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that we do, including this podcast. Eric, we are nearing the end of Paul's letter to the

Ephesians. We think we've got probably this episode and then one more before we're done. We left off last

week in chapter 5, verse 14, a little bit in a middle of a thought. He has not, we, it wasn't a

natural break, but we ran out of time as we do. Well, it's called 30 minutes in the New Testament

for a reason. We hit that 30 mark and we're done, man.

That's right.

So Paul's going to continue on talking about what he was talking about before,

before getting into an actual change of thought a little bit.

Yeah, I mean, basically he's been giving general instructions to the church

for how they are to conduct themselves with each other, how they should treat one another.

He's been on this theme for a while, certainly in chapter five, but really it was even beginning in chapter four as he contrasted the new life with the old life and seeking to live in light of being a new creation.

In Chapter 5, he talks about what it means to flesh that out in your relationship with your fellow members of the church.

And really, he continues that as we start up today in Ephesians 5, verse 15.

He says, look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, making the best

use of the time because the days are evil. That's quite a statement, Dan, right up front. I mean,

you know, it might be easy to misunderstand that, but I think really what he just means is

recognize, recognize that every

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