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Introduction
The 8 words that have derailed more plans than any other.
I think I’ll just sit for a minute.
Best of intentions, but we don’t follow through
If you want to get things done, the wise action is to keep moving
Paul says the same here for the Christian life: live wisely
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Paul has moved through a section of exhorting us to put off our old way of thinking and put on the new way of thinking in Christ
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The question can still remain, what are we to do with it?
When I was in insurance sales, I excelled at the intellectual part of the insurance industry; however, the most difficult part was making phone calls.
One of the veteran agents doing the training told us not to put the phone down when we got a negative response.
The reason?
It was harder to pick it up and call the next person.
Functionally, it was easy to say it was too hard.
In spite of spiritual headwinds, we are to make the most of our time
V. 16 - there’s an economic overtone to this section
The word used here is one for buying in the marketplace
Music & Fulfillment
Sometimes we can make the spiritual life out to be simply avoiding the bad; however Paul wants us to watch out for the worthless as well
Living wisely in our new life involves choosing the good and valuable, not just avoiding the overtly valuable
Screens; how do we redeem them?
Living wisely also means building up one another in a variety of ways
Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
This builds a common vocabulary to build theology
It is also how we avoid feeling isolated in a spiritually difficult environment
If you pictured trudging through a desert alone earlier, don’t.
We’ve been given one another
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