Sermons citing Ephesians 5:8

8.Ephesians 5, verse 8, For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. Paul often, as he wrote, he did so by way of…

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…shine on you.”  Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,  making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.’ (Ephesians 5:8-16) As, ‘children of light’ - children of God - we are to pursue this identity. In our lives before we knew Jesus, we walked in ‘darkness’; we were in…

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…for my heavenly body. I'm only in my early 40s, but as I'm riddled with arthritis and all sorts of stuff, I can't wait for that heavenly body. InEphesians 5, verse 8, it says, for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the world. Walk as children of light. So on top of that hill, at the end of…

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…7 Therefore do not be partakers with them; 8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light. (Eph. 5:1–8NASB) 1 Thessalonians 4:1. 1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to…

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…of discernment to approve the things that are superior, the things that lead to purity and blamelessness before Christ. And this is what, inEphesians, chapter 5, verses 8 to 10, paul calls the fruit of light, for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the…

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…the old one. Because the old one was so good. Why'd you ever come back? Why did you feel like you had to #2 #2 is you need to walk in the light.Ephesians chapter 5 verses 8 through 14. For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord walk as children of light. For the fruit of the light consist in all goodness…

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…word but obey what it says, we are in a very real sense as the disciples of Jesus, the light of this world. The apostle Paul puts it like this inEphesians 5 verses 8-13, we heard it before. You were once darkness but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light for the light consists in all goodness,…

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…light. And the apostle Paul picks this picture up in Ephesians chapter 8, verse, or Ephesians chapter 5. There's only six chapters in Ephesians.Ephesians chapter 5, verse 8. And he says, for notice this, this is so incredible. For once you were darkness. Not just in darkness, you were darkness. Like the state of your…

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…point in Ephesians 5. Paul's point in Ephesians 5 is that culture is at war against God. And what are you gonna do about it? And the solution inEphesians 5, verses 7 through 14, is not go vote the right way. What are you gonna do about it, Paul says? And he's gonna describe a life that goes from darkness to light. What…

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…it. You're able to serve the work. And then Paul is never short of incentives. And so he offers to the slave this incredible incentive. SaysEphesians 5, verse 8, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. So the slave, what it…

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…He uses His word light. And I love this. What does light do, in a sense of historical and biblical context? Light dispels darkness. Read with me,Ephesians 5:8, He is speaking to believers, "For you were once darkness, but now you are a light in the Lord. Each and every single one of you in here this…

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…darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God. Being in darkness is being to the power of Satan, being in light as being the gospel of Christ.Ephesians chapter 5, verse 8. For at one time you were in darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. So walk as children of the light. God has done this. He takes us from…

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…Jesus changed the world because of who he was, what he said and what he did, his character, his rhetoric, and his actions. Let us do likewise.Ephesians 5:8. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. We shine when we understand that Christianity is less…

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…you must no longer walk as the Gentiles did. Even in our passage it came up three times. Chapter 5 verse 2. And walk in love as Christ loved us.Ephesians 5 verse 8. At one time you were darkness but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. And then 5 verse 15. Look carefully then how you walk.…

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…produce or put out on our own. We have no light in and of ourselves to give anybody. It's a light that completely comes by knowing Christ. And inEphesians 5 verse 8, this is something Paul says, For at one time you were darkness, but now you are the light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. So we have in…

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…you're going to look and talk and act so much like Jesus that people are going to mistake you for Christ. Here's what he said though in verse 8,Ephesians 5, verse 8. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. And live as children of light, for the fruit of light consists in all goodness,…

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