We can be strong to resist evil by following instruction in Ephesians. We cannot separate these two commandments. Let us see what does those things mean. Names were very important in Bible times.
Most Bible names have a meaning.
In our Western society children's names are usually chosen because their parents like the sound of them, rather than because of their meaning, but in Bible times parents gave their children names which reflected their hopes and aspirations for them. But sometimes the names were not so well chosen, for the children did not fulfil their parents' aspirations. I wonder whether we're fulfilling what our parents hoped for us when we were born. This morning I'd like to speak about a topic that I have been struggling with a lot. And by reading the Bible and observing life in general I think I'm not the only one.