In the words of Paul, the Apostle....
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to have a walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love. (Ephes. 4:1)
Even as I spoke to the people so long ago through the words of Paul, so I speak to you, My people, in this day. I have called each of you into the calling I have chosen for you and I desire that you walk in that calling with humbleness, with gentleness, with patience and having love for each other.
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. (Ephes. 4:11,12)
O, My people, I have chosen each of you for your calling according to the talents which I have bestowed upon you and not all are depicted in this Scripture. I have called you to minister unto all My people, teaching them and guiding them into the truths of My Word and preparing them to go forth and minister to others.
That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the teaching of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie wait to deceive. (Ephes. 4:14)
You should no longer be as children in your faith but be mature as adults, no longer believing all the doctrines presented to you by false teachers who would try to deceive you.
...but speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things with Him who is the head...Christ...from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Ephes. 4: 15,16)
My beloved people, go forth and minister to unbelievers everywhere, being careful to speak only the truth from My Word so that they may mature and grow up into all things of Me...the Christ.
I am the Christ and from Me the whole body...all those who have chosen to follow Me are joined and knit together by what each person contributes as their share, working together in love, causing growth in the things of Me in the whole body..
This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk in the futility of their minds, having their understanding darkened, being alineated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to licentiousness, to work all uncleaness with greediness. (Ephes. 4:17,18)
Even though this exhortation was given so many years ago it is nevertheless true for these days in which you are living. Do not walk in the path of unbelievers, seeing the futility of their minds because their understanding has been darkened because of their ignorance of the truths of God and their hardened hearts.
But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts. (Ephes. 4: 20-22)
My beloved, if you have heard Jesus and been taught by Him the truth from My Word then you will have abandoned all your wicked ways from your past and gone forward, walking in My ways.
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God's righteousness and true holiness. Therefore, putting away lying, each one speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another."Be angry and do not sin:" Do not let the sun go down on your wrath nor give place to the devil. Let him who stole, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice and be kind to one another, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
(Ephes. 4 :23-32)
These words spoken by Paul centuries ago are a blueprint for My people today for their walk with Me.
~ Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
~ Put on the new man.
~ Put away lying...each one speak truth.
~ Be angry and do not sin.
~ Do not give place to the devil.
~ Let him who stole, steal no longer.
~ Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth.
~ Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God.
~ Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and evil speaking be put away from you.
~ Be kind one to another.
~ Forgive one another.
My precious children, I desire that you would endeavor to put these admonitions into your minds and hearts as you seek to walk with Me in your Christian walk. Be an example to all who cross your path that, they too, would desire to walk with Me.
