The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 125 : The Wise and Spirit Filled Life of Submission / The Haustafel (5:26)

THE PURPOSE BEHIND CHRIST’S SELF-SACRIFICE – ‘HER’ IS SLIGHTLY EMPHATIC BY POSITION, PICKING UP ON v. 25 – SANCTIFY AND CLEANSE – DOES THIS SPEAK OF OUR POSITION OR OUR PROGRESSIVE SANCTIFICATION? – CLEANSE – THE PROBLEMS OF UNDERSTANDING THIS AS BAPTISM – ‘THE WASHING OF WATER’ DOES NOT REFER TO BAPTISM – PAUL’S COMMENTS COULD BE ROOTED IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL – CHRIST ASCRIBING TO HIMSELF DEITY – BUILDING UPON EZEKIEL’S COMMENTS, PAUL IS PROBABLY SPEAKING OF THE SPIRITUAL CLEANSING BY THE WORD OF GOD