Ephesians 6:1-9

Ephesians 6:1-9Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Children and Parents6 Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord,^[a] because this is right. ² Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment^[b] with a promise, ³ so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.^[c][d] 4 Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.Slaves and Masters⁵ Slaves, obey your human^[e] masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ. ⁶ Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.^[f] 7 Serve with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men, ⁸ knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord. ⁹ And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

Questions:

1.   How do we honor our father and mother?
A.   By obeying them, respecting them, do not talk badly about them, representing their last name.
2.   How do fathers raise their children in training and instruction of the Lord?
A.   They live out their faith, and teach from the Bible.
3.   Why do we all slave or non-slaves need to work hard all the times?
A.   When someone is looking at you work or when someone isn’t watching you work, you should be on your best behavior because Christ is watching us.  He is the ultimate observer of all things. 
4.   Why is this command unique?
A.   Because it is the first commandment with a promise.  That promise is a long life on earth that is well.
5.   God has no favorite.  How does that make you feel?
A.   ????

Ephesians 5:15-32

Ephesians 5:15-32Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)Consistency in the Christian Life

¹⁵ Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise— ¹⁶ making the most of the time,^[a] because the days are evil. ¹⁷ So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. ¹⁸ And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:¹⁹ speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music from your heart to the Lord,²⁰ giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,²¹ submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.Wives and Husbands²² Wives, submit^[b] to your own husbands as to the Lord, ²³ for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. ²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her ²⁶ to make her holy, cleansing^[c] her with the washing of water by the word. ²⁷ He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless. ²⁸ In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, ³⁰ since we are members of His body.^[d]31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.^[e]32 This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.

Questions
1.       Why should we be careful in the way we walk?
A.     How we act and what we believe in should represent Christ.  It’s our physical walk and our spiritual walk.

2.      Is it important to make the most of time?
A.     I’m a super procrastinator.  We need to spend our time telling people about Christ because we don’t know when He’s coming back.

 3.      What is the Lord’s will?
A.     The Lord’s will is what the Lord wants.  We need to pray and listen, read the Bible

4.      What are we to do and what are we not to do according to verse 18-21?
A.     Don’t be reckless, or drunk with wine, and to be kind in the way we speak, have the thought that the Holy Spirit is in control so you can speak to others with kindness like the psalms, praise like the hymns, and worship with songs.

5.      What does God tell wives to do? And do we still believe in this today?
A.     To submit to their husbands.

6.      Why does God tell wives to submit to their husbands?
A.     As the head leads the body and Christ leads the Church, husbands are to lead their wives and families.

7.      What does God tell husbands to do?
A.     To love their wives like Christ loved the Church.  Husbands are to make sacrifices for their family to seek out Christ.  

Ephesians 5:1-14

Ephesians 5:1-14Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)5 Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. ² And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. ³ But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of^[a] among you, as is proper for saints. ⁴ Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks. ⁵ For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.
Light versus Darkness
⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.^[b] 7 Therefore, do not become their partners. ⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light— ⁹ for the fruit of the light^[c] results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth— ¹⁰ discerning what is pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹ Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them. ¹² For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret. ¹³ Everything exposed by the light is made clear, ¹⁴ for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:
Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,
and the Messiah will shine on you.^[d]

1.      What does it mean to be imitators of God, and how can we?
A.   We can love everybody, try our best to not sin, pray over people, pray for people, pray pray pray, Talked to people about God, teach people of God.  Be doers of the Word not hearers.
2.    What does it mean to walk in love?
A.   God loved us, so we need to love others.  Walk in His love.  Reflect His love.
3.    What does it mean to talk foolishly, crude joking, and coarse talking?
A.   Talking bad about somebody, joking about somebody, Talking to hear your own voice.  You think you know what you are talking about.
4.    What does it mean that you were once darkness, but now you are light?
A.   Before you knew Christ you were darkness, but now that I know the Lord I am light.  Make sure that you shine your light on others.  Do not cover your Spirit.  Keep your light bright and open for all to see.
5.     What are the fruitless works of darkness?
A.   Anything that God would not want you to do.  Like, things that are wrong, drugs, being mean, cursing, Anything that doesn’t bare fruit
6.    What does Paul mean by saying, “Get up Sleeper and rise from the dead?”
A.   We are dead in sin.  We need to rise out of sin.