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As we entered into the Disciplined or Duty portion of Ephesians out of the Doctrine portion, the Apostle Paul has presented this Duty as WALK.
Eph 4:1-2 - The Worthy Walk
Consists of
Eph 4:4-13 - Walking in Unity
Eph 4:17-32 - Walking in Separation
Eph 5:1-2 - Walking in Love
Eph 5:3-14 - Walking in Light
Paul continues to build on the foundation he has been laying for us in this book.
His basic command for the church is that we, as saved children, are to be different because we are in a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
We were dead in trespasses and sin when he found us and saved us by His grace.
God, through His amazing grace brought us out of death and depravity, and He delivered us from the doom and condemnation of His wrath.
Here is what He did for us.
He saved us from our sins, transformed us into new creatures, placed us in the body of Christ, then left us in this world to be light to a world trapped in darkness.
Therefore, we are to walk in wisdom.
Requires Diligence:
See then - watch out for, consider, observe.
“circumspectly”—note the roots of “circumference” (circle) and “spectacles” (to look) in the word—means to “walk while looking around.”
diligent, accurate, and precise.
The command is for us to “give attention to the way we walk in this world”, so that we “walk accurately and precisely.”
As believers, we must give due diligence to every step we take in this world.
1 because we have an adversary.
The phrase “drawn away,” means “to lure prey from it hiding place.”
Like a hunter sets a trap to catch an animal, Satan does all he can to lure us away from the place of safety and closeness to the Lord.
He seeks to lure us into sin.
The word “enticed,” means, “to catch by bait.”
If you are going to bait deer, you don’t use dead fish.
You have to use corn or apples, or something else that is attractive to the animal.
Satan knows what makes us tick.
He knows what is attractive to us.
Like a hunter who studies his prey, Satan studies us to see what we like, and he baits his traps accordingly.
Satan is a treacherous and very dangerous enemy.
Yet, the only reason he has any power at all to deceive and destroy us is due to the sin that dwells within each of our hearts.
As James says, we are “drawn away of” our “own lusts.”
Satan is only able to tempt us to sin, because the will and ability to sin already exist within our hearts.
Every time we fall into sin, it is only because we take the bait and fall into the devil’s snare.
So, knowing the deceitfulness of the enemy, and the wickedness of our own hearts, Paul warns us to watch every step we take, because each step is filled with danger, especially in this world.
Ephesians 5:15 (KJV 1900)
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Foolish -
We are not to walk like the world around us.
They stumble around in the darkness of their depraved condition, and they take no heed to where the next foot will fall.
We are not so blind.
Ephesians 5:15 (KJV 1900)
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Wise -
Biblical wisdom refers to practical skills associated with understanding and living a successful life.
We have been redeemed.
We have been made alive.
We have been given the Spirit of God.
We have been given the light of the Word of God.
We do not stumble about like a blind man, but we have been equipped to walk accurately, placing each step precisely where it pleases the Lord and leads us closer to Him.
What a blessing it is to know that we do not have to fall for the deceptions of Satan.
We do not have to be ensnared in his traps.
Through the help of the Holy Spirit, every subtle maneuver of the enemy is painted with the light of Heaven.
We do not have to yield to his devices.
We do not have to walk his way.
We do not have to find ourselves overcome by his schemes.
Our Lord has made us wiser than that.
He has given us all we need to be able to walk in His will for His glory.
Therefore, we must not only be DILIGENT, BUT IT ALSO
Requires Discernment:
Ephesians 5:16 (KJV 1900)
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
The Lord here says we are to be “Redeeming the time...”
Redeeming -
means “to buy up; to deliver from loss.”
It was used in that culture of “purchasing a slave in order to set the slave free.”
2 words used for time.
chronos - referring to the linear passage of time, minutes, hours, days, and so on.
kairos - referring to a set period of time.
“a measured allotment of time.”
Time as God has allotted to each of us - our life on earth.
Paul is talking about the small window of time we have in this world.
In other words, we are to “deliver the allotted time we have been given in this world from loss.”
This phrase speaks about our walk with the Lord.
It challenges us “to make good use of every opportunity for serving the Lord.”
The Lord has determined the boundaries of our lives.
We will not live one minute more, one minute less, than the time we have been allotted by the Lord.
Our time is that block of time, the dash on your tombstone, to accomplish God’s plan for this earth.
The idea is not to buy time.
Time is the gift of God; a man has time.
What he is to do is to use his time to buy things of value.
He is to redeem time, to turn his time in, for things of value.
• Take the time to pray.
• Take the time to worship.
• Take the time to share the Gospel.
• Take the time to be holy.
• Take the time to read the Bible.
• Take the time to honor the Lord every minute of every day.
Someone has noted that each day we are gifted with 24 new hours—1,440 minutes and 86,400 seconds that we will never see again!
Together they add up to the kairos God has given us—a segment we are to grasp and redeem lest it go unused.
We are to redeem our life out of the marketplace of vanity and purposelessness through which we walk in this world.
Ephesians 5:16 (KJV 1900)
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Paul tells us that we should salvage the time we have been given, because “the days are evil.”
The word evil comes from the same word that gives us our word “pornographic.”
The days are wicked, evil and filled with every kind of sin and vice.
God has placed us here to be light to a world trapped in darkness.
We are His “ambassadors,” 2 Cor.
5:20.
He has given us a window of time in this evil world to serve Him, walk for Him and bring glory to His name.
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