1. #35 Headship and Submission
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The message of 1Corinthians for today
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#35 Headship and Submission
1Corinthians 11:3

2. #35 Headship and Submission
1Corinthians 11:3
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The go-to verse for evangelical feminists…
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Saying: salvation is not tied to social status
“one in Christ” ≠ all the same

3. “God the Father” “Christ” “man” “the woman”
#35 Headship and Submission
1Corinthians 11:3
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“God the Father”
Even Jesus is under the headship of the Father
Luke 22:42, John 5:19,23
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head of
“man”
Her husband is her head, not every man in the room!
Christ is also her head
head of
“the woman”
v3 …the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

4. Christ Husband Church Wife #35 Headship and Submission
1Corinthians 11:3
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Ephesians 5:22-25
Husbands live out headship by:
loving your wife
laying down your life for her
Christ lived out his headship by:
loving his church
dying for his church
1John 3:16
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A wife submits to her husband by: obeying him – pleasing him
The church submits to Christ by: obeying him – pleasing him
Matt. 28:19; 2Cor. 5:9; Col. 1:10-14