Lessons on Loving

August 22 & 23, 2015 

IDENTITY: A Journey Through Ephesians

Ephesians 5:25-33
 

I’m not sure how you feel about math puzzles, most people hate them, but I heard one that was fascinating. A group of people were told to pick any number and then begin a long series of computations. We were to multiply our number by another number, add something like 472, switch the second and third digits, subtract something specific, divide by 3, add some big number, find the square root, and then subtract the first digit from the second and everyone came up with 4! It didn’t matter what number we all started with; everyone ended up with 4. The whole thing sounded so weird but it worked. It was amazing, but not so amazing that I remember just how to do it.
     
I really shouldn’t promote my weekend message with a math problem, you don’t want to feel like you’re taking a test. It was just one of those many things that sound weird but work once you try them.
     
You know what else it like that? God’s design for marriage seems weird to people these days, but it works. People should try it. We came last week in our study in Ephesians to 5:22-24 and the message of these verses sound weird in the world today. So do the lessons on loving we’ll read in 5:25-33 this weekend. Come see how God designed families to function. I look forward to worshipping with you.