Class Notes and Study Questions for July 13, 2008

Study Notes and Questions for the week prior to July 13, 2008

Read again Ephesians 4:15 and 4:16

Who should be the head and the 'brains'?


From Him we are to be built up in what?


What is the purpose of 'growing' in the body?

Read again Ephesians 4:17-24

What are we to walk like? What did we walk like before we had Christ as our head?


Are you a new creation with Christ as your head?


Read Ephesians 4:25-32

Pick out the top 5 things you see in these verses that you are NOT to do (rank order them for yourself)...

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2.
3.
4.
5.

Pick out the top 5 things you see in these verses that you ARE to do (rank order them for yourself)...

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Share these lists with your spouse. Do they match? Discuss them with your spouse as to why you ranked them the way you did.

Read verse 25 -

Look up Zechariah 8:16 - Why would it would be appropriate to speak truth to one another?

Is there ever an occasion we should lie? What biblical verse do you have to support your answer?

Speculate on what would happen if everyone told the truth at all times?

Why are we supposed to tell the truth? How does this relate to 4:16?

Read verse 26 and 27 together -

What does it look like to be angry but not sin?

What does it mean to let the sun go down on your anger? Why are we not to do that?

Read verse 28 -

What does it mean to be a thief? What have you stolen in your life? Think on this one a bit - have you stolen time from someone, pens from the office, joy from a child...?

What is the thief supposed to do?

Read verse 29 -

What is rotten talk?

Read Galations 6:9-10
Read James 3:9

What are people to hear from us?

Read verse 30 -

You are now sealed for the Lord once He indwells you. How can you grieve the Holy Spirit?


Read verse 31 -

Big deal here. You are to remove all these things. List what things are to be removed:

All ________________ - Which is what?
Anger and _____________ - Which looks like what?
Insult and _____________ - What does this look like?
All ___________________ - What does this look like?

Verse 32 tells us what we ARE supposed to be like.

What holds you back from being this way? Mark the top 3 things in the below list:

1. Fear
2. Doubt
3. Bitterness
4. Hurt
5. Anger
6. ? (Fill in your answer)
7. ? (Fill in your answer)
8. ? (Fill in your answer)

Read Ephesians 3:14-15 again - Are you letting the Father lead your family and you? Are you bowing to Him?

What does this passage of scripture mean for you this week? What specifically is God calling you to do?

Have a great week!

Andy