As we continue to focus on developing our devotional life, we want to approach every passage of Scripture as a Word from the Lord. There are many who misinterpret verses out of ignorance or by design. Another verse that is consistently misinterpreted is Ephesians 4: 26: "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath...." Now, this is often used in counseling to tell a husband and wife not to go to bed angry with each other. Now that is good advice and I agree with it. However, that is not what the verse is speaking about. Like I have said often, the key is context. We look at the verse before and the verse after to understand the meaning: Ephesians 4: 25-27: "Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil." Verse 26 is about hating sin. We are to be angry at our sin, give it no place nor give place to the devil. We are to be angry at the sin in our lives every day. We are to fight against sin and never stop doing so while we live in our mortal bodies. This is the approach we are to have in our lives as we walk out our Christian faith. Be angry at your sin every day and every hour. Fight and strive against sin. NOTE: This is not to earn our salvation but to make our calling and election sure.
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