Who We Are In Christ: Redeeming Our Relationships (2)
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. That is certainly true unless I’m the artiste.
One of the great things that God has done is he has made the gospel visual. He is given us a picture of the gospel so as to clarify.
Baptism is a picture of the gospel. That is why we believe that baptism is by emersion. Being place bodily under the water is a picture of Christ being placed bodily in the grave. It is a picture of death and resurrection.
The Lord’s Supper is a picture of the gospel. It is an illustration of God’s grace extended to sinner’s through the broken bleeding body of Jesus.
In Ephesians he is telling us this is what the gospel is. This is what it means too yoke our lives to Jesus. - Let me see If i can give you a picture of the gospel - it is a picture of Husband & Wife in a one flesh covenant relationship.
10,000 Sermon Illustrations Matrimonial Minutiae
But then a man in Kentucky has restrictions too: he can’t legally marry his wife’s grandmother.
In Kentucky a man can’t legally marry his wife’s grandmother.
10,000 Sermon Illustrations Matrimonial Minutiae
Instead of exchanging rings with the groom, in old Anglo-Saxon wedding ceremonies the bride passed her shoes to her groom, who then tapped her on the head with one of them.
Instead of exchanging rings with the groom, in old Anglo-Saxon wedding ceremonies the bride passed her shoes to her groom, who then tapped her on the head with one of them - I really don’t know why that tradition faded away.
Instead of exchanging rings with the groom, in old Anglo-Saxon wedding ceremonies the bride passed her shoes to her groom, who then tapped her on the head with one of them.
Does my marriage clarify or confuse the gospel?
10,000 Sermon Illustrations Matrimonial Minutiae
But then a man in Kentucky has restrictions too: he can’t legally marry his wife’s grandmother.
God designed marriage to illustrate the gospel.
God designed marriage to illustrate the gospel.
Your marriage is bigger than you. It points to something much more fundamental.
Marriage roles not only establish order in the home but provide a vivid picture of the gospel.
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
10,000 Sermon Illustrations Matrimonial Minutiae
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her,” said mystery author Agatha Christie, who was married to one
Agatha Christie
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”
A wife’s glad submission to her husband is a gospel picture.
A wife’s glad submission to her husband is a gospel picture.
In Vermont, a wife must obtain written permission from her husband before wearing false teeth.
Since chapter 4, Paul has called us to live distinctly as Christians in the world. He's called us to be set apart. We’re not to be absorbed or assimilated in the world's sinful patters of relationships. The way that we relate to others is not supposed to be dysfunctional the way that the world is. This is no different today than it was in the first century. Twenty centuries may have passed but Paul is saying something that's very real to us today. As we look at the fact that Paul is saying, “The world's relationships are dysfunctional. Don't live that way. This is a place where you can be set apart, an image of God. We’re to live as salt and light,” he tells us. And as we come to this passage and he tells us to mutually submit to one another, he's telling us, “The way in which you relate to one another is radically different than the way the world relates to one another. All of you, as Christians, are called mutually to submit to one another.”
Submission to a right authority always means a corresponding refusal to submit to a false authority.
Russell Moore
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
30 because we are members of his body.
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22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
eph 5 22-
Ladies Biblical submission to your husband helps clarify the gospel.
Ladies Biblical submission to your husband helps clarify the gospel.
Biblical submission is not inferiority.
Biblical submission is not inferiority.
My wife is better than me in almost every measurable way.
She is better organized.
She is prettier than me.
She is much smarter. - If she is so smart why did she marry you?
Biblical submission is not tyranny.
Biblical submission is not tyranny.
This is not a biblical picture of submission.
In Vermont, a wife must obtain written permission from her husband before wearing false teeth.
“Me Tarzan! You Jane!” — no bullying.
Biblical submission is about God given authority.
Biblical submission is about God given authority.
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Preaching the Word: Ephesians—The Mystery of the Body of Christ The Rationale for Submission (v. 23)
“Me Tarzan! You Jane!” — no bullying.
Russell Moore
Submission to a right authority always means a corresponding refusal to submit to a false authority.
Biblical submission is
Biblical submission is not
It's shocking in our politically correct culture. It's not a passage or a command that's hard to understand, but it is hard to live and sometimes it's even hard to like. Our culture tells us that this isn't even optional. It tells us that this is wrong. Our culture tells us that this passage commands women to give away their rights and their freedoms that are theirs. Our culture tells us that if you do this you’ll fail to live up to your potential.
You don't have to look very far on television and book and movie to see that this is an unpopular command. In fact, I would challenge you to find a popular movie or television show today that shows a husband that is not bumbling or blithering, who is actually respected in the home. This is an uncommon and unpopular message. However, we know that God does not command us to do that which is not for our own good. And in addition to that, in addition to our knowledge of God's good plans and good intentions and good commands for us in His Word, you don't have to look very far in our culture to see widespread marital breakdown and realize there must be some lie in their understanding and rejection of God's design. Why would our culture be the ones to whom we would look for advice on marriage where marriage isn't successful and marriage doesn't look anything like something good?
A husband’s loving leadership of his wife is a gospel picture.
A husband’s loving leadership of his wife is a gospel picture.
Men Biblical leadership of your wife helps clarify the gospel.
Men Biblical leadership of your wife helps clarify the gospel.
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
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Preaching the Word: Ephesians—The Mystery of the Body of Christ Sacrificial Love (v. 25)
Taken seriously, the naked force of these words, “love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” is staggering! There is no honest Christian husband who can hear or read these words and not feel the punch.
Taken seriously, the naked force of these words, “love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” is staggering! There is no honest Christian husband who can hear or read these words and not feel the punch. Kent Hughes
What does loving leadership look like in real life?
Godly leadership is sacrificial.
Godly leadership is sacrificial.
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Illustration of Sacrificial Love
10,000 Sermon Illustrations Matrimonial Minutiae
In colonial days, A Boston sea captain named Kemble was sentenced to spend two hours in the stocks for kissing his wife in public on Sunday, the day he returned from three years at sea.
In colonial days, A Boston sea captain named Kemble was sentenced to spend two hours in the stocks for kissing his wife in public on Sunday, the day he returned from three years at sea.
Godly leadership is sacrificial.
Godly leadership is sacrificial.
You may not be called to die for her but you are called every day to die to yourself for her.
28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
You may not be called to die for your wife - but I want to assure you men we are called to die to ourselves.
Godly leadership is sanctifying.
Godly leadership is sanctifying.
26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
My primary responsibility as it relates to my wife is her holiness.
Questions to Consider?
Am I leading my wife to become more like Jesus?
Am I leading my wife to become more like Jesus?
How am I leading my wife to become more like Jesus?
Am I praying for her?
Am I praying with her?
Am I leading her to worship and serve in the local church?