1.  For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  Heb 4:12

5. Structure of Passage  V 1-2 Bridge  V 3 – 7 Purity  V 8 – 14 Light and Dark  V 15 – 21 Basics of the Christian Life

6. Ephesians 5:1 – 2   A Living Picture of Love – –We are to model our lives after God as revealed in Christ, offering ourselves to God that we might be used by Him.

7. Ephesians 5:3 – 7   Many temptations and sins sit along our paths, endangering the purity of our love and our lives, so we must avoid those who would lead us astray.   We are not to take part in the sins of the sexually immoral and the filthy talkers; instead, we should show a clear distinction between our behaviour and theirs.

8.  Immorality (pornia) –Pornography –adultery –fornication –includes mentally

9. Internet helps  http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshea lthandsafety/Internetsafety/index.htm http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshea lthandsafety/Internetsafety/index.htm http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshea lthandsafety/Internetsafety/index.htm –Some good advice and a link to a list of family friendly internet content filters  http://www.opendns.com/ http://www.opendns.com/ –Free service – you can enable free content filter to protect you from accessing sites with inappropriate content  http://www.covenanteyes.com/ http://www.covenanteyes.com/ –Reports your internet usage to someone of your choice

10. Ephesians 5:8 – 14   God’s first spoken words in the Bible - Light – –He then identified himself with light   We have been brought out of darkness into light – –avoid the ways of darkness – –reflect the light that Christ has brought into the world.   We are to live out the Christian life faithfully – –we need to wake up to the reality of the world – –embrace Christ, and live life for Him – –allowing Him to shine through us day after day.

11. Ephesians 5:15 – 21 Tests  Conduct test v15  time test v16  decision making test v17  control test 18 – 20  submission test v21

12. Internet helps  http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshea lthandsafety/Internetsafety/index.htm http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshea lthandsafety/Internetsafety/index.htm http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshea lthandsafety/Internetsafety/index.htm –Some good advice and a link to a list of family friendly internet content filters  http://www.opendns.com/ http://www.opendns.com/ –Free service – you can enable free content filter to protect you from accessing sites with inappropriate content  http://www.covenanteyes.com/ http://www.covenanteyes.com/ –Reports your internet usage to someone of your choice