Sermon Tone Analysis

*The Bride*

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*Ephesians 5:22-33** (NIV)*

*22*Wives, submit to your husbands as 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 his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, 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.

I.

Introduction:

II.

The Church is Ruled by Christ: Her Members Are Obedient

A.      Submit to Christ as Head of the Church

B.       Submit to Christ in Everything

III.

The Church is Loved by Christ: Her Members Are Cherished

A.      Giving Himself for the Life of the Church: Love That Sacrifices

B.       Giving Himself for the Cleansing of the Church: Love that Sanctifies

IV.

The Church is Nurtured by Christ: Her Members Are Cared For

A.      We Eat of the Table of Christ: He Feeds Us

B.       We Enjoy the Attention of Christ: He Watches Over Us

V.       The Church is One With Christ: Her Members Are United

A.      United as Members of His Body

B.       United in Mysterious Communion

C.       United in Mutual Relationship

VI.     Conclusion: