“The Wise Family, Part 2” | June 26, 2022

 I.              “Our Model Is Christ” 

Ephesians 5:22-24
Genesis 2:18-25; Eph 5:28-31; 1 Co 11:8; Matt 19:5
Genesis 24:1-67; Jn 15:16; 1 Pe 8, 18-19; 1Jn 4:19;
Songs 2:2; Gen 29:20; Matt 1:18-25; Eph 1:14; 1Co 7:23
1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Lk 22:19-20; Ac 20:28
Matthew 6:28-30; Jere 31:31-34; 2Co 1:21-22;
1 Corinthians 12:8-11; Mk 13:32; Songs 2:10; 3:9-10; 4:12
John 14:1-3; Matt 25:1-13; Lk 2:1-10; Mk 16:16
Jeremiah 33:11;
Songs 8:6; Eph 2:8; 1 Thes 4:16-17; Jn 14:1-3; Ro 6:6-10
Romans 8:11; Rev 19:6-10; 21:1-5
Ephesians 5:25-27; Col 3:18-4:1; 1Pe 3:1-7; Tit 3:5
(Rev 7:14); Eph 6:17; Heb 6:5; Jn 15:3
1 Corinthians 13; 4-7; Eph 1:4; Songs 4:7; Dt 6:4-8;
Romans 6; 1 Thes 4:3; 2 Thes 2:13; 1Pe 1:1-2
Jn 14:1-3;  Heb 10:19-21
2 Corinthians 11:2
 
 
II.               “Emulate Christ!” 
 
Ephesians 5:28-33; Gen 2:24; 1 Co 6:15; Is 61:10
Ephesians 1: 1-14
Ephesians 2:5-8; 2:11-22
Ephesians 3:8-13; 16-19
Ephesians 4:1-3; 4:11-14, 16; 4:23-24, 32
Ephesians 5:2; 5:15-17; 5:20-24
 
Greek Word Study:
Wives: ‘gune’; from base of ‘ginomai’ (To cause to be) (To become); a woman; specifically, a wife: - widow, wife, woman.
Love: ‘agapao’: perhaps from ‘agan’ (much)to love (in a social or moral sense) (be-) love (-ed, -s); - to love. It differs from phileo, to love, indicating feeling, warm affections, the kind of love expressed by a kiss (philema). (I) to love, to regard with strong affection with the accusative of the corresponding noun, “his great love with which he loved us” [(Eph 2:4) (cf. see 2 Sam 13:15)]
Husband: ‘aner’: a man (properly as an individual male), husband, man (hood), sir. A man, i.e. an adult male person: males as distinguished from females, spoken of men in various relationships and circumstances, where context determines proper meaning; e.g. husband (…Eph 5:22-25, 28, 33…)
Without blemish: ‘amomos’: unblemished (Lit or Fig): - blameless, without blemish. Adjective from the priv. a (1) without and momos, blemish; spotless, without blemish. In NT, spoken metaphorically of Christ, a lamb without blemish, as was req’d by Levitical Law in regard to all victims; also generally, blameless (Eph 1:4; 5:27; Col 1:22…) [Those ‘In Christ’]
Sanctify: ‘hagiazo’: from ‘hagios’: (to make holy, Eph 5:27) i.e. (ceremony) purify or consecrate (mentally) to venerate: - consecrate, hallow, be (set apart as) holy, sacred, sanctify. (b) metaphorically, to render clean in a moral sense, to purify, sanctify (Ro 15:16 “Sanctified by the Holy Spirit” [ESV], meaning by the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit on the heart (Eph 5:26…)
Cleansed: ‘katharizo’: to cleanse; from ‘katharos’: clean (Lit. or Fig); - cleanse, purify (II) Figuratively, to cleanse in a moral sense i.e. from sin or pollution, by Blood Atonement. (Eph 5:26)
Church: ‘ekklesia’: from a compound of ‘ek’ (out) and a derivative of ‘kaleo’ (to call); a calling out i.e. (concretely) a religious congregation (Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both); assembly, Church, congregation. N. from ‘ekkletos (n.f.) called out, which is from ‘ekkaleo’ (n.f.) to call out. In the Christian sense: an assembly of Christians, generally (1 Co 11:18, the Christian Church)
Body: ‘soma’: the body as a sound whole; spoken(fig) for a body, meaning a whole aggregated, collective mass as spoken of the Christian Church, the whole body of Christians, collectively, of which Christ is the Head. (…Eph; 5:23,30…) (III) Spoken, by metonymy, of the body as the external man, to which is ascribed that which strictly belongs to the person. Man, individual, forming a periphrasis for the person himself (Eph 5:28)
Washing: ‘loutron’:  from (a bath) i.e. figurative, Baptism: washing N. from ‘louo’. to bathe. The act of bathing, washing, ablution. Spoken of the washing of the Word of God as the cleansing instrument (Eph 5:26)
Word: ‘rhema’: an utterance (individual, collection, or special) N. from ‘rheo’ (to speak). That which is spoken, a statement, a word. (II) In NT, ‘rhema’ often takes on a particular meaning from its adjuncts or context:  (E) teaching, precept, doctrine (…Eph 5:26; 6:17…)
Splendor: ‘endoxos’: from ‘en’ and ‘doxa’; in glory, i.e. splendid, (Fig) noble: - glorious, hold in honor, splendid (-or). (II) Of external appearance: splendid, glorious, as of raiment. Metaphorically: a glorious Church, signifying the Church adorned in pure and splendid raiment (garments) as a bride (Eph 5:27 [ c.f. Eph 5:25, as well as Rev 19:7, 8; 21:9)]
Flesh: ‘sarx’: flesh (as stripped of the skin) a human being. N. meaning flesh of a living creature in distinction from that of a dead one, which is ‘kreas’, meat. (III) By metonymy, flesh, human nature, man; Figuratively, of the union of husband and wife as one flesh. (Matt 19:5…Eph 5:31…)