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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Ephesians 5:22-33
Up to ch. 6:9 the apostle introduces Christianity to the family circle. Submission of a wife to her husband, the subject of v. 22, is today considered an outdated concept. But if reverence for Christ pervades the atmosphere of a household, the husband will require nothing arbitrary and the wife for her part will recognise that all that is asked of her corresponds to the will of the Lord. In effect, it is love which will govern the husband’s attitude. And once again the perfect Example is brought before us: Christ in His divine affection for His Church. In Ephesians 1:23 and Ephesians 4:1-32 we have seen the Assembly as His Body, with Himself as the Head. In Ephesians 2:1-22 the Church is presented to us as a building of which He is the corner stone. Finally, here it is His Bride. Under this title the Church has received, is receiving and will continue to receive the most excellent assurances of His love. Yesterday Christ gave Himself for the Assembly (v. 2). Today He surrounds it with His care, purifies it, nourishes it, cherishes it and prepares it tenderly for the glorious meeting to come (vv. 26, 29; see Ephesians 4:11 . . .). Tomorrow, He will present it, worthy of Himself, for His joy, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but glorious, holy and irreproachable, because it will then be clothed with His own perfections (v. 27).
