The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 113 : The Wise and Spirit Filled Life of Submission / The Haustafel (5:17-18)

SECOND CONTRAST – ‘BECAUSE OF THIS’ – ‘DO NOT BE, DO NOT BECOME’ – FOOLISH – ‘UNDERSTANDING’ REQUIRES INTELLECTUAL EFFORT – ‘UNDERSTANDING’ RELIES UPON WORD OF GOD – ‘THE WILL OF THE LORD’ – ‘AND BE NOT DRUNK WITH WINE’ – SURPRISING SWITCH FROM GENERALITIES TO A SPECIFIC SIN – WAS PAUL MERELY QUOTING FROM THE OT? – WAS PAUL THINKING OF MIS-USE OF THE ‘LOVE FEAST’? – WAS PAUL THINKING OF SOME OF THE MYSTERY RELIGIONS, ESPECIALLY THAT OF DIONYSIUS (AKA BACCHUS)? – WAS PAUL MERELY ADDRESSING A WIDELY CONDEMNED THEME? – MOST PROBABLY MENTIONED SINCE IT WAS A COMMON SIN AND IT PROVIDED A COMPARABLE CONTRAST – WHAT IS THE LESSON FOR BELIEVERS TODAY? – THE ‘IN WHICH’ REFERS BACK TO ‘DRUNK’ AND NOT SIMPLY TO THE NOUN ‘WINE’ – ‘DISSIPATION, DEBAUCHERY’ DEFINED – ‘BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT’ REFERS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – THE VERB IS A COMMAND – THE VERB IS PASSIVE – REPEATED ACTION? – BE FILLED ‘IN,’ ‘WITH’ OR ‘BY’ THE HOLY SPIRIT? – ‘BE FILLED’ IS KEY, WITH THE FOLLOWING FIVE PARTICIPLES DEPENDENT ON IT – BEING FILLED ALLOWS THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONTROL THE ACTIONS OF BELIEVERS – THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ‘BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT’ AND THE WORD OF GOD – HOW DOES ‘BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT’ COMPARE WITH OTHER MINISTRIES OF THE SPIRIT? – THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE MOMENT OF OUR SALVATION – BELIEVERS ARE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT – BELIEVERS ARE INDWELT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT – THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR EVERY DAY LIFE – BELIEVERS ARE TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT – BELIEVERS ARE TO DAILY WALK IN THE HOLY SPIRIT – THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR GATHERING TOGETHER IN THE CHURCH BODY – THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT