~ 7 Challenging Challenges ~
The
Even As of Sinners
~ “And
you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the
lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and
were by nature children of wrath, even as
the rest” (Ephesians 2:1-3)
The
Even As of Calling
~ “There
is one body and one Spirit, even as
you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one
baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in
you all” (Ephesians
4:4-6).
The
Even As of Following
~ “And
be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians
4:32).
The
Even As of Headship
~ “For
the husband is head of the wife, even as
Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body” (Ephesians
5:23).
The
Even As of Love
~ “Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church and gave Himself for her” (Ephesians
5:25).
The
Even As of Care
~ “For
no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church” (Ephesians
5:29).
The
Even As of Identity
~ “Nevertheless
let each one of you in particular so love his own wife even as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband”
(Ephesians 5:33).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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