Bibilcally Balanced Submission

Psalm 145:10-18 / Ephesians 5:22-6:9

What it’s not:

Moderated submission

Culturally dependent

Personality dependent

Situationally dependent

Optional

In Marriage

Why?

v32: The Gospel

v33: The Summary with Specificity

Wives

v22-24: Wives, submit to your own husbands

The Husband is the Head of the wife

Submit in everything

Acknowledge that your husband is NOT Christ.

Acknowledge that changes nothing

Husbands

v25: Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Love:

This is a command, not a condition of how you are feeling

Hold her in high esteem

Regard her with affection

BE concerned for her and her well being

As Christ loved:

Sacrifice ALL of your self

Daily show grace

Recognize the Unity that exceeds what our eyes naturally see

WIN her affection; never demand it

Remember the WHY

In The Family

Children obey your parents in the Lord

It is Right (as per God) Exodus 20:12

There is a promise attached

In The Lord

Parents

Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

Treat your kids the way Your Father treats you…

Discipline of The Lord

Hebrews 12:6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.””

Instruction of The Lord

How many times in redemptive history has God left His people without instruction?

1 Timothy 3:15 “if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.”

Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 3

the pillar and mainstay Elements that provide support to a structure. These terms describe the household of God, that is, the church, which supports the gospel message by affirming and conforming to sound doctrine.

My Reco:

consistency (The 10 Commandments)

Intentionality (The 10 Commandments)

Active participation in the Local Church

In The Workplace

Workers

Obey with a sincere heart

Not for self image

Doing God’s will

Bosses

Recognize your place - your master is in Heaven

Show no Partiality - God does not

Cruelty and threats do not belong in a believers heart and mouth

Church Family, our society is opposed and allergic to willing submission, but when we look in God’s Word we see it is clear, loving, balanced, God honoring, and beneficial to ourselves and our families. God help us to rightly, mutually, and biblically submit in our lives.