In directly applying the call to walk wisely and to submit to one another, Paul begins to speak of the home with its authority and submission structures. First, he commands that wives submit to their own husbands, and that husbands love their wives as Christ loved the church.

As Paul continues offering practical exhortations for the Ephesians, he ends this section by calling them to be wise and filled with the Spirit rather than foolish and filled with wine. Conducting themselves in this way, they are to sing songs to one another, to constantly give thanks to God for all He has done for them in Jesus, and to submit to one another in an orderly fashion out of reverence for Christ.

This week, pastor Mike Johnston takes us through Mark 7 where a Gentile woman begs Jesus to heal her demon-possessed daughter. Upon persistently making her request, the woman recognizes her lowly state and proves her faith in Jesus.

Rather than become partakers in the works of darkness, Paul commands the Ephesian church to walk as children of light and to expose the darkness among them. Being now found in Christ, the Christian is light in the Lord, and their works should reflect this reality, at all times attempting to discern what is pleasing to the Lord—all that is good, and righteous, and true.

On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Jason takes us through Paul's closing remarks on the affective power of the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15. Because Jesus has risen from the grave, death no longer holds any sway over those who have risen with Him, therefore the Christian need no longer fear death. Rather, we are to walk in new life to the glory of God because of our risen Savior.

Paul begins the fifth chapter of his letter to the Ephesians by imploring them to walk in the same way in which Christ walked, that is, in love. By contrast, they are not to return to their former way of life and the sins which condemned them, for the sexually immoral and idolatrous will not inherit the kingdom of God.

After telling the Ephesians to put off, be renewed, and put on, Paul begins to list several ways in which they are to do this. Through these examples Paul shows the church how to maintain unity by loving one another, all of which comes about by the putting off of sin and the putting on of righteousness.

After declaring the to the Ephesians their calling as members of the church - unity and maturity in Christ - Paul implores them to not turn back to their sinful way of life but to instead remember that learning Christ necessarily leads to putting off the old self, being renewed, and putting on the new self created after the likeness of God.