Open your Bibles, if you would,
to 1 Peter. Again, we'll be starting a new
chapter today. 1 Peter, Chapter 3. And I'd like to start this out
with prefacing the message with the fact of submission. We'll
be looking at submission today in this portion of the Scripture.
And I'd like to preface the message, too, with the fact that as believers,
We who are God's blood-bought people, we are submissive to
Christ. He is the authority in our lives.
And so, we note that Peter here, and remember that Peter is writing
to suffering saints. Let's look at verses 1 to 7,
and the name of the message itself is just called Submission. Likewise,
ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that if any
obey not the word, They also may without the word be won by
the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste
conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be
that outward adorning of plaiting the hair and the wearing of gold
or putting on of apparel, but let it be the hidden man in heart
in that which is not corruptible. Even the ornament of a meek and
quiet spirit which is in the sight of God's sight of God of
great price. For after this manner, in the
old time, the holy women also trusted in God, adorned themselves
being in subjection unto their own husbands. even as Sarah obeyed
Abraham, calling him Lord, whose daughter she are, as long as
ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. Likewise,
ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving
honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs
together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. So today we'll continue our study
in 1 Peter. Two weeks ago we finished chapter
two, And now we've come to the middle chapter of this wonderful
book, which is again written to God's suffering, blood-washed
saints. God's suffering, blood-washed
saints. And at the end of chapter 2, we consider the Great Substitute,
the Lord Jesus Christ. and how he came to this sin-cursed
world to redeem his people from their sins. And he purchased
his people with his own blood, dying before God, before the
justice of God and the wrath of God in the place of his people
as our propitiation. And he satisfied God's law and
justice in our place. And that which we justly deserved
fell upon him. fell upon him. And let us remember,
too, this weekend is Memorial Day weekend, and we remember
those who died to keep us free. Well, let us remember the one
who, the ultimate sacrifice. Christ died to set his people
free. And he gave his life to do it. Brother John and I were
talking about that. He's the captain of the Lord's
host. He's the mighty king. And the king himself gave his
life for his servants. So let us remember that this
week. Now again, this epistle is a general epistle, meaning
it's written to the Church of God, to God's elect, His suffering
saints. Turn again, if you would, to
1 Peter 1, and we'll look at a couple different places here
in this book. It's written to the suffering saints, the ones
who are scattered about in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia. and who are the elect of God according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father. We see that in the first couple
of verses there. Through sanctification of the spirit and obedience and
sprinkling the blood of Jesus Christ. And these saints, they
were suffering for what they believed. They were suffering.
And it wasn't just people saying bad things about them. They were
suffering. They were suffering unto death,
some of them. Some of them. And these saints were suffering
for what they believed. And they believed in the Lord
Jesus Christ and they trusted and rested in him alone. In the
context of the epistle then, in each chapter we've looked
at so far, we've seen Peter bring up the fact that they are suffering. Look at verses 6 and 7. We see
that through manifold temptations their faith is being tried. Wherein
ye greatly rejoice now for a season, if need be. Verse 6. Ye are in
heaviness through manifold temptations. So they're suffering through
temptations and trials. And look at verse 7, "...that
the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold
that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto
the praise and honor and glory of the appearing of Jesus Christ."
And they were being spoken evil of. Turn if you would to chapter
2 and look at verse 12. They were being spoken evil of.
1 Peter 2, verse 12, having your conversation honest among the
Gentiles, that whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they
may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God
in the day of visitation. So they were suffering in the
sense that people were speaking evil of them when they weren't
doing evil. They were just trusting the Lord
Jesus Christ. And then look at verses 21 to
24, Peter brings up the fact that we should not be surprised
when we suffer persecution and go through trials, because the
Lord himself went through these things. And yet he did it without
sin. And let us remember again, the
servant is never above the master. The servant is never above the
master. Look at verses 21 to 24. For even here unto where
ye called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
example. If he suffered, we're gonna suffer,
beloved. We're gonna. We're going to suffer persecution.
We're going to suffer trials. We're going to suffer temptation.
This is what we go through, just like they are. Leave in this
example that she should follow his steps. And look at this,
who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. And here's
our example, who when he reviled, he reviled not again. So when
they spoke evil of him, he didn't speak evil of them. He didn't
get angry with them. When he suffered, he threatened
not, but committed himself to him that judges rightfully. He
committed his soul to God. And it's a hard thing for us
to do, because we're in the flesh. He was sinless. And we're sinners,
though. But this is what we are to do,
isn't it? And then look at the wonderful verse in 24, who his
own self bare our sins in his body. He paid the price, the
believer says, for my sins on the tree, that we, being dead
to sin, should live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye are healed.
So now we come to chapter three where, again, Peter in the middle
of this chapter, turn if you would to chapter three, again
in chapter three here bring up the fact that they're suffering.
Look at the portion of verses 14 to 16. We'll look at this
more in depth as we hit that portion of scripture through
this study, but I just want to read it for today before we look
at our text again. Look at verses 14 to 16. But
if you suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. and be not
afraid of the terror, neither be troubled, but sanctify the
Lord in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every
man that asks you a reason for the hope that is in you with
meekness and fear." So we're always to be ready to give an
answer to folks when they ask us about what we believe and
the hope that is within you. Who's the hope within us? Christ.
Christ the hope of glory, Christ the hope of glory, with meekness
and fear, having a good conscience, that whereas they speak evil
of you, remember that happened earlier in the book too we saw,
that they may be ashamed, that falsely accuse your good conversation
in Christ. So this book is written to suffering
saints. It's written to people who are
being persecuted for their faith. So with that in mind, let's consider
our text now. We'll read it again, verses 1
to 7. Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands,
If any obey not the word, they also may without the word be
won by the conversation of the wives. While they behold your
chaste character coupled with fear, who is adoring, let it
not be that outward adorning of plaiting of the hair and the
wearing of gold or of the putting on of apparel. But let it be
the hidden man in the heart, in that which is not corruptible,
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the
sight of God of great price. For after this manner, in the
old time, the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves,
being in subjection unto their own husbands, even as Sarah obeyed
Abraham, calling him Lord, whose daughters ye are, as long as
ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. Likewise,
ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving
honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and being heirs
together of the grace of life. Let your prayers be not hindered. was heading across from breakfast
this morning, and I was thinking about this message here, and
something came to my mind, was brought to remembrance that I
saw recently on Facebook. I have someone I know who's a
religious person, and they're getting married. And they're
getting married to someone from another country. And on their
Facebook page, they had tagged the lady who they're marrying,
and themselves, and they had put on this post, how to be a
Proverbs 31 wife. When I saw that, I thought, oh,
my gosh, if you have to tell your your future wife how she's
supposed to live a godly Christian life, there's a trouble there.
There's trouble there because God's God's people are taught.
We're taught submission, aren't we? To to our king, to our king. And we know the order that God
has established. And it's God who's ordained this
order. And we bow to that, don't we? We bow to that willingly.
But I thought, boy, there's some trouble brewing there. There's
some trouble brewing there. So in the preceding chapter,
the apostle exhorted the suffering saints that he was... Remember
in the first of chapter 2, or not the first, but in chapter
2, Peter exhorted exhorted them to be servants,
to be subject to their masters, and we're to be subject to the
authorities that are put in place. We're to be subject to those
authorities. We're to give honor and obedience and respect to
kings, magistrates, and people who hold an office. Remember,
we looked at that, or leadership or authority over us, because
it's God who's ordained that authority. Now, note in verse
one of this chapter, he begins, Peter begins with the word likewise.
And remember, remember that this is a letter. It wasn't broken
into chapters when it was written. It's a letter. It's a letter.
So he's continuing the theme of that with likewise in the
same matter. Peter is here bringing home to
the believing wife that the husband is the leader and ruling authority
in the home and the wife is to be in subjection to him, to him. And this is spoken of over in
Genesis. Turn, if you would, to Genesis chapter 3. This is
spoken of over in Genesis chapter 3, and this is also spoken of
in Ephesians chapter 5. And this subjection doesn't make
the woman any less than the man. It doesn't mean that. And I'll
get into this later. The woman is not to be the slave
of the man. That's not what this is saying. Not at all. And that's
what people think. When they see that, they think,
well, you guys believe that the woman should just be a slave.
No, absolutely not. If a Christian man is treating
his wife the way, biblically, she should be on a pedestal,
beloved. She should be on a pedestal. Because that's how it is. We
are to love our wives as believers and believing men as Christ loved
the church and gave himself for it. We'll look at that later
because there's an exhortation to the men here too. So this
is wonderful how the Holy Spirit has Peter bring an exhortation
forth to both men and women, both men and women. Look in Genesis 3, verse 16.
Unto woman, he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow, and thy
conception in sorrow. Thou shalt bring forth children,
and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee. Now turn, if you would, to Ephesians 5. Ephesians 5. And again, now the book that
we're reading here, Peter is giving an exhortation, right,
to the men and women. Now over in Ephesians 5, Paul
is given an exhortation, and we'll just look at the latter
part of it in verses 23 and 24. Actually, 22, we're starting
22. Wives submit yourselves unto
your own husbands as unto the Lord. So the whole aspect of
the Christian wife submitting herself unto the husband is,
is we submit ourselves unto the Lord, unto the Lord. It's like
I always say, when you're out of job or anything, you're submitting
yourself to the Lord. You're doing that job unto the
Lord. Even if you don't like it, you're
doing it unto the Lord. You're doing it. So the wife
submits herself to the husband unto the Lord. Then look at verses
23. For the husband is the head of
the wife. We saw that in Genesis chapter 3. Even as Christ is
the head of the church, it's a picture. It's a picture. And he is the Savior of the body.
Christ is the Savior of the body of Christ, of his own body. Therefore,
as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be unto
their own husbands in everything. And then 1 Corinthians chapter
1. Verse 11, Paul also wrote this, and I'll read this, you
don't have to turn there unless you want to. 1 Corinthians 11,
3, Paul wrote this, but I would have you know that the head of
every man is Christ. So do you see? I'll read the
end of the verse. And the head of the woman is
man, and the head of Christ is God. So do you see? The man is
the head of the household, but he's also subject to God. He
answers to a higher authority, beloved. He answers to a higher
authority. So a woman who desires to be
in God's will will love her husband and speak respectfully of him
and to him and seek to carry out his wishes and family affairs
and all for the glory of God, all for the glory of God, who's
ordained this order. It's God who's ordained this
order. It's God who's done this. Note Peter brings forth something
in the latter part of verse 1 here. He brings forth something in
the latter part. Let us take note, first of all,
he's not saying that salvation is not by grace, but he's bringing
forth that if the husband is not a believer, he may be impressed
by the behavior and spiritual attitude of the wife and may
seek, if he's being drawn by the Holy Spirit, he will may
seek the mercy of the Lord if it's the Lord's will. So Peter
again is not teaching that a man is saved without hearing the
gospel. He's not teaching that here. But it's not the arguments of
someone who's on top of the guy all the time, talking about different
things. It's the conduct of the wife,
her godly attitude, and it's a constant witness of the grace
of God in her life, in her life. And with that, freshen our minds,
look at verse 2. Well, they behold your chaste
conversation coupled with fear. When the unbelieving partner
observes the modest and holy conduct of the wife, along with
her love and faith in Christ, together with a reverence for
his authority, he'd be impressed and may be led to seek the Lord. Now, if the Lord leads him, the
Lord may use that. The Lord may use that and draw
him to Christ. Now we can all be rebellious,
and we can all be contentious at times, but this will never
impress an unbelieving husband. It will never impress an unbelieving
husband. Look at verse three. Who is adorning, let it not be
an outward adorning, a plaiting of hair, and of the wearing of
gold, and the putting on of apparel. In this verse, Peter's not forbidding
neat, attractive, modest clothing. He's not doing that. Which is
suitable to age and character. and stationed in life, he's here
bringing forth that the believing woman should not so much regard
and be intent on the adorning of their bodies. Of their bodies
and of the outward signs of beauty, they should be more concerned
with the beauty of a godly character and attitude and personality. Turn, if you would, the first
Timothy, chapter two, first Timothy, chapter two. First Timothy, chapter two, look
at verses nine and 10. And we'll see the next verse
in our text brings us right to the most important point. 1 Timothy
2, verses 9 and 10. In the like manner also that
the woman adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness
and sobriety, not with bridal hair or gold or pearls or costly
array, but which becometh a woman professing godliness with good
work. So they're not to array themselves, it's to draw attention
in that sense. And that's for everyone, beloved,
not just women. It's for men, too. We're not
to dress in a way that draws attention, probably attention
that we wouldn't want. But look at verse four. Look
at verse four of 1 Peter 3. The beauty of the heart and mind
and soul is the real beauty. And we see that in our text in
the next verse. Look at this. But let it be the hidden man
of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament
of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great
price. Now as women and men, we who
believe, we are God's blood-bought people, and our care and concern
should be the hidden man, the hidden man of the heart. And
this is what Peter, now he's driving at home. Now he's driving
at home. In opposition to the outward
apparel, you see? In opposition to the outward
apparel. This man is not seen with the
natural eye, the hidden man of the heart. And that which we
see with the natural eye is corruptible. But the hidden man is incorruptible. Notice it says, but let it be
the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible. The hidden man is a work of God.
Is a work of God. We're born again by the Holy
Spirit of God and we're given a new heart with new desires. to serve and to glorify God in
our lives. This flesh is just a shell. That's why we battle so much,
beloved, because the hidden man, you're regenerated, born again
of the Holy Spirit of God. That's why we have the war. That's
it. The battle within the flesh,
in the spirit. The hidden man is that mighty
work which God has done. We're born again by the Holy
Spirit of God, again given a new heart, desires, new desires to
serve and glorify God in our lives. And outward ornaments
and outward beauty will wither and fade. It'll wither and fade. But the hidden man, by which
is meant eternal grace, gives beauty and ornament to the regenerated
soul. And Paul writes in Ephesians,
Chapter 4, he writes this about the hidden man. And then Ephesians
4, 23 and 24. And be renewed in the spirit
of your mind. And then verse 24, he says, and and that you
put on the new man after or which after God has created in righteousness
and true holiness. Ephesians 4, 24, and that you
put on the new man. which after God is created in
righteousness and holiness. Now think upon this, the hidden
man or the new man answers to all the five senses. I found
this interesting. I found this in one of the old
commentators and I had to share this. The hidden man answers
to all five senses. There is a scene of the son of
God in the glories of his person. And in the fullness of his grace,
there was a time when we didn't see Christ. But now that we're
born again, we see him by faith, don't we? We see him by faith.
There's a hearing of the word. There's a hearing of the voice
of Christ. And this is the new man. Remember. We didn't hear
Christ before. But now that we're born again,
we hear the voice of the son of God through the preaching
of his word. It's wonderful. And we understand it now. And
we can distinguish his voice from the voice of a stranger,
can't we? We didn't even hear his voice
before. But now the hidden man, the new man hears his voice,
hears his voice. There's a smelling of the sweet
savor of the things of God. Oh, and of his spirit. And and and of how sweet Christ
is in his blood and his righteousness to us. There's a tasting. It's a tasting that the Lord
is gracious. Have you tasted that the Lord is gracious? Oh,
God's people. We taste that the Lord is gracious.
His fruits are pleasant and his word is sweeter than honey and
honeycomb. So sweet to us. And then there's
the feeling of the burden of sin. and handling of the word
of life, a laying hold upon Christ and a resting upon him. And this
is what the new man does in a constant war with this flesh. One day
we won't be worn anymore, praise God. So the hidden man also answers
to the parts and members of the body too. I found this interesting.
It has eyes to see with, it has ears to hear with, it has hands
to receive Christ and work with for his glory, and it has feet
to walk in his ways and by his power. It's a hidden man. We're born again by the Holy
Spirit. It has all the parts, one commentator said, though
these are not yet grown up to perfection and it is the workmanship
of God and it's created in righteousness and holiness and we see it's
incorruptible. It's incorruptible. Note this hidden man of the heart
is incorruptible. In opposition to the outward
adorning, which may be esteemed by men and may be precious in
the eyes of men, but will fade away. This outward adorning,
this tent of mine is going to get old and fade away and be
put in the grave. But the new man, I'm born again. I'll be in glory with the Lord,
and so will you who are born again too. Oh my. And so the outward may be esteemed
by man, but note, and it may be precious in man's sight, but
it'll fade away. And note at the end of this verse,
which is in the sight of God of great price. Think of this,
what a price was paid for the redemption of our souls. What
a price was paid for the redemption of our souls. God's elect, the
Son of God came to save His people, His elect. The Word of God becomes
a man. The Lord of Glory Himself comes
to redeem His people from their sins. And the cost is the shedding
of His precious blood and the giving of His life to purchase
us with purchase our eternal souls with his blood. And his bride is a blood-bought
bride. A blood-bought bride. Now let
us look at verses 5 and 6 together. For after this manner in the
old time the woman also who trusted in God adorned themselves being
in subjection unto their own husbands. Even as Sarah obeyed
Abraham calling him Lord whose daughter ye are as long as you
do well and are not afraid with any amazement." Turn if you would
to Titus chapter 2. Now this verse here brings up,
verse 5 brings up the fact that there is a past example set for
us by women of the past who trusted in God. And verse 5 brings forth
this fact that the adorning and marks of beauty came not from
outward wardrobes, jewelry and hairstyles, but but were in subjection
to the law of God and submissive wives and good mothers. And we
have an example of that in the New Testament. Paul and Peter
exhorted both men and women by inspiration of the Holy Spirit
of God. Look at Titus chapter two, verses one to six. But speak
thou the things which become sound doctrine, that the aged
men may be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in
patience. So sound in love and in patience.
The aged woman, likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh
holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers
of good things, that they may teach the young woman to be sober,
to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet,
chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands,
that the word of God be not blasphemy. Young men, likewise, exhort to
be sober-minded. So we see an exhortation here
of Paul for both men and women. Let's go back to our text in
1 Peter. 1 Peter 3, and let's look at
verse 7. This is where we close with verse
7. Likewise ye husbands, dwell with
them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife as
unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace
of life, that your prayers be not hindered. Now here's the
man's exhortation. Husbands were to love our wives
as Christ loved the church, says in Ephesians, and gave himself
for it. Let's break this last verse down
here. It says, likewise ye husbands, dwell with him according to knowledge.
We believing husbands are to dwell with our wives according
to knowledge. We are to use wisdom and good
sense. Our wife is not our slave. Not. I've been in religious circles
where they treat their wives like they're their slave. It's
awful. It's awful. A wife is not our slave. She's
our beloved. She's our beloved. And how many
times I have to stop and check myself that I'm not just taking
advantage of the things that Vicki does for me. My, I'm so
blessed. And you know when I find out
the most when I'm by myself and she's off somewhere else. Then
I find out real quick how much my wife does for me and what
a great blessing she is from the Lord. So we husbands let
us not take advantage of our wives and the wonderful things
that they do for us. So we're to be loving and caring. She's not to be ordered around
or not to have the The rod of the law, and that's almost what
I saw in that post I told you guys about. It's like, this is
how you have to be. And I'll tell you what, you tell
someone they have to be that way, what's the first thing we
want to do? All of us as humans. I'm done, right? Isn't it true? Is it not true for every one
of us, men and women? Every one of us. Oh my, we're
to love. The wife is to be loved and cherished
and instructed in love, instructed in the ways of Christ. The verse
continues, giving honor unto the wife. So let us ponder. There are several honors that
crown the head of a woman. She was created by God and as
she is, and she brings joy, companionship and comfort to her husband. She
is his wife. She is his beloved. His beloved. And think of this, there's no
one closer or more important to him, to the husband, on this
earth than their wife. Vicki knows me better than anyone
else in this world. And you wives know your husbands
better than anyone else in this world. And they know you, too. It's true, isn't it? We become
best friends. And look over in Genesis chapter
2. This is really neat. It ties right in with what we're
looking at here. They become one flesh. Think
of this too. Think of Christ. He's the head,
right? And we're the body. That's one flesh, right? Look
in Genesis chapter 2. This is wonderful. Look what
it says here. Genesis chapter 2, verse 24. Therefore shall a man leave his
wife and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they
shall be one flesh. What a preacher of Christ in
the church. Who left the glories and splendors of heaven to purchase
his blood-bought bride? The Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord
Jesus Christ. And we're one with him, aren't
we? We're one with him. He's the head, and we're the
body. He's the head, and we're the
body. Now let's look at the latter part of the verse 7 in chapter
3. "...as unto the weaker vessel,
and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your
prayers be not hindered." The believing husband is to treat
his wife as a weaker vessel. This means that she's to be treated
with love, and tenderness, and gentleness, and kindness. Not to be looked down upon, not
to be under your thumb, but to be cherished and lifted up on
a pedestal. Lifted up on a pedestal. And
the man who holds his wife in contempt holds God in contempt
because she's a gift from God. And vice versa, right? Think
of that. Now look close at the At the
close of this verse here, it's speaking of a believing wife
and a believing husband. The wife who trusts Christ is
an heir of grace, along with the believing husband who's saved
by the grace of God. Being heirs together of the grace
of life. So if you're a believing wife
and you have a believing husband, you're heirs together. Isn't
that wonderful? It's wonderful. It's absolutely
wonderful. Heirs together of the grace of
life and encountered a privilege because it doesn't always happen
that way. Encountered a great privilege, beloved. Encountered
a great privilege. They're both saved by the grace
of God. We husbands who profess to believe,
we need to remember that our wives who believe are looked
upon as joint heirs of the grace of God. She's a daughter of the king,
just as we're the son of a king, of the king. She's purchased
with the same blood of Christ. Your believing wife is purchased
with the same blood of Christ as you. Therefore, to abuse her or mistreat
her and to treat her with contempt is to incur the wrath of the
father, her father, and to hinder your prayers and fellowship with
him. Turn, if you would, to Ephesians chapter 5 and we'll close with
this. Let's close with this exhortation by Paul to the Ephesian church
in chapter 5. In chapter 5. Ephesians chapter 5, verse 25
to 32. Husbands, love your wives. Even as Christ also loved the
church and gave himself for it. So right away we see in this
exhortation, the husbands are exhorted to a sacrificial love
for their wives. A sacrificial love. That he might
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
that he may present it to himself, a glorious church, not having
spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and
without blemish. Now, note this is speaking of
the church of God. God's blood bought bride and
Christ himself will present the church a glorious church. Look
at this. Not having spot or wrinkle. We're a bunch of sinners, though.
Yeah, but we're saved sinners. God's people are redeemed sinners.
And look at that. Not having spot or wrinkle. We
know our own sin, don't we? But God doesn't remember our
sin anymore, does He? We're covered in the precious
blood of Christ. And our sins are gone. And God
sees us perfect without spot or wrinkle or any such thing
that it should be holy and without blemish. I just marvel at these
words. Just marvel at these words. And
this is a work of grace, that sinners are to be holy and without
blemish. So ought men to love their wives
as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth
himself, because they're one. For no man ever yet hated his
own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as as the
Lord, the church. For we are members of his body
and of his flesh and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave
his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife and they
too shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery. Remember
we looked at that in Genesis? Here it is. This is a great mystery. But I speak concerning Christ
and the church. He's the head. for the body. The body is in subjection to
the head. Oh, God's order in life is amazing, isn't it? It's
wonderful. It's wonderful. Let us submit to our great God
and King, the Lord Jesus Christ.