Ephesians 5:21-33

1. Prior to reading this passage / hearing the message, how would you finish the following sentence: The goal or the purpose of marriage is __________ .
2. Read Eph. 5:21-24 and verse 33. How is God challenging wives in general and you in particular? When wives reject this passage, how do they tend to relate to their husbands?

3. Ladies, does this calling in the marriage relationship threaten your worth or acknowledge and accentuate it? How so?

4. Read Eph. 5:25-33. How is God challenging husbands in general and you in particular?

5. When men reject this passage, how do they tend to treat their wives?

6. Based on this passage, what is the goal of the husband, the wife, and the marriage? Is your marriage an attractive picture of the gospel?

7. Go around the room and have everyone finish this sentence: As a result of this passage and with God’s strength (5:18b), I plan to ______________ .