1.Ephesians 4:1-5:20Memorization Verses:Ephesians 4:11-16 11 And he gavewaves and carried about by every wind ofthe apostles, the prophets, the evangelists,doctrine, by human cunning, by craftinessthe shepherds[a] and teachers,[b] 12 to equip in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking thethe saints for the work of ministry,truth in love, we are to grow up in every wayfor building up the body of Christ, 13 until we into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 fromall attain to the unity of the faith and of the whom the whole body, joined and heldknowledge of the Son of God, to maturetogether by every joint with which it ismanhood,[c] to the measure of the stature equipped, when each part is workingof the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no properly, makes the body grow so that itlonger be children, tossed to and fro by thebuilds itself up in love.

2. Continuing themetaphorEph. 4: 16 [Christ] from whom the wholeWhich figurative body body, joined and held together bypart in the body of Christ every joint with which it isare you? equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow soWhat are your major that it builds itself up in love.functions?How do you rely on theother parts? 3. To end: ChantPsalm 1 Use your prayer notes. Use a verse from the bible toreflect on. Pray or forgiveness for thisworld of rebellion, givethanksgiving for new life inChrist, and that the Spirit buildup unity in the Church, thebody of Christ. P raiseR epentanceA ppreciationY ouE veryoneR esolve 4. Tune: O For a Thousand Tongues 4. Then walk in love asChrist has loved,1. Awake, O sleeper,who died that he might save;rise from death,with kind and gentle hearts forgiveand Christ shall give you light,as God in Christ forgave.so learn his loveits length and breadth, 5. For us Christ lived,its fullness, depth, and height.for us he diedand conquered in the strife.2. To us on earth he came to bringAwake, arise, go forth in faith,from sin and fear release,and Christ shall give you life.to give the Spirits unity,the very bond of peace.3. There is one Body and one hope,one Spirit and one call,one Lord, one Faith, and one Baptism,one Father of us all. 5. Unity of the Body of Christ Meet w/teams3-5 min per box1. What symbols/metaphors does Paul use todescribe the Trinitys action in the life of theChristian, both personally and as part of achurch?2. How is being children of light both afreeing and imprisoning quality at the sametime?3.How are we to present ourselves as a fragrantoffering without the ritual of sacrifice?Wasnt sacrifice done away with in Christ? 6. http://www.firstluth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/12.11.02-Exegesis-Eph.-4.1-5.21.rtf1. What symbols/metaphors does Paul use todescribe the Trinitys action in the life of theChristian, both personally and as part of achurch?2. How is being children of light both afreeing and imprisoning quality at the sametime?3.How are we to present ourselves as a fragrantoffering without the ritual of sacrifice?Wasnt sacrifice done away with in Christ?z 7. I am the Church, you are the Church,Sometimes the church is marching,we are the Church together. Sometimes its bravely burning,All who follow Jesus all around the Sometimes its riding, sometimes world, hiding,yes, were the Church together.Always its learning.The church is not a building, And when the people gather,the church is not a steeple,theres singing and theres praying, the church is not a resting place,theres laughing andthe church is a people. theres crying sometimes,all of it saying:Were many kinds of people,with many kinds of faces, all colors and all ages, too,from all times and places. 8. Ephesians 5:22-6:24