August 14th, 2022 - Artemis and the Art of Love and Submission

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Wedding Season

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Letter to Ephesus,
home of the world wonder temple of Artemis

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The starting point:
 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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How do Artemis worshippers hear this?
 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

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The Artemis Festival

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So how might Ephesians heart this?
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.

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What is the difference between "submit" and "love"?

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A profound mystery
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—

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What is the topic?
32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.

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What is the woman not told to do in this passage?
33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself,
and the wife must respect her husband.