16/08/2020
*Today's Word*
Sun. 16th August, 2020
*Grateful living -- live as children of the Most High*
Eph 4 (NKJV)
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¹⁷ This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
¹⁸ having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
¹⁹ who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Here we can see the Lord instructing us not to live as other people do. Wow, what a Fatherly instruction. Note that this instruction is to believers, not unbelievers. Also there is no consequence of hell or sickness attached.
Another thing is that this instruction is given after men are saved, not the other way round. In *John 8,* Jesus first of all saved the woman before saying go and sin no more. Today some folks will say sin no more and you will be saved. Or you stop living like the unbelievers and you will be saved. * church #*
Now, for the Lord to give such an instruction means it's possible to live as children of God. It's possible to live perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect. *Matthew 5:48.* The word perfect there in the Amplified Version means _to grow into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life._
So then, how do we live as children of God and not like others. He talk about the futility of the mind. This means it has to do with the renewing of the mind *Romans 12:2.* Again, this I say the renewing of the mind is not only done by studying of the word only. You need to constantly practice what you study. Every discovery about who you are in Christ must be practiced. By so doing you are training yourself to be perfect as your Father in heaven is *perfect in action.* Amen.
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