Studies in Paul’s Letter to the Church in Ephesus Chapters 4-6

Chapters 1-3        Chapters 4-6

 Fellow Saints in the Body of Christ

27) Ephesians 4:1 – Building on the Foundation
28) Ephesians 4:1-3 – The Character of the Christian’s Walk
29) Ephesians 4:4 – A Confessional Unity, Part 1
30) Ephesians 4:5 – A Confessional Unity, Part 2
31) Ephesians 4:6 – A Confessional Unity, Part 3
32) Ephesians 4:7 – Man’s Chief End
33) Ephesians 4:7-10 – Which Is It?
34) Ephesians 4:11-14 – Apostles: The Foundational Gift of Grace
35) Ephesians 4:11-14 – Prophets: To the Law and to the Testimony
36) Ephesians 4:11-14; Acts 8:1-8 – Evangelists: Heralds of Good News
37) Ephesians 4:11-14; Acts 8:9-40; 21:11-14 – Philip the Evangelist
38) Ephesians 4:11-14; 2 Tim. 4:5 – The Work of the Evangelist
39) Ephesians 4:11 – Shepherds and Teachers: The Ongoing Ministry
40) Ephesians 4:11-12 – The Primary Task
41) Ephesians 4:13-16 – The Way Forward
42) Ephesians 4:17-24 – A Radical Concept
43) Ephesians 4:20-24 – No Mere Behavior Modification
44) Ephesians 4:25-32, part 1 – Seeking A Harvest of Righteousness
45) Ephesians 4:25-32, part 2 – A Spiritual Battle
46) Ephesians 4:25-32, part 3 – A Spiritual Solution

 Be Imitators of God (5:1-6:9)

47) Ephesians 5:1 – A Distinction with a Difference

      1) Walk in Love

48) Ephesians 5:1-2 – How Deep the Father’s Love
49) Ephesians 5:3 – How Deep the Child’s Love
50) Ephesians 5 8b-10 – Children of Light

      2) Walk in Light

51) Ephesians 5:6-8 – What You Say is What You Are
52) Ephesians 5:11-14 – Embracing the Light

      3) Walk in Wisdom

53) Ephesians 5:15-16 – Verses to Live By

            a) Be Understanding and Filled with the Spirit

54) Ephesians 5:17-18 – In Spirit and In Truth

            b) Be Worshipping Together

55) Ephesians 5:19-20 – Our United Worship

            c) Be Honoring of One Another

56) Ephesians 5:21a – Mutual Submission
57) Ephesians 5:21b – The Fear of the Lord

                  i) Understanding Paul’s Teaching on Marriage

58) Ephesians 5:22-6:9 – Seeing the Forest
59) Genesis 1:24-2:3 – Making Them in Our Image

        Mankind – male/female – are both made in the image of God

60) Genesis 2:4-17 – God’s Moral Universe

        All creation bears God’s moral character

61) Genesis 2:18-25 – A Marriage Made in Heaven

        God ordained/created the institution of marriage

62) Genesis 3 – Why Headship Matters

        Just as Adam was head of the Covenant of Works, Christ is the head of the Covenant of Grace.

63) Ephesians 5:21-33 – On Becoming Overcomers

        Christ has overcome the world, we are to be overcomers of the curse of sin in our own lives.

64) Ephesians. 5:31 – Becoming One Flesh

        The thread that holds the marriage together: “hold fast to his wife”

65) Ephesians 5:25-33 – The Husband’s Charge
66) Ephesians 5:22-33  – The Wife’s Honor
67) 1 Peter 3:1-7 – The Weaker Vessel

                  ii) Understanding Paul’s Teaching on Family

68) Ephesians 6:4b – Raising a Covenant Child
69) Ephesians 6:1-3 – Children of the Covenant
70) Ephesians 6:2-3 – The Fifth Commandment
71) Ephesians 6:4a – The Covenant Home

                  iii) Understanding Paul’s Teaching on Slaves/Masters

   72) Ephesians 6:5-9 – The Mission of the Church     video

Matthew 22:15-22 – Our Likeness and Inscription