Joe Batchelor is WCC's Associate Pastor candidate and visited us this Sunday to meet the congregation and share the following message.
Ephesians 4:17-32
17Â So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.18Â They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Â Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. 20Â That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21Â when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22Â You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23Â to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24Â and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. 25Â Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26Â "In your anger do not sin"[a]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27Â and do not give the devil a foothold. 28Â Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. 29Â Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30Â And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed |
