Sermon Outline:
- Do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus with thanks to God
- Wives, submit to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord
- Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them
Family Discussion Questions:
- In a marriage, whose role is meant to represent Christ?
- In a marriage, whose role is meant to represent the Church?
- How are Jesus and the church together like a marriage?
- How long will Jesus’ marriage to the church last?
- How many wives does Jesus have?
- The Bible says that the husband is the head of the wife - not that he should be, but that he is. What impact does that have?
- What are the benefits of God assigning roles instead of us creating them or choosing them?
- What does it look like for Christ to lead the church in love, and how does that shape how a husband should lead in love?
- What does it look like for the church to follow Christ in love, and how does that shape how a wife should follow her husband?
- What are to be the limits of a wife’s submission to her husband?
- How does the world’s belief that the biblical role of a wife is shameful mirror the world’s belief that the Gospel itself is shameful?
- Why is a husband refusing to lead shameful? Why is a husband refusing to lead in love shameful?
- What are some counterfeit versions of husbands leading in love?
- Our world is currently in full-blown rebellion against the order and design of God in creation, insisting that everyone must be free to choose their identity and role in order to be of equal value. How is the thankful embrace of gender and marriage roles a witness in a dark world?
