Morning Worship 2/22/26

The sermon presents marriage as a sacred, divinely ordained picture of Christ's eternal union with the Church, grounded in Ephesians 5:21–33. It emphasizes that biblical marriage reflects the gospel's unifying power, with wives called to voluntary, Christ-centered submission as the Church submits to Christ, and husbands commanded to love their wives sacrificially, mirroring Christ's self-giving death for the Church. The passage underscores that this mutual relationship is not about domination or blind obedience, but about mutual reverence, selfless care, and godly leadership rooted in Christ's example of cleansing, sanctifying, and cherishing His bride. The sermon calls believers to live out this divine design with intentionality, urging wives to honor their husbands and husbands to nourish and cherish their wives as their own bodies, all to reflect the gospel's transformative truth in the world.