When God’s Son is magnified, God’s People are Consecrated:
When Paul originally began spreading the gospel in Ephesus, he was not talking to commendable, God-honoring saints. They “walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air.” Paul says, “We all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.”
These were Diana-worshipping, sex-addicted, materialism-controlled, occult-practicing sinners we are talking about here. This is who God saved. But He does not just leave them there. Paul began to teach about what pleases God and what does not please God, and all of a sudden, these recently-dead, made-alive-in-Christ saints heard God’s rebuke. This is where chastening comes in. Their eyes were opened, and they saw all the things in their lives that didn’t glorify God, and they started cleaning house.
Acts 19:18-19 says, “And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all.”
From REV2023FL-05e – Are You Doing Your Part In God’s Plan For This World (230419PM)
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