Marital Conduct that Glorifies God (Ephesians 5:22-33; 1 Peter 2:18-3:7)
I. Wives
– The Command: “Submit yourselves”
– The Focus of the Command: “unto your own husbands”
– The Reason for the Command: ” for the husband is the head of the wife…”
* The husband as the head
* The husband as the savior (protector)
– The Mann in Obeying the Command:
* “As unto the Lord”
* “In Everything”
II. Husbands
– The Manner in Obeying the Command: “Love your wives”
– The Manner of Love
* As Christ Gave
* Nourishing
– The Goal of Love: “That He might sanify & cleanse”
* How? “by the Word”
* Why? “that He might present it to Himself a glorious bride”