Bible Verse of The Day – 3-28-18

Ephesians 5:8-10 (NKJV) 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

As the apostle Paul continued writing to the Ephesian Christians, he encouraged them to be light to a dark world. He reminded them that they were once darkness, but that God had set them free through Jesus.

Many times, we also need to be reminded of this.

There are two ways that we tend to look back on our past, before we were rescued from our sinful selves by the blood of Jesus and God’s grace.

First, we may look back in shame and guilt.

We can have a tendency to carry our past with us, letting it weigh us down and drag us backwards, away from God. We can get so caught up in the things that we did, and where God has brought us from, that we fail to see who God has made us into and where we are now.

But we need to remember that He has made us brand new in Christ. And when He forgives us of our sins, they are gone forever, removed far from us.

Psalm 103:12 (NKJV) 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Second, we can forget where we came from, and the condition that we were once in.

When this happens, we can sometimes become self-righteous and judgmental of others, completely forgetting that it is only by God’s grace that we have been saved.

We begin looking down our noses at others when we see them committing sins, completely disregarding the fact that we were once in those very same shoes, and we are not saved by our own works or our own righteousness.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

It’s extremely important that we walk as children of light, displaying the fruits of the Spirit (righteousness and truth), learn what is acceptable to God and live this out in our lives.

1 John 1:7 (NKJV) 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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