DAY 4 ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE – Read Ephesians 2:1-10. The 3rd description of a non-believer’s walk occurs in v. 3. Do Paul’s uses of and the same Greek word) in its negative or neutral “flesh” (both “flesh” “body” translate sense in v. 3? Explain how you know. Read Rom. 8:5-9 & Gal. 5:16-24, along with Eph. 2:3, and describe this 3rd description of a non-believer’s walk. Can believers walk in this manner? In what ways are you tempted to walk in this manner, and how do you address yourself (i.e. what Scriptures, what self-talk, with what truths, etc.) when these temptations arise? Also, how are you, as a believer, different from the non-believers described in vs. 1-3 with regard to your ability to fight these temptations? Another way of asking this: why are these only temptations for you, a believer, but necessary actions for a non-believer? DAY 5 ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE – Read Ephesians 2:1-10. Why are non-believers of and whose wrath is in “children wrath,” view (cf. Rom. 1:18; 2:5-8; 3:5-6; John 3:18, 36; et. al.)? What does Paul mean by the when he describes the non-believer’s status as phrase “by nature” of “children wrath?” What difficulties might you encounter while explaining the truths found in 2:1-3 to a in example, someone might a God today’s secular world (as an say, “Why would I worship who showers wrath on those who or and how would you answer them don’t love obey Him!?!?!?”), with Biblical truth? Explain how vs. 4-6 directly answer the predicament of those described in vs. 1-3 (we’ll begin with these vs. next week). DATE: April 23, 2017 PASSAGE: Ephesians 2:1-10 But God! (Part I)
DAY 4 – ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE Read Ephesians 2:1-10. The 3rd description of a non-believer’s walk occurs in v. 3. Do Paul’s uses of “flesh” (both “flesh” and “body” translate the same Greek word) in its negative or neutral sense in v. 3? Explain how you know. Read Rom. 8:5-9 & Gal. 5:16-24, along with Eph. 2:3, and describe this 3rd description of a non-believer’s walk. Can believers walk in this manner? In what ways are you tempted to walk in this manner, and how do you address yourself (i.e. what Scriptures, what self-talk, with what truths, etc.) when these temptations arise? Also, how are you, as a believer, different from the non-believers described in vs. 1-3 with regard to your ability to fight these temptations? Another way of asking this: why are these only temptations for you, a believer, but necessary actions for a non-believer? DAY 5 – ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE Read Ephesians 2:1-10. Why are non-believers “children of wrath,” and whose wrath is in view (cf. Rom. 1:18; 2:5-8; 3:5-6; John 3:18, 36; et. al.)? What does Paul mean by the phrase “by nature” when he describes the non-believer’s status as “children of wrath?” What difficulties might you encounter while explaining the truths found in 2:1-3 to a in today’s secular world (as an example, someone might say, “Why would I worship a God who showers wrath on those who don’t love or obey Him!?!?!?”), and how would you answer them with Biblical truth? Explain how vs. 4-6 directly answer the predicament of those described in vs. 1-3 (we’ll begin with these vs. next week). DATE: April 23, 2017 PASSAGE: Ephesians 2:1-10 But God! (Part I)
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