454 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 - Part 2 - Book 38 - The Light of Christ in Your Life - 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 38 The Light of Christ in Your Life - Part 2 If I can just get people to realize that this is not a closed Book, it’s not a dusty old Book, or a bunch of old fables told around a campfire, but rather this is the miraculous Word of God, and it fits so beautifully from cover to cover as it all just dovetails together, and you can understand it when you separate the Scriptures. As you are probably realizing by now that if you don’t keep Paul’s little epistle, his teaching to the Gentile Body of Christ for our doctrine, separate from the teachings to the nation of Israel by the Old Testament prophets, Christ and His earthly ministry teachings, as we see in Matthew 15:24, and Romans 15:8, then you will never fully understand this tremendous Book. Now in the last lesson we got as far as Ephesians chapter 5, verse 13, and we’re going to pick right up with verse 14. Ephesians 5:9 So again remember, Paul’s admonition to walking the Christian walk is not something silly, or something in general that the world would scoff at if they have any sense whatsoever of things that are good. Now in the last lesson we were talking about stepping in the Light of Christ who is the Light. Ephesians 5:14 Well there again, that’s a loaded verse. Now then verse 15. Ephesians 5:15a "See then that ye walk circumspectly,..." Now a lot of people just gloss over some of these words without realizing, what’s he talking about? So we’re to walk circumspectly. And now what’s the next part of the verse? Ephesians 5:15b "...not as fools, but as wise." Psalms 14:1a "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..." "The fool hath said in his heart, no, God...." Now as soon as you get the concept that the fool is the person who says no to God, he’s the man who is then destitute of faith. So the definition of a fool then is actually a person who is destitute of faith, and we’ve had examples in the Scriptures of such people. The guy was destitute of faith, and consequently he didn’t bring the kind of sacrifice that God had told him to bring, because he didn’t believe what God had said, he rationalized. Ishmael was not a man of faith. Now back to the Book of Ephesians chapter 5. So don’t walk as someone who doesn’t believe a thing that God says, but on the other hand we are supposed to walk as people of faith, knowing that this Word is true. How many people today even stop for 5 seconds, and consider eternity? It can either be in God’s presence or it can be separation from God forever. So again, the fool says, "No God, there’s no eternity to concern myself about. Ephesians 5:15 "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise." (people of faith) Now reading on in the verse 16. Ephesians 5:16 "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." Now Paul wrote that approximately 60 something AD. Ephesians 5:16 "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." Political corruption, economic corruption, moral corruption, and consequently the empire fell. Now verse 17. Ephesians 5:17 "Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is." You’re not going to tweak God’s nose, He’s not a Santa Claus. Ephesians 5:17 Now verse 18. Ephesians 5:18 Alcohol is a spirit, it’s a mind bender. It’s an attitude adjustment time. Now verse 19, I mean this is all in this same concept of the Christian walk. No it’s a life of joy. Ephesians 5:19 We’d start at 6:00 P.M. and for the first two hours it was sing, sing, sing. Ephesians 5:20 "Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:" Now after that verse I’ve got to turn to the Book of Philippians chapter 4, and verse 4. What’s the first word? Rejoice. We’re not to be a people of chins on our chests and moping around thinking, "what a tough old world this is." Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice." So here in verse 4, Paul didn’t say this flippantly. Now verse 5. Philippians 4:5 The Lord is at hand." Well if Paul thought the Lord was at hand then, how much closer is He today. Most people today when they pray never think to thank Him. "...let your requests be made known unto God." How do we make our requests be made known unto God? We usually open our classes and our television programs with a time of prayer requests, and regardless what it is we know that God is concerned, but He expects us to verbalize these requests. If you are a true believer, every prayer that you utter is answered in verse 7. Philippians 4:7 "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." THE PEACE WITH GOD! Even if we lose that loved one that we’re praying for, the peace with God puts us in a position to accept that, and to live with it. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible