Ephesians 4:17-24,31 - So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness…Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 - “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
2 Corinthians 3:14 - But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Application:
· Is my life based on God and His Word?
· Has Christ removed the veil that hid His glory from me?
· Does my speech exhibit bitterness and malice?
· Have I or do I allow wickedness to take root in my heart?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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