Riches of Gods Grace - A Spirit Filled Marraige

Ephesians 5:22-33King James Version22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Intro: One of the most neglected aspects of our walk with the Lord is the necessity for every child of God to be filled with the Spirit. We are commanded to be filled with the Spirit in verse 18. Being filled with the Spirit is the only way we ever hope to be Christlike in our daily walk. When we are filled with the Spirit, we will display the fruit of the Spirit in our daily walk, Gal. 5:22-23. The characteristics that set Jesus Christ apart from the rest of the world will be fleshed out in our lives. Characteristics like “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance,” will mark us, and they will transform every relationship in our lives. In verse 19-20 teach us that being filled with the Spirit will affect our worship. When we are Spirit-filled, we will see God as He is, and we will give HIm the worship and praise He is due. Being Spirit-filled will transform our relationship with God. Verse 21 teaches us that being filled with the Spirit will transform our way of thinking, so that we do not place ourselves ahead of others, but so that that we walk in humility and mutual submission. Thus, the Holy Spirit, when He controls a life, will not only revolutionize our walk with God, He will also revolutionize every relationship in our lives.