![]() ![]() God values us highly and considers the saints a rich inheritance. 18 Once we know the glory that God has in store for us, the world loses its attraction. We can only have the true knowledge of God as the Holy Spirit reveals Him to us. 16 It's important that we study Paul's prayer to learn how to pray more effectively. 13-14 After we heard the Gospel and believed, God gave us the Holy Spirit as proof of His intention to complete our redemption. 11 The fifth blessing is that we've been given an inheritance in the Kingdom of God. 9-10 The fourth blessing is that God has made His will known to us: that Christ may be the center of all. 7 The third blessing is that we've been redeemed by the shed blood of Christ and that our sins have been forgiven ( Psalm 32:1). God will not and cannot accept us apart from Jesus. 6 The second blessing is that God has accepted us through Jesus Christ. 4 The first blessing we have in Christ is that we were chosen by God. We need to see our position in Christ, seated with Him in heavenly places, before we can learn to walk the Christian walk. 3 There has to be a work of God in our lives before we can do something for Him. "Christ" is His distinction, for He is the Messiah. 2 Remember that "Lord" is a title, not part of the name of Jesus. 1 The theme of this book is that we are in Christ Jesus ( John 15). EPHESIANS 1: The Believer's Place in ChristĮPHESIANS 1: THE BELIEVER'S PLACE IN CHRIST.Have you ever had someone (a boss, mentor, teacher, parent, etc. Just as we submit to Christ because he gave his life for our salvation we know we can trust him. ![]() Question: If you show me a husband who loves his wife well and puts her needs before his own, I can show you a wife who has no issues respecting and following her husband. Therefore, 1) How can and should husbands practically love their wife and put her first? 2) How can wives respect their husbands, and what does it look like to submit to his headship in a healthy way? ![]() However, the marriage relationship in a mysterious way, represents Christ’s relationship to the church. Especially with so many broken homes and with so few people seeing a marriage like this done well. Question: The idea of submission/headship is a touchy subject in our society today. As the leader of the family, if the husband does this well, the wife will much more willingly want to submit to his headship.ģ1-32: Marriage, in a mysterious way, displays the relationship between Christ and the church. It means sacrificing your wants and needs for hers. This does not just mean sacrificing your life for your wife’s life in a dangerous situation. Instead, it is saying that wives should respect the leadership of their husbands as the church follows the leadership and headship of Christ.Ģ5-29: Husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. These verses also do not say women have less value then men (Galatians 3:26 shows us we are all equal before the Lord!). How often to you ask for the Spirit’s guidance and help in your life? 5:22-33Ģ2-24: Notice that this verse is not saying all women should submit to all men, it is strictly speaking in terms of the marriage relationship. Question: We cannot forget that we are all sinners and cannot consistently live the Christian life without the help of the Holy Spirit. Question: Can you share a time when your idolatry over something lead you to sin? In fact, all sin can be found to be rooted in idolatry. ![]() Both sexual immorality and covetousness (though that is much easier to hide), take place at their root because of idolatry. The Biblical sexual ethic (that sex and sexual relationships are designed to take place in the covenant of a marriage between a man and a woman) is a radical position in our culture. Question: In verse five Paul calls sexual immorality and covetousness idolatry. Instead, Christians are to walk as children of light, striving to please the Lord in their actions. Sexual impurity, covetousness, and crude joking are all things that Christians should fight from partaking in.ħ-16: Paul is telling us to not become partners with them (that is, in their sin). 5:1-21ġ-6: Paul is giving a list of things that believers should abstain from doing. So when we read Paul writing about how Christians should live, it is not because we are trying to earn something, but instead because we want to honor God with our lives in response to him giving his life for us. He clearly demonstrates that we are saved only because of what Christ has done, and not at all because of what we have done. The first three chapters are filled with Paul writing about the greatness of Christ and how he reconciled us to the Father. When reading Ephesians 5, it is important to remember the order in which Ephesians is written. ![]()
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