We all have a job to do, to submit ourselves to God first, to one another second, and finally to the role and responsibility we’ve been assigned. Submission means yielding my need to be in control (worship), and is actively loving God and people. Christians are called to be different, and that includes the humility of submission, which is the way of Jesus.

God resurrects our marriage. The word submission is not popular in our culture, but when we look at Christ as our example, it is a beautiful process.

Without Christ we walk life's journey as dead men, seeking only to fulfill our flesh. But the Gospel resurrects our walk, unleashing us to live differently as we believe and follow Jesus.

Before receiving Christ we walk in the old way that leads to death. But the truth of the Gospel resurrects our minds, as we learn to “put on” Jesus and walk like him in the new way.

God’s blessing, grace and power towards us demands a response. Christ took responsibility for our sin on the cross, and we are responsible to grow up in faith, and live worthy lives in response. Chapter 4 turns the corner from doctrine to application.

God has no limits, and is able to do more than limited humans could ever ask or imagine. We tend to limit God with shallow prayers because we don't grasp who God is and what He wants to do in us. In Christ, our limits are resurrected.

God has the power to resurrect any story, even the story of COVID-19. Suffering is given meaning and purpose when we work with God and give Him control of our stories, so He can resurrect them for His glory.

A sense of belonging is a primary human need and Jesus doesn't leave us alone and isolated. Being "in Christ" means we are part of something greater than ourselves. Because of Jesus we now belong to a tribe called the Church.

God has a purpose for every person. The astounding grace of God resurrects dead lives for good works, and makes Christianity unique and superior among all other religions. Sadly, many Christians don't understand grace, and waste time trying to earn God's favor, instead of freely responding to what He's freely given.

A resurrected perspective comes from God-given wisdom, revelation in knowledge, and having the eyes of our hearts enlightened. It is also transformative as we believe with certainty in the hope, riches, and power of God towards us (v17-19). This new perspective is only made possible because of Christ's physical resurrection, and by knowing God personally and intimately. Knowing God that way only comes by spending time with him, and surrendering our perspective to his. It is then that my perspective becomes his perspective.