Key themes:
o Paul urges the Ephesians to walk faithfully with the Lord in light of Christ's sacrifice and God's grace (1)
o Paul exhorts the Ephesians to display humility, gentleness and patience in the their relationships with other believers so they are a body of believers characterized by love (2-3)
o Paul reminds the Ephesians to be one and not let any division in the body(4-6)
Reflective Questions
1. Why does Paul call himself a prisoner of the Lord?(1)
a. What does Paul's identification as prisoner of the Lord tell us about our relationship with God?
b. Why is prisoner of the Lord non palatable to most people?
c. What actions/speech in your life tell other people that you are are not comfortable with being God's prisoner?
2. How does someone walk worthy of the calling God gives to His children?(1-2)
a. Why would anyone want to be found worthy?
b. What specific directions does Paul give to 'walk worthy'?
3. What does Paul instruct the Ephesians to work hard at? (3)
a. Why is unity within the body of Christ such a big deal?
b. How does unity/disunity affect the testimony of the Church?
c. How does unity/disunity affect individual believer's testimony?
d. What are somethings you say or do that communicate a lack of unity with your local church?
4. What does Paul say to encourage people to be one?(4-6)
a. How does Paul's exhortation in vs 4-6 affect your attitude toward working at being one?
b. What attitudes or behaviors need to be surrendered to God so that you become an agent of peace and unity instead of an agent of destruction and division?
Individual Challenge:
How your life change if you became a more intentional agent of unity and peace at your church? How would your participation in church change? How would this affect your relationships with people at church? How would this affect your relationship with non believing friends?
Community Challenge:
How would you small group and church change if everyone in the group actively pursued unity and peace? What would the impact be on the witness of the church? How would people become
o Paul urges the Ephesians to walk faithfully with the Lord in light of Christ's sacrifice and God's grace (1)
o Paul exhorts the Ephesians to display humility, gentleness and patience in the their relationships with other believers so they are a body of believers characterized by love (2-3)
o Paul reminds the Ephesians to be one and not let any division in the body(4-6)
Reflective Questions
1. Why does Paul call himself a prisoner of the Lord?(1)
a. What does Paul's identification as prisoner of the Lord tell us about our relationship with God?
b. Why is prisoner of the Lord non palatable to most people?
c. What actions/speech in your life tell other people that you are are not comfortable with being God's prisoner?
2. How does someone walk worthy of the calling God gives to His children?(1-2)
a. Why would anyone want to be found worthy?
b. What specific directions does Paul give to 'walk worthy'?
3. What does Paul instruct the Ephesians to work hard at? (3)
a. Why is unity within the body of Christ such a big deal?
b. How does unity/disunity affect the testimony of the Church?
c. How does unity/disunity affect individual believer's testimony?
d. What are somethings you say or do that communicate a lack of unity with your local church?
4. What does Paul say to encourage people to be one?(4-6)
a. How does Paul's exhortation in vs 4-6 affect your attitude toward working at being one?
b. What attitudes or behaviors need to be surrendered to God so that you become an agent of peace and unity instead of an agent of destruction and division?
Individual Challenge:
How your life change if you became a more intentional agent of unity and peace at your church? How would your participation in church change? How would this affect your relationships with people at church? How would this affect your relationship with non believing friends?
Community Challenge:
How would you small group and church change if everyone in the group actively pursued unity and peace? What would the impact be on the witness of the church? How would people become
