Verse 3-4
\nI)\u00a0But- now comes a list of things not suitable as a child\/ follower of God.\u00a0 Things not
\nin keeping with the character of His son.
\nA)\u00a0Fornication- we get our word pornography.
\nB)\u00a0All uncleanness- Just in case it\u2019s morally questionable and does not fall
\nunder the technical term of fornication.
\nC)\u00a0Let it not be once named among you.\u00a0 Don\u2019t entertain the thought for a
\nmoment.
\nD)\u00a0Filthiness- Corruption, pollution, defilement by sin, these seem to especially
\nbe directed to the morals of man.
\nE)\u00a0Foolish talking- In Scripture, wicked, sinful; acting without regard to divine
\nlaw and glory; proceeding from depravity.
\nF)\u00a0Jesting- joking, talking for diversion or merriment.
\nNote: Foolish talking and Jesting are qualified by the phrase \u201cwhich are not convenient\u201d.\u00a0 Which means suitable, proper, adapted to use or wants.\u00a0 It is not a condemnation of all humor.
\nG)\u00a0Giving of thanks- This is to put in place of the things removed.
\nVerse 5
\nI)\u00a0For this we know- by
\nII)\u00a0That: now comes another list of sins which evidence a man is outside of God\u2019s
\nkingdom.
\nA)\u00a0Whoremonger- one who practices lewdness
\nB)\u00a0Unclean person- in a moral sense.\u00a0 See note for verse 3 B.
\nC)\u00a0Covetous- who is an idolater.\u00a0 What a man cannot be content without is the
\nthing he most worships.
\nVerse 6
\nI) Let no man deceive you with vain words.
\nA)\u00a0It has been the practice since Satan introduce the lie to Eve, that God is to
\nloving to really punish a man to the extent threatened.
\nB)\u00a0Does this not still happen with false religions that hold out hope in
\nPurgatory, nor those who teach that God has somehow changed his mind
\nabout certain sins in our modern times.
\nII)\u00a0Because of these things\u2026.
\nJohn 3: 36; Psalm 7: 11-16; 9: 17; 11: 1-7.
\nA) \u00a0Men reap the result in this life through prison, disease, marital strife, wars,
\nEtc.
\nB)\u00a0Men will reap the full reward in the Lake of Fire.
\nVerse 7
\nBe not therefore partakers with them.
\nA)\u00a0As Israel of old who lost the blessings of God and enjoyment of the Promised Land.
\n2 Chronicles 36: 15-21.\u00a0 Still God\u2019s chosen people but in captivity, slaves because
\nof sin.
\nB)\u00a0As children who endure discipline of a loving father for disobedience.
\nHebrews 12: 5-13
\nVerse 8
\nI)\u00a0For ye were sometimes darkness
\nA)\u00a0As in darkness, blinded by Satan, in his dark kingdom. 2 Corinthians 4: 3 and
\nColossians 1: 13.
\nB)\u00a0As in being darkness- in leading others in or treacherous paths.\u00a0 See next
\npoint\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0.
\nII)\u00a0But now ye are light in the Lord.
\nA)\u00a0Ye are- Matthew 5: 14- we are not to act as light, but seeing our nature is
\nnow changed, we are now what we once were not.
\nB)\u00a0In the Lord- We are not light because of our conduct but because of our
\nnew standing.\u00a0 The lamps in the Tabernacle shined because the High Priest
\nlit them and kept the wick trimmed and supplied with oil.
\nIII)\u00a0Walk as children of light- Children of darkness walk in keeping with their nature.
\nWe are to walk keeping with our new nature.
\nVerse 9
\nFor the fruit of the Spirit\u2026..
\nI)\u00a0This verse takes us back to the previous verse, in that it reveals the source
\nof the three qualities mentioned.
\nII)\u00a0Our good works of Matthew 5 and Ephesians 2: 10 are not the product of
\nthe hottest selling self-help book, but a fruit of the Unseen Guest (Holy
\nGhost) dwelling in us.
\nVerse 10
\nProving what is acceptable to the Lord.
\nI)\u00a0Demonstrating, supplying convincing evidence.
\nII)\u00a0What is acceptable?
\nA) \u00a0What is acceptable? The offering and sacrifice of God\u2019s own dear Son.
\nB) \u00a0How is this evidenced?
\n1)\u00a0Genesis 3: 21- God made coats of skins.
\nAdams works of fig leafs was not acceptable to cover his nakedness in the sight of God, though it had been enough for he and Eve.\u00a0 Thus the principle of the necessity of the shedding of blood for the remission of sin.
\n2) \u00a0Genesis 4: 1-5- God had respect unto Abel offering of blood but not to the works of Cain\u2019s hands.\u00a0 Again evidencing the law of the shedding of blood for the remission of sin.
\na) Abel went away with God\u2019s respect and with peace.
\nb) Cain went away without God\u2019s respect and with no peace, which showed itself in the murder of Abel.
\n3)\u00a0In the same sense our fruit of good works prove that the offering of Christ was acceptable to God, being rewarded with the gift of the Spirit to indwell and empower the saint to live above the plain of life on which the unsaved live.
\na)\u00a0What is acceptable to God is a life of faith in His Son.
\nb)\u00a0What is acceptable to God is the fruit that life of faith produces.\u00a0 John 15: 2
\nVerse 11
\nI)\u00a0And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.
\nA)\u00a0Fellowship- the child\u2019s definition of two men in a boat is a good illustration
\nof this idea.\u00a0 Two men aboard a ship may have two different destinations,
\nbut no one knows that until they part company because they are both
\ntravelling in the same direction.\u00a0 We are not to be walking in the same
\ndirection as those that are lost.\u00a0 Those whose desire and destination is
\nHeaven ought not be walking as in the same direction as those headed to
\nHell.
\nB)\u00a0Unfruitful works of darkness- Kind produces after kind, therefore the lost
\nman\u2019s works produces no fruit to the glory and honor of God.\u00a0 It yields not
\nthe peaceable fruits of righteousness, but rather genders strife.
\nII)\u00a0But rather reprove them.
\nA)\u00a0Rather- In place of walking with them.
\nB)\u00a0Reprove- Rebuke, warn, oppose them.
\nVerse 12
\nFor it a shame even to speak of those things done of them in secret.\u00a0 This I think is
\nperfectly clear.\u00a0 Our talk is to be well guarded.\u00a0 Remember God forbid Israel to even
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