STUDY QUESTIONS FOR ephesians lesson 4 (Chapters 5-6)

  1. What is the main point of Ephesians 5?

  2. Explain the meaning of Paul’s statement in Ephesians 5:1, “Be imitators of God, as dear children.”

  3. What did Diotrophes do (3 John) that made him such a bad example for us today?

  4. What is the connection between Matthew 6:14-15 and Ephesians 4:32?

  5. Explain the connection between Matthew 5:33-37 and Ephesians 5:3-7.

  6. What does it mean for a Christian to “walk in the light” (1 Jn. 1:7)?

  7. What are the “unfruitful works of darkness” to which Paul referred in Ephesians 5:11?

  8. Explain the connection between 2 Timothy 2:15 and Ephesians 5:17.

  9. What did Paul mean when he said, “Whatever is not of faith is sin” (Rom. 14:23).

10. Explain the connection between Romans 14:23 and James 4:17.

11. What did Paul mean when he said, “walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise” (Eph. 5:15)?

12. What is the connection between Ephesians 5:18 and Proverbs 20:1?

13. Why did Paul urge Christians to “redeem the time” (Eph. 5:17)?

14. Do passages like Colossians 3:16 and Ephesians 5:19 provide authorization for the use of instruments of music in worship to God today?

15. What is the only “instrument” mentioned in Ephesians 5:19 that is to be used for praising God?

16. What is the connection between Numbers 4:15 and the death of Uzzah?

17. How, according to Hebrews 1:1-2, does God speak to us today?

18. If something was authorized under the Old Covenant, is it necessarily authorized in the New Covenant? Support your answer with Scripture.

19. What is “the Law of Enmity” to which Paul referred in Colossians 2:14?

20. What happened to the Law of Enmity? Support your answer with Scripture.

21. List the pieces of the Christian’s armor.

22. What is the theme of the Book of Ephesians?

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