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24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his…

We are reminded that God graciously unites us into one family. We are encouraged to serve one another with humility.

Ephesians 5:22–24 (KJV 1900) 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own…

As with the other disciplines that we have discussed, submission begins with and inward focus that results in an outward reality. The key of all submission begins with the difficult, but true words of Jesus that we read a minute ago and, likewise 34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples…

Ephesians 5:21 For the past few weeks, we’ve been learning how to worship God together as a church. When we gather together for worship, we should submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit – who is God and who is not only among us but within us. In this way, the Holy Spirit “fills” us when we gather together,…

How many of you are married or hope to be married someday? How many of you have a good marriage or want to have a good marriage someday? Marriage is one of the most important and influential relationships in our lives. It can bring us great joy and satisfaction, or great pain and sorrow. It can help…

Identity We learned in V 49 that Jesus at the age of 12 knew His Identity Knew He was the Son of God and His mission was to be doing His Fathers Business He was in the temple when Mary and Joseph found Him Jesus did not understand why they were looking all over for Him when the only place he should be…

Submit to God James 4:6 (ESV) 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:7–10 (ESV) 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands,…

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the…

Review When Paul wrote his letter to the Ephesians, he challenged them to reject their old way of thinking. Their spirit had been regenerated at the moment of salvation. They still had the sin nature, but now they had a choice - would they obey the old sin nature - the flesh - or would they obey Christ,…

Intro: This morning we are continuing our study through 1 Peter and 2 weeks ago we started talking about a word that everyone loves to hear… Submission. The first area of submission that Peter talked about was, our submission to government… and we spent the last two Sundays talking about that. I quoted…

We’ve made it to 1 Peter 3 , but we’re still talking about submission. Submission is the theme from 2:13-3:7. The principle of submission directly relates to the example and person of Jesus. His example is elaborated upon in 1 Peter 2:21-25 —the verses we’ve read twice or three times already. We’ve read…

Our Scripture text this morning is Luke 6:39-49 : He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s…

Key theme of the Bible: Order from Chaos Creation story was God making order from chaos Sin was reestablished chaos Until the return of Christ, order is maintained through: government family religion Submission to established order is key to Christian success While no earthly system is perfect, it is…

If you have your Bible (and I hope you do), please turn with me to 1 Peter 2 . If you are able and willing, please stand with me for the reading of God’s Holy Word: Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are…

God designed marriage to be the very best that life has to offer, the very best. In fact, Peter rightly called it “the grace of life.” But since the fall of man, it is anything but the best for most people. In fact, for most marriage starts in a euphoria of emotion and love, bliss and gradually descends…

Good morning, my name is John Lee and I serve Mission Church as the lead pastor. I am thrilled to be with you this morning, especially in this context, as we continue our current sermon series through the book of Ephesians entitled Gods Plan for God’s People. Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn…

Does the Son Eternally Submit to the Authority of the Father? Pattern Never Reversed What is the role of the Father? This priority of the Father (or leadership role, or authority, of the Father) with respect to the Son is a consistent pattern in Scripture that is true prior to creation (in the eternal…

Introduction Weaponized Scripture. The one swinging the Bible rarely engages in introspection. Part of our job as interpreters of the Bible is to strip away what it doesn’t say. Part of our job here, get to the pure message. As Paul points us to the basis of a happy home. Let your marriage represent…

Our theology determines our attitude . Our attitude determines our actions and reactions . 9 Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine…

Introduction In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It wasn't a technology problem…

Wives Once again, the S word, submission. Last week we spoke about authority outside the home. Today we bring it into the home. We will be looking at a biblical view of submission, and what that means. Jesus was submissive, Philippians 2:5-9 , 1 Corinthians 11:3 Therefore it does not mean that you are…

Intro: We are going to dig into a subject this morning that is challenging. We are going to be talking about church and state… Christians and Government… It’s a topic that we don’t talk about particularly often, however, I am not one to skate around the difficult passages of Scripture and this is where…

This morning I am beginning a series on the role of women in the church. Specifically, my aim is to teach what the NT has to say about women reading Scripture publically in the church and women praying publically in the church. Historically, in our circles, this is not something that we have practiced.…