‘It Will Be Well.’
Ecclesiastes 8:10-13.
a) Ecclesiastes 8:10. We can see the wicked
people buried.
b) Ecclesiastes 8:10. Some of them were religious
hypocrites, going in and out of God’s House.
c) Ecclesiastes 8:10. These people were praised in
their hypocrisy that is so futile.
d) Ecclesiastes 8:11. Sentence against an evil deed
should be executed speedily because the human heart is fully set to do evil.
e) Ecclesiastes 8:12. Even though sinners do evil
a hundred time and prolong their lives.
f) Ecclesiastes 8:12. It will be well for those
people who fear God and fear Him openly.
g) Ecclesiastes 8:13. It will not be well for the
wicked people.
h) Ecclesiastes 8:13. The wicked people will not
prolong their days like a shadow because they do not stand in fear of God.
(This QT reminds me that It Will Be Well for those people who
openly fear God)
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‘Get Rid Of The Old And Put On The New.’
Ephesians 4:22-32.
a) Ephesians 4:22. We are to put away:-
1- Our former way of
life.
2- Our old corrupt
self.
3- Our old self
deluded by its lusts.
b) Ephesians 4:23. We need to be renewed in the
spirit of our minds. (Spiritual renewal)
c) Ephesians 4:24. Then we can clothe ourselves
with a new self.
d) Ephesians 4:24. This new self is created
according to the likeness of God in True Righteousness and Holiness.
e) Ephesians 4:25. So:-
1- We should put
away all falsehood. (Lies)
2- We should speak the
Truth to our neighbours.
3- We realise that
we are members of one another. (In the Body of Christ)
f) Ephesians 4:26. We can be angry, but we should
not sin by letting the sun go down on our anger.
g) Ephesians 4:27. We do not make room for the Devil
in our lives.
h) Ephesians 4:28. Thieves:-
1- Give up stealing.
2- Begin to work
honestly with your own hands.
3- Have something to
share with needy people. (This is evidence of a reformed life)
i) Ephesians 4:29. Our words:-
1- Let no evil words
come out of our lives.
2- Say what is
useful for building other people up.
3- Say what is
necessary to say.
4- Should give Grace
to those people who hear us.
j) Ephesians 4:30. We should not grieve the Holy
Spirit of God by Whom we are sealed until the Day of Redemption.
k) Ephesians 4:31. These things grieve the Holy
Spirit:-
1- Bitterness.
2- Wrath.
3- Anger.
4- Wrangling.
5- Slander.
6- Malice.
7- Notice that these
are all verbal sins. (Plus some actions too)
l) Ephesians 4:32. We should be:-
1- Kind to one
another.
2- Tender hearted.
3- Forgiving one
another as Christ has forgiven us.
(This
Second one is a clear call to me to Get Rid Of The Old And Put On The New)
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Chris.
Our words
are important. We need to consider our words just as much as we consider our
actions. Words are the primary way of Blessing other people if we are not dumb
and they are not deaf. Words count in this World. I need to be reminded and we
all need to be reminded, especially True Believers, of the importance of our
words.
