Today's Devotion: Ephesians 5:1 (New International Version) - Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children. The writer of this book is telling us how we should behave as Christians. We have a model in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Today's Comments: In Verse 21, the Epistler states: "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." I am afraid that neither I nor others whom I know do a very good job of this, for if we followed the writer's advice, we would not have the conflict in our church that we are experiencing. Yesterday, the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas officially separated from the Episcopal Church USA and realigned itself with the Southern Cone Province in South America. Next Saturday night, Greg Peters, my esteemed colleague and my Anglican Studies Professor, is going to be ordained as a Deacon in the Anglican Province of Rwanda. Both Fr. Earle Fox and Fr. Jeff Logan (LCDR, USN) are assistants at my church but now belong to Southern Cone. Does God wants His chosen people to scatter, or does He want us to profess one faith in one Church? I think that the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews is giving us good advice, when he says, "15Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is."
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