Ephesians 81-82_24 Ephesians 5:1-8
Ephesians 1981-82 Corps Teachings. Lesson 21: Ephesians 5:1-8. EPHESIANS 5:1-8 April 7, 1982 Well, tonight I’d like for you to take your Bibles and go to Ephesians, please. Chapter 5. Much of the material (I’d like some coffee please) that I’m going to cover tonight will fit right in with the Advanced Class, and one of the reasons it does is because I think I told you in the opening part of the Advanced Class that of all the revelation that has ever been given, nothing has ever exceeded the abundance of the revelation that’s given in the Book of Ephesians. And that’s why Ephesians fits so beautifully into the Advanced Class. In King James, chapter 5, verse 1. Thank you dear. She’s the one that’s “Constantly Abiding” {audience laughter}; we love that song. And she said she and her husband were going to call you, J.P., tonight so you be looking for it. Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; Is verse 1. The word “followers” is the word “imitators” or imitating. And the word “children” is a son, you understand. A child would be a son, beloved son. And these words, “Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children;” You see, the “dear” and the walking in love of the second verse, when you put all of this together what you end up with is that the nature of the walk of a believer has to be in response to Christ’s love, to his love. That’s why the literal translation of verse 1 is: Ephesians 5:1 Literal translation according to usage Therefore become imitators of God like beloved children. And the expanded one is shorter. Ephesians 5:1 Expanded translation Become therefore imitators of God like beloved sons. And verse 2 in King James says: Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. Now this is a beautifully unique verse in here. This “and walk” is one of the imperative moods that’s used so frequently in Ephesians here. It’s a command.
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be an idolater is to 248 EPHESIANS 1981—1982—Taught by Victor Paul Wierwille be a worshipper of more than one true God. It’s to be a worshipper of more than one true God spiritually and/or…and/or worshipping the body as a homo, a lesbian, a prostitute [parenthesis] (money, prestige, social position) [parenthesis] defiled by a devil controlled desire. There is no reward in God’s kingdom. Now what I did here is to put together for you what I think is the great meaning of this fifth verse. That to be an idolater is the worshipping of more than one true God spiritually and/or worshipping the body as a homo does, or as a lesbian does or as a prostitute does. She loves her own body and she says, “Look man, come get it, I’ve got it to give to you. I’ll thrill you; I’ll turn you on.” Worshipping the creature more than the Creator. Remember Romans? See, all this stuff will fit [taps]. I think it’