“The Wise Family, Part 1” | June 19, 2022

I.             “The God Ordained Marriage”
Ephesians 5:15-21
Ephesians 5:22-24 (read -33); Col 3:18-4:1; 1Pe 3:1-7
Genesis 3:11-16 (NLT); (Eph 6:5); Gen 3:15-16
Ephesians 5:22; Gal 3:28; Eph 5:23
1 Corinthians 11:3; Eph 1:22; 4:15; 5:23
Ephesians 5:24; Col 3:20-22; Tit 2:9; 1Ti 2:11-15; Jn 16:13 Galatians 5:22-26

J.I Packer “Concise Theology” Quote:
Ephesians 5:22-6:4; Col 3:18-21; 1Pe 3:1-7
Gen 18:8-9; Dt 4:9; 6:6-8; 11:18-21; Prv 22:6; Eph 6:4
Proverbs 1:8; 6:20; Prv 13:24; 19:8; 22:15; 23:13-14
Proverbs 29:15, 17; 3:11-12; Heb 12:5-11

Greek Word Study:
Wives: ‘gune’; from base of ‘ginomai’ (To cause to be) (To become); a woman; specifically, a wife: - widow, wife, woman.
Submit: ‘idios’: adj. pertaining to self, i.e. one’s own (by implication) private or separate: - denoting ownership; spoken of persons e.g. denoting one’s own brother, father, [husband]. (Eph 5:22)
Husband: ‘aner’: a man (properly as an individual male), husband, man (hood), sir. A man, i.e. an adult male person: males as distinguished from females, spoken of men in various relationships and circumstances, where context determines proper meaning; e.g. husband (…Eph 5:22-25, 28, 33…)
Lord: ‘kurios’: from ‘kuros’ (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. as noun controller; (by implication) Mr. (as a respectful title): - (x in honor of) Lord, lord, master, owner, Sir. Noun from ‘kuros’ (n.f.), might, power. Lord, master, owner. Of a supreme lord, sovereign. The Roman emperor; the heathen gods; Of God as supreme Lord and Sovereign of the universe; Of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the supreme Lord of the Gospel dispensation, “head over all things to the church”. 
Head: ‘kephale’: probably from the primary ‘kapto’ (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literal or figurative: - cornerstone, head. N. meaning the head: Figuratively of persons, i.e. the head, chief, one to whom others are subordinate, e.g., the husband in relation to the wife (1Co 11:3; Eph 5:23); of Christ in relation to His Church which is His body, and its members are His members (Eph 1:22; 4:15; 5:23; Col 1:18; 2:10, 19); of God in relation to Christ (1Co 11:3)
Christ: ‘Christos’: from ‘chrio’ (anointed), i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus: - As a proper noun, Christ. The servant of God [even as co-equal]. This is a Messianic title of our Lord indicative of humility, submission, vicarious suffering and death (See Ac8:35; Is 53:7)
Church: ‘ekklesia’: from a compound of ‘ek’ (out) and a derivative of ‘kaleo’ (to call); a calling out i.e. (concretely) a religious congregation (Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both); assembly, Church, congregation. N. from ‘ekkletos (n.f.) called out, which is from ‘ekkaleo’ (n.f.) to call out. In the Christian sense: an assembly of Christians, generally (1 Co 11:18, the Christian Church) 
Body: ‘soma’: the body as a sound whole; spoken(fig) for a body, meaning a whole aggregated, collective mass as spoken of the Christian Church, the whole body of Christians, collectively, of which Christ is the Head. (…Eph; 5:23,30…)
Savior: ‘soter’:  N. from ‘sozo’ (to save); a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ: - savior.  A savior, deliverer, preserver, one who saves from danger or destruction and brings into a state of prosperity and happiness.  The ancient mythological gods, (such as Zeus) were also call ‘soter’. In NT, spoken of Jesus as Messiah, the Savior of men who saves His people from the guilt and power of sin and from eternal death, from punishment and misery as the consequence of sin, and gives them eternal life and blessedness in His kingdom. (…Eph 5:23…)
Submits: ‘hupotasso’: to subordinate; (reflexive) to obey: - put, (be) subject (to), (be, put) in subjection, be in submission, be submissive to, submit (self) to. From ‘hupo’ and ‘tasso’, to place in order. To place under, to subordinate, to make subject. (I.)  In middle voice: to submit oneself, to be subject, to be obedient (…Eph 5:21, 22…) (II.) In the passive voice: to be brought under the control of someone else (…Eph 5:24…)
BIBLICAL NOTE: {All submission is relative to God’s authority and ordering; we are to submit when called to by God - up to the point when obeying man requires disobeying God – then we immediately cease submitting to that human authority in that thing.}