The Christian Wife

In the previous sermon we considered both the importance of understanding that marriage is a covenant instituted by God and the instructions that Paul gives in Ephesians 5 to the husband to love his wife “as Christ loved the church”. In this sermon we will turn our focus to Paul’s instructions to the wife in Ephesians 5 to submit to her husband “as to the Lord” and what it means that the husband is the head of the wife “even as Christ is the head of the church” (Ephesians 5:23). What God’s word teaches us about submission and headship is often controversial, even unacceptable to many Christians today. But if we are going to get the Christian family right, we need to understand these important things and then by faith obey God's word.