Living in Love (Ephesians 5:1–17)
Ephesians was written to Christians living in a notoriously immoral, sinful culture. For example, the main religion in Ephesus, the “sin city” of its day, was the worship of the multi-breasted goddess Artemis (Ar′-tuh-mis), or Diana (kjv). Statues portrayed her with multi-breasts exposed to depict her gift of fertility. The world lives in lust, while Spirit-filled living is living in love. This passage reveals four requirements for living in love …