BIBLE VERSE FOR TODAY: TODAY'S TOPIC: LIVING A DIFFERENT LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS. TODAY'S VERSE: Ephesians 4:17-19 NKJV [17] "This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, [18] having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; [19] who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness." In some translations of the Bible, this passage tells us not to live “as the pagans do.” The term “pagans” might make you think of primitive tribes, with idols and all sorts of superstitions and outdated religious rites. But Paul thinks differently. In the quoted passage, “pagans,” or “Gentiles,” are people who get stuck in spiritual idleness, wild thoughts and unrestrained behaviors associated with sinfulness, lawless...
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