God's Plan for You #5

God’s Plan for You #5

Ephesians 5 God’s Pattern

God’s Pattern of______________________

(1-21)

Read Ephesians 1:5 and 5:1; how are these two verses connected?

How does Christ’s love for you in verse 2, impact how you are to live?

Count the number of times the word “but” is mentioned. What is Paul emphasizing?

God’s Pattern in ________________________

(22-33)

How does your view “submission” match the biblical example of “submission”? What needs to change in your life?

How does marriage provide an opportunity towards sanctification? How are you getting the most of that opportunity?

Respond     

How are you patterning your life after the love of God?

“You can give without love, but you cannot love without giving.” Amy Carmichael

“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him.” Diedrich Bonehoeffer

“The supreme thing always is to consider our Lord Jesus Christ. If a husband and wife are together considering Him, you need have no worry about their relationship to each other.” (Lloyd-Jones)

Resources on biblical marriage:

“Sacred Marriage” Gary Thomas

“Meaning of Marriage” Tim Keller

“You and Me Forever” Francis Chan