THE FAMILY MARRIAGE SU B P I M

THE FAMILY: MARRIAGE SU B P I M H IS S S D IO A N E H LESSON 2 Distinctive Lines Are Being Blurred in Our Society or completely erased in the Home Husband (Man) is head of his wife (Eph. 5: 23) Wife is in subjection to her husband (Eph. 5: 24)

HEADSHIP • Denotes: SOURCE (Eph. 4: 15, Col. 2: 19) Head: Jesus Christ “g ro wi ng up in to Su pp l ed Body: Church fo r. I nc re as e • Denotes: AUTHORITY (I Cor. 11: 3, 10)

HEADSHIP • Denotes: LEADERSHIP (Judges 10 -11, Eph. 1: 22 -23) Head: EYES Jesus leads the church Jephthah leads in Battle Jesus Christ: Servant Leadership “…he that is chief as he that doth serve” (Lk. 22: 26) Jn. 13: 12 -17

HEADSHIP • Husband is the HEAD of the wife (Eph. 5: 23) Leadership Authority Source “Headship Is the divine calling of a husband to take the primary responsibility for Christlike servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home. ” – John Piper

SUBMISSION • Subordinate oneself in obedience to another (I Cor. 15: 28) “When All things subjected unto Him…” God will be all in all Jesus. God’s Son

SUBMISSION • Subordinate oneself in obedience to another (Rom. 13: 1, 5) Government Conscience’s Sake “one another – fellow Christians Christian Humility Eph. 5: 21, I Pet. 2: 18, 5: 5 -6

SUBMISSION • Subordinates herself in obedience to husband (I Pet. 3: 1, 5 -6) HUSBAND Willingly “Fitting in the Lord” (Col. 3: 18) As “help” (I Tm. 5: 14) WIFE Reverentially Eph. 5: 22, 33 “Submission is the divine calling of a wife to honor and affirm her husband’s leadership and help carry it through according to her gifts” – John Piper

MODERN VIEWS • “mutual submission” – Not “hierarchical submission” (Eph. 5: 21) HUSBAND Equal Elders? L Christ? Heb. 13: 17 E Shared Equally church members? Rom. 12: 5, Phil. 2: 4, Eph. 5: 23 V Phil. 2: 7 -8, E Eph. 5: 25 -26, 24 L S WIFE Importance I Pet. 3: 7 Some are saying, “By definition, mutual submission rules out hierarchical differences”

Modern Views • “Headship means “Source” not “Leader” HUSBAND “SOURCE” Col. 2: 19 Eph. 5: 29, 24 WIFE As eyes are located in head, so it is also source of “guidance” and “protection” demanding his “leadership”

THE FAMILY: MARRIAGE P I H S D A E H Life Without Honoring Hierarchical Submission Gen. 6: 12 -13 SU BM ISS IO N Husband (Man) is head of his wife (Eph. 5: 23) Wife is in subjection to her husband (Eph. 5: 24) God purposely created man FIRST – giving man headship (Gen. 2: 18 -23, I Tim. 2: 13, I Cor. 11: 3) “Headship is not a right to command control. It is a responsibility to love like Christ