Ephesians 5 The Workmanship of the Believer

1. Ephesians 5
Workmanship of the
Believer
Dr. Gerard H. Ruff

2. Workmanship (1-2)
Imitate-Talk like, Sound like, Move like,
Those Familiar Accurately Associate you.
 Walk "As" As if you were Him "In Love"
Without Love life is a Lie "Impostors"
Sacrifice= Cost (something of Value)
YOU!
Flesh on the Alter= living sacrifice

3. Workmanship (3-4)
People must Be taught (Re-TRAINED)
Flesh does not understand Restraint
Proper lifestyle among Believers
Physical, Conversational, Imagined
Give thanks to GOD who HELPS you
Become

4. Workmanship (5)
 Paul reminds us that true revival is
required to live in your Kingdom
inheritance. Now and Eternal
Repentance of SIN and
Transformation
The objective is pleasing God in
Word and Deed

5. Workmanship (6-8)
6 Let NO one with empty words in your
ear
Disobedience and Judgment sequence
7 NO partnership with the hopeless
disobedient
8 Divorce Your past NO forgiveness

6. Workmanship (9-11)
9 Fruit of the Spirit is developing (Truth)
Fruit of the world is decaying (Lies)
10 Knowing Light vs Dark proves who
you are "when you choose light"
11 Destroy production- expose roots to
the SON.
No seeding, No Watering, No Cultivating

7. Workmanship (12-16)
12 Shameful Secrets- Requires Open
Confession in Secret
Goal- Honorable- Chaste, Kind, Moral,
Pure,
Virtuous, Respectable, Reputable.
16 NO time to waste
Days are offering more evil than before

8. Workmanship (17-18
17 Understand your Purpose, Hope &
Call
18 Act 2:13-15 Not Drunk as You
Supposed
One extreme or the other…
Life abounding in the Spirit or one in the
World.

9. Workmanship (19-20)
Becoming that kind of believer requires
intimacy with God.
Become intimate requires Psalms,
Hymns,
Spiritual Songs

10. Workmanship
21-33
THE MYSTERY FURTHER REVEALED
The Bride and the Body

11. Ephesians 5
Workmanship of the
Believer
Dr. Gerard H. Ruff