In Lord's Day schoolhouse nosotros sang “This lilliputian calorie-free of mine,” based on Scriptural commands to smoothen similar lights inward our nighttime world, glorifying God amongst expert deeds (Matthew 5:16), together with living clean, innocent lives (Philippians 2:15).
As a child, I idea beingness calorie-free exactly meant beingness expert together with treating everyone nicely. But Ephesians 5:8-20 gives us a fuller Definition of our part equally lights:
“For yous were in 1 lawsuit darkness, but right away yous are calorie-free inward the Lord. Live equally children of calorie-free (for the fruit of the calorie-free consists inward all goodness, righteousness together with truth).”
1. Finding out what pleases the Lord (v.10).
2. Avoiding together with exposing evil (v.11).
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3. Refusing to utter nearly evil things (v.12).*
4. Being careful how nosotros alive (v. 15).
5. Taking wages of opportunities God gives us (v. 16).
6. Being self-controlled (v.18).
7. Constantly reminding each other of God’s Word inward conversations together with worship (v.19).
8. Being continually thankful (v.20).
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See also This Little Light of Mine
* This doesn’t hateful that nosotros spend upwards to utter nearly the evil going on inward our footing – Scripture does that. It agency nosotros don’t romanticize, approve, condone, enjoy, joke nearly or entertain ourselves amongst evil. We don’t cuss or operate unwholesome spoken language (Ephesians 4:29).
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