You know, so much of the Christian life is just simple things, simple obedience.

For instance, tell the truth, don't get mad. Think about it. Tell the truth, don't get mad.

We're going to talk about both of those today. Welcome to Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelly. We believe the Bible is true

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Hello, friends, and welcome back. We're in Ephesians chapter four today, and we're in a really,

really practical session, a section. There we go. In Ephesians four, it's at the very end,

and we've been talking about this concept of putting off

and putting on the importance of acting like who we are, if we truly are believers, if we truly

have put our faith in trust in Jesus Christ, if the Holy Spirit truly does reside within us, and then we ought to behave like

that. And we have the opportunity and the spiritual power by which to live for God now as believers.

So what does that look like in real terms? Paul has already said, don't walk like other Gentiles. Don't behave like

those that don't know any better. You know better now. And so your life ought to be markedly

different in its priorities, in its attitudes, in its activities, in many demonstrable ways. And we're going to look at

at least five of those ways over the next day or two. So would you look at Ephesians chapter four

and verse number 23, where, I'm sorry, verse number 25 would help if I could read, where the Bible says, where, I'm sorry, verse number 25, it would help if I could read, where the Bible says,

wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor, for we are members

one of another. So say a couple things. First of all, let me just say generally that as we talk

about these five practical areas of obedience in the life of a believer, and this ought to be true

of all believers, especially as it relates to the way that we relate to each other. Remember, the context here is

we are members one of another. We live in community. And as a corporate entity, as a body of believers,

we ought to be reflecting Christ in the way that we behave. And the Bible says that the first way

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