Ephesians 5

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1. Communion with God · John Owen

   Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Eph. v. 2

   …but he also “offered up himself,” Heb. ix. 14, an “offering of a sweet savour to God,” Eph. v. 2. Hence, as to the whole of his work, he is called the Father’s “servant,” Isa. xlii. 1…

2. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

   Effectual calling cites Ephes. v. 8

   …command of the driver. (ii.) We are in a state of darkness. “Ye were sometimes darkness” (Ephes. v. 8). Darkness is very disconsolate. A man in the dark is full of fear, he trembles every…

3. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

   The Legacy of Watchman Nee cites Ephesians 5:14

   …“Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee” (Ephesians 5:14, ASV). Nee's voice could be severe because watchmen do not whisper when a city sleeps.…

4. The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey · Ochorus Originals

   The Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites Ephesians 5:18

   …afterwards is not a second baptism but to be filled with the Spirit again and again, as Ephesians 5:18 commands. Torrey himself insisted on repeated fillings, as the next chapters will show…

5. The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray · Ochorus Originals

   The Indwelling Spirit cites EPHESIANS 5:18

   …is to fill. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. EPHESIANS 5:18 The Greek of that command, as commentators have long noted, suggests an ongoing filling…

6. The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

   Let Me Be a Woman cites EPHESIANS 5:21

   …determine roles in the church. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. EPHESIANS 5:21 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor…

7. Communion with God · John Owen

   How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Eph. v. 25

   …his own body on the tree,” 1 Pet. ii. 24; — “loved the church, and gave himself for it,” Eph. v. 25; Gal. ii. 20; Rom. iv. 25; Rev. i. 5, 6; Tit. ii. 14; 1 Tim. ii. 6; Isa. liii. 12; John…

8. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

   Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites Ephesians 5:25

   …love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it” (Ephesians 5:25, ASV). Whatever authority one believes the husband possesses, its model is a crucified…

9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   A Believer's Privilege at Death cites Eph 5:27

   …spot or wrinkle; to be purer than the sunbeams; to be as free from sin as the angels! Eph 5:27. This makes a believer desirous to have his passport and to be gone; he would fain live…

10. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Thanksgiving Versus Complaining cites Ephesians 5:1

    …thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:1, 20). “Always for all things” is a sweeping expression. It must mean that there is…

11. The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor · Ochorus Originals

    A Ribband of Blue cites EPHESIANS 5:1–2

    …children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us. EPHESIANS 5:1–2 A perfect needle Taylor then takes up the command, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your…

12. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the fellowship which the saints have with Jesus Christ the Son of God cites Eph. v. 2

    …of his saints unto him. As God smelled a sweet savour from the blood of his atonement, Eph. v. 2; so from the graces wherewith for them he is anointed, his saints receive a refreshing…

13. Till He Come · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Sin-Bearer cites Eph. v. 2

    …given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour” (Eph. v. 2); “Once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of…

14. The Fourfold Gospel · A. B. Simpson

    The Walk with God cites Ephesians v. 2

    …life. It is the life of self-sacrifice. So the apostle has finely expressed it in (Ephesians v. 2) "Walk in love as Christ also has loved us, and given Himself for an offering and a…

15. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Charity cites Eph. v. 2

    …hear what St. Paul says to the Ephesians: "Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us." (Eph. v. 2.) Let us hear what St. John says: "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God…

16. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 17 — Christ Rightly and Properly Said to Have Merited Grace and Salvation for Us cites Eph. 5:2

    …given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour,” (Eph. 5:2); and elsewhere, he “was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our…

17. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Forgiveness cites Eph. v. 2

    …They endeavour to “walk in love, as Christ loved them, and gave Himself for them.” (Eph. v. 2.) They remember how God for Christ’s sake forgave them, and endeavour to do the same…

18. Holy in Christ · Andrew Murray

    Holiness and Heaven cites Eph. v. 3

    …must be done, ‘worthily of the holy ones,’ ‘as becometh holy ones’ (Rom. xvi. 3; Eph. v. 3). Note, too, the force of the question. Peter says, ‘Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye…

19. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Wrong to Swear? cites Ephesians 5:4

    …foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving” (Ephesians 5:4). He says the same in another letter: “put aside all such things as these: anger, rage…

20. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

    Two Masters cites Ephesians 5:5

    …greedy person is an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God” (Ephesians 5:5). An idol is anything we look to for what only God can give. Money is the idol of choice…

21. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.1 The First Commandment cites Eph 5: 5

    …gold with its glitter blinds the eyes]. Varius. The covetous man is called an idolater. Eph 5: 5. Why so? Because he loves his estate more than God, and so makes it his god. Though he…

22. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Eph 5: 5

    …man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.’ Eph 5: 5. What could a covetous man do in heaven? God can no more converse with him than a king…

23. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Eph. 5:5

    …not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, &c., shall inherit the kingdom of God.” Eph. 5:5, 6, “For this ye know, that no whoremonger nor unclean person, &c, hath any inheritance…

24. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Unity of God cites Eph 5:5

    …god. The covetous man worships the image of gold, therefore he is called an idolater. Eph 5:5. That which a man trusts to he makes his god; but he makes the wedge of gold his hope; he…

25. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Effectual Calling cites Eph 5:5

    …to light,’ as if one should be called out of a dungeon to behold the light of the sun. Eph 5:5. (2.) From danger. As the angels called Lot out of Sodom, when it was ready to rain fire…

26. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites Eph. 5:6

    …that for these things’ sake, the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience. Eph. 5:6. Christian: And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction? Hopeful: No, I…

27. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Eph. 5:6

    …for because of these things, the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience,” (Eph. 5:6; Col. 3:6). He does not threaten that wrath will descend upon them; but he admonishes…

28. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites Eph. 5:6

    …well as from his frequently repeated caution, “Let no man deceive you;” [see Mark 13:5; Eph. 5:6; 2 Thess. 2:3] which had been altogether needless, had not those very persons who had…

29. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Our Souls! cites Ephes. v. 6

    …for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.” (Ephes. v. 6.) For another thing, you may poison your own soul by taking up some false religion. You…

30. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    January cites Eph. v. 8

    …He has.—F. B. Meyer. January 7 Now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. Eph. v. 8. The influence we exert in the world is created by our relationship to Jesus Christ; and…

31. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    August cites Eph. v. 8

    …me.—Mark Guy Pearse. August 3 Now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. Eph. v. 8. We do not realize the importance of the unconscious part of our life ministry. It goes…

32. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    September cites Eph 5:8

    …ye have the light,” (Jn 12:35) so you will know the Light, and become light in the Lord. (Eph 5:8) PRAYER My son, forsake thyself, and thou shalt find Me Lord, how often shall I resign…

33. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    December cites Eph 5:8

    …were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: Walk as children of Light.”— Eph 5:8. ST. PAUL makes use of this passage in Genesis, when He says, that “God who commanded the…

34. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites Eph. v. 8

    …his Son,’ verse 6. So that ‘though we were darkness,’ yet we are now ‘light in the Lord,’ Eph. v. 8. And the apostle says, ‘We all with open face behold the glory of the Lord,’ 2 Cor. iii.…

35. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Sanctification cites Eph 5:8

    …fall, there was ignorance in the mind; but in sanctification, we are ‘light in the Lord.’ Eph 5:8. After the fall, the will was depraved; there was not only impotence to good, but…

36. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites Eph. 5:8

    …were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light,” (Eph. 5:8). But perhaps they will insist that in this last passage reference is made to that…

37. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    All the Blessings of the Spirit cites Ephesians 5:9

    …if it did not have a direct practical bearing on our common life. And so we have in Ephesians 5:9, 10, 17, 18, the practical bearing of all this upon our everyday life. "For the fruit of…

38. Daughters of the King – 30 Days with God for Girls – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 10 — No Secrets That Hurt cites Ephesians 5:11

    …the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.” — Ephesians 5:11, 13 (BSB) Today we’re going to talk about something really important: secrets. Some…

39. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    What About Christians Who Hurt People? cites Ephesians 5:11

    …says, “Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them” (Ephesians 5:11). Forgiveness is beautiful, but it never means pretending nothing happened, keeping a…

40. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Love and Conflict cites Ephesians 5:11

    …falsehood. “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” Ephesians 5:11 And remember: “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant…

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