Husbands, Love Your Wives

Posted 3/2/2011

As Christ

Loved the church
- 2Sam 12 Poor man and his little ewe lamb
- Col 3:19 Without becoming bitter
- 1Pe 3:7 Understanding and with honor "in the same way" as 1Pe 2:21-24
Gave Himself up for the church
- Eph 5:2 Fragrant to God
- Mat 20:28 To serve, not be served
- Gal 2:20 Christ lives in me, and I live by faith in the Son of God

He who loves his wife loves himself
- Gen 2:21 Woman was made from man's body
- Mat 19:5 and cannot be parted from it [in divorce]
Nourish and cherish it
- Mat 23:37 As a hen gathers her chicks
- Joh 6:50-58 Living bread from himself
Members of his body
- Gen 2:23 Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh
- Rom 12:5 Members of one body
- 1Cor 12:12-27 Different members
Joined becoming one flesh
- 1Cor 6:16 Intimacy is a big deal
Great mystery!
- 1Tim 3:16 The mystery of godliness
His own wife

He might sanctify her
- Joh 17:17 Sanctify in the truth; Your word is truth
- Joh 17:19 Sanctify myself, so they may be in the truth
- Heb 9:14 Cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God
Cleanse her by washing of water with the word
- Tit 3:6-7 Regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit
- Heb 10:22 Washed with pure water
- Act 22:16 Wash away your sins
He might present to Himself the church in all her glory
- Having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing
  - 2Cor 11:2 Godly jealousy to present a pure virgin
  - Col 1:28 Proclaim Christ, with all wisdom admonishing and teaching , to present complete
- Holy and blameless
  - Col 1:22 Without reproach
  - 1Th 5:23 Spirit, soul, and body preserved complete and blameless