<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Ephesians 5:3-6<div><br></div><div><b>3. &nbsp;But immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.</b></div><div><b>4. &nbsp;Let there be no filthiest, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving.</b></div><div><b>5. &nbsp;Be sure of this, that no immoral or impure&nbsp;man, or one who is covetous, (that is an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.</b></div><div><b>6. &nbsp;Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is&nbsp;because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.</b></div><div><br></div><div>A beautiful, brand new car&nbsp;is not meant to be kept in a garage, but driven,&nbsp;enjoyed, and transport. &nbsp;So too, the holiness given to us through faith in Jesus, and&nbsp;the power of the Holy Spirit ‘under our hood’, is meant by God to be displayed, and&nbsp;used.</div><div><br></div><div>The word, <i>“saints” </i>teaches us that we are the beautiful, new,&nbsp;holy-ones of God. &nbsp;The Lord Jesus,&nbsp;now&nbsp;living&nbsp;<span>in and through us, inspires&nbsp;lives of thankful,&nbsp;sacrificial love, and&nbsp;good works all&nbsp;to the glory of the Father.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Through the living out of the faith, we brand new children of God, (born-again, restored) are used by God to&nbsp;‘transport’ unbelievers our of darkness&nbsp;into the Kingdom of Light.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Therefore Paul exhorts the Ephesians (and us) to let his gifts to us be seen in the world. &nbsp;The beauty of holiness is not to be hidden away, but displayed, used! &nbsp;This can only be done by walking in the Spirit, believing in Christ in us. &nbsp;Our obedience to the will of the Father is not coerced out of the old-man still&nbsp;in&nbsp;us, (he is utterly useless and dead, or should be),&nbsp;it is freely and joyfully&nbsp;offered in the spirit of Sonship, who lives in the new-man. &nbsp;The Mind of Christ, (to do the Father’s will) is now our mind as well. &nbsp;<i>“We have the Mind of Christ.” &nbsp;</i>(1 Corinthians 2;16)</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, bless us to not&nbsp;be content to be saved, but grant us the compulsion of Christ to joyfully and willingly offer our obedience to your will;&nbsp;not</span><span>&nbsp;to save ourselves, but to display your wisdom to&nbsp;spiritual powers in the heavenly places. &nbsp;Bless us to let our light, (the Light you have given us)&nbsp;shine in this dark world. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Love,&nbsp;</span></div><div><span>Dad/Baba/Eric</span></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><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 5:3-6
3.  But immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.4.  Let there be no filthiest, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving.5.  Be sure of this, that no immoral or impure man, or one who is covetous, (that is an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.6.  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
A beautiful, brand new car is not meant to be kept in a garage, but driven, enjoyed, and transport.  So too, the holiness given to us through faith in Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit ‘under our hood’, is meant by God to be displayed, and used.
The word, “saints” teaches us that we are the beautiful, new, holy-ones of God.  The Lord Jesus, now living in and through us, inspires lives of thankful, sacrificial love, and good works all to the glory of the Father.
Through the living out of the faith, we brand new children of God, (born-again, restored) are used by God to ‘transport’ unbelievers our of darkness into the Kingdom of Light.
Therefore Paul exhorts the Ephesians (and us) to let his gifts to us be seen in the world.  The beauty of holiness is not to be hidden away, but displayed, used!  This can only be done by walking in the Spirit, believing in Christ in us.  Our obedience to the will of the Father is not coerced out of the old-man still in us, (he is utterly useless and dead, or should be), it is freely and joyfully offered in the spirit of Sonship, who lives in the new-man.  The Mind of Christ, (to do the Father’s will) is now our mind as well.  “We have the Mind of Christ.”  (1 Corinthians 2;16)
Prayer:  Merciful Father, bless us to not be content to be saved, but grant us the compulsion of Christ to joyfully and willingly offer our obedience to your will; not to save ourselves, but to display your wisdom to spiritual powers in the heavenly places.  Bless us to let our light, (the Light you have given us) shine in this dark world.  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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