We are in a battle - a war for the souls of every man. The enemy uses deceitful schemes and tricks to entrap us.

God has given us the very tools we will need to be successful and win. Suit up with Jesus and know victory!

As believers, we understand that we should be imitators of God. As the lesson continues on beyond husband-and-wife relationships, God expects His children to submit to one another in reverence to Christ. Children are to obey their parents in the Lord. Fathers are not to exasperate their children but lovingly instruct and discipline them in the things of God. Even as it concerns work, we should do our very best not as unto men, but as unto God.

Our lives should reflect a mutual submission to one another and reflect out Lord's humility, love and selfless life.

This portion of Ephesians 5 deals with relationships in particular between husbands and wives. As you can see from verse 21 - God expects us to submit to one another in reverence to Him. So, what follows after this verse shouldn't be surprising! He asks wives to submit to their husbands and husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the Church.

We already know that these verses are all in the context of believers within Christian marriages. So, what He's asking is very doable, because He lives in us by His Spirit to empower us to do so. We simply must yield to Him.