St. Paul

Paul writing here in Ephesians 5 saying that here is the head, Jesus, and here's his body, the church. And so we recognize that, of course, that the church is underneath the head, is under the rule of our Lord Jesus Christ. But think about this. Is someone's body less valuable than their head? No, that's not the case.

There's this weird, strange, mysterious equality between head and body and between body and head. And so here in a similar way, here's St. Paul who says, okay, wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord and husbands, love your wives. Now, beyond that, we know this because verse 21 says, be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

There's this weird, strange, mysterious equality between head and body and between body and head. And so here in a similar way, here's St. Paul who says, okay, wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord and husbands, love your wives. Now, beyond that, we know this because verse 21 says, be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

There's this weird, strange, mysterious equality between head and body and between body and head. And so here in a similar way, here's St. Paul who says, okay, wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord and husbands, love your wives. Now, beyond that, we know this because verse 21 says, be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

So husbands and wives are basically racing to the bottom. Think about this. Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. No one gets to lord it over anyone else. That's the kind of the upshot of this whole thing. No one gets to lord it over anyone else. It's a race to the bottom. It's a race to serve. It's a race to be subject to the other. And so wives, yep, be subject to your husbands.

So husbands and wives are basically racing to the bottom. Think about this. Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. No one gets to lord it over anyone else. That's the kind of the upshot of this whole thing. No one gets to lord it over anyone else. It's a race to the bottom. It's a race to serve. It's a race to be subject to the other. And so wives, yep, be subject to your husbands.

So husbands and wives are basically racing to the bottom. Think about this. Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. No one gets to lord it over anyone else. That's the kind of the upshot of this whole thing. No one gets to lord it over anyone else. It's a race to the bottom. It's a race to serve. It's a race to be subject to the other. And so wives, yep, be subject to your husbands.

But then also husbands, verse 25, love your wives. How? As Christ loved the church. How did Christ love the church? That he gave himself up for her. That he laid down his life for her. That he rejected what he wanted and instead lived his life and gave his life so that she could have life. And so again, this is not about dominance. This is not about being superior.

But then also husbands, verse 25, love your wives. How? As Christ loved the church. How did Christ love the church? That he gave himself up for her. That he laid down his life for her. That he rejected what he wanted and instead lived his life and gave his life so that she could have life. And so again, this is not about dominance. This is not about being superior.

But then also husbands, verse 25, love your wives. How? As Christ loved the church. How did Christ love the church? That he gave himself up for her. That he laid down his life for her. That he rejected what he wanted and instead lived his life and gave his life so that she could have life. And so again, this is not about dominance. This is not about being superior.

This is about the race to the bottom. So husbands love your wives. How? As Christ loved the church, which is not to say lording it over, not to say dominating in any way, shape or form, not saying, well, I'm in charge. Therefore, what I want goes not in any way, shape or form. Jesus, what did he do? He humbled himself, took the form of a slave. We're gonna hear that tomorrow.

This is about the race to the bottom. So husbands love your wives. How? As Christ loved the church, which is not to say lording it over, not to say dominating in any way, shape or form, not saying, well, I'm in charge. Therefore, what I want goes not in any way, shape or form. Jesus, what did he do? He humbled himself, took the form of a slave. We're gonna hear that tomorrow.

This is about the race to the bottom. So husbands love your wives. How? As Christ loved the church, which is not to say lording it over, not to say dominating in any way, shape or form, not saying, well, I'm in charge. Therefore, what I want goes not in any way, shape or form. Jesus, what did he do? He humbled himself, took the form of a slave. We're gonna hear that tomorrow.

He humbled himself and took the form of a slave. And this is the call to all husbands. How can you, as a husband, love your wife as Christ loved the church? It is not by having her do for you whatever you want, but by humbly submitting yourself and laying down your life so that she can have life. It's saying no to what you want so she can have what she needs.

He humbled himself and took the form of a slave. And this is the call to all husbands. How can you, as a husband, love your wife as Christ loved the church? It is not by having her do for you whatever you want, but by humbly submitting yourself and laying down your life so that she can have life. It's saying no to what you want so she can have what she needs.

He humbled himself and took the form of a slave. And this is the call to all husbands. How can you, as a husband, love your wife as Christ loved the church? It is not by having her do for you whatever you want, but by humbly submitting yourself and laying down your life so that she can have life. It's saying no to what you want so she can have what she needs.

And this is, this is the high call and Jesus or St. Paul says this, I say about this in reference to Christ and the churches is the great mystery. And this is what we're called to as well. And same with children and parents and slaves and masters. Again, he's white. We're talking about slaves and masters. Well, how come St. Paul doesn't say just, you know, set your slaves free?

And this is, this is the high call and Jesus or St. Paul says this, I say about this in reference to Christ and the churches is the great mystery. And this is what we're called to as well. And same with children and parents and slaves and masters. Again, he's white. We're talking about slaves and masters. Well, how come St. Paul doesn't say just, you know, set your slaves free?

And this is, this is the high call and Jesus or St. Paul says this, I say about this in reference to Christ and the churches is the great mystery. And this is what we're called to as well. And same with children and parents and slaves and masters. Again, he's white. We're talking about slaves and masters. Well, how come St. Paul doesn't say just, you know, set your slaves free?

Well, he's talking about, okay, this is, again, it's a whole economy in here where good masters would be essentially in this case, good employers and good slaves in this case would be good, simply good employees. In fact, St. Paul makes it very, very clear in verse nine, chapter six, masters do the same to them, basically treating them well and forbear threatening.