Message: “SERVICE – Walk with God: Marriage” from Zach Schlegel

Ephesians 5:22-33

Introduction

Imagine that on Thanksgiving Day you sit down for your feast and every platter that comes out is filled with only photos of delicious food. You would not be content. We need the real thing - the meal that those pictures point to.

Marriage, as it is portrayed in the Bible, is a picture of how your relationship with the Lord should be. It is not meant to bring complete happiness or satisfaction. If you go into marriage thinking that it will make you content, complete, and happy, you are misunderstanding the picture.

We have to keep the context of this scripture passage in mind here. After Paul lays out the beautiful picture of what it is like for the Christian to be “in Christ” in chapters 1 – 3, in chapters 4 - 6, Paul is calling us to walk in these truths. This makes us rely on God’s Spirit. In verse 21, we see what submission looks like in the church. Here in verses 22-33, we see what submission looks like in marriage. To teach God’s purpose and design for what submission looks like in marriage, Paul compares it to the church.

Sermon Outline

1. Spirit-filled wives are like the church. Vs. 22-24
2. Spirit-filled husbands are like Jesus. Vs. 25-29
3. Spirit-filled marriages display the Gospel. Vs. 30-33

Scripture References: Ephesians 5:22-33

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