Future Family Series Week 2 -Power Down

Message by:
Pastor Terry Crawford
Covenant Church
Shepherdstown, WV

Summary of 1st Century Family Teaching: (Ephesians 5)

1. Husbands, love your wives and be considerate.
2. Wives, submit to your husbands.
3. Children, obey your parents.
4. Fathers, don’t irritate your children.

Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.  And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Living out love is impossible without the Gospel.

Ephesians 5:18b-21 ESV
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Colossians 3:16 ESV
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Healthy marriage dynamics only happen if both parties are filled with the Holy Spirit and centered on the Gospel of Jesus.

Ephesians 5:22 ESV
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Marriage roles are not an issue of human capability but God-given responsibility.

Paul teaches the heart not the how of marriage.

The question that Mutual Submission begs us to ask is “What can I do to help?”