No Fake Ratings from Our Daily Bread Ministries (February 18, 2025) | SAS TV Official
No Fake Ratings By: Marvin Williams Source: Our Daily Bread Ministries (18-February-2025) Ephesians 4:17 (NIV) Instructions for Christian Living 17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. 25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin”[a]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. 29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. A ride-sharing customer shared that he had endured a driver eating the world’s smelliest fruit, another driver who was bickering with a girlfriend, and one who tried to get him to invest money in a Ponzi scheme. In each case, instead of a poor rating, he gave the drivers five stars. He explained, “They all seemed like nice people. I didn’t want them to be kicked off the app over my bad rating.” He gave false reviews—keeping the truth from the drivers . . . and others. For different reasons, we might withhold the truth from others. But the apostle Paul encouraged the Ephesian believers to lovingly speak the truth to one another as new creatures in Christ. This required cultivating habits of “righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:24)—living lives that were set apart for Him and that reflected His ways. They were to replace lying with telling one another the truth because lies divide and disrupt, while truth unites us as believers. He wrote, “Each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body” (v. 25). Jesus empowers us with the courage to resist lying and giving one another “fake ratings”—things that can disrupt our unity with other believers. Living a life of love, as He guides us, will lead to our sharing “kind and compassionate” expressions of truth (v. 32). #afghanistan #albania #algeria #andorra #antiguaAndBarbuda #argentina #armenia #australia #austria #azerbaijan #bahamas #bahrain #bangladesh #barbados #belarus #belgium #belize #benin #bhutan #bolivia #bosniaandherzegovina #botswana #brazil #brunei #bulgaria #burkinafaso #burundi #cambodia #cameroon #canada #capeverde #caribbean #caymanislands #centralafricanrepublic #chad #chile #china #christmasisland #cocoskeelingislands #colombia #comoros #cookislands #costarica #croatia #cuba #curacao #cyprus #czechrepublic #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Denmark #Djibouti #Dominica #DominicanRepublic