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…Our God is
and all that He has ever made is beautiful. God has
made us with an appreciation for beauty. Today, more than ever, attention is
focused upon
beauty. For women this involves spending money on
cosmetics, hair, jewelry, and other adorning things. God tells us in His Word
how a wife can make herself really beautiful and
God’s wonderful
purpose for her.
…Remember, last time we studied Ephesians 5, we saw that wives need the deep
of their husbands. However, this is not the husband’s greatest need. A
husband needs the
and admiration of his wife. If you will sincerely
do this, in God’s
you will become BEAUTIFUL.
TWO WAYS IN
WHICH YOU, AS A WIFE, SHOULD SHOW RESPECT FOR YOUR HUSBAND…This
will make you BEAUTIFUL in the eyes of
God and your husband.
I. You
Should Respect Your Husband For Who He Is And
He Does For You And The
Family.
(Ephesians 5:33b) “the wife must respect (fear) her husband.”
A. Admire
(respect) your husband’s desire to
and achieve. (God built man to go out
and conquer the
of our world.)
…From the very beginning, Adam enjoyed his
. (Gen 2:15) Adam cultivated
and kept the Garden of Eden. Work was a blessing to man, something to
, something to conquer.
…From the very beginning, man was called to work “in the field” and provide
for his family, whereas, a wife was called to her
and family. (These are
core issues) See Gen 3 (curse)
…Your husband needs you to
in him (admiration), if you do, he will
ascend life’s highest challenges for you and your family. He will achieve
for the benefit of his
ones.
B. Appreciate
(honor) his role as your
and provider. (God built him to care for
you)
1.
Husband and wife are spiritually equal, but God has made your man
stronger.
…He wants to be revered for taking care of you. (protecting and providing)
2.
Don’t ever belittle him in this. Don’t ever
him with the other men…
C. Respect
your husband’s desire to serve and to lead. (God built him to be your
)
1.
God calls the husband the “head” of the wife. (Eph 5:23) This means he has
the final
and responsibility in the home. (like: “head of state”)
2.
“Appreciating and
respecting your husband’s desire to serve you and lead the family takes faith,
, and strength on your part, but it will work.”
D. Admire
your husband’s desire for
intimacy. (God made him different from you)
1.
Just as you need emotional
through talking to him, so he has a need
for
release through sexual intimacy.
2.
Be thankful that God has designed him to
you in intimacy, don’t
belittle him because he is wired so differently from you in this. Respond to
his advances…
II. You
Should Respect Your Husband By
To His Loving-Leadership.
(Ephesians 5:22-24) “wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.”
Several questions:
A. To
whom is a wife to submit to?
1.
You must submit to
husband. You have no
to submit to any other man,
merely because he is a man and you are a woman. Never!
2.
The church is the
institution of God where He designed men to have the
primary teaching and
roles. (Elders and Deacons) In this…only a
men…
B.
does a wife need to submit to her husband? Answer: He is her
(leader).
(Eph 5:23)
…a
woman who refuses to submit to her husband,
the meaning of God’s
institution.
C.
does a wife submit to her husband? Just as the church is submits to Christ.
…How does the church submit to Christ? It does so with
for Him as the
primary motive behind all obedience.
D. How
does a wife need to go in her submission? (v. 24) “in
.”
…There is only
qualifier, “as is fitting in the Lord.” (Col 3:18) She is
to be lead to sin…
THIS IS GOD’S DESCRIPTION OF THE
WIFE. IT IS TRUE
BEAUTY.
LESSONS FOR OUR LIVES:
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