Ephesians 81-82_26a Ephesians 5:22-33
Ephesians 1981-82 Corps Teachings. Lesson 23 Part 1: Ephesians 5:22-23. EPHESIANS 5:22-33 April 21, 1982 Well, Chapter 5 of Ephesians [chuckles]. Says in King James—and I’m getting a cup of coffee, right there girl. Thank you. She’s quarter Indian, look at her cheeks {audience laughter}. You can see I’ve had a tremendous day. My sense of humor is very well, or something. {audience continues to laugh}. And I know Mr. Ol’house, I know you are going to have a birthday on Friday [laughter]. I’m up on some of these things, you know. Well anyways, if I don’t get into this Mrs. Wierwille won’t speak to me when she comes to the Indiana campus tomorrow. She’ll be arriving—we’ll take her to the woods and put her to work if she comes early, won’t we? [audience and Dr. Wierwille laugh]. Oh, bless your heart. It says in 22, almost hate to read this to you {audience laughter}. “Wives,” lay down, get hit, uh…no {audience laughter}. Better learn to read here [chuckles]. Ephesians 5:22 …submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Well…yeah. In one sense, and I think this is a great sense in which this word “submit” must be understood, that it is to set in proper order. To set in proper order. The comparison here is between a husband and wife becoming one flesh as believers are to be one in Christ. And the reason this whole section is set in here is to make the teaching of the one God so simple that you’ve got to be stupider than stupid to miss it. That’s why it’s in here. It’s still all dealing with one God. That’s why immediately when you read that 22 even from…from King James, it says, “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own…?” What? See. Not sixteen other husbands. That would be idolatry, too many gods. Your own husband, see? Like the husband and wife becoming one flesh, so the believer who submits himself to Jesus Christ becomes one in unity and purpose with him. You understand? The illustration of submission ties into the context of walking in love versus servin
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: AUDIO Publication Date: 1981-82 Victor Paul Wierwille was a Bible scholar and teacher for over four decades. By means of Dr. Wierwille's dynamic teaching of the accuracy and integrity of God's Word, foundational class and advanced class graduates of Power for Abundant Living have learned that the one great requirement for every student of the Bible is to rightly divide the Word of Truth. Thus, his presentation of the Word of God was designed for students who desire the in-depth-accuracy of God’s Word. In his many years of research, Dr. Wierwille studied with such men as Karl Barth, E. Stanley Jones, Glenn Clark, Bishop K.C. Pillai, and George M. Lamsa. His formal training included Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees from Mission House (Lakeland) College and Seminary. He studied at the University of Chicago and at Princeton Theological Seminar