WHO'S THE BOSS? (11 OF 12)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Ephesians 5:22, Ephesians 6:9
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Who's The Boss? (11 of 12)
Series: Unlocking The Mystery
Jeff Strite
Ephesians 5:22-6:9
A man once said: ''I am not the boss of my house. I don't know HOW I lost it. I don't know WHEN I lost it. I don't even think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job, and I don't want it.''
The text we're looking at today has been debated for centuries. It seems that the only part anybody is interested in talking about is - should a wife submit to her husband? There have been men who've used this passage to dominate their wives by demanding that they submit to them. There have been theologians who've tried to rewrite the passage so that women don't have to be submit to their husbands. And there are preachers who won't even touch this passage because they'd rather not mess with it.
Now, here's the deal - they've all missed the point!
They've misunderstood the focus of the passage, and the main focus of this passage is NOT about whether women should submit to their husbands. And it is NOT about husbands being able to dominate their wives! The focus of this passage is all about how a Christian should live. And EVERY CHRISTIAN should live a life of submission to those around them. That command to submit is everywhere in this passage, and this type of lifestyle just happens to INCLUDE how husbands and wives should submit to each other.
Last week we talked about the fact that Paul told us that we needed to be ''...be filled with the Spirit'' (Ephesians 5:18). And I explained that the idea was that we should be so controlled (and so filled) by God's Spirit that it becomes obvious to others by the way we walk, talk, think and act.
Then Paul told us of 3 ways we could fill our lives with God's Spirit (make it so He'd control us):
1. Ephesians 5:19 teaches us that we can be filled with God's Spirit when we are ''addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart''
2. Ephesians 5:20 teaches ...
Series: Unlocking The Mystery
Jeff Strite
Ephesians 5:22-6:9
A man once said: ''I am not the boss of my house. I don't know HOW I lost it. I don't know WHEN I lost it. I don't even think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job, and I don't want it.''
The text we're looking at today has been debated for centuries. It seems that the only part anybody is interested in talking about is - should a wife submit to her husband? There have been men who've used this passage to dominate their wives by demanding that they submit to them. There have been theologians who've tried to rewrite the passage so that women don't have to be submit to their husbands. And there are preachers who won't even touch this passage because they'd rather not mess with it.
Now, here's the deal - they've all missed the point!
They've misunderstood the focus of the passage, and the main focus of this passage is NOT about whether women should submit to their husbands. And it is NOT about husbands being able to dominate their wives! The focus of this passage is all about how a Christian should live. And EVERY CHRISTIAN should live a life of submission to those around them. That command to submit is everywhere in this passage, and this type of lifestyle just happens to INCLUDE how husbands and wives should submit to each other.
Last week we talked about the fact that Paul told us that we needed to be ''...be filled with the Spirit'' (Ephesians 5:18). And I explained that the idea was that we should be so controlled (and so filled) by God's Spirit that it becomes obvious to others by the way we walk, talk, think and act.
Then Paul told us of 3 ways we could fill our lives with God's Spirit (make it so He'd control us):
1. Ephesians 5:19 teaches us that we can be filled with God's Spirit when we are ''addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart''
2. Ephesians 5:20 teaches ...
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