Friday, June 5, 2009

Keys of Truth: Ephesians (Chapter 5)

1) Because we are God’s children we should seek to imitate Him.
2) We are to love as Christ has loved us; giving His life for us as an offering, an offering of sweet fragrance.
3) Sexual sin, perversion of any kind, or greed should not be a problem for God’s holy people.
4) The telling of dirty stories, obscene jokes, and foolish talk affect the witness and life of God’s holy people.
5) Those who make a practice of doing the fore mentioned things cannot have any inheritance in the kingdom of God.
6) Don’t be taken in by meaningless words, God gets angry if we continue to sin and not obey Him.
7) Don’t associate with people who refuse to obey God and His Word.
8) We have the light and life of God in us, and have come out of darkness.
9) The light that God gives produces everything that is good, and is true.
10) We are to learn what pleases God.
11) Denounce all that darkness produces and dispel darkness by being filled with light and life.
12) Don’t discuss the things that people do in secret.
13) Light exposes the true character of everything, because light makes things easy to see.
14) Be very careful how you live. Don’t behave foolishly; be wise.
15) Make the most of your opportunities because days we live in are evil.
16) Don’t be foolish; learn to understand what pleases God.
17) Don’t get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with God’s Spirit.
18) We stay filled with the Spirit by reciting psalms, hymn, and spiritual songs; singing and making music unto the Lord.
19) Always gives thanks to God in Jesus name for everything.
20) Submit to each other in love because of Jesus and His love.
21) Wives are to respect their husbands just as they respect Jesus, and submit to Jesus’ authority.
22) The husband is responsible for his wife, just as Jesus is for the Church. The Church is the body of Christ in the Earth; under the influence of Jesus and Jesus is responsible for the Church’s salvation.
23) Husbands are to love their wives just as Christ loves the Church, which he gave His life for.
24) Jesus in giving His life made the Church holy by cleansing it, with water (by baptism) along with His spoken words.
25) Jesus by His actions makes the Church glorious, without any kind of stain or winkle – holy without faults.
26) Husbands love your wives like you love yourself. A man who loves his wife loves himself.
27) No sane person hates their own body. Instead, we feed and care for our bodies, just as Christ cares for the Church.
28) We are all a part of Christ’s body.
29) A man leaves his father and mother to become united with his wife, and the two become one.
30) The relationship between Christ and the Church is a mystery.
31) Every husband must love his wife as he loves himself, and wives should value, respect and honor, their husbands.

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