christian relationships ephesians 5:20-6:9
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Christian RelationshipsChristian Relationships
Ephesians 5:20-6:9Ephesians 5:20-6:9
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Christian Christian RelationshipsRelationships
• True Christianity Positively True Christianity Positively Affects Our Relationships Affects Our Relationships
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Three Possible Three Possible Approaches To The Approaches To The
TextText• What does the passage say?
• Why does it say it?
• Why doesn’t it say something different?
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Three Approaches To Three Approaches To The TeachingsThe Teachings
• Reject the Bible.• Accept and implement
the teaching.• Rationalize or explain
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Guiding Principle: Guiding Principle: Submit to One Submit to One
Another Out of Another Out of Reverence For ChristReverence For Christ
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CategoriesCategories• Wives to Husbands
• Husbands to Wives
• Fathers to Children
• Children to Parents
• Slaves to Masters• (Employees to
Employers)
• Masters to Slaves
• (Employers to Employees
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WivesWives• Verb: Submit
• Analogy: Husband is the head of the wife as Christ is
the head of the church.
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HusbandsHusbands
• Verb: Love
• Analogy: Love your wife as Christ loved the church.
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MastersMasters• Verb: Treat them by the same
principles.
• Verb: Do not threaten them.
• Reasoning: You have a master in heaven.
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Authority is No Excuse Authority is No Excuse for Abusefor Abuse
• Discipline is not to provoke but to instruct.
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Christian Authority Christian Authority
Implies Implies
Love & Self- Love & Self-
SacrificeSacrifice
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Christianity Christianity
Eradicates and Eradicates and
Regulates AbuseRegulates Abuse
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Treat others as you Treat others as you would like to be would like to be
treated if you were in treated if you were in their place!their place!
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Christianity Affects Christianity Affects
Our Relationships!Our Relationships!
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