9 Live in Love, Live in Light Ephesians 5:1–21 Purpose: To continue to examine what it means for us to live worthy of our calling. Not doing what is wrong is one thing. But sometimes it can be even more difficult to do what is right. In Ephesians 5 Paul continues to outline what it means “to live a life worthy of the calling you have received” (4:1). He does this by considering ways we shouldn't act and ways we should. 1. How do children imitate? (Give some examples from your own observations of small children.) 2. Read Ephesians 5:1–21. In verses 1–2 Paul says that just as children imitate their parents, so we are to imitate God. What have you observed about God which you have begun or could begin to imitate? 3. How is Christ the perfect example of what Paul asks of us (v. 2)? 4. How does having an inheritance in the kingdom of God enable us to abide by v. 4? How can you use thanksgiving to replace improper behavior in your l...
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