Godhonoring

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God-honoring Relationships Ephesians 521
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• The Necessary FOUNDATION.
• be filled with the Spiritand be
• subject to one another in the fear of
• Christ.
• vs. 18,21

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Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but
with humility of mind regard one another as more
important than yourselves do not merely look out
for your own personal interests, but also for the
interests of others. Philippians
23,4   Have this attitude in yourselves which
was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He
existed in the form of God, did not regard
equality with God a thing to be grasped, but
emptied Himself, taking the form of a
bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of
men. Being found in appearance as a man, He
humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point
of death, even death on a cross. Philippians
25-8
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Gods standard for marriage and the family
produces meaning, happiness, blessings, reward
and fulfillment and it is the only standard
that can produce those results.
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II. The priorities of a WIFE. Wives, be subject
to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the
husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also
is the head of the church, He Himself being the
Savior of the body. But as the church is subject
to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their
husbands in everything. vs. 22-24
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1. A wise, Spirit-filled woman embraces Gods
design for her marriage.   2. As Christ is the
Head, or leader, of the church, so God has made
the husband the head of the wife and family. As
the church submits to Christs headship, so the
woman does to her husband. The Spirit-filled
woman recognizes that her husbands role in
giving leadership is not only God-ordained, but
is a reflection of Christs own loving,
authoritative headship of the church.
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  3. The wifes submission is not the husbands
to command but for the Spirit-filled wife to
willingly and lovingly offer. 4. As to the
Lord means a Spirit-filled wifes ultimate
submission is to the Lord, regardless of her
husbands worthiness or spiritual condition. Her
trust and hope is ultimately in God.
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Submission is the divine calling of a wife to
honor and affirm her husbands leadership and
help carry it through, according to her gifts. It
is a disposition to follow a husbands authority
and an inclination to yield to his leadership.
It is an attitude that says, I delight for
you to take initiative in our family. I am glad
when you take responsibility for things and lead
with love. I dont flourish in the relationship
when you are passive and I have to make sure the
family works. John Piper
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Then the LORD God said, It is not good for the
man to be alone I will make him a helper
suitable for him. Genesis 218
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What a husband needs from his helpmate -Companio
nship -Admiration -Support -Physical
Responsiveness  
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III. The priorities of a HUSBAND.   Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ also loved the
church and gave Himself up for her, so that He
might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the
washing of water with the word, that He might
present to Himself the church in all her glory,
having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing but
that she would be holy and blameless. vs.
25-27 
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So husbands ought also to love their own wives
as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife
loves himself for no one ever hated his own
flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as
Christ also does the church, because we are
members of His body. vs. 28-30
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• What a wife needs from her head
• -Companionship
• -Security
• -Significance
• -Emotional Responsiveness 

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FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND
MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE
TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. This mystery is
great but I am speaking with reference to Christ
and the church. vs. 31,32   Nevertheless,
each individual among you also is to love his own
wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it
that she respects her husband. vs. 33
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IV. The responsibilities of CHILDREN and
PARENTS.   Children, obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is right. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND
MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a
promise), SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND
THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.
51-3   Fathers, do not provoke your children to
anger, but bring them up in the discipline and
instruction of the Lord. vs. 4
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Overprotection Favoritism Pushing achievement
beyond reasonable bounds Not affirming Absenteeism
Not letting them grow up at a normal pace Love
based on conditions Physical or verbal abuse
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Four Parenting TOOLS Love Example Teach
ing Discipline
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V. Spirit-filled WORK relationships. Slaves,
be obedient to those who are your masters
according to the flesh, with fear and trembling,
in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ
not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as
slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the
heart. With good will render service, as to the
Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good
thing each one does, this he will receive back
from the Lord, whether slave or free. vs.
5-8   And masters, do the same things to them,
and give up threatening, knowing that both their
Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no
partiality with Him. vs. 9