We are now firmly into the application section of Paul’s letter. Not much deep theology here. Paul tells us very straightforwardly what is right and what is wrong. The only proper response to this passage is to believe it and act accordingly. At the end, however, we’ll talk a bit about why Christians so often don’t seem to get this right.
Genuine faith in Christ ought to cause a noticeable change in the life and conduct of the believer. In this section shows us how our transformation takes place: Put off, put on, put away.
Immaturity can be defined as imperfection, greenness, unpreparedness, inexperience, childishness or ineptitude. In this section, Paul shows us how a church can grow up – how a church can become mature, ripe and fruitful in the deepest spiritual sense.
How did you learn to pray? In most traditional you learn set prayers repeated word-for word. We don’t normally do it that wat, but set prayers can be helpful, especially if they are scriptural. They can also be used as models when we don’t pray them word-for-word. If we want to invigorate our prayer life the prayers of Scriptures have a lot to teach us about God’s priorities in prayer.
Central Reflections 