The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 111 : The Wise and Spirit Filled Life of Submission / The Haustafel (5:15)

OVERVIEW – EPHESIANS 5:15 – 6:9 IN DIFFERENT BIBLE TRANSLATIONS – WHERE DOES THIS SECTION DIVIDE? – OVERVIEW OF THIS PORTION – STRUCTURE – THEME 1: “WISDOM” – FIRST CONTRAST: UNWISE vs. WISE – SECOND CONTRAST: BECOME NOT FOOLS vs. UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF THE LORD – THIRD CONTRAST: (NOT BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES, WINE vs. SPIRIT BUT …) DRUNKENNESS vs. SPIRIT-CONTROLLED – THEME 2: “WORSHIP” – THE THIRD CONTRAST FORMS THE TRANSITION FROM “WISDOM” TO “WORSHIP” – THIS CENTERS AROUND FIVE PARTICIPLES, EACH DEPENDENT UPON ‘BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT’ – THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE LIVES OF BELIEVERS – PAUL STRONGLY WARNS: BELIEVERS CAN LIVE FOOLISHLY! – ‘WATCH CAREFULLY’ RATHER THAN ‘WALK CAREFULLY’ – ‘WALK’ – FIRST CONTRAST : ‘FOOL, UNWISE’ vs. ‘WISE’