Loved

Ephesians 5:21-6:9 serves as the foundation for this sermon.  In the text, Paul teaches the Ephesian Christians how one should live in a household.  What he describes is a life of loving self-sacrifice.  In 5:32, Paul discusses his real motive in the teaching when he says, "This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one."  This passage gives one of the best descriptions of how much Christ loves the church and what he was willing to sacrifice for the church.