Of His Flesh and of His Bones (Ephesians 5:22-33)

 Message: Eph. 5: 22-33

, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 31“ For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

 

Sunday July 16, 2017

“Of His Flesh and of His Bones”

Pastor Enoch Hanokh

1. As Christ is the Head of the Church-vv. 22-24

22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

• Honoring and obeying (Submission), vv. 24, 24
• Christ and the Church as (an) example(s), v. 23

2. Just as Christ also loved the Church-vv.25-28

 

25Husbands love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

 

• Duty of a husband, v. 25
• The reason for the duty, vv. 26-28

 

3. Of His Flesh and of His Bones-vv.29-33

 

29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 31“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

 

• No man hates himself? v. 29
• Bonded and closer as to no other, vv. 30-33

Questions:

1. How does Christ’s relation to the Church help us understand marriage?
2. Have we misunderstood marriage? Base on biblical principles, share understanding your understanding and experience with your group if possible.
3. How do we understand verse 31? “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”