So I tell you this, and insist on it in the LORD, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. Ephesians 4:17
This verse is not a racial statement against nonJewish people. Ephesus was the port city capital of the Roman province of Asia. It was not a Jewish center, but a metropolis of pagan worship and the occult. Black magic, spiritism, idolatry and immorality were the order of normal life for the gentiles who called the city home. BUT! Paul came walking through, revival occurred and a church began. Its members? Former gentile sinners, saved by grace.
Believers are to put away former thinking and behavior patterns and be truly transformed into the likeness of Christ. This is a call to every sinner saved by grace. What habit or pattern of thinking or behavior do you need to exchange for a perfect reflection of Holiness in your life?
Love,
Gretchen