Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Ephesians 5:8-16
by: Dale Rood.
There is an urgency to this passage: to “walk circumspectly”; “not as fools but as wise”; making the best use of time. Why? “Because the days are evil” (v.16). Recognize from whence you have come: “You were formerly darkness” (v.8). Paul was saying, “Do not live there anymore!” A number of years ago, we had a guest in our home and I was talking with this person about the counter-culture in New York City. I found it fascinating, but my wife rightly chided me for “dwelling there.” Paul reminded us that we have come out of that. Do not even think about it. You are now “Light in the Lord” (v.8). Live that way!