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Now here's Dr. Keller with today's teaching.

Thank you. life.com slash lent. Now here's Dr. Keller with today's teaching. I'm going to read to you from chapter 5. I'm going to read verses three.

I'm just going to read verses three, 6, and this week and next week we'll be looking at this passage.

This is Ephesians chapter 5, verses 3 through 6.

But among you, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity or greed,

because these are improper for God's holy people.

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

For of this, you can be sure. No immoral, impure, or a greedy person.

Such a man is an idolater. Has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient, and therefore do not be partners with them.

Let's end our reading of God's word right there.

This is a new section, and tonight we're going to talk about the negative.

That's not a very popular subject, but that's what we have.

Can't you tell, especially after the last couple times in which we were looking at,

Ephesians 5, verses 1 and 2, that we suddenly, when you go past the beginning of verse 3,

when you get into the however, it depends on how it's translated

here in our translation, it's translated with the word but, however, yet, there's a huge change.

And verses three, four, five, six, and seven is all a downer. Don't do this. Don't do that. Don't do

this. For the wrath of. Don't do this.

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