The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 103 : Practical Injunctions About the Old and New Life – Bitterness (4:31-32)

THESE VERSES FOLLOW THE PREVIOUS PATTERN: NEGATIVE, POSITIVE, MOTIVATION – GENERAL SYNOPSIS OF LIST – THE DANGER OF ANGER, EVEN LEGITIMATE ANGER – THOUGHTS FROM COLOSSIANS AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE – ‘ALL, ALL MANNER, EVERY FORM OF ANGER’ – BITTER, HARD-HEARTED ABIDING RESENTMENT –  THESE THREE WORDS APPEAR TOGETHER IN OTHER ANCIENT WRITINGS – FOCUS AGAIN UPON OUR CHURCHES – ‘KINDNESS’ – UNLIMITED SUCCESSION OF ACTS OF FORGIVENESS – ‘BECAUSE GOD HAS FORGIVEN US’ OR ‘LIKE GOD HAS FORGIVEN US’?