1. ‘God’s Recipe for a Healthy Marriage’ [Pt 3]
Ephesians series #19
Ephesians 5:25

2. ‘Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church’ – Ephesians 5:25
“Whatever ‘in love’ means”

3. God’s love is Covenant love
‘Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church’ – Ephesians 5:25
Paul doesn’t say that husbands must feel ‘in love’ or be ‘in love’ with their wives!
Jesus and the church is the role model for Christian marriages.
God’s love is Covenant love
Voluntary
Unbreakable (consequences if one side broke it)
Eg: Abraham – Genesis 12
God never, ever breaks his covenant with his people.

4. ‘Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church’ – Ephesians 5:25
Jesus’ [God] love for the church is a covenant love

5. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life’
John 3:16

6. Husbands, love your wives
‘Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church’ – Ephesians 5:25
Jesus’ [God] love for the church a covenant love
God’s side: he forgive, adopts, gives holy Spirit; promises never to reject; watches over, protects and ensures we arrive safely in heaven.
Our side: Faith in Jesus to save us, repentance, seriously follow Jesus
Husbands, love your wives
as Jesus loves the church