By Pastor Chuck Ryan.
“This is a Profound Mystery”Text: Ephesians 5:22-33Thesis: God, the architect and designer of marriages has called both the husbandand wife to live by the highest of principles.I. The “Institution of Marriage” is God’s creation and design.A. In verse 31 the Apostle Paul quotes from Genesis 2:24 when he states, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two willbe one flesh.”1. For marriages to be functional th...
By Pastor Chuck Ryan.
“This is a Profound Mystery”
Text: Ephesians 5:22-33
Thesis: God, the architect and designer of marriages has called both the husband
and wife to live by the highest of principles.
I. The “Institution of Marriage” is God’s creation and design.
A. In verse 31 the Apostle Paul quotes from Genesis 2:24 when he states, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will
be one flesh.”
1. For marriages to be functional they must operate on the principles and mandates taught in God’s Word.
2. Many marriages today are dysfunctional because they have left God and His principles out of the relationship.
a. Even those who are born-again, who have failed to practice God’s principles, have experienced failed marriages.
b. Since marriage is God’s creation and design, as Christians, we should seek Christian marriage counseling and not seek instruction from the secular world.
3. A Biblical marriage is between one man and one woman for life.
•“And the Lord God formed Adam from the dust of the ground…” (Gen 2:7)
•“Then the Lord God made women form the rib of man he had taken out of the man,
and he brought her to the man. The man said, ‘this is now bone of my bones and flesh
of my flesh; she shall be called woman, for she was taken from man. For this reason a
man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become
one flesh.” (Genesis 2: 22-24)
•“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” (Mark 10:9) (Read
Mark 10: 1-9)
II. God’s Word states, “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the
Lord.” (vs. 22)
A. Submission is an act of love, demonstrating a wife’s trust in her husband.
1. Women, only marry a man that you can trust your life with. (And your children’s life)
B. God in his great love for the woman, that he has created, has placed her in the care and protection of her husband.
C. Wives in submitting, are not called to lose their identity as a person, but to play a vital
role, as a team player in the marriage.
III. God’s Word also states, “Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church
and gave himself up for her.” (vs. 25)
A. Husbands are called to love their wives sacrificially.
1. Husbands are called to have their wives’ best interest in mind.
2. Husbands are called to provide opportunities for their wives to be all that God wants them to be.
3. Husband are called to protect their wives physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
B. Husbands are not to “lord it over” their wives’.
•Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it
over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. In
stead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever
wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served,
but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Matthew 25:28)
IV. God’s Word states, “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves him
self, and the wife must respect her husband.” (vs. 33)
A. Apostle Paul recognizes both the Husband and wife must engage in what God has called
them to do to make the marriage work.
1. What God calls Husbands and Wives to do is a “Big Ask”, but God has called all Christian through the centuries to do hard things. The Greatest of all was Jesus!
