“Submit to One Another”

Sunday November 8th

Second Christian Reformed Church · Kent Rottman · November 8, 2026

Reformed church · Services: Sundays at 9:30AM

600 Apache Drive, Fremont, Michigan, United States

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Scripture

15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Instructions for Christian Households(I) 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.Ephesians 5:15-33

2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.1 Thessalonians 5:2

“Submit to One Another”

“Submit to One Another” Big Takeaway: God calls us to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. When we follow God's design for loving leadership and willing submission, we reflect Christ's relationship with the Church and experience the fullness of His love, grace, and peace. 2 Main Points: 1. Godly leadership is rooted in sacrificial love. Husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loved the Church, giving Himself up for her. True leadership is not about control or dominance but about serving others in love. 2. Biblical submission is an act of love and obedience to God. God calls us to respect and submit to His established authority. Whether in marriage or in the Church, following God's design requires humility, mutual love, and a willingness to put others before ourselves. Question for the Week: Where in your marriage, family, or church relationships is God calling you to set aside your own desires and demonstrate Christlike love, humility, and submission?