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h e a r t
Prefer one another
f u l l y l e dS p i r i t
w a l k i n g
6weeks
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So what does it look like when the Spirit
has more of us?
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Ephesians
5:15-21
19speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
a heart of worship
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Ephesians
5:15-21
20always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21and be subject to one
another in the fear of Christ.
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
a heart of thanks to God
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Ephesians
5:15-21
20always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21and be subject to one
another in the fear of Christ.
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
preferring one another
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 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. 24But as the
church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their
husbands in everything.
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Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the
church and gave Himself up for her, 26so that He might sanctify
her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory,
having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing;
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Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
but that she would be holy and blameless. 28
So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own
bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29for no one ever
hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ
also does the church, 30because we are members of His body.
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
31For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and
shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32
This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ
and the church.
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
33Nevertheless, 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.
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
This teaching was radical in the 1 st century!
“among Romans and the Greeks, women were seen as secondary
citizens with few or no rights”
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
This teaching was radical in the 1 st century!
“In the Greco-Roman world in which Paul lived, people recognized
that wives had certain responsibilities to their husbands—but not
vice versa.”
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
This teaching is not uniformly practiced by the church in 21
st
century!
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Connects back to vs 21
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Ephesians
5:15-21
21and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. f u l l
y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Means voluntarily
placing oneself under the leadership of another
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Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
23For 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. 24But
as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be
to their husbands in everything.
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t Why is submission a thing?
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
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Head Christ Husband
Body(submits to
head)
Church(submits to Christ)
Wife(submits to husband)
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the
church and gave Himself up for her,
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Head Christ Husband
( loves, lays down their life for)
Body(submits to
head)
Church(submits to
Christ)
Wife(submits to
husband)
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
26so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the
washing of water with the word, 27that 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.
-
Head Christ Husband
(loves, lays down their life for, leads & sanctifies)
Body(submits to
head)
Church(submits to
Christ)
Wife(submits to
husband)
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
28So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own
bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29for no one ever
hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ
also does the church, 30because we are members of His body.
-
Head Christ Husband
(loves, lays down their life for, leads &
sanctifies,nourishes, cherishes)
Body(submits to
head)
Church(submits to
Christ)
Wife(submits to
husband)
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
31For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and
shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32
This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ
and the church.
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of 6
Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
33Nevertheless, 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.
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Head Christ Husband
(loves, lays down their life for, leads & sanctifies,
nourishes, cherishes,and again, loves)
Body(submits to & respects
head)
Church(submits to & respects
Christ)
Wife(submits to & respects
her Husband)
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In some irreconcilable disagreement, who should
take the lead?
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What does it really mean for the husband to take
the lead?
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Part 2
Matthew
20:20-29
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
WORLDLY LEADERS
SERVANT LEADERS
Power Service
Authority Ministry
Honor Humility
Riches Sacrifice
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Part 3
John
13:1-17
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
13You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.
14
If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also
ought to wash one another’s feet.
Leading as a believer in Christ begins with service
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What does it really mean for the husband to take
the lead?
sacrificial servant love
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Part 4
Ephesians
5:22-33
f u l l y
l e d
thankful
walk
w o r s h i p
S p i r i t
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the
church and gave Himself up for her,
sacrificial servant love
=
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Head Christ Husband
(loves, lays down their life for, leads & sanctifies,
nourishes, cherishes,and again, loves)
Body(submits to & respects
Head)
Church(submits to & respects
Christ)
Wife(submits to & respects
Husband)
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Does this work?
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Is this passage focused on mutual submission?
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A thriving marriage fully led by the spirit
looks a lot like a race to serve one another–
led by the husband.
