The Evidence of a Spirit Controlled Life

Thank the Lord for that. Would you take your Bibles with me and turn to the book of Ephesians?

Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus. We've been in this for several weeks now, and we are nearing the end of the book.

So we are in chapter 5, the second half of chapter 5, beginning in verse 18, is where we'll start out this morning, Ephesians 5.

We'll read from verse 18 down through the end of the chapter.

As we go through the book of Ephesians, we are reading a letter from Paul written, yes, to the church in Ephesus,

but also written with the intention of circulating that letter all throughout the early churches back then.

So we can rightly take and apply what we learn from the book of Ephesians as though it was written for our benefit as well.

We know that all scripture is given by inspiration of God.

It is profitable for us for instruction, for rebuke, and for leading us into God's righteousness.

So Ephesians divided into two sections, who we are and how we live.

We've come through that first part, and we're now in the second half of how we live.

So much of the study and the preparation that's done for this series comes from these two commentary sets,

the Christ-centered exposition series on Ephesians and Warren Wiersbe's Bible exposition commentary.

Those are great resources for your Bible study as well.

The background of the book was written by the Apostle Paul around the year A.D. 62, and he was in prison at the time.

So how many of y'all ever been on the inside, in jail?

Anybody?

Thank you.

All right, good.

I hope you accomplished, you know, what Paul did when he wrote a book of the Bible when he was in prison.

No, that was amazing that God did that kind of thing for people in such an era when the church was not usually legal.

It was being tried to be suppressed, and oftentimes they would find themselves on the wrong side of the law in those early days of the church.

And yet God would use his effort through them to see the church just flourish and take off.

And it's incredible to see what God used men like Paul to do, men and women, in those early church years.

And Paul was very intimately familiar with this church in Ephesus.

He had helped to start the church, and had spent two to three years as their pastor back.

You can read about that account back in Acts 19.

And so we are in the second half of this book, chapters 4 through 6, very practical.

How do we live knowing our standing and our identity in Christ?

How do we then live for Christ?

So today we're in chapter 5, verse 18.

Let's read it.

Would you stand with me if you're able to?

And let's read together Ephesians 5, verse 18.

Ephesians 5:18

I'm reading from the Christian Standard Bible.

Don't get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit.

Speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.

Singing and making music with your heart to the Lord.

Giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.

What does that look like?

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the church.

He is the Savior of the body, Christ.

Now as the church submits to Christ, the wives are also to submit to their husbands in every time.

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church.

Gave himself for her, blessing her with the washing of water by the word.

He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies.

He who loves his wife loves himself.

For no one ever hates his own flesh, but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church.

Remember that part about they too shall become one flesh, right?

We understand that's why it's saying if you love your wife, it's like you're loving your own body.

Verse 31.

He will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

This mystery is profound, but I'm talking about Christ and the church.

A little clue there for us.

Verse 33.

To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

Let's pray together.

God, I pray that you would give us understanding as we read through this passage, Lord.

There are instructions all throughout this second half of the book of Ephesians.

We understand you laid the groundwork in the first half of reminding us how great you are, how good you are,

and how we truly have it made as your children.

God, you have lifted us up from miry clay and set our feet upon a rock.

We just thank you for all that you've done for us in Christ Jesus.

Help us then to understand how we then can live a life that reflects you.

Speak to us from your word this morning.

It's in Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

You may be seated.

Thanks for joining us in standing today.

So the theme for our talk today is about, let me get back to it, the evidence of a spirit-controlled life.

Okay?

The evidence of a spirit-controlled life.

Now, let me just point this out in case, you know, you're going to get distracted by this.

That's on me.

You see, that will control, and then the D is down on the next line.

That was me.

Okay?

Somehow, on my computer screen, it looks perfect, and then when it gets up here, it doesn't.

So that was me.

I should have tested it and made sure it looked good on there, but apparently I needed to space that out a little better.

That was for all the, what do you call those people who get, you know, OCD?

There you go.

Thank you.

Y'all, the ones who answered that.

You're the ones.

That's what we're talking about as a test.

All right.

Now that we got that part out of the way, the evidence of a spirit-controlled life.

What are those?

Well, obviously, if you are a child of God, then you have the desire in you to live by the spirit.

Problem is, you also have some other desires in you.

To live by what we call the flesh.

Your own desires.

Your own thoughts.

Your own wisdom.

Right?

So it's important then to always have the spirit win that struggle between the spirit and the flesh.

Does the spirit always win that struggle?

No.

Of course not.

Oftentimes, we allow the flesh to win that struggle between what we want and what God wants.

So what are the evidences of allowing the spirit to win?

What are the evidence of a spirit of God-controlled life?

Number one.

We read about it right here in Ephesians 5.

Number one, submitting to the Holy Spirit.

Let's look back at verse 18.

Submitting to the Holy Spirit.

Instead of submitting to something else.

And it gives some examples here.

One, don't get drunk with wine.

Well, it actually kind of started this theme in the verses leading up to this.

Back up to verse 15.

Pay careful attention to how you walk.

Not as unwise people, but as wise.

So it's setting the theme for what the following verses are going to talk about.

So we're talking about wisdom.

Wise living.

Verse 16.

Making the most of the time.

Because the days are evil.

Maximizing your time.

We talked about that a little bit two weeks ago.

So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

Don't be foolish.

Anybody ever told you that in your life?

Don't be foolish?

I've had it told to me a few times.

As surprising as that is.

Don't be foolish.

Don't act like a fool.

Fool.

The Bible says somewhere, somewhere in that good book it says,

The fool has said in his heart that there is no God.

So actually, when you live foolishly, you live almost as though God does not exist.

It's almost like we know that he does exist, but the way we're living is as though he doesn't.

So that's what we would call foolishness.

Living like a fool.

So don't be foolish.

Understand what God's will is.

Verse 18.

Don't get drunk with wine.

You see, it's a continuation of this theme.

Be careful how you live.

Use wisdom.

Don't be foolish.

Understand what God's will is for us.

Then it follows up with this command, a specific command, don't get drunk with wine,

which leads to recklessness, reckless living, foolishness.

Instead, be filled by the Spirit.

I truly believe that wine is a common problem throughout mankind's history.

It was certainly a common problem back then.

Ephesus was a big city.

It was a major center of politics, of religion, apart from God, man-made religion.

Wine was commonplace.

Drunkenness was commonplace.

Terrible, terrible things would be done in the name of God at the temple, etc.

And wine and alcohol would play a strong role in all of that.

It would definitely lead to reckless living.

Well, still today, drunkenness often leads to reckless living, does it not?

And so, I believe this is a placeholder.

This is representative of the idea of avoiding foolish, reckless living.

So, don't get drunk with wine, yes.

But I think we would be correct in saying,

don't get drunk on anything that keeps you from being filled with God's Spirit.

Whether it's wine, or whether it's any kind of alcohol,

or whether it's something entirely different, not necessarily a substance,

but something, whether it's our own ego, whether it's the pursuit of money,

whatever it is that would keep you from being filled with God's Spirit

because you're filled with something else,

that, I believe, is what the warning in the greater context of these verses is saying to us.

So, don't get drunk with wine.

It leads to reckless living.

Be filled with the Spirit.

So, we've got a contrast here now.

We've got this submitting to ourselves,

and then we've got this submitting to the Holy Spirit.

And they produce completely different things.

So, now Paul's going to give us some examples

of what submitting to the Holy Spirit produces.

Look at verse 19.

It's really interesting.

The first one he gives us.

Speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.

Singing and making music with your heart to the Lord.

Why do we sing in church?

Because it's evidence of the Holy Spirit working in us.

Why do we listen to Christian music and sing along sometimes?

Why does this whole genre exist of Christian songs and music

and music artists and songwriters and all this?

Why is this a thing?

Because, one, there's an entire book of the Bible called the Psalms

that's dedicated to musical poems and songs written to God and about God.

And also, all throughout the Bible, and right here in Ephesians 5,

it says singing music is one of the best ways

that we can, one, worship God,

but also it's evidence of God working inside of us.

That doesn't mean that just because you sing a Christian song

that you're filled with the Spirit.

That certainly doesn't mean that.

But it means that if you are filled with the Spirit,

one of the chief ways that will express itself

is through singing to God.

Doesn't mean you've got to be up here in the next trio, okay?

God didn't gift us all with the beautiful voices

that we heard this morning.

But that's okay.

Doesn't mean that you have to join the choir,

although there's seats available, okay?

Y'all jump up here.

Let's fill this thing up.

But singing in the privacy of your shower, okay?

It's all right.

Singing in the shower is a good thing.

Singing in the car by yourself.

God loves to hear us sing,

and He doesn't judge whether we're fit for American Idol or not.

It's one of the chief evidences of a Spirit-filled life.

Singing and making music with your heart to the Lord.

And then secondly, giving thanks always for everything to God.

Giving thanks is, man, hard to think of

or come up with another evidence of the Spirit

that is more opposite of what you and I do.

We do not naturally want to give thanks to God.

Naturally, our flesh, when we submit to our flesh,

we just want to get, get, get for ourselves.

We're not thinking about then showing gratitude to others

and definitely not to God.

But giving thanks is a key evidence

of submitting to the Holy Spirit of God.

Giving thanks always for everything, verse 20 says,

to God in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We do it in the name of Jesus

because He is our go-between.

He's our intermediary between us and God.

He's the way by which we can approach God.

Otherwise, you and I would have no access to God.

If it wasn't for Jesus and His sacrifice,

remember what Sarah talked about with the kids down here?

His sacrifice for us,

that is what allows us then to have access to God.

So, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

we get to approach God

and pour out our thankfulness to Him.

Pour out our praise to Him.

Say, God, I will submit to You

because I am thankful, I am grateful

for Your sacrifice,

the love You have continually showed me.

Even before I knew You,

You died for me.

You rose for me.

You are alive today for me.

And You extend the invitation to me always.

Your arms are open wide.

And that just makes me thankful to You.

So, I want to give thanks.

Every day, I want to give thanks to You, God.

That is something that should be

continually on our lips,

continually in our minds.

Parents, letting your kids hear you,

thank God.

Older brothers and sisters,

letting your younger ones hear you,

thank God.

Continually.

Every day, not missing an opportunity,

whether it's in the morning,

in your own quiet time with God,

or whether it's in the evening.

If you gather your family together

and pray together

and maybe read a verse of Scripture

or sing a song together

before you go to bed,

have that family altar

or family devotional type time together,

that is a wonderful time

to thank God.

together as a family,

but then individually,

privately,

by ourselves.

Singing together,

speaking to one another,

making music in our heart to God,

and giving thanks always to God

for everything.

The good, the bad,

and everything in between.

God, I know it's all part of your plan.

There are people in our church right now,

there are people in our service right now

who are hurting deeply

because of circumstances

going on in their lives.

But in the middle of it,

and I've already heard them this morning

say thank you to God for it.

Thank you to God

that we know that you're in control of it all.

We don't have to try to figure this out on our own.

We don't have to try to make sense

of this mess on our own.

We know it's in your hand.

So God, I thank you for that.

And then don't miss this last part.

Before we dive into the next section,

let's look at a couple other scriptures.

James 4, 7.

Submit to God.

Resist the devil,

and he will flee from you.

What does it mean, submit?

Anybody want to take a stab at it?

Submit.

Give us a quick definition.

Don't be scared.

It's okay.

Absolute obedience.

It's good.

Submit to God.

Resist the devil,

and he will flee from you.

So I feel like there's another picture

of this struggle here, right?

It's the devil,

we have to resist,

and God,

we open up and say,

God,

have your way.

Have your way in me.

How many of you remember that old song,

have thine own way, Lord,

have thine own way?

Yeah.

That's that attitude of submission.

God,

whatever you want to do with me

in my life,

I have this other attraction,

I have this other magnetism

pulling at me.

It's the world,

the flesh,

the devil,

it's everything that is against

what you tell me,

and I'm going to resist that

and instead,

I'm going to open up

to you, God.

I'm going to submit

to you.

So that's James 4, 7.

Look over here

in Matthew 11.

Come to me.

Jesus extends the invitation.

Come to me.

What does submitting look like?

What does submitting look like

to a bad master?

Well, that's scary, right?

Submitting to a bad master?

Hey, let's go back

to our country's history of slavery.

We get a real picture

of what the wrong kind of submission

looks like

when you're forcing people

to submit

to evil, selfish, tyrannical men.

So what does submission to God,

by contrast,

look like?

Matthew 11 shows us.

Come to me,

all of you who are weary

and burdened.

I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you.

Boy, slavery was common

back then too.

Slavery has been a problem

throughout the history

of mankind.

If you go back

and study ancient history

all the way up

to modern day,

and we still have slavery,

usually in the form

of human trafficking,

alive and well

in the world today.

And so I'm thinking

of this book I read

about a man

who was born into slavery

he raised up,

he eventually escaped

and with a group of people

found some help

and got away

from this plantation

that they served

as slaves on

and then he got on a ship

that took him up

to the northeast

and was in Boston

and then God saved him.

God saved him dramatically

and changed his life

and changed his heart

and he became a preacher

that was then instrumental

in liberating

and starting churches

for former slaves.

It's an incredible story.

But I'm thinking

of what that yoke

meant for them.

For those slaves

thinking about

the hard physical labor

that they were forced

to do every day

by their wicked master.

So when Jesus references

the yoke

that would mean

something totally different

for a slave.

For us

dare say most

if not all of us

have never experienced

something like that.

But we can understand

through the eyes of others

how impactful that is

when Jesus says

take my burden on you

take my yoke on you

take my manual

physical labor on you

and learn from me.

Why?

Because I am humble.

I am lowly.

A couple months ago

we talked about

how Jesus is gentle

and lowly.

He doesn't lord it over us.

He doesn't sit up there

and wield his absolute authority

and power over us

and how much greater

he is than us.

Instead he humbles himself

and takes on the form

of a servant

Philippians tells us.

He said I am

holy

we're going to get that right.

I am lowly

and humble

in heart

and you will find rest

for your souls.

Boy that's not common

in slavery is it?

Rest.

The master providing rest

not just for your bodies

but for your souls.

For my yoke

that yoke I told you

to take upon you

it's easy

and this

any burden

that I place on you

is light

compared to what

you would be carrying

without me.

So that's why Jesus

extends this invitation

to all of us.

He says come

to me.

That's what submitting

to God

looks like.

So

we read about it

just a moment ago.

Practically

are we singing

to God?

Again

doesn't mean

you have to join the choir

doesn't mean

you have to do a special

in church

but are we finding

opportunities to sing

to God?

All throughout the Bible

there are evidences

of singing

and there are even

commands

to sing

and make music

to our God.

He'll appreciate it.

Whatever voice

or whatever skill

level he gave you

he will love

to hear you sing

to him.

Secondly

are we showing

gratitude to God?

Are we being grateful

for what God

has done

in the past

what he continues

to do today

and what we believe

by faith

he will do

in the future?

Are we showing

gratitude to God?

Look at this

look at this quote.

If you look at the world

you'll be distressed.

If you look within you

you'll be depressed.

If you look at God

you'll be at rest.

Why?

Because he said

come to me

my yoke is easy

my burden is light

I'll give you rest

for your souls.

How many of you

experienced rest

in Jesus

at some point

in your life?

Would you testify

by uplifted hand?

That's me.

I've rested

in Jesus.

There's nothing like it

is there?

There's nothing

like it.

I wish I could

live in that

every day

and you know what

we can.

We can.

But that takes

submitting to God's

Holy Spirit.

The woman who said

that quote

Corrie ten Boom

she was a prisoner

of war.

she was caught

up in the

German

enslavement

of Jews

back in the

Holocaust.

And a woman

who went through

the horrible

things that she

went through

in her life

was able to

say

yeah if you

look at the

world around

you

it's distress.

If you look

even within

yourself

you'll be

depressed

at your own

shortcomings

lack of faith.

but if you

look at God

that's where

you'll find

rest.

That's where

you'll find

rest.

I can testify

to that.

I know

I feel it

in my soul

I feel the

unrest

when I take

my eyes

off Jesus.

This last

week I had

a couple

days

where I

wasn't

resting

in Jesus.

And I

had to

get my

attention

some others

kind of

helped me

get my

attention

say hey

I can tell

you're

stressed

you're not

resting

in God.

I was

on the

phone

dealing

with some

health

insurance

stuff.

And

some of

y'all know

Bo had

a dental

injury

back last

month and

we're still

trying to

figure that

out.

He may

have to

see an

orthodontist

or something

like that.

But I'm

on the

phone.

How many

of y'all

love dealing

with medical

insurance stuff

on the

phone?

I don't

know why

there's not

hands raised

everywhere.

I am so

glad that I

had to deal

with that

that day

because I'm

talking to

this lady

and she

tells me

what I

need to

know and

it was

fine.

She was

dealing with

me just

fine.

But then

she said

by chance

you don't

know who

Samuel was

in the

Bible do

you?

Well yeah

I'm a

pastor actually

I should

know that.

She said

really you're

a pastor

no way.

And she

proceeded

for the

next 10

minutes to

preach to

me about

resting in

God.

And I

literally

like tears

started coming

to my eyes.

I got off

the phone

and I

literally

just said

in my

office

the door

was shut

and I

said

okay God

I get it

like everybody

is coming

to me

the stinking

insurance lady

on the phone

is coming

to me

saying

you need

to breathe

you need

to rest

and you

need to get

your faith

back in

Jesus.

That was

just so

impactful

and it

was such

a real

life way

of reminding

submitting

to God

is the

best way

it really

is.

Because y'all

you and I

can't handle

it.

We can't

handle

it.

That's

why we

show so

much gratitude

to him.

That's

why we're

so grateful

and thankful

to him.

Singing

to God

gratitude

to God

and then

lastly

submission

to each

other.

That's

a big

evidence

of submitting

to the

Holy Spirit

of God

is submitting

to each

other.

We got

about 10

minutes left

that I'm

going to

explain this

part of it

and then

we'll be

done.

Number

two

submitting

to each

other.

Now

this word

in this

passage

is one

of the

most

controversial

in the

Bible.

Maybe

that's

been

something

that you've

struggled

with.

Oftentimes

as a

woman

you'll

read this

passage

and you'll

struggle

with this

word

submit.

Now

I'm a

man

and I

can't

sit up

here and

tell you

what that

looks like

exactly

for you

in the

context

of your

household.

But I

can preach

to you

what the

word of

God

says.

So

look back

at verse

21.

Submitting

to one

another

in the

fear

of Christ.

What

does that

look like?

Well it

explains.

In the

following

verses

22

down

through

honestly

into

chapter

6

all the

way

down

through

verse

9

in

chapter

6

we have

different

areas

of

examples

real

life

real

world

examples

of

how

we

should

submit

to

one

another

in

the

fear

of

Christ.

Not

in

the

fear

of

man

not

in

the

fear

of

an

evil

master

but

in

the

fear

of

God

we're

going

to

treat

each

other

with

this

attitude

of

submission

because

we

fear

God

we

respect

God

out

of

love

and

reverence

for

God

we're

going

to

enter

into

this

attitude

of

submission

what

does

it

mean

well

I did

a word

study

on it

okay

and

over the

last

two

weeks

or so

how many

of y'all

remember

last week

I wasn't

preaching

this guy

named

Andrew

Bunnell

was

preaching

total

loser

just

just kidding

he's

my

older

brother

he did

he did

an

amazing

job

did

y'all

enjoy

my

brother

last

week

I

did

too

of course

I'm

biased

but

I

really

enjoyed

him

and

I

pray

someday

he gets

to come

back

and

visit

with

us

again

but

I

was

off

last

week

so

I

had

about

the

last

two

weeks

to

prepare

for

this

sermon

and

I'm

really

really

glad

I

did

because

it

took

quite a

bit

of

research

and

study

to

make

sure

that

what

I'm

preaching

to

you

today

is

what

I

believe

the

Bible

is

truly

saying

so

this

word

submit

is

the

word

hupotasso

the

Greek

word

it's

a

military

term

however

in

the

non

military

usage

which

is

obviously

what

this

is

wives

submit

to

your

husbands

that's

not

a

military

relationship

sorry

guys

you're

not

the

general

okay

you're

not

her

commanding

officer

so to

speak

and

you're

definitely

not

the

king

and

if

you

think

you

are

then

she'll

very

quickly

let

you

know

you're

not

however

so

this

is

a

non

military

usage

and

in

a

non

military

usage

it

is

a

voluntary

attitude

of

giving

in

cooperating

assuming

responsibility

and

carrying

a

burden

it's

a

little

bit

different

than

maybe

we

would

first

think

when

we

read

the

word

submit

it's

a

voluntary

attitude

and

truth be

told

y'all

we

should

all

be

treating

each

other

like

this

we

should

be

cooperating

choosing

to

give

in

instead

of

bowing

up

and

fighting

against

one

another

we

should

assume

responsibility

and

we

should

carry

or

bear

one

another's

burdens

just

like

we're

commanded

to

in

the

word

of

God

so

you

got

that

hupotasso

we're

going to

take

this

just a

tiny

bit

deeper

okay

I'm

going to

be

watching

your

eyes

and

hopefully

I

don't

lose

two

thirds

of

you

in

the

next

slide

here

here

we

go

ready

we're

going to

be

looking

at

voice

how many

of you

guys

remember

active

voice

passive

voice

anybody

like

active

voice

they're

doing

the

action

passive

voice

it's

happening

to

you

in

Greek

there's

a

third

there's

a

middle

voice

that's

what

this

is

it's

the

word

hupotasso

my

which is

actually

how

this

word

is

used

in

this

context

active

voice

means

hupotasso

put under

someone else's

power

passive

voice

hupotasso

you're

accepting

someone else's

power

over

you

the

middle

voice

hupotasso

my

means

voluntary

supporting

someone else

voluntarily

supporting

someone else

so it's a little

different isn't

it

if it was an

active voice

it would

carry a

different

meaning

if it was

in passive

voice

it would

carry a

different

meaning

but it's

in middle

voice

which means

it's

voluntarily

supporting

someone else

so when

it commands

us

to submit

to one

another

it's

saying

voluntarily

support

one

another

wives

voluntarily

support

your

husbands

as you

would

the

Lord

because

the

husband

is

the

head

of

the

wife

God

instituted

the

husband

as

the

leader

of

the

home

doesn't

mean

he's

the

smartest

doesn't

mean

he's

always

the

most

fit

for

leadership

but

that

is

the

order

that

God

instituted

God

instituted

us

with

different

but

equally

valuable

giftings

men

and

women

men

and

women

compliment

each

other

doesn't

mean

one

is

greater

than

the

other

or

one

is

more

important

or

one

is

more

deserving

but

it

means

that

we

are

there

to

support

and

compliment

and

offset

each

other

and

make

a

beautiful

well

rounded

home

so

when

we're

commanded

to

submit

to

one

another

it's

voluntarily

supporting

watch this

quote real

quick

I'll try

to get

through it

so we

don't spend

too much

time here

submission

to Christ

requires

believers

to submit

to one

another

we just

read that

verse

Ephesians

5

21

according

to this

verse

where there

is no

mutual

submission

reverence

for Christ

is wanting

or lacking

or missing

so if

we're

not

mutually

submitting

to one

another

then we're

not looking

at Jesus

as we

should

because

the

newness

of the

gospel

at this

time

and still

today

in our

lives

because

the

newness

of the

gospel

the good

news

of Jesus

calls

for new

relationships

a paradigm

shift

has occurred

that now

requires

Christians

including

husbands

and wives

but not

exclusively

husbands

and wives

and we

see that

as it

continues

down

through

chapter 6

and we

see it

in other

passages

as well

to be

in mutual

subjection

to each

other

since the

practical

expression

of subjection

is servanthood

this means

that both

husbands

and wives

are servants

to each

other

in different

ways

yeah

is that

going to

look

exactly

the same

no

are you

going to

expect

the

wife

to do

all the

things

a husband

would

more

naturally

do

because

of his

abilities

and

giftings

no

are you

going to

expect

the

husband

to do

all the

things

all the

time

that the

wife

would more

naturally

be better

at

no

if my

wife

expected

me to

cook

all the

dinners

in our

family

then

we would

go

hungry

I'm

I'm

just

not

good

at

that

like

she

is

but

we

are

there

to

serve

each

other

in

different

ways

perhaps

in order

to

overcome

the

ruler

legacy

that

men

have

inherited

from

the

fall

remember

the

fall

of man

when

Adam

and Eve

sinned

and then

sin

passed

upon

all

men

they

took

something

that

God

instituted

and

distorted

it

God

instituted

this

order

in the

home

that

he

looks

at

the

man

as

the

leader

in

the

home

and

he

looks

at

the

wife

as

equally

valuable

equally

important

a

complimentary

piece

and

then

men

took

this

and

instituted

this

ruler

legacy

and

that

is

the

world

that

the

Bible

was

written

in

there

was

this

ruler

legacy

you

know

what's

really

interesting

you look

at so

many

religions

across

history

and you

look at

so many

cultures

across

history

and they've

almost

always

demeaned

and devalued

women

Jesus

didn't do

that

Jesus

did the

opposite

so

this

ruler

legacy

that men

have inherited

since the

fall of

man

it's

specified

probably

because of

that

that Christian

men

must

also

love

their

wives

to the

point

of

Christ

like

self

sacrifice

just like

Miss Sarah

talked about

sacrifice

a little bit

ago

I mean

to the

point

of

dying

for

them

laying

down

their

lives

women

are not

property

men

do not

own

them

Jesus

said

love

your

wife

like

I

love

the

church

if

anything

there

is a

greater

responsibility

on the

man

toward

his

wife

to be

like

Jesus

loved

the

church

did

Jesus

hold

anything

back

from

us

does

he

absolutely

live