161. Year A - 4th Sunday of Lent - Ephesians 5:8-14 - "Children of Light"

About this episode

This episode discusses the themes of light and darkness in the context of Ephesians 5:8-14 during the fourth Sunday of Lent.

Scripture Ephesians 5:8-14 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. 14 This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” Pulpit Notes Today is the fourth Sunday of Lent and we continue with Lenten themes as we prepare ourselves to remember and celebrate the death and resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Our text this morning has us mediating on the resurrection life, but in a way where we are looking through the binary battle between light and darkness, the world of light and the world of darkness. The message here is actually a hard sell. It is not one that will resonate with us, given the ways that we have been influenced by the culture around us. Ours is a world steeped in propaganda and propaganda…

People in this episode

Host: Kruptos

Topics covered

• Lent
• light and darkness
• Christianity
• spiritual growth
• resurrection

Keywords

• Lent
• Ephesians
• light
• darkness
• Christianity
• spirituality
• resurrection

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Books & works: Ephesians 5:8-14

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