Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Ephesians 5:1-20
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There is no escaping the first two verses, "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love..." No matter how bad I want to skip to the list of "don'ts", I have to read the passage in order. I must first be an imitator of God and learn to live a life of love. The next 18 verses seem to stem from these two ideas. We will understand what it means to "walk as children of light" when our focus moves to these first two verses instead of the lists.
Somedays I love "WWJD" and then are days when it makes no sense to ask this question. If I am living my life out of love then this questions make perfect sense to me. When I am trying to imitate God I have to ask questions like, "Was Jesus right about everything and what does that mean for my life?"
So...Was Jesus right about everything?
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We don't want to be imitators of Christ because that would cost too much. We would have to sell everything we have and give it to the poor. We would probably have to change jobs and live in drastically different homes. We wouldn't own televisions, SUVs, or i-phones. We would "do church" totally different. The list goes on and on and on... We're not even close.
It's a lot easier to focus on the "don'ts".
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