Sunday School Lesson

1. Ephesians 5:22-33
The Family and the Church
November 17, 2019
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA

2. What’s the number one thing?
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3. The Glory of God!

4. 1 Corinthians 10:31 NKJV
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you
do, do all to the glory of God.
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5. References
•MacArthur, John, The MacArthur Study Bible
(Nashville, Nelson Publishing, 1997).
•Palmer, Edwin H., The NIV Study Bible (Grand Rapids,
Zondervan, 1985).
•Missler, Dr. Chuck, Ephesians, Session 7, Koinonia
House Ministries, YouTube Channel.
•Got Questions Ministries: www.GotQuestions.org.

6. Outline of Ephesians
•Chapters 1-3:
‒Emphasis on the doctrine of Christianity.
‒What we are in Christ.
‒Our position in Christ.
•Chapters 4-6:
‒Our duty and responsibilities of Christian behavior.
‒Our response to Christ living in us.
‒How to treat one another.

7. Introduction to Ephesians 5:22-33
•These verses create great discomfort and controversy
when taught in churches.
•These verses have been misapplied and
misunderstood in our culture for the role of women.
•These verses must be interpreted in the context in
which they were written.
•Satan uses these verses to create conflict and turmoil.

8. Approach to Scripture Lesson Today
•Review the process of spiritual growth of the Christian
as they imitate God and walk in love as Christ
(Ephesians 5:1-14) “Sanctification.”
•Study how Paul presents the example of marriage as
how Christ loves the church.
•Examine Ephesians 5:32 NKJV
32 This is a great mystery, but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.

9. Spiritual Growth
•Ephesians 5:1-2, 8 NKJV
1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 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.
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in
the Lord. Walk as children of light
‒ Paul is describing the process of sanctification.

10. The goal of imitating God, walking in love as
Christ and walking in the light is Sanctification.
•Sanctification – Set apart for special use; to make holy.
•John 17:17-19 NKJV
17 “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. 18
As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them
into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself,
that they also may be sanctified by the truth.”

11. Phase 1 of Sanctification
1. Positional Sanctification (Justification) – We have
been set free from every sin by the blood of Christ.
‒ Acts 13:39 NKJV
39 and by Him everyone who believes is justified
from all things from which you could not be
justified by the law of Moses.
‒ God sees the righteousness of Christ when He
looks at us.
‒ Our position before God.

12. Phase 2 of Sanctification
2. Progressive (Experiential) Sanctification – The effect
of obedience to the Word of God in one’s life.
‒ 2 Peter 3:18a NKJV
18a but grow in the grace and knowledge of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
‒ Ephesians 5:8b NKJV
8b Walk as children of light

13. Phase 2 of Sanctification
2. Progressive Sanctification – Becoming more like
Christ and not living under the power of sin.
‒ Galatians 2:20 NKJV
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I
who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I
now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

14. Phase 2 of Sanctification
Forgiveness of sin for the Christian
‒ Christians continue to sin even though we are justified
before God.
‒ The past, present and future sins of the Christian are
forgiven and covered by the blood of Christ.
‒ 1 John 1:8-9 NKJV
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.

15. Phase 3 of Sanctification
3. Complete or Ultimate Sanctification (Glorification)
‒ 1 John 3:2-3
2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not
yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall
see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in
Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
‒ In our glorified state, we will be separated from sin
and be totally sanctified.

16. Summary of Sanctification
1. The positional sanctification separates the believer
from the penalty of sin (justification).
2. The progressive sanctification separates the believer
from the power of sin.
3. The ultimate sanctification (glorification) separates
the believer from the presence of sin.

18. Definition of “submit” in Ephesians 5
•Ephesians 5:21 NKJV
21 submitting to one another in the fear of the Lord.
‒ Submission, to submit – “hypotasso” Greek military
word meaning ‘to arrange under a leader.’
‒ To voluntarily place oneself under the authority
of another or to carry the burden of another.
‒ No believer is inherently superior to another, and
submission to each other is out of reverence for
God.

19. Definition of the “church” in Ephesians
•“church” – The collective body of believers in Christ.
•The relationship between Christ and the church
described in Ephesians applies to believers both
individually and collectively.
•When you accept Christ as your savior, you become a
member of the “church” – The body of believers.

20. What is First Baptist Church Jackson (FBCJ)?
• FBCJ is a building dedicated as a place of worship and
composed of believers who worship God there.
• Your salvation is not dependent on being a member of any
specific Church, such as FBCJ.
• But, God desires for believers to assemble and worship
Him together, and the Church is where this occurs:
‒ Hebrews 10:25 NKJV
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as
is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and
so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

21. Ephesians 5:22-24 NKJV
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is
head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let
the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

22. “Christ is head of the church”
•Ephesians 1:22-23 NKJV
22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to
be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His
body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
•Matthew 28:18 NKJV
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All
authority has been given to Me in heaven and on
earth.”

23. He (Christ) is the Savior of the body.
•body – church.
•Christ saved believers from the dangers of sin, death
and hell.
•Christ provides for, protects, preserves and loves the
church.
•The church is subject to Christ.

24. Ephesians 5:25-27 NKJV
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved
the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might
sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by
the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a
glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

25. A broader meaning of Ephesians 5:26-27
•Verse 26 refers to the process of sanctification of the
believers (the church).
•Verse 27 is the presentation of the church to Christ
referring to the rapture, glorification, marriage and
marriage supper of the Lamb.

26. Ephesians 5:28-29 NKJV
28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their
own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For
no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and
cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
•Paul wants us to see the example of the relationship
of Christ to the church for husbands and wives in
marriage.

27. Ephesians 5:30-31 NKJV
30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of
His bones. 31 “For this reason a man shall leave his
father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the
two shall become one flesh.”

28. Ephesians 5:32-33 NKJV
32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ
and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in
particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the
wife see that she respects her husband.
•The ‘great mystery’ is the relationship of the church as
the Bride for Christ and the Jewish wedding ceremony
as a prophecy of end times.

29. The Jewish Wedding as a type of prophecy
•The Betrothal – Formal engagement (marriage
contract) of the bride and groom.
‒ Ephesians 1:4 NKJV
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of
the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before Him in love,
‒ God chose us (the church) in eternity past for
salvation to become the Bride for His Son.

30. The Jewish Wedding as a type of prophecy
•The Betrothal – The dowry paid would be the blood of
Christ shed on the bride’s behalf.
‒ The Groom’s gift to the Bride (church) is the Holy
Spirit as a pledge.
‒ The Betrothal is the justification of the believer.
‒ Sanctification is the preparation of the Bride for the
wedding (the church preparing ourselves for
Christ’s return).

31. The Jewish Wedding as a type of prophecy
•The Presentation – The Groom coming for the Bride
and taking her to His house.
‒ The rapture is the presentation of the church to
Christ in our glorified bodies.
‒ Ephesians 5:27 NKJV
27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious
church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing, but that she should be holy and without
blemish.

32. Christ’s promise to return for the church
•John 14:1-3 NKJV
1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many
mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again and receive you to
Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

33. Rapture of the church
•1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NKJV
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the
trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17
Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in
the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

34. Glorification of the body at the rapture
•1 Corinthians 15:51-53 NKJV
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortality.

35. An Illustrated Timeline

36. The Marriage of the Lamb
• Revelation 19:6-8 NKJV
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as
the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty
thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God
Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give
Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His
wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to
be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen
is the righteous acts of the saints.

37. The Jewish Wedding as a type of prophecy
•The marriage of the Lamb will be a ceremony of
rejoicing and giving glory to God.
•The fine linen worn will be clean and bright (signifies
purity).
•The type or amount of linen will be according to the
righteousness in believers’ lives.
‒ The outward manifestations of inward virtue
awarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

38. The marriage supper of the Lamb
•Revelation 19:9 NKJV
9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who
are called (invited guests) to the marriage supper of
the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true
sayings of God.”
‒ The marriage supper of the Lamb is the celebration
after the wedding ceremony.

39. The marriage supper of the Lamb
‒ The marriage ceremony occurs during the 7 years of
tribulation time on the earth.
‒ The presentation feast will signify the end of the
wedding ceremony in heaven, then comes to earth
for the celebration of the final meal.
‒ This final symbolic meal will take place at the
establishment of the millennial kingdom and the
celebration will last throughout that 1,000-year
period.

40. Who are the “called” to the marriage supper
of the Lamb?
•The “called” or “invited guests” are those who were
saved before Christ (Pentecost) – faithful believers
saved by grace through faith up to the birth of the
church.
•Included guests are OT saints (Matthew 24:31).
•They are not the bride, but they are glorified and reign
with Christ in the millennial kingdom.

41. Who are the “called” to the marriage supper
of the Lamb?
•The called or guests will also include tribulation saints
and believers alive in earthly bodies in the kingdom
(Revelation 20:4-6).
•The presentation feast is in heaven, and then Christ
and the Bride come to earth (Glorious Appearing) for
the celebration of the final meal (the Millennium).
•After the Millennium, the new order comes, and the
marriage is consummated (completed, made perfect).

42. The Jewish Wedding as a type of prophecy
•The marriage is consummated.
•Revelation 21:1-2 NKJV
1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the
first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also
there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy
city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

43. The Marriage is Consummated – All Things
Made New!
•Revelation 21:3-4 NKJV
3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying,
“Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He
will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God
Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God
will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall
be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall
be no more pain, for the former things have passed
away.”

44. “Welcome Home!”

45. The Plan of Hope & Salvation:
John 3:16-17 NKJV
16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His
Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the
world through Him might be saved.”
John 14:6 NKJV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through Me.”

46. The Plan of Hope & Salvation:
Romans 3:23 NKJV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a NKJV
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the only one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this
life to pay the penalty for our sin.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the “second death”
explained in Revelation 21:8.

47. The Plan of Hope & Salvation:
Revelation 21:8 NKJV
8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral,
sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
• Anyone who’s lifestyle is one or more of the sins listed in Revelation 21:8,
will experience the “second death,” if they do not repent.
• To Repent means to turn around, to go in the opposite direction, to turn
away from sin and to come to Jesus.
Romans 5:8 NKJV
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.

48. The Plan of Hope & Salvation:
Romans 6:23b NKJV
23b but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
Revelation 21:7 NKJV
7 “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will
be his God and he shall be My son.”
• Romans 10:9-10 explain to us how to be overcomers.

49. The Plan of Hope & Salvation:
Romans 10:9-10 NKJV
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto
righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
Romans 10:13 NKJV
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

50. The Plan of Hope & Salvation:
Do you have questions?
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Please, contact First Baptist Church Jackson at 601-949-1900
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