Brothers and sisters, you are
to put on the new man in Jesus Christ. This means you must put away lying from
your lips. Speak the truth in love. If you are angry, put away your anger every
evening before you go to bed. Do this through repentance and forgiveness. Don’t
refuse to put away your anger and thus give place to the devil. Don’t steal, anywhere,
anytime, from your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your employer. Don’t
say worthless things about or to people, but rather, speak those things that
are good, wholesome, encouraging and edifying. Don’t be bitter, or full of
vengeance, or angry, or full of complaining and grumbling. All of these things
grieve the Holy Spirit.
But
rather, be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as
God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.
Be followers of God, as dear children and walk in love, as Christ also
has loved you, and has given himself for you as an offering and a sacrifice to
God for a sweetsmelling savor.
Be
like that. Be a sweetsmelling savor. Be like Jesus.
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