Submitted by Chris Lee, Gracepoint Berkeley Romans 12:3-12 How can a person have “sober judgment” about himself, and what relationship does this have with the close community described in this passage? – We can have sober judgment about ourselves by receiving objective truth about ourselves which we ourselves are unable to see. We are blind [...]
Kelly Kang’s devotion: Joined and held together Submitted by Ander Chen, Gracepoint Berkeley These passages about the church are also necessarily about each Christian. Read each passage, and reflect on God’s vision regarding how Christian life is to be lived out. What do each of these passages tell me about myself? What is my response [...]
Submitted by Mark Lee, Gracepoint Berkeley List the components of the “full armor of God.” Which of these have I been neglecting? What are the temptations that I am most susceptible to and what part of God’s armor do I need to use to fight these temptations? The full armor of God consists of the [...]
Submitted by David Lee, Gracepoint Austin Application: According to Apostle Paul, what should under gird all of my relationships? What needs to under gird all of my relationships is Christ’s example of love and self-sacrifice for the church. That means, likewise, I need to give up my body sacrificially when it comes to the people [...]
UPDATE [07/01/10]: Thursday’s devotion goes to v.30, not v.29. Please see the correct DT passage below. Here is the recommended personal devotions schedule. Monday to Thursday For each weekday, from Monday to Thursday, – Read the assigned text several times – Do Inductive Bible Study using the questions and prompts provided in the downloadable packet – [...]
Submitted by Joyce Lee, Gracepoint Austin O: Who does Apostle Paul exhort us to be imitators of? God O: What does he address us as? As dearly loved children O: In what ways are we to imitate God? In living a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us [...]
Avoid Shameful Sins (5:3 – 6) SEXUAL SIN AND greed. The shift from Christ’s self-giving nature in 5:2 to the self-indulgence of 5:3 is striking. The three sins mentioned — “sexual immorality” (porneia), “impurity” (akatharsia), and “greed” (pleonexia) — were already mentioned at 4:19. The second and third sins are the same in both passages, [...]
Submitted by Sunny Kim & Margaret Chen, Gracepoint Austin Sunny Kim: O: What does Paul insist on with the Ephesians? To no longer live as the Gentiles do D: How does Paul characterize living like the Gentiles? In what ways, can I be living like the Gentiles today? He characterizes them as people who have [...]
Submitted by Manny Kim, Gracepoint Austin. What would be commensurate with living a life that is worthy compared to the calling that you have received? The calling is presumed by Apostle Paul to be a high calling, to preach the Gospel, to make plain the mystery that is the church. This knowledge of the Gospel [...]
Ephesians 6 Commentary
By williamkang on June 29th, 2010
Instructions to Children and Parents (6:1 – 4) The Greek word for “fathers” in verse 4 can mean “parents,” but more likely Paul is turning attention specifically to fathers. Fathers had legal control of children and were responsible for their instruction from about age seven. Girls did not normally receive formal education, but were taught [...]