Unit 10 – Wise Living
Ephesians 5:15-24
15So be very careful how you live. Live wisely, not like fools.16I mean that you should use every opportunity you have for doing good, because these are evil times.17So don’t be foolish with your lives, but learn what the Lord wants you to do.18Don’t be drunk with wine, which will ruin your life, but be filled with the Spirit.19Encourage each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord.20Always give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wives and Husbands
21Be willing to serve each other out of respect for Christ.
22Wives, be willing to serve your husbands the same as the Lord.23A husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. Christ is the Savior of the church, which is his body.24The church serves under Christ, so it is the same with you wives. You should be willing to serve your husbands in everything.
Ice-Breaker
□What is one thing you were thankful for in the last week?
Discover
1.Why do we need to be “careful” how we live? (vv.15)
2.How can the truth of the statement that “the days are evil” (v. 16) be seen in oursociety?
3.The Scriptures help us to understand the difference between a foolish person and one who is wise, i.e., who understands what pleases God (v. 17). How do these verses in Proverbs contrast thetwo?
4.What contrast is Paul making in vv. 18-20? Describe how these two influences would affect ourlives.
5.What three examples are given of submission to “one another” (v. 21; see 5:22, 6:1,6:5)
6.Does submission imply inferiority? Why or why not? (see John 14:31; Philippians2:8)
7.What reason(s) are given for wives to submit to their husbands? (vv.22-24)
8.Are there limits on the submission of wives to their husbands? (v.24)
Notes