We used to ask marriage to help us survive. Then to make us happy. Now we're asking it to complete us - without the time, investment, or foundation to carry that weight.
Paul wrote Ephesians 5:21–33 into a first-century Roman world where wives were property and household codes told everyone their place. What he said instead was a bomb detonating in that culture - and it still is.
In this message, Pastor David walks through three movements: Paul responds to the tension of his world and ours. Paul gives us a picture- the marriage dance. And then Paul pulls back the curtain on something most people miss entirely.
This passage was never just about marriage. It was always about the Bridegroom.
In this message:
- Why Paul's word to husbands - love - had never appeared in a household code before
- What submission and headship actually mean when you define them the way Paul does
- The pastoral word on abuse - what this text does and does not say
- Four pieces of marriage advice from Pastor David and Nikki
- Why Genesis 2, not Genesis 3, is the foundation - and what the fall actually distorted
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