For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, Ephesians 5:8
I once was, but now are...so walk like it, life like it.
for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Ephesians 5:9
How I live bears fruit and reveals what life I am living. It is a fierce life to walk as a child of the light producing goodness, righteousness, and truth. Even typing that out, I cannot walk that out on my own! God knows that.
and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. Philippians 3:9
Lesson 21: Resting all my faith in Jesus Christ for fierce living that produces good fruit.