This week we continue our study with Ephesians 6:4: And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. It is noteworthy that this exhortation is to fathers instead of mothers. It is not always the case, but usually fathers are the...

We continue our study this week with Ephesians 6:2-3: Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.” Last week our verse stated that children are to obey their parents “in the Lord” (Ephesians 6:1...

Our text for this week in Ephesians 6:1 continues the emphasis on family relationships. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. This exhortation for children to obey their parents is for one reason—it is right. This one thing—children learning to obey their parents is one of the...

Our verse for this week is Ephesians 5:33, “Nevertheless let each individual among you also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see to it that she respect her husband.” The first word in this verse is important: “nevertheless.” In modern English it comes across as an expression of...

Our verse for this week is Ephesians 5:31: For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. It is well known that one of the biggest problems in marriage can come from the in-laws, but they can also be a great blessing. Even...

As we have discussed, man was created to be a social creature. But to be complete, we need a relationship with God first. Without this no human being can ever be all that they were created to be. Next we need relationships with other people. These can be of many different types and depths, but...

This week we continue our study with Ephesians 5:25-29: Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her; that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory,...

This week we continue our study with one of the more problematic verses in this epistle for modern times, Ephesians 5:22-24: Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the...

This week we continue our study with one of the more enigmatic verses in this great epistle, Ephesians 5:21: and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. The teachings of the Lord in such Scriptures as John 5:44, and Paul in Ephesians 1:10, make it clear that one of the most corruptive and...

This week we continue our study with Ephesians 5:20: always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father The first three words of this verse are crucial for a victorious Christian life– Why is this? Why should we thank God for problems or for the attacks...