(Eph 4:26) “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”   There are those who think it wrong to be angry. No, it is not wrong to have the emotion given by God, but…..it is always wrong to respond in a way that would not honor the Lord Who saved you! Get face it, speak rightly that which should be spoken, “You have offended me”; do that which you need to do, taking stands you need to take; but never, ever, are you to do it in a way determined to hurt another person. Yes, speaking the truth will at times hurt the other person, but the Bible tells us we ate to speak the truth in love (15). Don’t go to bed with it allowing it to fester into sinful thoughts and later actions. Face it now. Do right in a way to honor your Savior!   

WATER   (Eph 4:25) “Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.” There is such an absence of truth today that even among Believers we do not always trust what they say to us. If we have formed an opinion of something, even when that person says truth to us regarding it, many times we don’t believe them, falling back upon our assumption. This is sin. We are to accept the word of a fellow saint unless they prove themselves to be liars. Speak truth one to another. Truth might be uncomfortable, but in the long run it is always best; and it is what our Lord expects from us.

 (Eph 4:22) “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; (23)  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; (24) And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”  How does the the precious truth of verse 24 agree with the need of verses 22-23? Verse 24 is our position before God in Christ – what He has done for us. Verses 22-23 is our condition while still in this sinful flesh. We are to bring our physical and mental condition in align with our spiritual condition! Praise God, it is possible! Walk the walk as you talk the talk, dear one.

(Eph 4:22) “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; (23)  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;”  The mind, how we think about things, how we see things, must we reshaped into seeing and thinking in agreement with God’s Word. That only comes through desire, bowing to His Lordship over us, and love for Him enough to want to please Him. It takes effort on our part and dedication to the reading of God’s Word. It takes sitting at the feet of a godly teacher and the seeking out of a church where the Word of God is held up as being the rule of faith. Not all churches and preachers put what God thinks first. So, we must seek such godly men and churches.

(Eph 4:22) “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; (23)  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;”  I have heard people say to a lost person, “You don’t have to worry about changing your life. Just come to God as you are.”  We do come to God as we are, but one’s life does change through the rebirth and we are called upon to continue to change. They instinctively know that. Plus, we are told to “count the cost”. Jesus is worth it! So, be honest and forthright with them, “Yes, you need to forsake your sin. Jesus give you a new heart which will desire to change. Come to Him and be saved.” 

(Eph 4:20) “But ye have not so learned Christ; (21) If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:” Remember that earlier in this chapter it has been said we have been given pastor and teachers for this very thing, so that the Holy Spirit might use them to teach us. Friend, you won’t get that at home unless you are house-bound. If you are able, the House of God is the place for you, for this is God’s plan. The word “church” means “a called out m assembly”. Every believer has been called out of the world to embrace Christ Jesus. We are to exit the world and enter the gathering of God’s people and be taught.

(Eph 4:20) “ But ye have not so learned Christ;”   When other brothers and sisters speak and do things in God’s House or among God’s people that are hurtful and wrong, this should be our verbal response to them, “Are you behaving as the Lord Jesus would?” ({Eph 4:20} “ But ye have not so learned Christ;”)  If this does not bring forth repentance, at the least it will help to guide the response of others who are listening, who desire to do right before God.

(Eph 4:20) “ But ye have not so learned Christ;”   The Lord knows the make-up of His children. He knows they unknowingly sin against Him, for they still live with the old nature as a part of them. That doesn’t mean that we do not seek to be sinless, pure thinking and doing vessels which the Holy Spirit lives in. This is what we have learned of Christ.

( Eph 4:17) “This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind”,……… (Eph 4:20) “ But ye have not so learned Christ;”  There are those who say, “The Lord wants me to be happy”. No, you are first and foremost to be used of Him for His Own glory. He wants you to be holy. His glory is what matters and we are to seek to glorify Him through the valleys as well as the mountaintops. The Bible speaks of our “joy” rather than our “happiness”. Joy comes from the spirit living, doing right. Happiness is normally based on the flesh’s response to outward circumstances.