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»monRead Ephesians 5:8. Now
that you’re in the light, what
is your responsibility to those
still in darkness? Thank God
for the light He shines on
people who are in darkness.
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tuesSometimes people fall into
the trap of believing lies
because they don’t know
the truth. Ask God to help
you recognize the difference
between truth and lies.
»wed Read out loud to yourself
Ephesians 5:6-17. Choose
one verse to memorize—
and apply. Thank God that
you don’t have to walk in
darkness, but you can walk in
His light.
»thursRead Ephesians 5:6-10. List some of the
“empty words” that have recently tricked
you. Ask God for a sincere desire to
know His truth as well as what pleases
Him.
»friRead Ephesians 5:16. Plan a tentative
time schedule for tomorrow, prayerfully
considering how you can make
the “most of every oppor tunity,”
especially when it’s the weekend!
»satRead Ephesians 5:8 again. To live as a
child of light, you need to be aware of the
lies of the darkness. Ask your minister or
another mature Christian what he or she
considers the most dangerous spiritual
lies currently being spread by people.
For you wereonce darkness,but now you arelight in the Lord.Live as children
of light.—Ephesians 5:8
Light
The Bible says that Satan can
appear like an angel of light.
So how can we tell the light of
truth from mere shadows? The
main thing is to know the light
source so well that we won’t be
deceived by holograms. Which of
these quotes are truths from God,
our light source; and which arethings that sound good, but are
really lies?
Answers:
1. Lie: Ben Franklin said this, and it is directly opposed to Scripture, see Rom. 5:8
2. Light: This is a paraphrase of Eph. 5:123. Lie: This is a popular quote by Marianne Williamson, used frequently in inspirational movies.
Williamson herself believes in personal empowerment, as well as a combination of Christianity,
Judaism, Zen Buddhism, and “New Thought” spiritualism. This quote sounds good, but Scripture
says that our “deepest fear” is having our inner darkness exposed to the light of Christ—John
1; Eph 5:8
4. Light: lyric from the Switchfoot song, “Gone.” See 1 Cor. 7:29-31
5. Light: quote from Madeleine L’Engle, see Job 40—41 and 1 Cor 1:18-25
6. Lie: This is a common excuse to justify sinful behavior. Sin often feels good, and it might not
have obvious, immediate harm, but in the end it will always corrupt the soul. When we try to cir-
cumvent God’s law with our own excuses, there will always be consequences. See Prov. 14:12
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God helpsthose who helpthemselves. 1
You shouldn’teven talk about thesinful thingsthat people doprivately. 2
Our deepest fear is not that weare inadequate. Our deepest fearis that we are powerful beyondmeasure. It is our light, not ourdarkness that most frightens us.…The glory of God is within us. Andas we let our own light shine, weunconsciously give other peoplepermission to do the same. 3
She said he said, “Live likeno tomorrow.
Every day we borrow
Brings us one step closerto the edge (innity).” 4
We rebelagainst theimpossible. Some
professionalreligion-mongers try to makeGod possible,domesticate Himso that He’s easy to believe in….But an acceptableChristianity isnot Christian; acomprehensibleGod is nomore than anidol. 5
As long as noone gets hurt, it’s
okay.6
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Think of a deep dark sin that you’re ashamed of. Take a black pen and write that sin below,
where it’s all black.
One definition of integrity might be
“ living the same way when
no body’s watching.” If everyone
cou ld see your private actions, what wou ld
they think of them? As mature fo l lowers of
Christ, we are asked to live consistently,
as if we were a lways in the light.
Doesn’t show, right? It would show q uite clearly.
What if you were to
write that sin over
here in the light?
“For you were oncedarkness, but now
Lord. Live as children
you are light in the
—Ephesians 5:8of light.”
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