Husbands as Stewards
Life In The Family
October 27, 2019
Rev. Gabe Sylvia
Ephesians 5:25–33 urges husbands to love their wives as Christ loves the church—sacrificially and sanctifyingly—so that wives are made glorious, the church's reality is shown to the world, and marriage reveals eternal truths.
Summary
This sermon on Ephesians 5:25–33 calls husbands to love their wives as Christ loves the church: a sacrificial, visionary, and sanctifying love that aims to make a wife glorious before God and to demonstrate Christ's love to the watching world. It emphasizes that baptism and the ongoing ministry of the Word mark stages of sanctification, that submission is assumed and empowers a wife's stewardship in marriage, and that husbandly love is practical stewardship rather than mere padding of a relationship. The preacher warns that if making our wives glorious for the Lord is not a top priority, we have missed the point of being married in the Lord, and concludes with a prayer that God would work through Scripture and the Spirit to glorify his name in marriages.
Key Points
- Text: Ephesians 5:25–33
- Command: Husbands must love their wives as Christ loves the church
- Purpose: Husbandly love is the means Christ uses to sanctify and make a wife glorious
- Witness: Such love publicly demonstrates Christ’s love for the church to the world
- Nature of love: Sacrificial, visionary, and practical stewardship—not merely comfort or padding
- Sanctification: Baptism is the beginning and the Word continues to wash and sanctify believers
- Submission: Paul assumes a wife’s submission, which empowers her stewardship of the marriage
- Accountability: Husbands who don’t prioritize making their wives glorious miss the point of Christian marriage
- Application: Love your wife as your own body and stop excusing ignorance about how to love her well
- Prayer: Ask God to work by the Word and Spirit so marriages display deep eternal truths and glorify his name
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