1. IDENTITY
Who we are
in Christ
(Ephesians)

2. TODAY: Spirit- Filled Marriage Ephesians 5:21-33

4. Key Command – v.18 “be (being) filled
with the Spirit”
This command is followed by present participles (not commands!)
v.21 “Submitting to one another”
v.22 “Wives submitting to your husbands”
v.25 “Husbands loving your wives”

5. The beauty of the marriage relationship
Spirit-filled marriage – what does it look like?
The beauty of the marriage relationship

6. 1. The beauty of mutual submission
Greek: ‘to relinquish one’s rights’
Submission implies:
l. humility
ll. Selflessness
lll. Spectrum of love

7. 2. The beauty of submissive love

8. What submission is not:
l. It does not imply inferiority
ll. It is not enforced (not subjugation
not coerced)
lll. It is not a command
Headship is not lordship!
Headship is loving leadership
The husband is responsible

9. To give up self-centredness Respect (verse 33)
What it is:
To give up self-centredness
Respect (verse 33)
Humble, selfless and loving respect

10. 3. The beauty of sacrificial love
“Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church
and gave Himself up for her”

11. Husbands are to serve, not dominate; to give, not get
Loving leadership is, in essence, submission!
Submission means to give oneself
up for another
Love means to give oneself up
for another

12. The wife is to love her husband enough to live for him
The husband is to love his wife enough to die for her