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Episode Notes: Walking in the Light (Ephesians 5: 8-14)

Welcome back, friends.

It’s a joy to have you with me again as we continue our time together working through Paul’s magnificent letter to the Ephesians. A letter that has been guiding us step by step through what it means to live out our calling in Christ.

We’ve already explored what it means to:

Walk in unity,

Walk in truth,

Walk in honesty,

Walk in kindness,

Walk in forgiveness,

And walk in love.

And now, Paul takes us into one of the most beautiful and profound metaphors in the entire New Testament — the call to walk in the light.

Light and darkness are among the Bible’s most powerful images.

From the opening words of Genesis, “Let there be light,” to the final chapters of Revelation where “the Lamb is its lamp”, Scripture uses light to describe God’s presence, God’s purity, God’s truth, and God’s transforming power.

So today, we’re going to explore what it means to be “light in the Lord.”

How the light of Christ changes us, how we live as children of light,

and how the light exposes, heals, and transforms everything it touches….

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Episode Notes: Walking in Love. (Ephesians 5: 1-7)

Welcome back, friends. It’s wonderful to have you with me again as we continue our journey through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Over the last few episodes, we’ve been exploring what Paul calls “the walk” of the Christian life, a daily, practical, lived‑out expression of who we are in Christ.... We’ve looked at:

Walking in truth

Walking in honesty

Walking in kindness

Walking in forgiveness

And now, as we step into chapter 5, Paul brings us to the very heart of the Christian life, the summit, the pinnacle, the crowning virtue:

Walking in love.

So today, we turn to a passage that is sometimes overlooked but is absolutely foundational to understanding Christian love….

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Episode Notes: Walking in Kindness. (Ephesians 4 31-32)

We’ve been walking together through Ephesians 4 — a chapter where Paul takes the great truths of the gospel and brings them right down into the everyday details of life.

He has shown us that spiritual growth is not something vague or mystical. It is practical, it is observable, and it is lived out in the ordinary moments of our day.

So far, chapter 4 has taught us to:

To speak the truth with honesty and compassion

To handle anger in a righteous, disciplined way

To work diligently and generously

To use our words to build people up, not tear them down

And now, as Paul brings this section of the letter to a close, he gives us two of the most beautiful, but most challenging, and most Christ‑like commands in the entire chapter:

“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender‑hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”

(Ephesians 4:31–32)

This is where the whole chapter has been leading. This is the destination of our “walk in righteousness.” This is what spiritual maturity looks like when it finally takes root in the heart and life of the believer.

So today, we begin exploring what it means to walk in kindness….

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Episode Notes: Building People Up. (Ephesians 4: 29–30)

We often hear people described as “a good person.” You hear it at funerals more than anywhere else. No matter what the person was really like. It’s a kind of cultural politeness, a way of smoothing the rough edges of a life with a gentle, vague compliment. But Scripture rarely uses the word good to describe human beings. In fact, Jesus Himself said:

“No one is good — except God alone.”

Instead, the Bible uses a different word: Righteous.

We don’t use that word much today. You don’t often hear someone say, “He’s a righteous man,” or “She’s a righteous woman.” But the Bible uses it constantly. And in Ephesians 4, Paul tells us that the goal of the Christian life is to grow into the likeness of Christ, to become righteous as He is righteous.

And how do we do that? Paul says we must put off the old self and put on the new. Put off lying, put on truth. Put off sinful anger, put on righteous indignation. Put off stealing, put on honest work, and generous giving.

And today, Paul adds another item to the list.

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Episode Notes: Honesty and Maintaining the Right Work Ethic. (Eph 4: 28)

Sometimes Scripture tells us things we think we already know. Now and then, I find myself teaching a verse that seems so obvious, so basic, so universally accepted, that I wonder why Paul even needed to say it…. And that is exactly where we are today.

The verse before us is one that most people, Christian or not, would agree with on the surface. It doesn’t sound controversial. It doesn’t sound complicated. It doesn’t sound theological.

But the question is: Why does Paul talk about stealing to Christians?

Is there more going on here than meets the eye? Is Paul saying something deeper than the obvious? Is this verse about more than simply “don’t steal”?

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Episode Notes: Anger Management. (Ephesians 4: 26-27)

Today's episode is not about avoiding anger, suppressing it, or even pretending anger doesn’t exist. It’s more about managing anger. Understanding anger. And — believe it or not — sometimes expressing anger….

Our single verse today: “ ‘In your anger do not sin’ do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,…” (Ephesians 4:26)

Or, as the King James Version puts it: “Be ye angry, and sin not.”

That’s a command—a biblical imperative. So, which is it? How can he command anger in verse 26 and condemn anger in verse 31? The answer is simple — and insightful:

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Episode Notes: Walking in Righteousness - Speaking the Truth in Love. (Ephesians 4: 25)

Saved by Grace, United in One Body.

Earlier in this letter, Paul reminded us that it is: “By grace you have been saved through faith… it is the gift of God…” (Ephesians 2:8) We are saved by grace, not by our performance. And when we trust Christ, we become part of something bigger than ourselves — the Body of Christ. We are joined to one another. We belong to one another. We grow with one another. We serve one another. That’s why Paul said yesterday our purpose is “…to equip His people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up…” (Ephesians 4:12–13)

The Journey of Spiritual Growth.

In yesterday's study, we were given three foundational principles:

1. Put off the old self

“…put off your former way of life…” (4:22)

Take off the old habits, the old attitudes, the old patterns of sin — like taking off an old coat.

2. Renew your mind

“…be made new in the attitude of your minds…” (4:23)

Let Scripture reshape your thinking so you begin to think God’s thoughts rather than simply reacting to the world around you.

3. Put on the new self

“…put on the new self, created to be like God…” (4:24)

Replace old vices with new virtues. Replace old habits with new patterns. Replace old ways of speaking with new ways of speaking.

But now — beginning in verse 25 — Paul gets specific.

He gives us five concrete examples of what spiritual growth looks like in everyday life. And over the next five episodes, we’re going to take each one in turn. And the first one — the foundation of all the others — is this found in this single verse, verse 25…. Our single verse today…

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Episode Notes: Walking in Holiness. (Eph 4: 17-24)

Some people grow up… and some people grow old. You’ve probably met both kinds.

Some Christians grow up in Christ — they become wiser, steadier, more loving, more Christlike. Others grow old in Christ —attending church, learning the religious language, but never really changing.

In this passage, Paul is urging us to be the first kind of people, those who grow up spiritually and become more like Christ. And he describes this growth using a phrase we’ve seen before: “Walking in righteousness.”

Over the coming episodes, we’re going to continue to look at the different ways Paul says we should “walk.” But today, we begin with this foundational one:

Walking in righteousness… walking in holiness.

So how do we grow spiritually and live righteously without becoming self‑righteous? How do we display holiness without becoming holier‑than‑thou?

Paul begins to answer that in verse today’s passage, Ephesians 4:17–24….

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