If they are not careful, they might end up loving the wrong Jesus. That sounds admirable, but it is a dangerous statement. In fact, you might hear them say something like, “Let’s not quibble over doctrine. They are passionate about their faith in Jesus Christ. They don’t really know what the Bible teaches on certain subjects, but they love the Lord. Then there are those who don’t know much doctrinally. I have met people who have an incredible and impressive knowledge of the Bible. They may be strong in one area and weak in another. Another way to translate it is, “I want you to live a balanced life.”īut what is the balance he is referring to? Paul was telling us that there needs to be a balance between our belief and our practice, between our doctrine and the way that we live. This word can be applied to anything that is expected to correspond to something else. This word could be translated as, “to balance the scales.” In other words, what is on one side of the scale should be equal in weight to what is on the other side of the scale. How could I ever be worthy? There is nothing I could ever do to deserve God’s grace.” But that is not what the word “worthy” means here. We may read that verse and think, “I am in trouble. “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called” ( Ephesians 4:1 NKJV). Then he tells us what we must do for God. First, Paul tells us what God has done for us (as you read the Bible, you will find that the primary emphasis is just that). In Ephesians 4, we learn more about what we are supposed to do for God. If that were not enough, He then placed all of His resources into our spiritual bank account so that we would have everything that we need to grow spiritually. He bought us out of slavery to sin, adopted us into His family, and sealed us with the Holy Spirit. But God loved us so much that He chose us before the foundation of the world. We were aimlessly walking through life with no purpose or direction, heading toward a certain judgment.
He has reminded us that we were all separated from God, alienated from His promises. Prior to these verses, Paul has spent three chapters telling us what God has done for us, what God has given to us, and what God has provided for us. In Ephesians 4, God is telling us that it is time for us to walk in light of what we have already learned. It speaks of steady motion, regularity, consistency, activity, movement, and progress. Walking is an act that speaks of effort and of having a direction with a destination in mind.
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In Ephesians 4, the apostle Paul speaks to us about our spiritual walk, about how to walk spiritually. The spiritual walk can be like that, especially when we are taking our first steps as a new believer. We didn’t recognize him without that bruise in the middle of his forehead. A bruise would start to heal, and then he would fall again. My youngest son Jonathan fell so many times when he was learning to walk that he had a permanent bruise on his forehead. Once they started walking, though, we sometimes wished we had never taught them how to do it, because we had to constantly keep an eye on them. Like most parents, we desperately wanted to see our kids take them. The monsters are getting black & white and full-color figures.I remember when each of my sons took their first steps. This line aims to create something hyper-realistic and ultra-detailed for people like me who grew up watching these amazing movies and have always longed for definitive versions.” “I’ve been collecting Universal Monsters toys since I was a kid. “As a lifelong fan of Universal Monsters, this is a dream come true,” said Randy Falk, NECA VP & senior director of product development. “NECA’s attention to detail is amazing and we are happy to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Bela Lugosi’s iconic screen performance as Dracula with this figure.” “We are proud to be working with NECA to include Bela Lugosi as Dracula as an Ultimate figure,” said Lynne Lugosi Sparks, CEO of LUGOSI LLC. Working closely with Universal Brand Development, LUGOSI LLC, and Chaney Entertainment, the figures will capture the horror world’s most iconic figures in NECA’s long-running Ultimate format.”
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The press release previewed earlier this year, “ NECA has announced plans for its full line of Universal Monsters action figures. Tonight is of course Halloween Eve, and NECA has taken to social media with a special treat: our very first look at their head sculpt for the action figure of Bela Lugosi‘s Dracula! NECA‘s new line of Universal Monsters action figures based on the original classics is on the way, with Frankenstein’s monster, The Wolf Man, The Mummy and Dracula confirmed.