Thursday Bible Study

  [Grace and Peace] EPHESIANS_   [Activity] Explore the logical flow of Ephesians 6:10-24…   [Read Ephesians 6:10-17]   In verse 10, what strength does Paul tell us we have for this ‘battle’?     What kind of warfare are we engaged in (verses 11-12)?     [Activity] To win battles, God has provided a set of armour for us (verses 13-17). Identify the six pieces of armour and a specific way that we might use each item today…   In what way is the ‘sword of the Spirit’, which is the word of God, an offensive weapon in contrast to the other defensive weapons?     Which piece of the armour is difficult for you to utilize and why?     How can you learn to actively “take up” that weapon?     [Read Ephesians 6:18-20]   The final weapon (if we can class it as one) is prayer. How does prayer help us to fight spiritual battles?   Look at verse 18 again. How is...

  [Grace and Peace] EPHESIANS_   [Activity] Spend some time exploring the logical flow of Ephesians 5:21-6:9…   [Read Ephesians 5:21]   Paul addresses different relationship types (marriage, family, co-workers) when he writes to the Ephesians. Before he gets specific in his instructions, he gives a general one. What attitude are we supposed to have towards others?     What should submission look like in daily life?     [Read Ephesians 5:22-33]   In verses 22-24, why does Paul tell wives to submit to their husbands?     How does remembering that a wife is really submitting to the Lord affect submission to a husband?     In verses 25-33, how are husbands, in turn, to treat their wives?     How does comparing a husband’s love for his wife to how the Messiah loves the church remove any danger of the husband abusing the wife’s submission?       What ...

  [Grace and Peace] EPHESIANS_   [Activity] Spend some time exploring the logical flow of Ephesians 5:3-20…   [Read Ephesians 5:3-10]     In verses 3-4 & 7, what is Paul’s remedy for immorality?     Paul has a real way of getting to the heart of an issue. “Don’t be fooled” he says, “There are a lot of empty words out there…words that sound big and important… which echo and resonate with our culture, but they have nothing inside them, no life, no truth.”     In contrast to the culture of Paul’s day, in verses 8-10, how are we to behave?     [Read Ephesians 5:11-20]     In verse 11, what should our attitude be towards “the works of darkness”?     What are some “works of darkness” that we encounter on a regular basis?     In verses 12-14, how are we told that we can expose those works of darkness to the light or truth?   What commands, doe...