We are no longer to
be children,
Tossed here and
there by waves,
And carried about
by every wind of doctrine,
By the cunning of
men,
By their craftiness
in deceitful scheming.
But speaking the
truth in love,
We are to grow up
in all aspects into him,
Who is the head,
into Christ,
From whom the whole
body,
Being joined and
held together
By what every joint
supplies,
According to the
proper working of each part,
Causes the growth
of the body,
And builds itself
up in love.
Ephesians 4:14-16
Paul says
“according to the proper working of each part” which means that we aren’t
supposed to close our eyes since the proper work of the eyes is to see. He also
says that we are to “speak the truth in Love.” If we put both of these concepts
together then we are supposed to keep our eyes open and when see things that
aren’t “building us up in love,” then we are to speak the truth in love since
we have a mouth and it is supposed to speak. Therefore it is not the proper work
of the body of Christ to keep our eyes shut to evil and sin. Nor is it the
proper work of the body of Christ to keep our mouths closed and to not speak
the truth about these things. For if our eyes are shut and our mouths are
closed then we are like those who are already dead, but since we are alive we
should speak about what we see.
I had a dream last
night and I saw a person clothed like Saint Peter. He was in the driver’s seat
but he fell and he chose to close his eyes and he chose to close his mouth. If
those who “lead” the church refuse to see and refuse to speak the truth about
what they see then we will not grow and the church will stop being built.
J.
Clontz – Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament
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