Ephesians 5:1-14
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Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,
and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
“We must not be satisfied with feeding the soul by meditation but rise up from the banquet and use the strength we have gained. Sitting at the feet of Jesus must be succeeded by following in the footsteps of Jesus.” - Charles Spurgeon
First, We can imitate God by walk in love.
Second, we imitate God rather than self gratification
But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.
Therefore, do not become their partners.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light—
for the fruit of the light consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth—
testing what is pleasing to the Lord.
Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.
For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.
Everything exposed by the light is made visible,
for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
Ephesians
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, and do many miracles in your name?’
Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!’
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.