Week 5: The Practical life of the Church

Title:  The Practical life of the Church

Objective: 

• Unity and respecting talents
  
• Worship and behavior
• Practical life and spiritual strife

Resources:

• Catena Bible Commentary
• HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)
• Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)
• Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary

Reading:

• Read Eph 4:1-6
  • How we should deal with each other as family (we pray it every morning)
• Read Eph 4:7-16
  • Each of us has a gift - the goal is One 
• Read Eph 4:17-24
  • We ought to live according to our calling 
• Read Eph 4:25-32
  • How we should deal with each other as family
• Read Eph 5:1-21
  • Same theme as above
• Read 5:22-33
  • Christian marriage - Christ and the Church
• Read Eph 6:1-9
  • Same theme as above
• Read Eph 10-20
  • The whole Armor of God 

Key verse(s):

• " ^{do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." Ephesians 4:30}

Comments:

Review questions:

Chapter 4

1.  Verses 1-6 are part of a prayer in our Coptic church. Which prayer and when do we recite it?
2. What sort of things are we to put away and what sort of things should we be doing instead?
3. Now this, "He ascended"; what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
4. "Be angry, and do not sin" Is it OK to be angry? 

Chapter 5

1. Why did Jesus love and give Himself for the church?
2. What is Paul's summation regarding marital responsibilities?
3. What are the Christians’ responsibilities mentioned in this chapter?
4. What is either the means or the evidence of one filled with the Spirit?  

Chapter 6

1.  List the armor of God.
2.  What else more important should we add to this armor? 
3. List the armor of God.
4. What is praying in the Spirit?  

Homework:

Chapter 4

1. There is one body and one _______, just as you were called in one _____ of your calling; one Lord, one ______, one _______; one God and Father of all
2. "Be ______, and do not sin": do not let the ______ go down on your wrath.

Chapter 5 

1. Therefore be ________ of God as dear children. and walk in _______, as Christ also has loved us and given ________ for us, 
2. For the husband is _______ of the wife, as also _______ is head of the church; and He is the _______ of the body.

Chapter 6

1. Children, obey your _______ in the _______, for this is ________
2. Put on the whole _________of God, that you may be able to _________ against the wiles of the __________