The fifth message in our series entitled, "Male and Female: God's Design; God's Ways."

Base Text: Ephesians 5:22-33

Main Outline:

1. The Precept--Submit (v. 22a)

2. The Practice of Submission (v. 22b)

3. The Person She Submits To (v. 22c-23a)

4. The Parameters of Submission (v. 24)

5. The Picture of Submission (v. 23-24)

Common Objections to Submission:

• Submission is a product of the fall
• Mutual submission erases the wife's submission
• Submission was a cultural feature of the 1st century

Closing Application Outline:

1. Wives, embrace Scripture's Command to Submit

2. Husbands, don't treat your wife like your husband or your child

3. Everyone, trust in God's Word, don't twist/soften it