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Big Shoes to Fill
When you were a child did you ever put on your mom’s shoes or your dad’s shoes and they were too big, but still you tried to walk around in them?
Or have you had someone tell you “those are big shoes to fill” when you step into a position that someone who was beloved was in before?
Imitating Christ, walking in Christ is some big shoes to fill, but we are not left unequipped for it.
God has given us His Spirit and His instructions on how to walk in Christ’s shoes.
(insert a slide saying “Walk in Love” )
This passage as well as the next are all about walking as children of Light!
Learning and walking in imitation of Christ.
Children oftentimes will mimic, follow what their parents, grandparents are doing, sometimes to the good, sometimes to the embarrassment.
I’m pretty sure you would like to walk in love, walk in the imitation of Christ and not embarrass Him or the Father in heaven that is why you are here this morning.
Since we are children of God and God is love
we should walk in love.
Since God is Light
We should walk as light
Love
(Slide) Children of God displaying God’s love
Light
(Slide) Children of Light shining God’s light into the darkness
WE should walk in Truth and in wisdom
Truth
I. Walk in love
Eph5:1
We know God’s love, we have heard it time and time again, we all know Jn3:16
But walking in God’s love is different that knowing about God’s love.
As Christians we are to imitate God’s love, so lets look at a few reasons we ought to walk in love.
(Slide) We are beloved Children
As we are children of God, transferred out of the darkness into the kingdom.
As beloved children, as God’s child we are invited to be partakers in His nature.
Consider this.
Jesus praying for the apostles, now can you hear Him interceeding for us now too?
And the Father in reply saying like what was said to Christ.
If we are imitating Christ, if we are love, walking in love, walking in the imitation of love then the Father will be well pleased with us.
It maybe a stretch to apply it like that but I think you get the point.
God loves us as we display love because we understand His love for us and the costly sacrifice Christ made for us.
(Slide) We were purchased at a great price
As Jesus became a sacrifice for our sins, a fragrant aroma, pleasing to God we too are to become one too
Christ told of no greater love.
Jn15:13
And then Paul even elaborated on it.
God loved us even when we were dead in our transgressions
Our love for Him is in our response to His love for us.
Christ is all the sacrifices, the sweet savor offering, the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the peace offering all in one.
Burnt offering- Christ displays His complete devotion to God being willing to be our sacrifice, our offering.
Paul challenges the Ephesians and us through the writing of the Apostle to “walk in love” for it is a foundational factor in our Christian life.
When we walk in love we embrace the love of God, display the love of God
We will fulfill the law as the Lord has given us His Spirit and His spirit put love in our hearts
II.
Walk as Children of Light
Eph5:3-
Eph5:5-
Eph5:8-
Eph5:10-11
Eph5:12-13
We have some
Paul paints a picture of some contrasts in this section of children of light and darkness.
(Slide) Look at that list of things that are not to be a part of the children of Light.
(Slide) immorality, impurity, greed
(Slide), Filthiness, silly talk, course jesting
(Slide) Why, Paul tells us and we should not take it lightly.
(Slide) no immoral, impure person
(Slide) No covetous man who is idolater will have inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
These things should not even be named among the children of light for it is not fitting.
Not fitting of our new character, our new nature, our new identity in Christ and our new destination the kingdom of Heaven.
This is not who we are, this is who we are
with knowing who we are comes responsibilities; we are to walk in love, walk as children of light
As children of God, children of light we are to be above reproach and we are to be lights in the world.
Eph5:
Don’t be deceived, there are lot’s of deceivers who give you empty words, empty promises that are not in line with God’s words and God’s justice.
We became CHristians when we trusted and obeyed Christ, we entered into the kingdom of God
We were born again of water and Spirit
We are kings, priests, we are not to have thee things listed in (vv.3-5) and not easy deceived (v.6) for those who do will inherit the kingdom of God
We are not to have these things, these characteristics as Children of God, Children of Light.
We cannot dwell, live in sin, nor accept sin in the life of another believer who claims Christ.
Sin in the life of a believer and sin in the life of the unbeliever are different, it’s worse.
(Slide) A Christian is not sinless, but he is to sin-less
Look at Mt7:21-23 - I know you maybe familiar with it, but don’t be so familiar with it that it does not impact your heart and your actions.
For We are light, and that is what the next section is about!
III.
Walk as Light
As children of light we should not be partakers with those things I have already mentioned.
Eph5:8-
(Slide) We were DARKNESS, but now are LIGHT, so walk as children of light
Eph5:8-
(Slide) We were DARKNESS, but now are LIGHT, so walk as children of light
re LIGHT, so walk as children of light
(expand on darkness, not “in” darkness, but “were” darkness)
(Slide) As children of Light it will look like
(Slide - leave it as one slide) Goodness
Righteousness
and Truth
We want to know and do the things that are pleasing to the Lord (v.10)
As Children of Light we do not participate in the deeds of darkness but expose them.
Eph5:11
Darkness is the absence of light, so as light we expose the darkness, and it becomes visible.
Light not only exposes darkness but it turns darkness into light.
When we realize our sin, our sinful nature, our seperation from God, the darkness that is in us we want to dispel the darkness by allowing the Light in!
Keeping in mind, Paul is writing to believers, and even believers who are not careful and let the darkness of the world push out the light of His love for us.
Hence why we need to be sober, alert, diligent in our walk as children of love, children of light, knowing how to walk as children of light.
To the non-Christian who is dead in their trespasses, their sins Awake, arise from the dead today.
To the Christian who asleep in the pew, or is comfortable in their place in the kingdom, awake and walk, don’t just sit there, walk in His love, walk in His light, walk as His children and be light to others!
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