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Episode Notes: Building People Up. (Ephesians 4: 29–30)

We often hear people described as “a good person.” You hear it at funerals more than anywhere else. No matter what the person was really like. It’s a kind of cultural politeness, a way of smoothing the rough edges of a life with a gentle, vague compliment. But Scripture rarely uses the word good to describe human beings. In fact, Jesus Himself said:

“No one is good — except God alone.”

Instead, the Bible uses a different word: Righteous.

We don’t use that word much today. You don’t often hear someone say, “He’s a righteous man,” or “She’s a righteous woman.” But the Bible uses it constantly. And in Ephesians 4, Paul tells us that the goal of the Christian life is to grow into the likeness of Christ, to become righteous as He is righteous.

And how do we do that? Paul says we must put off the old self and put on the new. Put off lying, put on truth. Put off sinful anger, put on righteous indignation. Put off stealing, put on honest work, and generous giving.

And today, Paul adds another item to the list.

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Episode Notes: Honesty and Maintaining the Right Work Ethic. (Eph 4: 28)

Sometimes Scripture tells us things we think we already know. Now and then, I find myself teaching a verse that seems so obvious, so basic, so universally accepted, that I wonder why Paul even needed to say it…. And that is exactly where we are today.

The verse before us is one that most people, Christian or not, would agree with on the surface. It doesn’t sound controversial. It doesn’t sound complicated. It doesn’t sound theological.

But the question is: Why does Paul talk about stealing to Christians?

Is there more going on here than meets the eye? Is Paul saying something deeper than the obvious? Is this verse about more than simply “don’t steal”?

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Episode Notes: Anger Management. (Ephesians 4: 26-27)

Today's episode is not about avoiding anger, suppressing it, or even pretending anger doesn’t exist. It’s more about managing anger. Understanding anger. And — believe it or not — sometimes expressing anger….

Our single verse today: “ ‘In your anger do not sin’ do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,…” (Ephesians 4:26)

Or, as the King James Version puts it: “Be ye angry, and sin not.”

That’s a command—a biblical imperative. So, which is it? How can he command anger in verse 26 and condemn anger in verse 31? The answer is simple — and insightful:

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