Ephesians 5:22-33; Colossians 3:18-25
God’s Blueprint for Family
November 2, 2025
ELDER CARLA AULTMON
EPHESIANS 5:22-33
Opening Scriptures
Verse 31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
MARRIAGE: CHRIST AND THE CHURCH
COLOSSIANS 3:18-25
Opening Scriptures
Verses 18-20 18 Wives, be subject to your husbands [subordinate and adapt yourselves to them], as is right and fitting and your proper duty in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives [be affectionate and sympathetic with them] and do not be harsh or bitter or resentful toward them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
THE CHRISTIAN HOME
CHRIST AND THE CHURCH
Marriage Between
“Things fashioned on Earth are to follow the similitude of things fashioned in heaven. God, who instituted marriage, designed it to be a microcosm of the great marriage between the Lord Jesus Christ and the church”
Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage: Part II - Leave, Cleave and Weave: A Great Mystery, (Peebles, 1993)
Microcosm
DEFINITION
mi·cro·cosm - /ˈmīkrōˌkäzəm/noun a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger.
In This Series
Questions We’ll Answer
What is Christ’s Relationship With the Church?
How does the wife’s relationship with Christ influence and impact the relationship with her husband and their children?
How does the husband’s relationship with Christ influence and impact the relationship with his wife?
How does training children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord ultimately influence and impact their relationship with Christ, and, in turn, their love, obedience, and honor to their parents.
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Relationship With The Church/Family?
What is Christ’s
CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH
CHRIST IS THE BRIDEGROOM TO HIS BRIDE
CHRIST IS THE SOURCE OF THE CHURCH’S EXISTENCE
Ephesians 5:23
John 3:28-29
Colossians 1:16-20
CHRIST SETS THE EXAMPLE TO THE HUSBAND
Ephesians 5:23-30
HEAD - KEPHALE (Gk)
DEFINITION
kef-al-ay' - (Kephale Meaning - Greek Lexicon | New Testament (NAS), 2024) the head, both of men and often of animals. Since the loss of the head destroys life, this word is used in the phrases relating to capital and extreme punishment. Metaph. anything supreme, chief, prominent.of persons, master lord: of a husband in relation to his wife. of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church of things: the corner stone. Etymology - Source or origin, authority or ruler
FATHER - 3962. Patér (Gk)
DEFINITION
Pronunciation: pah-TAIR Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ayr')father; one who imparts life and is committed to it; a progenitor (a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent.)Patér is used of our heavenly Father. He imparts life, from physical birth to the gift of eternal life through the second birth (regeneration, being born again). Through ongoing sanctification, the believer more and more resembles their heavenly Father
Lead In The Home
5 WAYS MEN SHOULD
8 Ways Men Should be Spiritual Leaders, (Grandchamp, 2025)
God’s Blueprint for Family
ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS WE WILL COVER IN THIS SERIES
Living a God-Filled Life
Wives
HOW TO BE MODELS OF GOODNESS VS GOSSIPS. BEING AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS
Titus 2:1-8, Proverbs 31
ARE YOU CREATING A SAFE SPACE OR A ROOFTOP DWELLER WITH YOUR WORDS?
DO YOU BUILD UP OR TEAR DOWN YOUR HOME WITH YOUR HANDS?
Children
STARTED AS A SEED. WHAT DID YOU FEED THEM?
EPHESIANS 6:1-3, COLOSSIANS 3:20, DEUTERONOMY 5:16 & 6: 6-7
IF YOU HAVE WHATSOEVER YOU SAITH. ARE YOU BLESSING OR CURSING YOUR CHILDREN?
LOVE, HONOR, AND OBEY YOUR PARENTS, BUT FOR HOW LONG? REWARDS VS REPERCUSSIONS
AND MUCH MORE!!!
SEE YOU NEXT TIME
Thank You
As We Continue Our Series On God’s Blueprint For Family