The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 105 : From Darkness to Light – The First Command (5:3-4)

SIX COMMANDS – HOW DOES THIS PASSAGE RELATE TO PREVIOUS COMMENTS? – CHANGE FROM CHURCH-ORIENTATED TO GOD-ORIENTATED MOTIVATION – THE FIRST COMMAND – PROPER BEHAVIOR FOR BELIEVERS – USED TO DENOTE CERTAIN BEHAVIORS AS ACCEPTABLE OR SUITABLE – USED TO EXPRESS NECESSITY, OBLIGATIONS, OR WHAT IS PROPER – ‘AS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE SET APART FOR GOD, CHARACTERIZED BY HOLINESS’ – FIRST TRIAD OF SINS – ‘ALL WE NEED IS LOVE…’ – FORNICATION, WHOREDOM, SEXUAL IMMORALITY, ALL UNCLEANNESS, GREED, COVETEOUSNESS – THE WORD ITSELF DEFINED – HOW DOES ‘GREED, COVETOUSNESS’ RELATE TO WHAT PAUL IS SAYING? – SECOND TRIAD OF SINS – FILTHINESS, OBSCENE BEHAVIOR, OBSCENITY, SHAMEFUL TALK – IS THIS LIMITED TO SPEECH? – NOR FOOLISH TALKING, COURSE JESTING, SMUTTY TALK, DIRTY JOKES – RATHER THANKSGIVING – WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?