Walking The Wrong Walk

"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world," Ephesians 2:2a

Beloved the key to this passage of scripture is found in verse 2 "in time past" which means "to walk in times past" or "aforetime" which is speaking of the time before the Lord showed His grace in you and "And you hath he quickened" verse 1a. The thought here is, something of the past, and if it is then it should not be something of the present or future. The Lord speaks much of putting the past behind us because it does not coincide out new nature that has been given to us through Jesus Christ. We are changed and this change is not the same as the old or else it would not be "in time past". Some who the Lord has saved seem to want to live in the past, in a state of activity that coincides with the Lord that had so much grace and mercy to save their unworthy souls. Let look at the past and see if it is something we desire in our new state.

V. 2 "according to the prince of the power of the air," The lost do not walk in life according to God they walk according to Satan. Nothing they do in life pleases the Lord, in fact their hearts are turned against God and all of their thinking and all of their works are worthless to the Lord even though they imagine them serving the Lord. Their lives are controlled by Satan therefore what they think and do are controlled by Satan. This is the reason they desire not the truth of His word and would rather believe a lie than truth, however to them it is truth because Satan has made them believe the lie.

V. 2 "the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:" Most people will say this part of V. 2 is speaking of bad people however if you define the word "disobedience" it simply means "disobedience or unbelief." So it is truly speaking of the Lost in general. The spirit that works in their hearts is Satan and not God’s. People can be morally good in mans eyes and very evil in God’s eyes. Nothing good comes from Satan and his spirits and this is the controlling spirit inside of the lost.

V. 3 "Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh," We that are saved have (or should have) put in the past our evil behaviors. The word "conversation" means "behave self" so it is speaking of ones conduct. Have you put the ways of the world behind you? You should have because here the Lord said it is something of the past for Christians. Too many Christians continue to desire the worldly lust folks this should be a desire of the past, so why are you still living in the past?

V. 3 "fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind;" The lost fulfilling the desires of the flesh, beloved if you as a Christian are fulfilling these desire’s then you need to stop it today. This is a thing of the past. Satan will continue to flood our hearts and minds with evil hoping his temptations will cause us to fall away from fellowship with the Lord. Satan is a great power and the Christian can over come his influence but only if he or she seeks to, and rejects them. Paul went on to say "were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."

V. V. 4 – 5 "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (5.) Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Beloved it was the grace of God that brought us out of this evil life and it is the grace of God that will keep us walking the correct walk, however it does take an effort on our part so I must ask, which influence are you following?