Monday, April 19, 2010

Proving What Is Acceptable

Ephesians 5:8 KJV
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Ephesians 5:10 KJV
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Between verses eight and ten is a parenthetical sentence. It is important to be sure, and I would never want to leave it out. But there is something to be gained to see the flow of the Word of God with it set aside for a moment. The Word of God says that when we walk as children of the light we are "proving what is acceptable unto the Lord."

When the Christian walks as a Christian ought to walk, we demonstrate to the world that we approve of (one of the definitions of proving) those things that God accepts. It is a shame that we have so called Christians today who obviously do not approve of those things which God approves of and who do approve of things that God's Word declares He does not approve of. The nature of sin has so infected modern Christianity that in many cases it can no longer be called Christian.

Sin is approved of (and wantonly practiced) among many who claim to be Christians.
Righteousness is mocked by those same "wanna - be" believers.

True Christians are children of light. Let us walk as children of that light and let the world see we have proven that which is acceptable to the Lord.

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