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Embracing Vertical and Horizontal Authority: The Faith of Submission

Explore the discipline of community and submission to authority as outlined in Ephesians 5:15-21. Learn how Christ's work unites believers into one Body and calls for submission in various relationships within local bodies. Discover the importance of living in both horizontal and vertical authority structures, guided by the example of Christ's humility and servanthood.

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Embracing Vertical and Horizontal Authority: The Faith of Submission

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  1. The Discipline of Community: The Faith of Submission Ephesians 5:15-21

  2. To Review • 1. Christ’s work makes us into one organic Body. • 2. Christ’s work places us in definable local bodies where being part of the Body is worked out. • 3. The work of local bodies is loving one another through real burden-bearing. • 4. In local bodies, we’re called to the faith of submission.

  3. Vertical Authority Structures • Wife to Husband (Eph 5:24) • Children to Parents (Col 3:20) • Servants to Masters (Col 3:22) • Members to Elders (Heb 13:17)

  4. Horizontal Authority Structures • Husbands and Wives to each other in sexuality • Christians to each other • Husbands to Wives • Elders to Members • Parents to Children

  5. Living in Horizontal Authority • Study with others to be led by the Word • Live in openness • Ask for accountability • Join Kingdom group • Listen to your followers

  6. Living in Vertical Authority • Review your authority structures • Acknowledge the authority of your leaders • Confess your sin in your struggles • Repent in the areas you are refusing to submit in

  7. The Example of Christ • We submit to authority because we trust Jesus • Jesus took the form of a servant to save us • Jesus patterned perfect followership • Jesus’ call for us to submit is love • Jesus’ call is for us to be in his image

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