Careful
Living Today's
Three-minute Bible Study
Keywords:
"careful" "understand"
"wise"
Welcome
to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand
strong in the face of sexual temptation. We wrap up this Ephesians passage with a look at
careful living. Passage:
Ephesians
5:6-17* 7. Therefore do not be partners with them. 8. For you were once darkness, but now you are
light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9. (for the fruit of the light consists in all
goodness, righteousness and truth) 10. and find out what pleases the Lord. 11. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of
darkness, but rather expose them. 12. For it is shameful even to mention what the
disobedient do in secret. 13. But everything exposed by the light becomes
visible, 14. for it is light that makes everything visible.
This is why it is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from
the dead, and Christ will shine on you." 15. Be very careful, then, how you live — not
as unwise but as wise, 16. making the most of every opportunity, because
the days are evil. 17. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand
what the Lord's will is. Questions 2. Do you see your decisions about what to look at
as opportunities you can "make the most of"? 3. Not a lot about temptations and struggles has
changed since this Scripture was written. In what ways
are the current days evil? 4. How are we to understand what the Lord's will
is? Practical
help It's never too late for a new beginning. Step from
the darkness into the light of God's love.
*Scriptures
are from The Holy Bible: New International Version ©
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible
Society. All rights reserved.
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Study and Apply
Title: Careful Living
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Date: 09/24/1998
6. Let no one deceive you with empty words,
for because of such things God's wrath comes on those
who are disobedient.
1. Why should you be very careful how you
live?
When have you been least prepared to deal
with a strong temptation? Was it when you were
carefully guarding your activities or when you were
caught carelessly off guard? Many would admit that
when they let down their guard it's easy to make a
foolish decision. The Lord knows that you struggle. In
fact it's His will that you get a new opportunity to
live carefully and defeat those temptations. As we see
in Isaiah 1:18:
"Come now, let us reason together," says
the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they are red as
crimson, they shall be like wool."*
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