{"id":6805,"date":"2024-09-15T06:20:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6805"},"modified":"2024-09-15T06:20:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:20:20","slug":"ephesians-program-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6805","title":{"rendered":"Ephesians  (Program #45)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bible_light.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>Ephesians  (Program #45) &#8211; Living in Love and Light<\/p>\n<p>Human beings are very good imitators.\u00a0 We all tend to copy the behavior of the others that we esteem highly. We teach our children to imitate. And even society as a whole is all the time encouraging positive role models.<\/p>\n<p>The apostle Paul tells us that we should imitate his pattern. But he goes further in Ephesians 5 where he commands us not just to imitate him or even other apostles but to imitate God.  Ephesians 5:1 &#8220;Be therefore imitators of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, much as we may want to as mortal man we simply cannot do it. Even as Christians is beyond our reach. But there must be a way or else the word of God would not command us to do it. The key lays in the second half of the verse. Listen carefully, &#8220;&#8230;Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Ephesians  (Program #45)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-09-15T06:20:20-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Ephesians  (Program #45) - Living in Love and Light\r\n\r\nHuman beings are very good imitators.\u00a0 We all tend to copy the behavior of the others that we esteem highly. 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