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The Key to not Getting Locked Out
(By Dr. Wayman Ming Jr.)
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (NKJV)
1. Husband, “So” Love Your Wife
Optimum Question: How should I love my wife?
Ephesians 5:28-29
So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the
church. (NKJV)
(1) Nourish and Cherish her!
Ephesians 5:26-27
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify (complete) and cleanse (purify) her with the washing of water by the word (spoken rhema), that He might present her (near) to Himself a glorious (and magnificently extraordinary)
church, not having spot (stain) or wrinkle (alignment issues) or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish (shame or reproach). (NKJV)
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. (NKJV)
(2) Give your Entire Self!
Jesus didn’t just give the things; He gave Himself!
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (NKJV)
2. Wife, Respect Your Husband…
Respect – To esteem or value the worth of a person. (dictionary definition)
Respect – To esteem or value the worth of a person more than yourself. (biblical definition)
Ephesians 5:31
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be become one flesh.
(1) Respect for “leaving father and mother.”
Ephesians 5:31 – For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be become one flesh. This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
(2) Respect for “joining with you.”
Genesis 1:26
Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. (NKJ)
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let
the wife see that she respects her husband. (NKJV)
Application: The Key to not Getting Locked Out is…
Husband…So Love your Wife!
Wife…Respect your Husband!
