2. 04 Marital Application with Distinction and Destiny.
Ephesians 5:21-24 Apply with SUBMISSION

3. The Fall and the curse brought distortion
Distorting Women’s Proper Submission: The women want to “rule; control, urge, to compel, to seek to control over.”
Distorting Men’s Proper Authority: The men want to ‘lord over,’ ‘domineer’

4. Understanding Submission
YEILDEDNESS: “in the Lord”
‘submitting yourselves one to another’
Heb 13:17; ‘Obey and be submissive’
Jms 4:7; ‘Therefore submit to God’
I Pt 2:13; ‘submit yourselves…for the Lord’s sake.
I Pt 5:5 ‘submit yourselves to your elders’

5. Understanding Submission
YEILDEDNESS: “in the Lord”
Your devotion to God is measured by your level of submission.
Philippians 2:1-4 “Look out for the interests of others”
Romans 12:10 “in honor preferring one another”

6. Understanding Submission
YOKING:
“This is not a command to obey”
This is not a “lording over” position.
Voluntary response to God’s Will:
Giving up of one’s independent rights
It ordains the authority of God over our own authority or rights.

7. Understanding Submission
YEARNING: Modeling Christ like ness.
“as to the Lord” This is a service of submission.
“Christ is the Head of the Church” – no one argues the point, Christ is the head of responsibility;
“Christ is the Savior of the Body” - the willing servant of the body,
“Church is subject to Christ” – as an example of submission.

8. Life Steps
We are prone to live out the distorted roles of the fall/curse in our marriage roles.
We are called to Christlikeness: One giving themselves to the other.
We are required to change the current trends
We are responsible to change generational curses.