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Ephesians, Part 20: Application
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Brian Chesemore preached on marriage, skillfully unpacking Ephesians 5:22-33 and exhorting us in the ultimate purpose of godly marriages: the display of the glory of Christ.
You can listen online, or download the message here.
Application questions:
1. God displays the glory of Christ in marriages shaped by his design. Where are you encouraged by your spouse’s obedience to God’s design of sacrificial love or respectful submission?
2. Ephesians 5:22-24 calls wives to submit to her husband as the church submits to Christ. Wives, is there an area where your husband is seeking to lead but your heart does not have a submissive posture? Where is God calling you to actively support and esteem his leadership and express your respect for him?
3. According to Ephesians 5:25, husbands are to love their wives sacrificially, like Christ loved his church. Husbands, is your love for your wife marked by a willingness to lay down your rights, your agenda and your preferences in order to love your wife? What is God calling you to do on your wife’s behalf that is going to cost you something?
4. As Christ nourished and cherished his bride, the church (Eph. 5:29), husbands where can you grow in nourishing and cherishing your wife, in serving and blessing her, and in caring for her physical and spiritual health?
5. Brian encouraged husbands and wives to apply this message by asking for their spouse’s evaluation:Husbands, ask your wives:
a. If you knew that I would not become angry, how would you honesty evaluate my leadership of you and the children?
b. What is one way I can serve you more effectively?
c. What is one way I can serve the children more effectively?Wives, ask your husbands:
a. If you knew that I would not become angry, how would you honestly evaluate my submission and willingness of follow your leadership?
b. What is one way I can grow in following you?
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