Sunday August 29, 2021

This is first versus what we started and we ended with last week, but it is Italian to this week. So let's read. Submit to one another out of the reverence. For Christ wives submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, which he is the savior. Now, as the church submits to Christ, so also wives submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. To make her holy cleansing her by the washing with water through the word. And to present her to himself as a Radiant Church Without stain or wrinkle and any blemish, but holy and blameless in this same way, husbands up to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife, loves himself and after all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and they care for their body. Just as Christ does the church for, we are members of his body. And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be United to his wife and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery. But I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife. As he loves himself, and the wife must respect her. Husband. May God, and his Blessing to his word, will this morning. And we're going to be talking to you baby, see that? We're going to be talking about relationships.

It, can I tell you something this morning? Everyone? Take a deep breath.

Relationships are supposed to be enjoyable. God created people that have relationship with people. We all have various kinds of relationships. Some we love some not so much but we all have relationships that we are apart of family friends, friends relationship. And when it comes to marriage, God gives us an excellent passage of scripture as a guide and that is found in Ephesians, 5:21 through 33. And there is this verse that you read this morning. And that is simply submit to one another out of the reference of Christ everyone submit in every relationship.

This next verse is probably my favorite verse in the Bible. I'm thinking of getting it tattooed on my body. And that is verse 22. Wives submit yourself to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. Husband, lets say that out loud together. And that is what we read wives submit yourself to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. Let's close in prayer and you guys can get on with lunch. Not just kidding.

Just kidding.

Let's look at the scripture together and it was going there. Let me say this when I first got married. I used to tease my wife with this verse and I'd say honey, babe. I never forget that. I'm the head of the house. And she didn't even waste the second that you'd respond back to me. Yeah, but you never forget that on the neck, that turns the head.

That'll preach.

Where I heard you time and I will be sleeping on the couch. Instead of submit. Instead of the word submit, as we go through this, passage this morning. I want you to be thinking about the word instead respect.

Sometimes when you translate God's word into another language, even our own English. There's something lost in the translation. It should rather read that we're to respect. Show respect turn to your neighbor and say show respect.

Show respect.

Submit to one another or show respect to one. Another doesn't that sound better and it's more truthful to what the Lord is wanting us to know. So Paul when he says this Show respect to one another out of reverence to Christ. Out of reference to Christ. We should respect everyone.

Everyone in the church. We may not always agree about things. But we can show respect to one another in all things. Next verse.

Wives show respect.

Submit yourselves to your own husband or show respect to your own husband. As you do to the Lord, then that, that is something that I would be preached in every Pulpit that we need to show respect. Show concern for one another wives. Show respect to your husband as you do to the Lord. The next. And for the husband, who is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body. Of which he is the savior? And I inserted this. It's all about relationships. Is it not?

The Lord spoke to me when I was taking a couple of days of retreat. Looking at where we are good to go with a church. What did God want with this church? That was started in the late eighteen, hundreds in this still in existence today where we going and after covid-19. The Tempest stated so many churches. It devastated. My own. Feelings about where we're going in in ministry here. Until I cried out to God and I asked him. What is the vision do you want for?

That he gave me. One word. That's that because I have such a small mind. Or is it? Because it is the foundation to everything we build upon. But he said relationship. David. It's all about relationships.

What is the first and greatest commandment is Jesus? Shared with those who asked? Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, your soul, your mind, and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. And if we're going to love our neighbor, we meet. And it's about relationship relationship with God, relationship with Jesus Christ. And by the way, when Jesus began his ministry, he called some fishermen and a tax collector, and a variety of people, 12 and all that. He called, and he didn't know them. But he wanted to build a relationship with them in through those relationships. He changed the world as we know it.

He never an Earthly King.

Never commanded armies.

But yet no one person has changed the world quite like our Lord. Jesus Christ. And it was all about relationships. Go into all of the world. He commanded them. And make disciples. Baptizing them in the name of the father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit build relationships. And so if we want to build this church, rebuild this church, it's going to be done through relationships. Loving our neighbors, getting to know our neighbors.

So the next couple of weeks this week and next, we going to talk about relationships today about husbands and wives. Next Sunday, we're going to be talking about parents, and children, and employers and employees.

Women.

Are very good at pointing out their husband's Falls and failures. I've lived with a woman for 41 years. I know that to be true and I watched how my mom Would point out my dad's failures from time to time, they loved each other. What about that? And I know my wife loves me, but she'll point out the things that I need to improve on.

Discontent distance and problems in marriage. Are solved when you work on the relationship of the marriage?

So I'm suggesting that this be a radical concept treat your husband as if he were a king and eventually he will begin to treat you like a queen ladies. And then respect your wives and treat them with great esteem and admiration. As your partner's, not your servants as partners in life, and they will grow to respect and esteem, you men. Now, there's a concept for you in relationship. Let's look at our our scripture and see what Paul is trying to instruct this. Now, as the church submits to Christ or references price shows reference to Christ. In submitting to him. So also, wives should show respect to their husbands in everything. Not a bad concept. Because it comes back to you in Spades. Husbands. Love your wives. Just as Christ loved the church and he gave himself up for her.

Husbands, are you willing to lay down your lives? For your wife. Hey, that even rhyme specimen. Lay down your lives for your wives. Are you willing? And that means surrendering your own opinion. Wishes in your own. To consider what is best for them?

What Matt make their day, you don't need to just bring roses and candy and flowers and you? You consider them and their opinions? Considered by showing respect to what they have to say. You don't just thin.

Course, I have found myself from time to time saying, honey. Where would you like to eat? She says, I don't know. Where would you like to eat? Well, that didn't solve the problem.

The very first Promise Keepers that movement have been, I went to the very first Promise Keepers event. And it was in a stadium. Huge Stadium.

In San Francisco. Well, actually in Oakland it was the Oakland Raiders stadium. And it was filled with men and Jack Hayford was there. We sang that song Majesty this morning, which he wrote and he let us in a lot of worship that morning and throughout the day. We have some of the greatest preachers. Instructing Us and how to beat Great, Men of God. And learning how to show respect one to another.

And preferring one another so that when we left that day after a wonderful time of worship and teaching and being built up in the Lord. We were trying to empty out the parking lot. And I remember coming up and I was in a van with a bunch of other guys. I wasn't driving but our driver came up to a tournament. Another driver was coming and he said after you and the other driver said, do know, after, you know, after you there's cars, piled up behind us. But we were wanting to prefer one another and honor the other guy. Could we not do that in our work environment in our church environment in our homes? Husbands love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her willing to lay down his life for his bride. The church, the body of Christ. What's a baker? Holy cleansing her by the washing with water through the word. Now you remember, we we were watching The Chosen series and we were talking about that. One of the messages that I preached was the very first miracle that Jesus did at the wedding at Cana and they ran out of wine. If you remember what they did. Jesus was called by his mom. To help out this young couple and their parents. So there wouldn't be an embarrassment of. They're running out of wine and such a on the first day of a three-day wedding if you don't do that, and so Jesus called the servants and there were six Stone. Jars, holding 20 to 30 gallons each, and Jesus told that this the servants to fill each one to the brim with water. And I know they were thinking to themselves their short. Why, and why are we filling them with water? And Jesus cleared out the room? And he prayed to his father. Asking him even though it wasn't what he felt was the time for this to take place. He prayed over those. Buddy to 30 gallons, each of six jars, these Stone jars, by the way, it turned the wine, the best wine ever, because Jesus made it. These jars were for purification because everything that a Jewish family was do when it came to the Sabbath was to wash themselves and prepare themselves to enter into the presence of almighty God. It's so cleansing oneself.

In the temple, there were certain jars that were used for the cleansing purposes, but they were different than the jars. They headed home because the jars and every Bowl. Picture every handle stick. Everything that was in the temple. What's the considered? Holy? And what makes something holy. It means being set apart for god. Zeus. And each one of us should be set apart for God's. You said to make her holy talking about the church. Christ is saying that he was wishing to cleanse her by the washing with water. Out of those. Those jars, they would watch themselves with ceremonial cleansing and the church was to be washed with water and the word of God to be made. Holy set apart for God. That's verse.

Answer present her to himself as a radiant bride Arabian Church Without stain, wrinkle or blemish. When they brought in lands to be sacrificed. They couldn't have any blemish on them. They had to be pure and undefiled a young lamb. It's so we are presented to the Lamb of God, unblemished unstained. Without wrinkle or blemish but to be holy and blameless before him. That's how the church is supposed to be because it's a relationship with the groom. the bride's husband Christ, and we Are the bride of Christ?

His church. His body. Holy and blameless before him. Headed the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife, loves what? Himself. Next.

Ever After All, no one that hated their own body. But they feed it and they care for it and some people are obsessed with it. To be to The Taking of selfies, all the time. I see those on Facebook and I say, oh my goodness. I need to pray for this one. It's not about taking selfies, but you were To Love Yourself who doesn't feed your body. We all do. Sometimes with the good stuff. Sometimes book waffles.

I'm just being truthful. And you can look at me and you can see that I I treat my body. Well, and I need to work on that too.

But they feed and they care for their own bodies. Just as Christ does for the Church of Christ loves the church.

scripture says that there is not a sparrow that falls that God is not aware because if he cares for the sparrow in it and he cares for them and feeding them and Clothing, Lee. The gardens with such beautiful flowers. If he does, all of that for the birds and the bees, doesn't he care for you and me? He does. He loves the church for we are members. What of his body? We are part of the body of Christ, and we shouldn't be an argument about whose.

Do the feet aren't doing their job. We are all the body of Christ and we should prefer to one another and except that everyone has a different part in the body in a place in the body, when we all work together, your body works all together for your good. And if you've ever stub your toe in the middle of the night hitting a table or a leg in the bed, you know, that one part of the body hurts. We all hurt. We're all part of his body. The church.

And for this reason he's just told us the reason. But for this reason, a man will leave his father. And mother how often we said that at her wedding. For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and unites with his wife. And the two will become one flesh. One, the two become one. It is a mystery, isn't it?

And this is a profound mystery Paul says, but I'm talking about Christ and his church not just about a husband and a wife. A young couple or older couple of a couple that comes together and decide that they want to live together in love.

We submit ourselves. And what did I say is a better word to use show. Respect to one another in relationship show, respect to one another in relationship. This is a profound Ministry, but I'm talking about Christ and the church, and it's about relationship. Christ loves the church and we love Christ. On my beloved's and he is mine. His Banner Over Me Is Love. It's all about, love it. It's about relationship.

But Paul says, I'm talking about Christ of the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and then he comes to this word, is the very end. I looked at that as we were preparing for the message, and I was saying

Each of you must love.

Then you must love your wife and the wife love your husband and the wife must respect. There's the word respect, her husband and husband's ought to respect.

Their wives.

R e s p c t find out what it means to respect. It's not just an Aretha Franklin song. It's it's the way we ought to treat each other. Is that right?

And we talked about a blueprint for relationships and will continue that next week. But if you would stand with me. We're going to have a word of Prayer in the closing song and are benediction. Heavenly Father.

We all have relationships. That work at home. The church everywhere we go. We have relationships with people some we love somewhere working on loving but father you have called us all to show. Respect one to another.

If we want to receive respect, we need to give respect and even if we don't get it, we need to give it. So father, would you work on our hearts? Would you work on our lives to reflect father? That we are ones? Who will show respect one to another? Encourage one, another hope the best, for one another. And we give you. Thanks for working in our lives. For good. In Jesus name. And everyone said, amen. We're going to sing one last song as you let this sink in to you. Maybe the song will help you to think about it and then we'll have our benediction.

Once again, would you stand with me? B-bar benediction and I trust, you're going to have a wonderful day in the Lord and remember that.

There is a hotdog roast at 6 at Bob and Julie Weaver's home tonight. And in case you had not heard and Hopefully it's not too hot out that there will be a lot of people gathering at 4 in the little Amphitheater, behind the library. In Union City. There is music. Contemporary Christian music group, that's going to be meeting there. I think they do gospel and contemporary music and they're going to be there at 4 at the amphitheater. And then we're going to have hot dogs in Fellowship. At the Weavers receive the benediction. Now to him, who is able to guard your hearts and your minds. Even our Lord, Jesus Christ to him, be the glory and the honor this day, do his name, know he goes before you and behind you his strong and his mighty arm is ever there, to opold you in all things because he's for you and that against you. It's plan is to give you a hope and a future in him. Trust him believe in him, lean into him. And until we meet again, may you find that he is faithful. Just as you were faithful to him. He loves you. He always has and he always will. In Jesus name. Amen. God bless you. Have a great week.

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