1
00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:06,440
All right, my Bible in 365. 
Brothers and sisters, we have 

2
00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:12,800
arrived at the most amazing 
letter that the Apostle Paul 

3
00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,400
wrote to the Ephesian church. 
And boy oh boy, oh boy, is this 

4
00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:24,320
a power packed book. 
Now there are so many places we 

5
00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:30,120
could go over because this book 
here houses some of my all time 

6
00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,920
favorite verses. 
One of those verses is inside my

7
00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,080
wedding ring, right? 
Here and. 

8
00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,040
I mean there are so many of 
them. 

9
00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:43,000
We could talk about Ephesians 
chapter 2 talking about how we 

10
00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:48,120
are actually saved and how we 
are made literally as a poetic 

11
00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,320
expression of who God is. 
We could talk about God going 

12
00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,280
above and beyond anything we 
could ever expect or hope for. 

13
00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,560
We could talk about spiritual 
warfare, which is an amazing 

14
00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,960
section of Ephesians. 
We could talk about marriage and

15
00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,680
how that's supposed to work. 
Ephesians covers it all and it's

16
00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,280
incredible. 
And I would highly recommend 

17
00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,360
that. 
If you want to know more about 

18
00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,440
the book of Ephesians, you go #1
to some of my previous summaries

19
00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,960
of this book here at Bible in 
365 or you go to jamescadice.com

20
00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,200
and you can pull all of my Bible
studies on the book of 

21
00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,720
Ephesians. 
But I thought of all the verses,

22
00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,240
especially considering the days.
In which we are. 

23
00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:37,440
Living of all the verses that I 
think we should go through that 

24
00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:42,200
truly does highlight the essence
of everything the book of 

25
00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,400
Ephesians is about. 
We go to Ephesians chapter 5. 

26
00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,560
Now I want to start. 
In verse 15. 

27
00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,320
Now before I read this verse I 
just want to simply say that 

28
00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,320
Paul is already talking to the 
Ephesian church about waking up 

29
00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,400
and not just simply remaining 
awake, but being awakened from 

30
00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:10,880
the place of death and having 
the eyes being enlightened by 

31
00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,000
God's light. 
Matter of fact in verse 14 he 

32
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,520
says awaken or awake thou that 
sleepeth and arise from the 

33
00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,440
dead, and notice what it says, 
and Christ shall give thee 

34
00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,000
light. 
The picture here is that God 

35
00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,320
gives us newness of life. 
We were once an old the the old 

36
00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,480
man. 
The old woman in us was a 

37
00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:38,120
fleshly man or woman given to 
fleshly lust, and God allowed us

38
00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,000
to experience the crucifixion of
that person with him on the 

39
00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,600
cross, and we were resurrected 
in newness of life. 

40
00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,320
This is a Galatians principle. 
This is a Romans principle. 

41
00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,760
There's so many amazing things 
that we can learn from this. 

42
00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,000
But as he speaks to us about the
power of the transformation that

43
00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,720
takes place in us as we choose 
to put our faith and trust in 

44
00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,320
Christ, He says this. 
And by the way, we are talking 

45
00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,360
about the last days. 
We are talking about the end 

46
00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,320
times. 
And folks, I'm telling you right

47
00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:14,880
now, the evidence is everywhere.
We are undoubtedly in the last 

48
00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:16,680
days. 
But look what it says here in 

49
00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,520
verse 15. 
See then that ye walk 

50
00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:26,480
circumspectly, not as fools, but
as wise. 

51
00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,760
Now I love what he says here 
because what he says in and of 

52
00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,240
itself, this sentence alone 
would be a mic dropper. 

53
00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,600
Like literally, you could just 
go over this sentence and be 

54
00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,440
done with it because it is so 
powerful. 

55
00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,600
He's saying this, he says, 
keeping in mind all the things 

56
00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,240
we've been talking about, who 
God has made you, what He's made

57
00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,440
you, how He's transformed you, 
the newness of life that you've 

58
00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,280
received. 
He said, understanding all of 

59
00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,360
this, you need to walk 
carefully. 

60
00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,000
That's what circumspectly means.
In other words, walk with 

61
00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,560
caution, not as fools, but as 
wise. 

62
00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,480
In other words, when he says 
walk with caution, he's not 

63
00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,920
saying walk down the road and be
scared of everything around you.

64
00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,600
Go. 
We got to take a, you know, a 

65
00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,120
really small step over here and 
then a big jump over there. 

66
00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:14,680
That's not what that's talking 
about. 

67
00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,519
He's talking about walking in 
God's wisdom. 

68
00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,640
Now, you can't walk in God's 
wisdom unless you pursue his 

69
00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,280
wisdom. 
And you can't pursue his wisdom 

70
00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:29,200
if you don't develop an intimate
relationship with him. 

71
00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,600
And the idea here is this, as 
you learn God's heart, as you 

72
00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,680
learn God's mind, as you begin 
to focus on the things that 

73
00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:43,680
matter the most to God, your 
life will be dramatically and 

74
00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,920
radically transformed. 
And the funny and perhaps most 

75
00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:53,120
incredible thing about all of 
this is that the very commodity 

76
00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:58,400
that you have that is by far the
most limited. 

77
00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,480
Becomes multiplied. 
And what is the limited 

78
00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,200
commodity that we have? 
It's time. 

79
00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,560
Listen, I would argue in saying 
that money is infinite, you lose

80
00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:14,080
it, you can make more, you spend
it, you can always come across 

81
00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,840
more. 
That's a whole other 

82
00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:17,720
conversation to have producing 
assets. 

83
00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:18,520
Learning how to. 
Do that. 

84
00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,640
That's a whole other story. 
The very biblical principle, 

85
00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,720
leaving wealth for your family 
is critical. 

86
00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,800
It's important. 
There's so many wonderful things

87
00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,320
we can learn about the abundance
of God, but the. 

88
00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,440
Subject matter here is 
recognizing that. 

89
00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:36,960
Although something like money 
may be infinite, time is. 

90
00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:42,960
Not time. 
Is something that is extremely. 

91
00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,160
Limited. 
And God asks us to not only 

92
00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,840
multiply our time, He asks us to
redeem it. 

93
00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,880
That becomes something so 
critically. 

94
00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:54,520
Why? 
Because look. 

95
00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:59,400
At the next line in verse 16. 
He says you walk wisely. 

96
00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,880
In other words. 
You walk carefully as wise 

97
00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,760
people do, not as foolish. 
The foolish definition of 

98
00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,440
circumspect is I'm scared about 
everything. 

99
00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,520
I'm, I'm, I don't do anything 
because I'm taking time 

100
00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,040
considering the wind, as it says
in the Ecclesiastes. 

101
00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:19,600
That's the foolish person who 
does not understand what 

102
00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,520
circumspect means, the wise 
person says. 

103
00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,600
I don't have a lot of time. 
But I know that God has. 

104
00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,200
Commanded me. 
To be a multiplier, remember 

105
00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,920
what he said in Genesis chapter 
1. 

106
00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,600
He says be fruitful, multiply, 
subdue, replenish, have dominion

107
00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,160
over. 
Those are the five commands he 

108
00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:43,440
gave us in Genesis chapter 1. 
The command here is remarkable. 

109
00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:48,760
The command is this redeeming 
the time in other words. 

110
00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,760
The expectation is that you 
redeem. 

111
00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,640
The time. 
In walking circumspect look the.

112
00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,800
Command here. 
Is that you walk circumspectly. 

113
00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:03,960
He defines walking circumspectly
through God's wisdom and through

114
00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:09,280
the redemption of time, meaning.
Time is limited, use it for the 

115
00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:13,840
glory of God value time. 
More than you'll ever value 

116
00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,320
money. 
Learn to do what wealthy people 

117
00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,400
do every day. 
Buy your time back. 

118
00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,280
That's what it means when it 
says redeeming the time. 

119
00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,960
Why? 
Because the days are evil. 

120
00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,120
Claim the time that the enemy 
wants to take away from you for 

121
00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,440
the Kingdom of God by redeeming 
it. 

122
00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,680
And I love what he says in verse
17. 

123
00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:45,000
Wherefore be you not unwise, but
notice this, but understanding 

124
00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:51,000
what the will of the Lord is, 
what a powerful picture in case.

125
00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,920
You don't understand what it 
means to walk circumspectly. 

126
00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,440
In case you might. 
Not understand what it means to 

127
00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,560
walk circumspectly as a wise 
person. 

128
00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,440
In case you don't fully 
understand what it means to 

129
00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,800
redeem the time, he simplifies 
it. 

130
00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,840
He says don't be unwise, but do 
what? 

131
00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,960
Walk in understanding of what 
the will of God is the. 

132
00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,600
How do we know what the will of 
God is? 

133
00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,200
It's really simple. 
You start by doing what you're 

134
00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,120
doing here at Bible in 365. 
You get into the Word of God. 

135
00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,480
You spend time learning it and 
understanding it because you 

136
00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,040
know the will of God for your 
life is to walk in obedience to 

137
00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,960
His Word. 
And here's the amazing. 

138
00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:33,559
Miraculous, extraordinary, 
outstanding things that takes 

139
00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,600
place. 
When you choose to do this, you 

140
00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:42,360
begin to experience redemption 
in a way you never thought 

141
00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,920
possible. 
Your time becomes redeemed. 

142
00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,800
See, it starts by saying OK 
Lord. 

143
00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,120
Your word says this. 
I should be doing this when you 

144
00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,440
do it. 
You begin to see God's Word not 

145
00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,600
only work on you, but it works 
for you. 

146
00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,800
And as time begins to go on, you
develop the type of assets 

147
00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,800
spiritually that pay off and 
they pay off in a far. 

148
00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,400
Greater way? 
Than any. 

149
00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:17,120
Physical mechanical asset can. 
And what's even more incredible 

150
00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:19,080
is that. 
As you. 

151
00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:24,640
Choose to live this life only in
obedience to God. 

152
00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,280
To his will, as the Bible tells 
you to live, will you? 

153
00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:34,520
Find very specific direction for
where He wants your life to go, 

154
00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,320
and as you begin to hear His 
voice in the moment of your 

155
00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,560
obedience, you will begin to 
experience for the first time. 

156
00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,160
A level. 
Of fulfillment that you cannot 

157
00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,640
possibly even begin to imagine. 
Why? 

158
00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:51,680
Because you're doing what the 
wise do. 

159
00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,760
You are buying back your time. 
You are redeeming it because 

160
00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,920
your obedience has taught you 
the better thing. 

161
00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,920
That's what the book of 
Ephesians is all about. 

162
00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,920
The book of Ephesians gives us 
all of these. 

163
00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,280
Amazing. 
Resources to walk circumspectly.

164
00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,720
All of these amazing resources. 
To be people. 

165
00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,200
Who? 
Walk in a way that finds newness

166
00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,800
of life. 
By the way, we're not going to 

167
00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,800
get into it, but it's not ironic
and it's not even coincidental. 

168
00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,720
At the next verse, verse 18 says
be not drunk with wine, wherein 

169
00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,840
is access, but be filled with 
the Holy Spirit. 

170
00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,600
Isn't that funny? 
Today it's and I'm going to just

171
00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,680
disclosure, I'm just going to 
disclose this. 

172
00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:36,000
I hate alcohol. 
I hate it, I hate it, I hate it.

173
00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,840
I hate it for so many reasons. 
The Bible does not say that as a

174
00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,640
Christian you cannot drink. 
That's not the truth. 

175
00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,520
It says you can't get drunk, and
you can get drunk pretty easily 

176
00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,560
nowadays with the kind of 
alcohol that exists out there. 

177
00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:50,920
I'm not going to even get into. 
I think if you're a pastor, you 

178
00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,880
have no business drinking. 
That's a whole other side, a 

179
00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,320
whole other story. 
But I want to simply say this. 

180
00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,560
It's not a coincidence that God 
says remove yourself from 

181
00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:05,120
inebriation so that you can 
experience to the fullest 

182
00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,160
everything that the Holy Spirit 
wants to tell you. 

183
00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,640
That's powerful. 
Remove the distractions. 

184
00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:18,080
Embrace the signal, embrace the 
power of the Spirit of God that 

185
00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,840
you might live to the fullest 
all that God has for you. 

186
00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:28,880
That is an exciting life to live
and God is so desirous to want 

187
00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,600
to see you walk in victory. 
So do it. 

188
00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,760
Get out there, walk in obedience
to God, and do what I tell you 

189
00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:41,320
to do every single day, and 
that's fight the good fight. 

190
00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:42,880
God bless you guys. 
I love you. 

191
00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,520
I can't believe we're near the 
end of the year. 

192
00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,960
You've done an amazing job. 
It's been a tough year, but God 

193
00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:50,720
is good.