sermon: Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 11)
The Husband's Responsibility
Martin G. Collins
Given 15-Jan-11; Sermon #1028; 75 minutes
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Martin Collins, continuing on his layered exposition of Ephesians 5:25-33, examines the parallels between physical marriage and Christ’s relationship to His Bride, the Church. Unfortunately, a great number of the world’s inhabitants seem incapable of thinking. Without God’s Holy Spirit, man with a natural, carnal mind cannot think properly. The concept of “falling in love” falls mainly in the emotional realm with very little mature cogitation. As Christians, our concept of marriage must be positive and more mature, modeled after Christ’s attentiveness toward the Church, as opposed to the world’s distorted concept. We must realize that the real cause of marriage failure is “self,” “selfishness,” and “self-centeredness.” The root sin of selfishness is disregard for God. Marriage teaches us to defeat self-centeredness by having us submit to one another. In our marriage relationships, we are not our own; we belong to each other—two halves of one whole. It is foolish to abuse or to neglect either one’s self or one’s spouse. We should value the commodity of love as more important than material prosperity. The magic of attentiveness and toleration for frailties and weaknesses which we demonstrated before marriage should continue and actually increase after marriage. We husbands need to be solicitous of our spouse’s physical and emotional health, making sure that we love them as ourselves. God’s loving way of life must be practiced 24/7.
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Abusing body Better half Cherish Christ and the church Colossians 3:16 Conflict Defiance of God Ephesians 5:25-33 Exercise Failure of marriage Fear of God Fellowship of the spirit I Corinthians 7:3-5 I Peter 3:7 Food Future spouse General principles Haughtiness of man Humanist Husbands and wives Infections Isaiah 2:12 James 4:1 Learning to think Loftiness of man Marriage doctrine Mark 10:7-9 My better half Neglect Personal gratification Philippians 2:1-3 Protection Proverbs 10:23; 15:17 Revelation 19:7 Righteous character Sacrificial love II Corinthians 11:2 Self-centeredness Self control Self-government Selfishness Specific applications Spirit of God Submission Taking someone for granted Thinking Two are one flesh Two halves of a whole Weaker vessel Wise man
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