Friday after the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on November 6, 2020 by under
Scripture: Ephesians 5:10-14 (NKJV)
5:10 …finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says:
“Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
Devotion
Sin kills. We are conceived and born in sin. Therefore, we are conceived and born in death. Those who remain in impenitent sin are trapped in darkness. This is why the flesh needs to hear over and over again that it is corrupted by sin. It needs to be called out of death and darkness. It needs to be made aware that its existence is one of death and darkness.
Only on account of the works of our Lord Jesus can we be called out of darkness and death. He says to our sinful flesh, “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead.” In this past Sunday’s Gospel, the nobleman’s son was sick to the point of death. Our Lord Jesus proclaimed, “Go your way; your son lives,” and it was so. He speaks the same to us through His called and ordained ministers who exclaim to our flesh, “Christ will give you light.” They call us out of darkness and death into light and life through the proclamation of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us.
He has fulfilled perfectly that which we have broken, and continue to break. He has entered into the dark tomb by way of His death on the cross to restore to us life and light. Therefore, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but expose them through confession to the minister, and he will bring you into the light of forgiveness in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Prayer: Lord, we beseech Thee to keep Thy household, the Church, in continual godliness, that through Thy protection She may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve Thee in good works, to the glory of Thy Name; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
