Ephesians 5:21

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Ephesians 521
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Ephesians 521

• Submit
• to one another
• out of reverence for Christ.

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Submit

• hupotasso
• hupo under tasso arrange
• to arrange yourself under someone with superior
  authority

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WORD STUDY

• Luke 251 1017, 20 Romans 87, 20 103
  131, 5 1 Corinthians 1432, 34 1527, 28
  1616 Ephesians 122 521-22, 24 Philippians
  321 Colossians 318 Titus 25, 9 31 Hebrews
  25, 8 129 James 47 1 Peter 213, 18 31,
  5, 22 55)

• God
• Christ
• A spouse
• Parents (children)
• Masters (slaves)
• Civil leaders
• Elders
• Etc.

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Submission Defined

• Submission (hupotasso) is voluntarily and
  sacrificially putting yourself in your proper
  place under a person with a rightful position of
  authority over you for the sake of harmoniously
  accomplishing the Lords work.

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• Submission DOES NOT necessarily mean that the
  person doing the submitting is an inferior person
  in any way.

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one another
Simultaneous Situational
love one another greet one another accept one another killing one another bear one anothers burdens serve one another -
The verb in the sentence dictates how
simultaneous or situational the
one-another-actions will be.
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Ephesians 521

• Submit
• to one another
• out of reverence for Christ.

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4. Why is it important that we practice the
principle of submission?

• 1. The principle of submission is necessary in
  order for groups to cooperate effectively in
  order to accomplish the work they are to do.
• 2. The principle of submission is important
  because without it people would not grow and
  mature into Christlikeness.

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4. Why is it important that we practice the
principle of submission?

• 1. The principle of submission is necessary in
  order for groups to cooperate effectively in
  order to accomplish the work they are to do.
• 2. The principle of submission is important
  because without it people would not grow and
  mature into Christlikeness.

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Ephesians 521

• Submit
• to one another
• out of reverence for Christ.

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phobos

• phobia
• reverence / respect / fear
• respect for and fear of

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• MISSION Together we worship God, walk with
  Christ, and witness to the world.
• VISION We envision ourselves joyfully
  proclaiming the Gospel of Christ in our region so
  that an ever increasing number of people will
  wholeheartedly worship God, walk with Christ, and
  witness to the world.

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We want to grow spiritually and programmatically
in the area of

• warmly welcoming new people into the church
  family.
• getting people more relationally connected to one
  another
• developing maturing disciples of Christ.
• reaching out to the people around us.

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• (hupotasso) is voluntarily putting yourself in
  your proper place under a person with a rightful
  position of authority over you for the harmonious
  accomplishment of the work Christ has called us
  to do.