1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:05,559 Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's 2 00:00:05,599 --> 00:00:10,439 food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,039 some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,760 keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change 5 00:00:19,879 --> 00:00:25,120 all that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:30,800 live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,679 author speaker L. David Harris. Good morning, good morning, Good morning. 8 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,240 It is Sunday, August twenty seven, twenty twenty three. Hello, 9 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,719 my name is L. David Harris. I am your host, and this 10 00:00:41,799 --> 00:00:45,840 is your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and 11 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,679 today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson study series through the 12 00:00:50,679 --> 00:00:57,719 Book of Ephesians, and our caption for today is Counsel to Christian Wives. 13 00:00:57,759 --> 00:01:02,920 Counsel to Christian Wives. We'll get into that in just a moment, but 14 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,359 first I'd like to say welcome to you and happy new week. Right, 15 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,920 happy new week. We're in our work week and hopefully you are running with 16 00:01:11,079 --> 00:01:15,719 God, knowing that He is the one who is in control of your life, 17 00:01:15,159 --> 00:01:19,120 and that he is the one who will guide you on this uncharted path. 18 00:01:19,719 --> 00:01:23,239 Right at least for us it's uncharted, but he has already marked out 19 00:01:23,239 --> 00:01:26,799 a path before you, and he just wants you to yield to him so 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,959 he can show you the path of righteousness. Let's go ahead and pray, 21 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,319 and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving 22 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,560 us this new morning and the privilege that we have to open up your word. 23 00:01:38,879 --> 00:01:41,719 Please give us the fullness of your holy spirit. Teach us how to 24 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:46,519 love you. Please, Lord, give us wisdom and understanding about what you 25 00:01:46,719 --> 00:01:51,280 did say in the scriptures, and not be confused. In Jesus name, 26 00:01:51,319 --> 00:01:57,959 I pray, Amen and Amen again. Counsel to Christian Wives. Oh this 27 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:04,319 is good. Okay, So Paul does something very interesting. If you did 28 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,280 not watch or listen yesterday, please scroll back your Daily Portion dot com. 29 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:15,039 You can go back and click the link to the YouTube channel and find yesterday 30 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:22,199 the twenty sixth guidance. Right, okay, So now we're going to how 31 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:27,879 God wants our wives to relate to us husbands. But in the meantime, 32 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:34,000 the lesson writer does something that I see as key. I see as key, 33 00:02:34,159 --> 00:02:38,639 because there are so many Bible teachers that are uncomfortable with what God says, 34 00:02:38,719 --> 00:02:45,599 and therefore those individuals mix up what he says in order to make themselves 35 00:02:45,759 --> 00:02:47,400 or others feel better in this case, and you're like, well, how 36 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,360 could that be so complicated, Dave, Well, let me just read here 37 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,120 in verse twenty one, right, So if we were to read it in 38 00:02:55,159 --> 00:03:01,919 its context, Ephesians one Ephesians five one through twenty one is part of a 39 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,560 conversation that Paul is having with believers about how they are to relate to each 40 00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:12,560 other and to relate to God believers in general. Like, call it a 41 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,960 church if you want to say, right, a church of believers. Fill 42 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,479 in the name of your church here. Right. He's speaking to all of 43 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,840 us equally and in the same way. And it culminates here in verse twenty 44 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:30,439 one, submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. And so 45 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:38,439 that discussion or aspect of the discussion ends here, and then he picks up 46 00:03:38,479 --> 00:03:43,199 a new topic. Now, let me ask you a question. Is submission 47 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:50,319 negative? Come on now, submission is it negative? Well, the answer 48 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:57,439 obviously is no. In fact, the descendant of Ishmael, the people who 49 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:03,360 have their belief system right in the East. Their belief system is based on 50 00:04:03,439 --> 00:04:11,000 the terminology submission or the principle let's call it submission, right, Okay, 51 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:15,639 So let me ask you a question. Did Jesus submit to the Father? 52 00:04:15,399 --> 00:04:20,959 I'm going somewhere with this. Did Jesus submit to the Father? And we're 53 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,879 talking about now, as Jesus lived on planet Earth, he is now fulfilling 54 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,560 the prophecy that said he would save his people from our sins. And so 55 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:35,920 at the time, right before Jesus was going to give his life, he's 56 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:41,399 in the garden of Getsemite and he's going through a massive struggle. And that 57 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,879 is an understatement. And the Bible says that he said, Father, if 58 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:51,439 this cup can pass, please let it pass nevertheless, nevertheless, not as 59 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:58,240 I will, but as thou wilt. And we see all throughout the Gospels 60 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:03,639 where Jesus is is giving deference to the Father. He is submitting to the 61 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:11,000 Father. So submission is not a demeaning term. We're not talking about subservience. 62 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000 We're not talking about being abused, we're not talking about under anyone's thumb, 63 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,639 we're not talking about being walked on. And I have to deal with 64 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:23,959 this right here, because there are so many people who reject submission because they 65 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:30,800 have added their foolishness, their societal unfortunate norms, or whatever happened in a 66 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:34,160 wrong way in their own households to what God is saying. No, Jesus 67 00:05:34,199 --> 00:05:41,959 submitted to the Father. We agree that submission in this context is positive, 68 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:49,000 and so submission is equal among believers in the church fellowship. We are preferring 69 00:05:49,199 --> 00:05:56,319 other above ourselves. Okay, Now the transition happens right It says here, 70 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:03,000 wives submit yourselves to your own husbands as unto the Lord, for the husband 71 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:06,439 is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the 72 00:06:06,519 --> 00:06:11,480 church and he is the savior of the body. Okay, so let me 73 00:06:11,519 --> 00:06:15,759 just pause right here. We've already said that submission is not negative, it 74 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:23,839 is positive. We've already said that Jesus Christ manifest manifested submission as he lived 75 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:30,480 on planet Earth. Was Jesus less? Was Jesus less than the Father? 76 00:06:30,439 --> 00:06:34,759 And let me answer it quickly before you get confused. No, the Bible 77 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,079 teaches us, I and my Father are one. I believe that is in 78 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,120 John chapter ten, verse thirty. And Jesus said in John chapter seventeen. 79 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,879 Please restore me to that glory that I had from before. There was a 80 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,279 beginning like the glory I had before I came down to planet Earth. And 81 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:56,040 John chapter seventeen and his so called mediatorial prayer, high priestly prayer. Okay, 82 00:06:56,079 --> 00:06:59,120 so that's the simple answer. I don't really have the time to get 83 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,759 into that. But you can go back to Micah chapter five in verse two, 84 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:06,279 where it teaches that Jesus or the Messiah who was to come, was 85 00:07:06,399 --> 00:07:13,120 equal to the Father like eternal. He was eternal, just as the Father 86 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:18,319 is. So equality here does not fly in the face of submission. Some 87 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:23,720 of you are following with me, So submission is not negative. Jesus manifests 88 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,959 submission to the Father while he lived on planet Earth. Yes, and submission 89 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:32,600 does not mean inequality. So when the Bible says that our wives are to 90 00:07:32,759 --> 00:07:38,879 submit to their own husbands as unto the Lord, God is not putting them 91 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,319 under the thumb. God is not saying that the man is what the boss 92 00:07:43,439 --> 00:07:47,040 of the wife. He's not saying that the wife is not his equal. 93 00:07:47,279 --> 00:07:53,959 But he is saying that as with Christ and the Father, there are roles. 94 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,160 There are roles and I'm not talking about household roles. I'm not talking 95 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:03,720 about societal roles. I'm talking about the woman was created second. She represents 96 00:08:03,959 --> 00:08:11,279 what the nurturing attributes of God's character. The man, he was created first. 97 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:16,360 He was what to represent the sterner attributes of God's character. The man 98 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,319 was created first. And I wish I had the time to deal with that. 99 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,759 But again, that has nothing to do with inequality. It does not 100 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:30,439 feed into the misogynistic elements of society. It does not say that the woman 101 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:35,360 is less than. It doesn't mean that any at all. Okay, And 102 00:08:35,399 --> 00:08:39,919 so again when it says here that the woman is to submit to her own 103 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:43,440 husband, it is a privilege. And if you did not listen yesterday about 104 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:50,279 the privilege that we read about for the husbands to love our wives as Christ 105 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,000 love the church to the point that he gave his life for the church. 106 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,600 Right, husbands, you are to be willing to give you your very life 107 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:03,879 for your wife and women wives to be submissive to your own husbands as unto 108 00:09:03,879 --> 00:09:09,039 the Lord. Like I said yesterday, is it that God is saying that 109 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,200 you should love your wives if they meet whatever your criteria is. No, 110 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:18,679 it says love them because Christ said love them. It's our privilege. And 111 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,080 in the same way, our wives are to submit to their own husbands as 112 00:09:22,159 --> 00:09:26,600 unto the Lord, but not unto your own husbands as unto the world. 113 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,000 Like if your husband wants you to do something evil, submission doesn't say do 114 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,879 something evil, but submission is an attitude that says, you know what God 115 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,559 said, you submit and I will. We'll get into more of that as 116 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:46,720 the days come on. Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. 117 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,600 Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes 118 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,919 from the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with l David 119 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,320 Harris. Make it a great day.