EPHESIANS
(Answers)



CHAPTER 1

  1. God wanted us to be holy and blameless.
  2. The one who believes in Jesus and who repents of his sins.
  3. God planned for the follower of His will to have a resting place and eternal life.
  4. a. Eternal life is guaranteed to those who recognize and heed the voice of the Spirit. b. The Spirit uses the word of God to speak to and to lead our heart and mind showing us the righteous way while convicting us of our wrongs.

CHAPTER 2

  1. a. Those who were in darkness to God because of lack of knowledge of Him were doomed to God's wrath because of their sinful ways. b. The grace of God brought light to their darkness. God chose to include them in the knowledge of Him and of hope for eternal life along with the Jews.
  2. a. The gift was His grace (or favor) that gave the Gentiles the opportunity to know Him. They were saved from their one and only course of destruction. b. We did nothing to impress or earn our inclusion into God's kingdom along with the Jews. It was merely God's love for those who He had created to be in His image.
  3. God wanted us to do good and to walk in the way of righteous works and hearts.
  4. a. They were not included in the covenant with Israel. They did not know God or have opportunity for salvation. b. The Gentiles could not serve God with the Jews or have hope of salvation.
  5. The Jews and the Gentiles now are one body by one Spirit serving and worshiping God. There is no longer a need for the rituals of the law to have access to the Father or His mercy, favor, or grace.

CHAPTER 3

  1. The mystery was that the Gentiles should be heirs also to the promises of God to the Jews.
  2. The principalities and powers of our world see and hear of the fellowship of the Jews and Gentiles and their testimony of the gospel which is to build up the body of Christ both physically and spiritually.
  3. By His Holy Spirit inside us God can strengthen us.
  4. a. The fullness of God should be in all believers. b. The followers of God should realize and understand His love that came through Christ and live justly and dutifully to Him. We should live as if God's heart is in us.
  5. He is able to do even more, but will do according to how much of His Spirit is in us (which is how much we allow to grow in us).

CHAPTER 4

  1. Christ lead all spiritual enemies and fears that brought us into the captivity of sin and death. Jesus conquered those things that conquered us before; sin, the devil, and death.
  2. We should measure our faith and walk to Jesus' faith and walk in His service to God.
  3. a. We should put off our former conduct of sin and darkness. b. We should renew the spirit of our mind, the way we think, to be like that of Christ. c. We should try to think about and choose to be righteous and holy.
  4. a. Lying, anger, stealing, bad mouthing, wrath, and bitterness are some of the things we should stop doing. b. Being kind, tender hearted, and forgiving one another are how we should treat one another.
  5. By not heeding the Spirit when we are shown the righteous way we grieve the Spirit.

CHAPTER 5

  1. Goodness, righteousness, and truth.
  2. a. We should find out what is acceptable to Him. b. By studying His word we can know what God wants. By His Spirit also our minds and hearts will be prodded when necessary.
  3. Allowing more control by the Spirit is being filled with the Spirit.
  4. By the washing of water by the word of God we become sanctified and therefore clean.
  5. We forsake our life of independence to be joined with Him and to live our life in harmony with Him.

CHAPTER 6

  1. A long life is promised to those who honor and obey their parents.
  2. Train your children in the ways of the Lord.
  3. The Lord will return good to you in return for the good that you do.
  4. a. Ability to react in righteousness and kindness. b. Trusting in God in all attacks of Satan. c. Knowledge of God's word; knowing what He wants you to do and using it to combat attacks of Satan.