<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Ephesians 4;26-29<div><br></div><div><b>26. &nbsp;Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,</b></div><div><b>27. &nbsp;and give no opportunity to the devil.</b></div><div><b>28. &nbsp;Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.</b></div><div><b>29. &nbsp;Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Out of the hearts of Believers shall flow living waters. &nbsp;(see, Romans 7;38)</div><div><br></div><div>Christ indwelling us makes us to be life-givers. &nbsp;All judgement belongs to God, either through the courts or on the Day of the Lord. &nbsp;We are not to be wrathful. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>We can hate and be angry at evil and evil behavior, but we are still commanded to <i>“love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” &nbsp;</i>(Matthew 5;43-45). I like the saying, ‘Hate the sin, love the sinner.’</div><div><br></div><div>The day of wrath is coming, when all evil will be condemned and we will be delivered from it. &nbsp;In the near time, we are to exercise self-control and use God’s great&nbsp;gift, the life-giving witness of God indwelling us, truly&nbsp;loving others; <i>“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” &nbsp;(Romans 12;21)</i></div><div><br></div><div><i>“Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord.” &nbsp;</i>(Romans 12;19) &nbsp; Do not tread on God’s authority.</div><div><br></div><div>The most important part of this reading is the warning, <i>“give no opportunity to the devil.”</i>&nbsp; &nbsp;Remember, the original temptation of Adam was to ‘make himself <u>like</u>&nbsp;God’. &nbsp;When we reserve the right to be angry, and cling to our anger, we become poisoned with bitterness. &nbsp;Anger, like so much of God’s gifts must be used in accordance with God’s will, otherwise we cease to be life-givers and become tools for Satan, causing much sorrow for ourselves and others.</div><div><br></div><div>Remember, God is in the business of transformation. &nbsp;Through the Gospel and the working of the Holy Spirit, evil people can die to their sin in Christ, be born anew, and cease to be worthy of wrath.</div><div><i>“Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.” &nbsp;</i>(Hebrews 10;24)</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, bless us to remain life-givers, and restrain our temper. &nbsp;Bless us to be your instruments for peace. &nbsp;Deliver us from polluting the purity of the living water which flow from us.&nbsp; In Jesus we pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”<br><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Ephesians 4;26-29
26.  Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,27.  and give no opportunity to the devil.28.  Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.29.  Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.
Out of the hearts of Believers shall flow living waters.  (see, Romans 7;38)
Christ indwelling us makes us to be life-givers.  All judgement belongs to God, either through the courts or on the Day of the Lord.  We are not to be wrathful.  
We can hate and be angry at evil and evil behavior, but we are still commanded to “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”  (Matthew 5;43-45). I like the saying, ‘Hate the sin, love the sinner.’
The day of wrath is coming, when all evil will be condemned and we will be delivered from it.  In the near time, we are to exercise self-control and use God’s great gift, the life-giving witness of God indwelling us, truly loving others; “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”  (Romans 12;21)
“Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord.”  (Romans 12;19)   Do not tread on God’s authority.
The most important part of this reading is the warning, “give no opportunity to the devil.”   Remember, the original temptation of Adam was to ‘make himself like God’.  When we reserve the right to be angry, and cling to our anger, we become poisoned with bitterness.  Anger, like so much of God’s gifts must be used in accordance with God’s will, otherwise we cease to be life-givers and become tools for Satan, causing much sorrow for ourselves and others.
Remember, God is in the business of transformation.  Through the Gospel and the working of the Holy Spirit, evil people can die to their sin in Christ, be born anew, and cease to be worthy of wrath.“Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.”  (Hebrews 10;24)
Prayer:  Merciful Father, bless us to remain life-givers, and restrain our temper.  Bless us to be your instruments for peace.  Deliver us from polluting the purity of the living water which flow from us.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”


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