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A John Calvin Sermon Summary  For Christians, the foundation of the relationship between husband and wife is based on how man and woman were created.
God created Eve using a process totally different from everything else He had created. God used Adam’s rib to create Eve, shaping her from him. Eve was Adam’s flesh and bone. They were one, united in an inseparable bond. Moses’s concession of divorce was because of man’s hardness (Matthew 19:8). A husband should consider his wife as a part of his body. As God commanded, a husband should love his wife as he loves his own body, which inherently includes respect, gentleness, and not looking for but bearing many faults (Colossians 3:19). A wife should subject herself to her husband, not based on whether he has something superior, but to honor him, as God commanded. Though she probably can find things in her husband to despise or even demonize, she shouldn’t. Husband and wife should live harmoniously. A husband provoking fights with his wife, or a wife being adamantly stubborn against her husband, will disrupt the order of nature. Such behavior will even hinder their prayers to God (Ephesians 5:31-33, Genesis 2:23, 1 Peter 3:3-7). Though the bond between husband and wife is stronger than any other between two people, children should still honor their parents. God won’t change what He has ordained. As commanded by God, husband should be a companion to his wife and love her as a part of himself. And wife should honor her husband, submitting to him as the head. The relationship between husband and wife teaches us about Christ and His church. The church draws its life and strength from Christ (Ephesians 5:31-33). We are nothing compared to God’s majesty, yet God manifested Himself in the flesh to save us. Moreover, God the Father has knitted us to His son and grafted us into His body. Christ becomes our sustenance, with everything of Him made common to us, including His glory (Ephesians 5:32). So, repent, worship Him, and be governed by the Holy Spirit to live according to His will, allowing Him to reform us to perfection. Summary of a sermon by John Calvin, titled “Sermon on Ephesians 5:31-33.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMF7mldLe6E
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