March 26 – Devotion on Ephesians

 March 26 – Devotion on Ephesians

 

Eph 4:18:  They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

 

     In Vs 18, Paul reminds the Ephesians of the four conditions that the lost face.  First, they are darkened in their understanding.  They have not received the light.  They are heading to a lost eternity.  They have not been enlightened to the truth that sets them free.  How can they hear without someone telling them?  The god of this world has blinded them and darkened their understanding.  Next, They are separated from the life of God.  They have not come into the family of God and thus they do not know or live a life that God intended for them.  Thirdly, there is ignorance in them.  They cannot comprehend, understand or are inexperienced.  They have been blind, are deaf, spiritually demented, and hardened in their hearts.  It is all due to the decision to harden their heart.  Paul says in Romans 1 that they exchange the creator for the creation and decided to ignore the evidence of creation and conscience and so God gave them over to their delusion.  A terrible place to be.