HOW TO LOVE YOUR WIFE

TEXT- EPHESIANS 5:25-33

INTRODUCTION


THIS  MORNING  WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR VERSE  BY  VERSE STUDY ME HAVE BEEN DOING WITHIN THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS.

ONE  OF  THE  REASONS  WHY I CHOSE THIS BOOK WAS BECAUSE  OF  ITS  PRACTICAL TEACHINGS ON THE MAY GOD INTENDS FOR US TO WALK AS HIS CHILDREN.

IN  THESE  LAST  THREE  CHAPTERS WE  HAVE  BEEN LOOKING  AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ME HAVE AS CHILDREN OF GOD.

• WE   HAVE   SEEN   OUR  RESPONSIBILITY  TO WALK TOGETHER   IN  UNITY  AS  NEW TESTAMENT  CHURCH MEMBERS.


• WE  HAVE  SEEN  OUR  RESPONSIBILITY  TO WALK IN PURITY.


• WE  HAVE  SEEN  OUR  RESPONSIBILITY TO WALK LIKE GOD.


• WE   HAVE   SEEN   OUR  RESPONSIBILITY  TO WALK CAREFULLY.


• AND WE  HAVE  SEEN  OUR  RESPONSIBILITY  TO WALK IN SUBMISSION.

THIS  MORNING  OUR  TEXT  IS  FOUND IN EPHESIANS 5:25-33  AND  THE  TITLE  OF MY MESSAGE IS, "HOW TO LOVE YOUR WIFE" AND WE WILL CONSIDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A HUSBAND.

WITHIN  BIBLICAL TIMES THE WORLD WAS BASICALLY A MAN'S WORLD,  ESPECIALLY  WHEN  IT  CAME TO THE HOME.

AMONG   THE   JEW   WOMAN   WERE   OFTEN  TIMES CONSIDERED  LITTLE  MORE  THAN  A NICK-NACK ON A SHELF.

THE  GENTILES  CONFINED THEIR WOMEN TO THEIR OWN ROOM  AND DIDN'T EVEN ALLOW THEM TO EAT WITH THE MEN.

PAUL'S WORDS  HERE  IN  OUR  TEXT  ARE  A GREAT CONTRAST  TO ALL THIS AND SHOWS US THAT EVEN THE HUSBAND HAS A RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS TO LOVE HIS WIFE.

A  MAN WAS LOOKING OUT HIS WINDOW WHEN HE CALLED TO  HIS WIFE,  "HEY, THERE GOES THAT WOMAN BILL JONES  IS  IN  LOVE WITH." THE WIFE DROPPED THE GLASS   SHE  MAS  DRYING  IN  THE  KITCHEN,  RAN THROUGH  THE  LIVING  ROOM,  KNOCKED OVER A LAMP AND  POKED  HER  HEAD  THROUGH THE DOOR TO LOOK, "WHERE?"  SHE PANTED. "THERE," HE POINTED, "THAT WOMAN  ON  THE  CORNER  WITH THE RED COAT." "OH,  YOU,"  SHE SAID WITH DISGUST, "THAT'S HIS WIFE" "WELL,  OF  COURSE  IT IS," HE REPLIED, "WHO DID YOU EXPECT IT TO BE?"

HERE  IN OUR TEXT PAUL COMPARES THE KIND OF LOVE THAT  A  HUSBAND  IS TO HAVE FOR HIS WIFE TO THE LOVE THAT CHRIST HAS FOR THE CHURCH.

A WIFE IS TO BE SUBJECT TO HER HUSBAND THE SAME MAY  THAT  THE  CHURCH  IS SUBJECT TO CHRIST AND THE  HUSBAND  IS  TO  LOVE HIS WIFE THE SAME MAY CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH.

THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT FOUR WAYS A MAN’S LOVE CAN BE CHARACTERIZED FOR HIS WIFE.