The Submissive Wife (Ephesians 5:22-24)

In Ephesians 5:22-24 Paul lays out the main obligation a Christian wife has toward her husband if she wants to have a healthy, fulfilled, God-blessed marriage—submission!

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Enemies of the Family (Selected Scriptures)

In Ephesians 5:22, Paul begins an extended discussion on family relationships. The tenor is corrective and commanding. Paul knows that healthy family living does not come “naturally” or from “common sense,” but results only from God’s supernatural directives given in Scripture, coupled with the power to live out supernatural truth by His grace. Before we look at Paul’s Biblical Correctives for godly living in the family, we first need to examine how the family got messed up in the first place.

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Biblical Deacons

In 1 Timothy 3:1-13, Paul outlines the qualifications for the two basic offices in the local church: elders and deacons. These two offices comprise the foundation for stable church leadership. In this message, we survey what the Bible says about biblical deacons.

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Jesus Builds the Church (Matt. 16:18)

This message was preached at GBF's One Year Anniversary Celebration service by Dr. Cliff McManis.

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