BUILDING ON A STRONG FOUNDATION: WIVES

BUILDING ON A STRONG FOUNDATION: WIVES I. TO BUILD OUR MARRIAGE ON A ROCK SOLID FOUNDATION WE MUST NOT ONLY KNOW “WHAT” GOD’S WORD INSTRUCTS, BUT “PUT” HIS WORD INTO PRACTICE! A. EPHESIANS 5:22-23 B. SUBMISSION GOES AGAINST OUR SELFISH HUMAN NATURE; WE ARE BORN WITH THE DESIRE TO BE THE BOSS. C. A DEVOTED, GODLY CHRISTIAN WIFE IS SUBMISSIVE TO THE LORD, AND “SHOULD” SUBMIT TO HER HUSBAND. D. 1 PETER 3:1-2 II. PETER USES AN EVANGELISTIC APPROACH TO WIVES MARRIED TO UNBELIEVING HUSBANDS. A. WE CANNOT ALWAYS CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS TO US, BUT CAN CONTROL HOW WE RESPOND TO WHAT HAPPENS TO US. B. 1 PETER 3:3-6 III. HEARD THE PHRASE: “THEY ARE AS BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE AS THEY ARE ON THE OUTSIDE?” A. PETER POINTS TO INNER BEAUTY WHICH COMES FROM A SUBMISSIVE, GENTLE AND QUIET SPIRIT, RATHER THAN BEAUTY ENHANCED FROM OUTWARD ADORNMENT. B. HOLY WOMEN OF THE PAST PUT THEIR HOPE IN GOD, BY BEING SUBMISSIVE TO THEIR HUSBANDS. C. ISAIAH 55:8-9 IV. ARE THERE TIMES WHEN A WIFE “SHOULD NOT” SUBMIT TO HER HUSBAND? A. YES! B. IF ASKED TO DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL, IMMORAL, CONTRARY TO BIBLE. V. A CHRISTIAN WIFE HAS NO PROBLEM SUBMITTING, WHEN CONVINCED HER HUSBAND LOVES HER LIKE CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH. A. GOD WILL ASK HUSBANDS: DID YOU LOVE YOUR WIFE LIKE CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH? B. GOD WILL ASK WIVES: DID YOU SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBAND, AS TO THE LORD? C. PETER IDENTIFIES A LACK OF SUBMISSION WITH “FEAR.” D. YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF BEAUTIFUL BY BEING SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR HUSBAND’S LEADERSHIP.