Study #5 - The Great Imitators

Focus Verses

Ephesians 5:1-33

Questions To Consider

1. To what age group are we commended in order to follow God?
   1. Ephesians 5:1 (Matthew 5:45)
2. What is the essence of the heart of the person who is walking in love?
   1. Ephesians 5:2
3. What ways disqualify us from the reception of the free inheritance of God's kingdom?
   1. Ephesians 5:3-5 (Romans 6:13, 2 Corinthians 12:21; Colossians 3:5; Matthew 12:35)
4. Of what deception are we warned to avoid in Ephesians 5:6-7
   1. Ephesians 5:6-7
5. Describe the condition we are in when we are apart from God vs. in Christ?
   1. Ephesians 5:8 (Isaiah 9:2; Luke 16:8)
6. By what indicators or fruits can we prove what is the will of God?
   
   1. Ephesians 5:9-10 (Galatians 5:22; Romans 12:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:21)
      
7. How should be, as modern Christians, relate to worldy or destructive behaviors?
   
   1. Ephesians 5:11-12 (Romans 1:24)
      
8. By what means is the Christian to reprove the "unfruitful works of darkness"?
   
   1. Ephesians 5:13-14 (John 3:20)
      
9. While we all live, what are the two paths upon which we may choose to live?
   
   1. Ephesians 5:15-16 (Ecclesiastes 11:2; John 12:35)
      
10. Does God want us to know His will?  If so, by what means is it revealed?
    
    1. Ephesians 5:17-18 (Romans 12:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Proverbs 20:1, Isaiah 5:11)
       
11. By what means can we practically be both filled by and reveal the Spirit of God in us?
    1. Ephesians 5:19-20 ( Acts 16:25)
       
12. What's the basis for the encouragements given to marriages and families in Eph. 5?
    
    1. Ephesians 5:21 (Philippians 2:3)
       
13. How are wives to reveal the Spirit of God's love to their husbands?
    
    1. Ephesians 5:22-24 (1 Corinthians 11:3; Colossians 1:18)
       
14. How are husbands to reveal the Spirit of God's love to their wives?
    1. Ephesians 5:25-30 (Acts 20:28; John 3:5; Titus 3:5; Song of Solomon 4:7)
       
15. Can we compare the closeness of a husband & wife to Christ & His church?
    
    1. Ephesians 5:31:32
       
16. What is the final evidence that every marriage can be an amazing marriage?
    
    1. Ephesians 5:33
       

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