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Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Our words and deeds should show forth the light of Christ.<\/p>\n The word in the previous verse translated \u201cput on<\/span>\u201d is endu\u014d<\/em><\/span>, which means \u201cto sink into\u201d or \u201cto put ourselves into.\u201d It is expressed in the middle voice which means that it is something that we must do to ourselves; it is not something that someone else can do for us.<\/p>\n The word \u201cwalk<\/span>\u201d is from peripate\u014d<\/em><\/span>, which literally means \u201cto walk around.\u201d Figuratively, it refers to how a person lives his or her life (walking the road of life).<\/p>\n \u201cProperly<\/span>\u201d is translated from a form of eusch\u0113m\u014dn<\/em> <\/span>which is made up of eu<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cgood or well\u201d and schema<\/em><\/span>, referring to \u201cthe external form or condition.\u201d Thus, eusch\u0113m\u014dn<\/em> <\/span>refers to something that is \u201cwell formed\u201d or that has a good external appearance. It is often translated as honorably, decently, or honestly.<\/p>\n \u201cRevelry<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek word k\u014dmos<\/em><\/span>, referring to conduct involving \u201cfeasting, drunkenness, impurity (especially sexual), and gross obscenity.\u201d<\/p>\n In the previous two verses Paul told us to wake up and cast-off, or lay-aside, the works of darkness and put on the weapons of our spiritual warfare.<\/p>\n Now, having put on the weapons of our warfare, we should walk properly or honorably, and Paul tells us to do this \u201cas in the day.<\/span>\u201d A literal translation of this expression would be, \u201cas if in the daytime.<\/span>\u201d The point he is making is that it is not daylight yet; it is still nighttime and we are surrounded by the works of darkness, but we need to wake up and perform the deeds of righteousness as if we were fully exposed to the world by bright light, knowing that our Lord and His \u201clight\u201d are coming to destroy darkness. That is, we should be behaving as if Christ had already come. The Apostle John recorded a similar message in the following words of our Lord:<\/p>\n And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God. <\/span>(John 3:19-21<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n Paul now goes on to make a short list of the types of activities that go on in darkness by those who love the darkness. These include partying, drunkenness, lewdness (implying illicit sexual activity), insatiable desire for pleasure, arguing, and jealousy or anger. These are the things that unsaved people do because they don\u2019t have any way of restraining themselves. We, on the other hand, have the Holy Spirit, and we should be beacons in the night showing forth the light of our good deeds as an example of godliness.<\/p>\n Do you yearn for the Light of Life, or do you prefer darkness? Are your words and actions a light to those in darkness around you? Or, do your actions resemble the deeds of darkness?<\/p>\n In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\nTruth to Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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