"How To Love Your Husband (And Be Submissive) And Not Lose Your Mind" Series

10 February 2006

by

U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris

CP Walker, Taegu South Korea

@ The PWOC Gathering at The Evergreen Community Club

BIG IDEA: Christian Wives Share The Love of Christ To Their Husbands Through Their Ministry of Submissiveness.

REFERENCES: Philippians 2:5 KJV - (Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus); Genesis 3:16 KJV (Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee); Ephesians 5:21-23 KJV ( Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body); Genesis 20:1-20 (Abraham lies because of Sarah beauty); Matthews 8:14-17 (Jesus cures Peter’s mother-in-law); 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 (Married Christians Should Not Seek To Part From Their Unbelieving spouse); 1 Peter 3:1-7 (The Duties of Wives & Husband); Ephesians 5:24-28 KJV - (Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself); Colosians 3:18 GW (Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority); Ephesians 5:22 GW (Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord’s authority); 1 Peter 3:1-3 GW – (Wives, in a similar way, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority. Some husbands may not obey God’s word. Their wives could win these men {for Christ} by the way they live without saying anything. 2 Their husbands would see how pure and reverent their lives are);

I. ANNOUNCE THE PERICOPE: 1 Peter 3:1-6 (KJV)

II. READ THE PERICOPE: 1 Peter 3: 1-2 (GW)

III. READ THE TEXT: 1 Peter 3:1-2 GW (Wives, in a similar way, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority. Some husbands may not obey God’s word. Their wives could win these men {for Christ} by the way they live without saying anything. 2 Their husbands would see how pure and reverent their lives are;

IV. PURPOSE: To motivate Christian Wives to WILLINGLY PLACE THEMSELVES under their husbands’ leadership in order to win them for Jesus Christ.

V. SERMONIC THEME: ”HOW TO LOVE YOUR HUSBAND (and be

submissive) AND NOT LOSE YOUR

MIND”

INTRODUCTION: ”Good Morning. Thank you for inviting me to share with you this morning.” I am indeed honored and grateful to be in your presence. It’s my prayer that God will richly bless the “little time” that I have to share with you, in a colossal way”.

I have been taught, by my late mother, to have a tremendous respect for all of you. As mothers, wives, leaders, homemakers, and professional women alike, you have been called, by God, to conduct an awesome ministry. And I applaud you!

*******************TAKE 5 BEATS********************

MOVE 1: … for this is a ministry, should you willingly decide to accept your calling, that will continue to MOLD, SHAPE, FORM, and HELP us men (everywhere) to become what God, Himself, has called each husband to become:

a. a compassionate husband in his home. A husband can’t

possibly reach this goal without a wife.

b. In order for leadership to materialize there must be

someone to lead – not to enslave but to lead.

c. For instance, a commander (at any level); commander of a

company, battalion, brigade/group, division or an army can

not lead if their aren’t any followers.

d. The Bible, in the Book of Ephesians (5:21-23), depicts the

husband as representing Christ as the Head of the church;

and the wife is portrayed as the church. She is the Bride of

Christ. As the Husband represents Christ himself.

******************TAKE 5 BEATS********************

MOVE 2: All of which means that the wife is assigned by God a subordinate position in the home or in the domestic environment.

a. A position in which the world or our secular society

despises.

b. But, a position that has been brought into existence because

of our own sins in the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:16) …

c. For don’t your remember: God said to the woman in the

garden: “ …

d. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring