Title The Fantasy Couple (Ephesians 5:22-33)
[Ephesians 5:22-33]
[22] ♠Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord [23] ♠ For the husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church, he himself is the Savior of the body [24] ♠But the church is to Christ [25] ♠ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her [26] 27] ♠ To establish before them a glorious church, without speck or wrinkle or such, that it should be holy and without blemish. [28] ♠ In the same way, husbands must love their wives as their own bodies. Whoever loves his wife loves himself. [29] ♠No one at any time hates his own body, but nourishes and protects it, just as Christ nourishes the church [30] ♠ We are members of that body [31] ♠ Therefore, people [32] ♠ This is a great mystery, I speak of Christ and of the church [33] ♠ But each of you must love his wife as himself, and the wife must also her husband. be in awe of
Everyone thinks of getting married when they get older. If you are preparing for marriage, you must first have a desirable view on marriage. The view on marriage is subjective, but it is mostly interpreted in one's favor rather than changing through many marriage seminars. Ephesians 6:22 When we say [wives], wives receive grace, but husbands receive grace. As for wives, according to Ephesians 6:25 [Husbands], wives receive grace. Troubleshooting is at hand.
A desirable view of marriage is to be strictly God-centered. When God spoke of equal husbands and wives, he did not put two people together. Each person was explained separately.
First: A wife must submit to her husband
The greatest virtue of a wife is submission to her husband. The relationship between husband and wife is horizontal, not vertical. God is a God of order. To keep order, God has commanded duty. A wife's duty is to respect and obey her husband, so that she can fulfill her role as a helper. God commands us to submit to our husbands as we submit to Jesus.
Second: Husbands must love their wives.
Husbands should love their wives, not theirs. Loving and liking are different. Likes are self-centered. Love is partner-centered. Love takes effort. Love needs to be studied and trained. It is the husband's duty to take care of him even if he has 10 family members. In other words, you must be responsible for loving your wife and protecting and nurturing your family.
There are such worthy couples in the Bible. Priscilla and Aquila. They lived a married life. They always appear together. They also lived a Jesus-centered life. It should always be a balanced life. In order for the family to be happy, what a couple should strive for is ‘familiarity and harmony’. The two become one. It is as if the church were united. Are you submissive to your husband as a wife? As a husband, do you love your wife to death? This is the mission of Jesus Christ and must be done. If we take action on this earth while remembering obedience and love, there will be no more pain for the couple. I bless you in the name of the Lord that today will be more like a heavenly family than yesterday.