Christ Above All - Week Ten
Colossians 3:18-25
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters,[a] not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
1. Wives; Submission that honors Christ
Biblical submission is a wife's divine calling to voluntarily respect and follow her husband's leadership and work with him to make the home a place of love and peace.
How can a wife demonstrate respect/submission?
- Look for ways to build up and encourage your husband
- Allow your husband to lead your family
- Foster a healthy physical relationship
2. Husbands: Love that reflects Christ
- Lead her spiritually
- Provide for her
- Be attentive to her needs (sacrifice for her)
- Value her and treat her with kindness and respect
- Listen to her
- Tell her you love her
3. Parent: Encouragement that points to Christ