Submit Yoirselves

Good Morning!! The primary point of today's scripture, that Paul would have us grasp and take to heart has an inevitable implications for marital relations,...and it's that marriage is a picture of Christ’s communion with His church. A husband’s selfless, sacrificial love for his wife is only a shadow of Christ’s love for His church,...no husband will ever love, or sanctify, or edify his wife as perfectly,...as Christ loves and sanctifies and edifies His church. Yet it remains our job to try.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should 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,...—Ephesians 5:24 - 26 (NIV)

 

But that's not all, the other implication that flows out of Paul’s instruction concerns our attitude, toward our beloved Savior. HE requires more than reciprocal love, not just warm appreciation,...but true submission. As members in the body of Christ, we are to recognize that Christ is our head, that He has authority over us. This means that whatever He requires of us, whatever He speaks to us from His Word,...we must be willing to do,...trusting, knowing that He has our best interest at heart.

Be good to one another,...be good for one another.

Lord, help us to be submissive, when, where, and in anyway that bring honor to You. Amen.

"If I speak in the tongues of men or angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal."