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Intro:
Relationship Tension video montage.
clips from Big Fat Greek Wedding, Home Alone and Office Space.
What do they all have in common?
Relationships that are in tension.
Marriage, parenting, work.
Likely the top three stressed out set of relationships we have.
None of those handled well which is why it’s a little funny.
But...
The struggle is to live in these relationships in a “Jesus Only” way.
Review:
Basically, the same as Eph.
5:21 - submit to one another out of reverence for the Lord.
Paul addresses what it means to have a “Jesus Only” lifestyle in the most intimate of settings: Home and work.
He makes it clear that these relationships are based on being “in the Lord.”
(or some variant)
Three groups are addressed: Marrieds, Parents, Boss/Workers
When these relationships have Jesus at the center, domination and exploitation are minimized and eventually overturned.
In the Lord: Marriage
In the spirit of “submit to one another,” this is ultimately about respect.
A Message for Wives
Cultural expectations.
Note, “submit” not “obey.”
Not an uncritical obedience.
Different words, different emphasis.
Submit is voluntary cooperation.
Reference back to Gen. 2: Side by side.
Gender equality, mutuality was the pre-Fall order of things.
So, ultimately, Jesus defines what submission looks like.
A Message for Husbands
Husband get a strong message.
Love.
Being loved in this way would make voluntary cooperation pretty simple, wouldn’t it?
Harsh - Embittering, making her a servant or slave.
GUT CHECK:
How are we doing in mutually submitting to one another?
In voluntarily cooperating?
In loving sacrificially?
Implications: Marry the right person, help your kids marry the right person.
Become the right person.
In the Lord: Parenting
A Message for Children
A direct message to kids.
Rather unusual.
Again, the intent is to reflect Christ in our relationships.
A Message for Parents
Aggravate - Nitpick, nag, make resentful.
Discouraged - give up because you can’t get anything right.
GUT CHECK:
In the Lord: Work
When We Work
Sincerely - “singleness of heart, or, motive.”
What’s the motive behind our work?
Key: “as though working for the Lord.”
When We Lead
Be just and fair as a leader.
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Conclusion:
Grandmother at Golden wedding anniversary.
Secret of long happy life:
On wedding day, decided to choose ten of my husband’s faults which, for the sake of the marriage, I would overlook.
Asked to name some of them.
Never got around to making a list.
Whenever husband did something that made her mad, she would say to herself, “Lucky for him, that’s one of the ten.”
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