This document discusses the relationship between husbands and wives as presented in Ephesians 5:22-27. It argues that marriage exists to symbolize and preach the relationship between Christ and the Church. Wives are called to submit to their husbands as the Church submits to Christ, while husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it, in order to present their wife as holy and without blemish. The ultimate goal of marriage, according to the document, is to proclaim to the world the glorious relationship between Christ and his Church.

1. TITLE: The Beautiful Preaching of
Marriage

2. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the
Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even
as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is
himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to
Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to
their husbands.

3. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the
church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might
sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of
water with the word, 27 so that he might present the
church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle
or any such thing, that she might be holy and without
blemish.

4. ➤ Marriage is a preaching
➤ Marriages exist to preach the relationship of Christ
and the church, to bring glory to God.
POINTS TO ESTABLISH:

5. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the
Lord.

6. ➤ Submission is “sub” (means under) and “mission”
➤ In submission, you are placing yourself under the
authority of a leader, in order to fulfill a certain
mission
IMPORTANT:

7. ➤ “Your desire shall be contrary to your husband,
but he shall rule over you.” (Genesis 3:16b)
IMPORTANT:

8. ➤ “Your desire shall be contrary to your husband,
but he shall rule over you.” (Genesis 3:16b)
IMPORTANT:

9. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the
Lord.

10. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the
Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even
as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is
himself its Savior.
➤ In marriage, the relationship of husband and wives
SYMBOLIZES the relationship of Christ and the
church.

11. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the
Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even
as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is
himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to
Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to
their husbands.

12. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the
church and gave himself up for her,

13. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the
church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might
sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of
water with the word,

14. EPHESIANS 5:22-27
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the
church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might
sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of
water with the word, 27 so that he might present the
church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle
or any such thing, that she might be holy and without
blemish.

15. The GOAL of marriage is this: to preach to the
entire world the glorious truth between the
relationship of Christ and the church.