Summary
Paul writes, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, God in Christ has forgiven you. Look, please, at verse 31 of our text today, Paul writes, put away from you, all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander together with all malice. The bitterness leads to wrath and anger, wrath that outburst of rage, that outburst of emotion, that causes damage, whether physical or verbal, it causes us to do and say things that we don't necessarily want to do. Pack away the want to slander your brother or sister. But when we were called into faith, when we were called as his very own children and sealed in the Holy Spirit, when we were called to be a new creation, it means that we can. And when we are loved by God forgiven in Christ, then we in our life together are free to forgive one another.
Video citations
- "Forgive One Another" 2-26-23 — If you would please open your Bibles to Ephesians the fourth chapter that's on page 171, if you're using a Pue edition of the Bible, Ephesians chapter 4. Paul writes, under the inspiration of the…