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*/Introduction to Ephesians 5:22-6:9/*
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*            *Last week we looked at Eph 5:21, Submitting to One Another In the Church.
Submission (/hupotasso/)/ /means “to rank yourself under a leader”.
The submission is mutual submission.
I submit to you and you submit to me.
But how does mutual submission work?
The problem is this: if A submits to B then B is not submitting to A but ruling.
So, how does mutual submission work?
The answer lies in the fact that each of us is to submit to the one’s we are supposed to submit to.
Within the church there is equality in Christ but there are also lines of authority.
For example, elders and deacons hold offices of authority in the church.
The flock is to submit to these leaders according to Heb 13:17 (/hupakouo – /literally “obey” or “follow”).
At the same time these leaders have to qualify for their office (1 Tim 3) and they have to rule with responsibility and leadership (1 Pt 5:1-3).
Additionally, younger women are to submit to older women and the older women are to teach the younger women (Tit 2).
Also, younger men are to submit to the elders and wait for God to exalt them (1 Pt 5:4-5).
So, you can see that the Bible does not think that equality and submission contradict one another and are mutually exclusive.
Instead the two fit together perfectly.
However, in 21st century America equality and submission are under attack.
The tug of the culture, particularly from the feminist movement, revitalized in the 1960’s with Friedan’s book /The Feminine Mystique/,/ /has led many Christians down a devastating trek.
Culturally, new “politically correct” terms have taken the place of old terms (e.g.
“waiter” and “waitress” are no longer appropriate because they distinguish gender.
Instead the single word “server” is more politically correct).
At any department store you can buy unisex clothing, unisex perfume (e.g.
Calvin Klein “One”), and individuals are opting for hairstyles that confuse gender distinctions.
The culture has gone mad with erasing gender distinctions.
These changes may seem subtle to you but they reflect a huge change in the thinking of America.
These changes have not been limited to the secular culture.
Many Christian feminists (male and female) have attempted several strategies to erase gender distinctions in the Bible.
One strategy is to create gender neutral translations of the Bible such as the TNIV.
The idea is to get rid of that ancient Patriarchal culture that the Bible was written in and modernize it to keep up with the times.
Incidentally, this causes gross doctrinal problems and disparages the inspiration of Scripture.
A second strategy is to re-interpret biblical passages in order to support their secular beliefs.
At the center of this debate is Galatians 3:28.
You’ll want to turn there now.
This strategy of re-interpreting the Bible in light of present cultural norms is called Accommodation.
We accommodate the culture by re-interpreting the Bible.
Christian evolutionists have been trying to do this with Genesis 1-11 for about 150 years and some are still trying to do this.
But you can’t do it.
We can’t go on forever re-interpreting the Bible to fit the ever-changing believes of secular culture.
We have to trust the word of God and take it at face value whether it’s “politically correct” or not!
What the re-interpreter is really doing is desecrating the word of God.
He wants to play the rubber Bible game.
Pull it out of context and twist it any which way to get it to make it fit his biased agenda.
*Equality*
 
Galatians 3:28 is at the center of this debate.
This passage supposedly erases all gender and cultural distinctions.
*Galatians 3:28 *There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
If there is no such thing as male-female distinctions in Christ Jesus then how can we say that only males can hold the office of elder?
Shouldn’t anyone who is “in Christ” be able to hold the office of elder?
Many say “yes, anyone in Christ can be an elder because we’re all one in Christ Jesus.”
Paul, they say, was simply accommodating to the 1st century patriarchal culture and so we too must accommodate to our unisex culture.
Therefore, anyone in Christ can be an elder or deacon.
Well, let’s back up and see what the context is.
*Galatians 3:24 *Therefore the Law has become our tutor /to lead us /to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
The context is justification by faith.
In terms of how one is justified there are no distinctions.
Paul is not erasing all distinctions between these classes.
Paul is saying it doesn’t matter what race you are, what your social status is, or what your sex is all are justified by faith.
Distinctions still exist in other areas.
For example, let’s take Jews and Gentiles.
Paul still considered himself a Jew even after becoming a Christian (Rom 9:3-4).
*Romans 9:3-4 /“/*/For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,  4 who are Israelites,”/.
Physically Paul was still a Jew.
Spiritually Paul was a Christian.
But Paul’s spiritual status did not erase his physical status as a Jew.
For example, let’s take males and females and marriage.
If all distinctions were erased then we must also say that there are no distinctions between male and female.
This would mean that any Christian could marry any other Christian.
That means homosexual Christian marriage would be legitimate.
But homosexual marriage is the judgment of God according to Romans 1:26-27.
So, Galatians 3:28 can’t be abused this way.
It does not erase all distinctions.
\\ *How do we reconcile Equality with Subordination? *
 
While we are equal in the body of Christ the Bible also teaches subordination of role within the body of Christ.
“For example, all citizens of a country are equal but there are also many different ranks in the power structure of the country.
It does not mean that those in authority are better citizens of the country than those whom they rule.”[1]
In the church there is equality in Christ, whether Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female (Gal 3:28).
But there are also positions of authority in the Church (e.g.
elders and deacons) as well as subordinate roles (e.g.
flock submit to leaders, younger women submit to older women, younger men submit to older men, children obey parents, wives submit to husbands).
The most striking example of equality and subordination is the Triune God.
All three persons of God are equal yet the Son is subordinate to the Father and the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son.
*FATHER*
 
 
\\                    *SON                     GOD*
 
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\\ *                                                                        SPIRIT*
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            Subordination of role does not mean subordination of essence.
The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Spirit is God but the Son and the Spirit take on subordinate roles.
This does not change the essence of God in any way, shape or means.
God’s essence is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Thus, there is /equality of essence/ among the persons of the Trinity but a /willing subordination of role/ among the persons.
If equality and subordination are in the Trinity then they can’t be contradictory.
Just as there is unity and diversity in the Trinity it should not be surprising that we find unity and diversity in the Church (Eph 4:1-6 = unity; Eph 4:7-16 = diversity).
Therefore, there is equality of essence among believers in Jesus Christ but subordination of roles among us.
Some hold offices, some do not, some are men, some are women, some are older, some are younger.
The crucial thing is that all are essential (Eph 4:16).
Understanding equality and subordination is fundamental to understanding the relationships in marriage, family and the workplace.
*Two Major Points*
1) Equality does not contradict subordination (e.g.
Trinity)
2) Subordination results when you surrender your will to the Lord’s will (i.e.
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