Sunday, October 4, 2015

Children obey your parents. 10/4/15

Day 275
Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Eph.6


Ephesians 6

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a]

4 Fathers,[b] do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

The Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Final Greetings

21 Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing. 22 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.

23 Peace to the brothers and sisters,[c] and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.[d]

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

Push Him out October 3rd

“Always bearing about in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.”

2 CORINTHIANS 4:10-11

To inwardly apply the cross, we need to coordinate our spirit with our environment. In these verses we have both the inward cross and the outward cross. “Always bearing about in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus” speaks of the inward cross. Then this inward cross is coordinated with the outward cross by the word “for”: “For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.” The inward cross and the outward cross operating together is the “death working in us” that produces “life in you” (v. 12).

In verse 11 we are handed over, or delivered, unto death. We may be handed over into weakness, into a trial, into insults, into misunderstanding — into being crossed out. We are handed over again and again to all kinds of outward environments. Just as the Lord Jesus was handed over to the smiters, to those who rejected Him, to all the environment that was sovereignly laid out for Him, we also are always being handed over. So do not be surprised. This is our lot because we have a destiny and a goal — to follow the pathway of the cross, to enjoy resurrection life, and to be conformed to His image.

We are always being handed over to death “for Jesus’ sake.” In Greek, the preposition used here can be literally translated because of. Thus, it would read, “For we who live are always delivered unto death because of Jesus.” He is the cause of all this! He is in our spirit, andGod’sdesireistopushHimoutintooursoul—tomanifestHim, to display Him, to make Him known. Jesus is not happy being confined to our spirit. He wants to spread out into our whole being. And because many times we do not take the initiative to pursue Him, we get handed over to a death situation — to a trying environment or to a disappointment. We are just handed over. This is because God is so desirous that Jesus be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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