THIS IS US

 COLOSSIANS 3:18-21

 

WIVES/HUSBANDS

 

    EQUALITY VS. ROLES

 

      THERE ARE NO DISTINCTIONS IN CHRIST

      (GAL.328;COL.3:11)

        THE TRINITY AS A MODEL

        ROLE DISTINCTIONS PROVIDE EFFECTIVENESS

 

   SUBMITTING AND LOVING

 

      WIVES, VS.18

 

    “SUBJECT …”

      GREEK, HUPOTASSO – HUPO, MEANING UNDER AND TASSO, MEANING TO PLACE OR ARRANGE IN ORDER.

 

         SUBMISSION DOES NOT MEAN:

               INFERIORITY

              ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY OF THE HUSBAND

 

         SUBMISSION IS:

            LOVE

           “… FITTING IN THE LORD.”

 

      HUSBANDS,VS.19

 

            “LOVE …” KEEP ON LOVING

            “DO NOT BE EMBITTERED AGAINST THEM.”

            HOWARD HENDRICKS, “A LOT OF FRUSTRATED SERGEANTS ARE RUNNING AROUND WITH BIBLICAL CLUBS IN THEIR HANDS SHOUTING, ‘I’M THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE,’ AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES CONVINCED.”

 

CHILDREN/PARENTS

 

PROVERBS 10:1

    CHILDREN, VS.20

    “BE OBEDIENT” – PROVERBS 30:17

 

    FATHERS, VS.21

 

   “DO NOT EXASPERATE YOUR CHILDREN”

 

    THINGS THAT EXASPERATE A CHILD:

      WHEN WE DISCIPLINE OUT OF ANGER

      WHEN THEY SEE IN US A CONFLICTING MESSAGE

      WHEN THEY LEARN TO PERFORM FOR ACCEPTANCE

      WHEN THEY FEEL UNFORGIVEN

      WHEN THEY ARE COMPARED TO SOMEONE ELSE

 

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