THE SPIRIT-FILLED HOME

EPHESIANS 5:18-21ff.

Pastor Rick Jackson

It is not by chance that the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write about relationships after the command to be filled with the Spirit. No one can be what they ought to be in the marriage relationship, the parent-child relationship or even the work relationship if they aren’t in a right relationship with God. By a right relationship with God I mean a person must be saved by the grace of God, surrendered to the will of God, and filled by the Spirit of God.

I. THE SPIRIT-FILLED WIFE [v. 21-24]

1. It is to be a Voluntary Submission [v. 21-22a]

Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Titus 2:3-5 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

2. It is a Matter of Christ’s Lordship [v. 22b]

3. It is a Blessed Picture [v. 23-24]

II. THE SPIRIT-FILLED HUSBAND [v. 25-30]

1. Love Her Sacrificially- [v. 25] - with a High Pattern

2. Love Her Scripturally- [v. 26-27] - with a Higher Purpose

3. Love Her Selflessly- [v. 28-30] - with a High Regard

III. THE SPIRIT-FILLED HOME [v. 31-33]

1. The Plan from the Beginning [v. 31, Genesis 2:23-24]

2. The Picture for the Believers [v. 32]

3. The Personification of the Behavior [v. 33]