Thursday After Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity Ephesians 4:17-5:2

THURSDAY AFTER FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us. Ephesians 5:1-2 + Once again Paul admonishes by pointing out what we already are and what we've already received. From that he draws the conclusion about what we should be and do. Good deeds are the consequence, not the condition. Again we see that Christianity isn't the same thing as morals. It's not only a question of another bunch of rules that to a degree replace the rules we previously followed. Instead, it's a question of a new kind of life, something altogether dif­ferent from a life without God. To not believe means you're "alienated from the life of Go ... continue reading