This lesson was presented during a gospel meeting in Peytona, WV. This lessons specifically deals with Ephesians 5.22-34.

2. The
Benefits
of “in”
Strength
How Do I
“in”
Get “in”
Battle
Strength The
“in” Mystery
Marriage of “in”
Strength The
“in” Strength
Walking of “in”

3. The Benefits of Being “in” Christ
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with
every spiritual blessing in heavenly places...”
(Ephesians 1:3, ESV)

4. What Being “in” Christ Means
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,
but you are fellow citizens with the saints and
members of the household of God...”
(Ephesians 2:19, ESV; emphasis mine)

5. The Mystery of Christ
“This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow
heirs, members of the same body, and partakers
of the promise in Christ Jesus through the
gospel.”
(Ephesians 3:6, ESV; emphasis mine)

6. The Strength of “in”
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to
grow up in every way into him who is the head,
into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined
and held together by every joint with which it is
equipped, when each part is working properly,
makes the body grow so that it builds itself up
in love.”
(Ephesians 4.15-16; ESV)

7. The Strength in Walking
“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us
and given Himself for us, an offering and a
sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.”
(Ephesians 5.1, 2, NKJV)

8. The Strength in Marriage
“This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning
Christ and the church. Nevertheless  each
let
one of you in particular so love his own wife as
himself, and let the wife see that she respects
her husband.”
(Ephesians 5.32-33, NKJV)

9. Strength in Marriage - Submission
• Submission is the humble obedience to
another’s will.
• The submission of the wife is to be as her
submission to the Lord (Ephesians 5.22).

10. Strength in Marriage - Submission
• Each person is to submit themselves to God
(James 4.7).
• This submission is as a result of the head
(Ephesians 5.23)
• The wife’s submission is as the church submits
to Christ (Ephesians 5.24)

11. Strength in Marriage - Love
• Husbands are to love their wives in the same
manner that Christ loved the church
(Ephesians 5.25, 28).
– Christ gave himself for the church (Ephesians
5.25).
– Christ made the church a priority (Ephesians 5.25-
27).
– Christ did whatever it took to make the church
glorious (Ephesians 5.28, 29)

12. Strength in Marriage - Love
• There is sacrifice in leaving father and mother
and joining with another (opposite gender, of
course) to become one. (Ephesians 5.31)
– The leaving and cleaving has to do with
dependence.

13. Strength in Marriage - Love
• Paul’s proclaims the mystery of Christ and the
church (Ephesians 5.32)
– Marriage is strengthened by Christ and the church
and the marriage can strengthen the church. (one
body and one flesh)
• Love and respect take physical, emotional,
mental and spiritual sacrifice. (So does
following God!)

14. The Strength in Marriage
“This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning
Christ and the church. Nevertheless  each
let
one of you in particular so love his own wife as
himself, and let the wife see that she respects
her husband.”
(Ephesians 5.32-33, NKJV)