ESV) For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

LIGHT =

📖 Psalm 119:105 (ESV) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

📖 Psalm 119:130 (ESV) The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Benefits of the Sun/Son

1. Improves . 

📖 Psalm 3:5 (ESV) I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

2. Reduces .

📖 1 Peter 5:6-7 (ESV) Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

📖 Isaiah 26:3 (ESV) You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

3. Strengthens your .

📖 Proverbs 3:7-8 (ESV) Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. 8 It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

4. Helps you lose . 

📖 Psalm 18:29 (ESV) For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

5. Strengthens your .

📖 Deuteronomy 7:15 (ESV) And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.

6. Fights off . 

📖 Psalm 16:11 (ESV) You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

7. Longer . 

📖 Psalm 91:16 (ESV) With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

📖 Ephesians 5:10-11 (ESV) And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

3. We walk in the .

📖 Ephesians 5:15-16 (ESV) Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

WHY: Because we are of the Holy Spirit.

📖 Ephesians 5:17-18 (ESV) Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit