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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-14

The walk suitable to the children of light: no fellowship with sins of the flesh. The fearful prevalence of sensual vice at Ephesus naturally led the apostle to dwell on it emphatically as one of the worst rags of the old man, a rag to be wholly and forever cast away. But, indeed, there are few heathen communities where sensual vice does not flourish when men have it in their power to indulge in it. It is singular how universal sin is in connection with the irregular and disorderly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-14

What to imitate and to avoid. I. THE IMITATION OF GOD AND CHRIST . 1. The imitation of God . "Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children." The force of example is abundantly acknowledged. How much do most of us suffer from the low standard of opinion and practice with which we are surrounded? On the other hand, we have all felt what it is to come into Contact with one who is raised above the common standard. By his strength of principle and generous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-16

The love and the wrath of God enforcing morality. Paul is still working for the unity of the Church and calling for that watchful and pure walk on the part of the Ephesians which can alone promote it. He consequently brings to bear upon them the allied motives of the love and the wrath of God. And here we may remark, in passing, that the moralities which have tried to work themselves without the aid of Divine sanctions have proved practically powerless. No "independent morality" has as yet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-21

THE WALK SUITABLE TO THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:8-10

Christian life. "For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord." These verses present to us the Christian life in its transformation , obligation , and demonstration . I. TRANSFORMATION . A true Christian is one who has been changed from darkness into light. The figurative language implies: 1. A change from ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:10

Proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord. A general rule applicable to the whole walk. To prove is to ascertain by test and experiment. Our whole walk should be directed to finding out what things are pleasing to Christ, rejecting at once everything that is not so, and clinging to all that is. We are not to follow the tradition of our people, and not to take a vague view of duty; we are to prove the matter, to put it to the test. For the supreme practical rule of the Christian's life must... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:10

The experimental test of the Lord's will. As the ninth verse is a parenthesis, the apostle states that it is by walking as children of light we are in a position to prove "what is well-pleasing unto the Lord." I. CONSIDER THE TRUE STANDARD OF JUDGMENT AS TO RIGHT AND WRONG . The believer is not to discover it in whatever may be well-pleasing to himself, but in what is well-pleasing to the Lord. It is the Lord Jesus Christ who is Lord of the conscience to regulate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. The point of this exhortation is in the adjective "unfruitful." The works of darkness are unfruitful; they produce no goodness, give rise to no satisfaction, to no moral results that are "a joy forever;" or, if fruit they have, it is shame, remorse, despair. Contrast this with the renovating, satisfying, joy-producing, fruits of righteousness. But rather even reprove them. Do not be content with a passive attitude towards them,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:11-13

Separation and rebuke the true attitude toward works of darkness. The apostle thus describes the duty of Christians in reference to evil works. I. THE CHARACTER OF THESE WORKS . "Unfruitful works of darkness." They spring out of darkness, they delight in darkness, they lead to darkness eternal. They are not naturally unfruitful, for they are fearfully prolific of result, but, in the light of God they are fruitless, because most unlike to the fruits of light, which are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:11-14

(1) Two worlds of one race. "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." The text may be regarded as a portraiture of two distinct worlds of men on this... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:3-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:11-14

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