August 5

<p><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehighroadshow/2187S0805.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download</a></p> <!-- END 946 Download Link --> <p>Ephesians 4-6 We are in the Church Stream reading from the New Living Translation. 7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Stream | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a></p> <!--more--> <p>Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</p> <blockquote> <div>Lord Jesus,  We are in awe of what you have called us to do, be, and to live.  We are you ambassadors, your soldiers, and your servants.  Amen.</div> </blockquote> <p>4 - As Paul is preparing to close his letter to the Ephesian Church, it does give us perspective to remember that Ephesus was a very pagan/idolatrous/lecherous/ungodly city.  Within this city resided the most mature first century church body in the New Testament world.  Those who had been called out of that and into the Kingdom needed to remember that they were called also to bolster and nurture each other like an extended family. Believers needed to hang onto each other and cherish each other.  The Ephesians, as are all church bodies, were a complex mixture, with many parts, each called, each assigned, each employed, they were to function harmoniously.  Gentleness and humility required!  God has given so much to the church and its members, the Spirit simply wished for the church to grow to full maturity, and to operate like a healthy body.  And it was crucial to have the Ephesians resolved to never go back to the pagan ways they had been redeemed out of.  Life in Christ was not a temporary experiment to dabble with and then to go back to revelry so to "mix it up" and feast on some macabre behavior.  All the old life, and it's dark allure, is over-with permanently.  Anger, theft, coarse talk/smack talk, slander et al. -none of this is the mark of a Christian.  They were to treat all and each other as Christ treats all of us.</p> <div>5 - starts with further reiteration that they