The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 124 : The Wise and Spirit Filled Life of Submission / The Haustafel (5:23-25)

WIVES, HUSBANDS, CHURCHES VERSE DIVISIONS IN vv. 22-33 – CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR OUR MARRIAGES – THE ‘HEAD/BODY’ METAPHORS IN EPHESIANS – THE MODERN ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE AUTHORITY FROM THE ‘HEAD’ METAPHOR – v. 23 IS A REFERENCE TO CHRIST, NOT TO HUSBANDS – EMPHATIC POSITION – WHY ANOTHER METAPHOR DESCRIBING CHRIST’S ROLE IN RELATION TO THE ECCLESIA? – A WILLING SUBMISSION – WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE ECCLESIA’S SUBMISSION TO CHRIST? – THE EXTENT OF HIS LOVE SHOWN BY GIVING HIS LIFE – CHRIST TOOK HIS OWN INITIATIVE IN HANDING HIMSELF OVER’ – THE TENSE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT – ‘CHRIST’S CARE FOR HIS BRIDE FROM A PAST TO FUTURE ETERNITY’ – THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE ECCLESIA IS THE OBJECT OF CHRIST’S ACTIONS