Avoid the Darkness-Remain in the Light

 "You were once darkness, but you are now light." - EPHESIANS 5:8. 

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What we can learn from the metaphors of darkness and light mentioned in Ephesians chapter 5.

While he was under house arrest in Rom, the apostle Paul wanted to encourage his fellow believers. He could not visit them in person, so he wrote letters. He wrote one of these in about 60 or 61 C.E. to the Ephesians. - EPHESIANS 1:1; 4:1.  

Almost ten years earlier, Paul had spent some time Ephesus, preaching and teaching the good news. (Acts 19:1, 8-10; 20:20, 21) He loved his brothers very much and wanted to help them to remain faithful to Jehovah. But why did he write to anointed Christians about darkness and light? And what lessons can all Christians learn from this counsel? Let us consider the answers to these questions.

Next time: FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

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