The Now and Not Yet, Part 4

One of the interesting things about living in the now and not yet is that our lives often look, at least at a surface level, very similar to that of the people all around us who don’t follow Jesus. A perfect example of this is our relationships with one another, such as marriage. For Peter, the marriage relationship becomes a way to out-narrate the culture with the story of Jesus.

This is Our God
Phil Wickham

Another in the Fire
Hillsong UNITED

The Jesus Way
Phil Wickham

Build My Life
Bethel Music

Sam Allberry
“If marriage shows us the shape of the gospel, singleness shows us its sufficiency.”

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1 Peter 3:1-6
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

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Wives, because you are holy…
1. Submit (yourselves to your own husband).

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Wayne Grudem
“Submission to authority can be totally consistent with equality in importance, dignity, and honor. Jesus was subject to both His parents and to God the Father but was not lower than either of them. Thus the command to wives to be subject to their husbands should never be taken to imply inferior personhood or spirituality, or lesser importance.”

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Wives, because you are holy…
2. Prioritize your character.

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Wives, because you are holy…
3. Live fearlessly.

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1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

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Husbands, because you are holy…
1. Live in intimacy with her.

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Husbands, because you are holy…
2. Honor her (as the weaker vessel).

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Husbands, because you are holy…
3. Help her live out her calling.

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Ephesians 5:25-30
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church for we are members of his body.

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