Rooted In Relationships

This episode of All In with Pastor Jordan Easley has been made possible by the generous support of viewers like you. Welcome to All In with Pastor Jordan Easley. Today's message is about to begin, and we invite you to prepare your heart and mind to hear an inspiring message from God's Word. We hope and pray for God to speak to you today as you seek to live your life all in for Jesus Christ. And now from First Baptist Church in Cleveland, Tennessee, here's Pastor Jordan Easley. Come on, make a little noise, y'all. It's good to be in God's house today. I am grateful that you're here, and I'm grateful that we have the Word of God. We're gonna be in Colossians chapter three today. I wanna encourage you to open your Bibles, to follow along, to take notes as the Lord speaks to your heart. We're continuing in our series called Rooted. We're talking about being rooted in Christ and talking about how those roots really make an impact in every single part of our lives. So God bless you guys. I'm glad you're here. Let's get started today in Colossians chapter three. If you've lived in the South for any time at all, you're familiar with a plant called kudzu. Can I get an amen from somebody? You've heard of kudzu.

You've seen it, you hate it. You're probably like me. You've seen it take over entire mountains. This was a plant that I just found out was introduced to America in the 1930s from Asia. They brought it here to help with erosion. And the reason they chose this plant was because it grows so quickly. It grows by over one foot every single day. And that's why this plant is so familiar to us. We've seen kudzu, we know it. It looks totally innocent. Just a few vines growing on the side of the road. But give it time and it'll take over everything, right? You've seen this happen. It'll take over cars. It will grow over really anything that stays still long enough. It'll grow over small animals if they pause, right? It's growing so fast, it's growing so quickly that this vine will literally take over everything. And so you think about kudzu and you think about how it grows. It doesn't only grow, it goes. And it connects with other vines. And so this isn't just one big vine. It's a vine that connects with another vine. And this vine will connect to this vine. And this vine attaches itself to another vine. And before you know it,

you have this living leafy network of vines that are connected and they're growing and taking over the world. Well, you're like, Jordan, why are we talking about kudzu today? Well, the reason is because when I thought about kudzu, I thought we can learn a lot from this plant about how relationships work in our lives. You know, kudzu doesn't ask permission to grow. It just grows. It just does what it was created to do. And we're the same way. We grow in our life, but we're also connecting ourselves to other people as we go on this journey. We're connecting ourselves to people that live in our homes. We're connecting ourselves to friends. We grow as a network as well, connecting. And we, like this network, are going to grow either to become healthier in those relationships, or we're going to just grow out of control. Here's what I believe the Bible's gonna tell us today. We need to grow intentionally in the relationships that God gives us. Here's what we're gonna see in God's word. The quality of your relationships are really going to reveal the roots of your discipleship. I mean, think about that. The Bible says that how you live in relationship

with other people, it's gonna reveal where you are on the discipleship spectrum. And that's what Paul's gonna challenge us with today out of Colossians chapter three. He's not just gonna give us abstract theology. He's going to give us practical insight regarding how we live in relationship with other people. He's saying if your life is rooted in Christ, it's gonna show up in the places that your roots are most tested. And I don't know about you, but my roots are most tested in relationships. That's where it gets hard. That's where it takes a little bit of extra work. And so today, he's gonna give us some insight on God's structure in our relationship. Colossians chapter three, we're gonna begin reading in verse 18. And he's talking to wives. He says, wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and don't be bitter towards them. Children, obey your parents in everything for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, don't exasperate your children so that they won't become discouraged. So today, Paul has a word for all of us. And we're gonna get to that in just a second. But before we dive into these roles that Paul lays out,

I want you to understand why he addresses them so directly. I mean, it's just like wives and husbands and children and parents. Like, why is he being so direct? Well, the answer to that is in the first century Roman world, there was a strict hierarchy that everyone was aware of. And in that day, the man ruled with absolute authority. If you were a woman, if you were a child, you had little to no voice in that day and in that culture. So when Paul begins addressing not just the head of the household, but he starts addressing wives and children directly, he is doing something extremely countercultural. He's dignifying them in this letter. He's elevating them in this letter. And he's telling them, in Christ, your life matters. In Christ, you do have a voice, and your obedience makes a difference. Even more importantly, Paul reframes these roles around Jesus, not just social norms, not just power structures. Every single command in this section is tied back to Jesus. What does he say? As is fitting in the Lord, or this pleases the Lord, or you are serving the Lord Christ, right? So in this part of the letter, Paul is redefining relationships from a kingdom perspective. These aren't just random moral codes. This is how to display Christ in your home. So right here, Paul was rewriting the household playbook, and he was telling these people it is no longer top-down authority. From now on, it should be Christ-down humility. Here's the message for us today.

If Jesus isn't Lord of your home, he isn't Lord of your life. You see, Jesus didn't come to be the Lord of your life on Sundays. He wants to be the Lord of your entire life, which should mean he is the Lord of your home. And that's true for all of us. Our lives should be lived to please the Lord. That's what this means, to please the Lord. And that's true for children in this place. That's true for husbands in this place. And that's also true for wives in this place. And that's how Paul begins this section of the letter. He begins by addressing the wives. If you're taking notes, get this down. He says, wives, submit in a way that honors the Lord. That honors the Lord. I have a buddy who's a member of our church, and he's not here today. And he found out I was preaching on wives submitting to their husband, and he promised me that they would watch all four services today. All right, so I just want to give a special shout-out. And he thinks that this is going to be a message about something that is way different than what Paul's about to tell us. All right, but here's what the Bible says about this touchy subject. In Colossians 3.18, he says, wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord. Now, if you're paying attention today, I want you to circle that word submit. That word in the Greek, here's what it means. It means to voluntarily place yourself under someone else, under the leadership of another person. Not out of weakness, but out of strength. So this word is a military term that refers to strategic order and cooperation. Here's what I can tell you about the Lord. Are you ready? God is the creator of gender. Amen?

He is the creator of gender. He created us male. He created us female. But he's also the author of structure. So yes, he created gender, but he also created structure. And he says male and female are not only male and female. There is also a structure to the family according to God's design. So in this passage, he's saying, wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as is fitting to the Lord. But Paul right here isn't giving men a license to control. He's inviting women to reflect Christ through their willingness to trust God's design for the home. In our world today, that word submission is almost a bad word. To many of us, it sounds regressive or even offensive. But Paul isn't talking about cultural patriarchy. He's talking about spiritual partnership. He's talking about us doing this with one another, serving one another. In fact, in Ephesians chapter 5, Paul also talks about submission. But this time, he's talking about mutual submission in marriage. And he says in verse 21, we should submit to one another in the fear of Christ. So submission isn't about one person being sidelined or silenced. It's about contributing to the health and harmony of marriage by choosing unity and trusting in God's order and plan. So he says, wives, follow your husband as your husband follows the Lord. I'm going to say that again. Follow your husband as your husband follows the Lord. Now, as soon as those words come out of my mouth, I know what the next question will probably be. And that is this. Jordan, what happens if my husband's not following the Lord? What if I have a husband that doesn't love Jesus and he doesn't love the church? And he's leading us in a direction that I don't necessarily like or agree with. answer that question. Let me give you a verse in 1st Peter 3 verse 1. It says in the same way wives submit yourselves to your own husbands so that even if some

disobey the word they may be won over without a word by the way their wives live when they observe your pure reverent lives. In other words he's saying in marriage God calls a wife to have a respectful God honoring posture towards her husband even if he's not saved with the hopes that the Bible says one day your example may lead him to Christ. Now this is why the Bible is very clear on saying we should be equally yoked. We should have believers marrying believers but when that's not the case and you have a husband that's not leading you to the Lord the Bible says that we should still honor our husbands so that one day our witness may lead him to Christ. Now I want to give some clarity to what this does mean and doesn't mean because there are some people in some marriage situations that that really do not honor the Lord at all and you need to be aware of these things. The first thing I want you to jot down is this. Biblical submission doesn't require a wife to follow her husband into sin and this is really important to know. If you're married to someone who is demanding you to do something immoral something illegal something that is contrary to the Word of God the Bible goes on to say that you are not obligated to obey him if he's leading you in that direction because God's authority always comes first. In Acts chapter 5 it talks about that it says we must obey God rather than man that applies in this case. So biblical submission doesn't mean that you have to follow him off a cliff. Secondly biblical submission doesn't condone abuse or moral compromise. Hey you read the Bible you can start you can start right here in Genesis you can go all the way through the maps. The Bible is a hundred percent against any type of physical emotional or sexual abuse period. The Bible is not going to put up with that it doesn't condone that so don't misunderstand what this word submission really means. The principle the biblical principle of submission by design it works best when you have this when you have a husband and you have a wife that love one another that serve one another but they individually are surrendered and submitted to to the Lordship of Christ and when that's true submission isn't a burden that's when it becomes a blessing. When a husband is

loving like Jesus and a wife is submitting as to the Lord that's when marriage becomes a dance and not a dictatorship. So I want you to think about that I want you to think about a rowing team here's an illustration you ever seen a rowing team where they're all lined up together and everybody's just getting it right you ever seen that before well if you've ever seen them rowing they row together in perfect sync and if one person rows out of rhythm the boat starts to drift that's when the boat starts to slow down but when every single rower is moving together under the rhythm that set by the leader that's when the boat will glide. That's what submission is supposed to look like it's beautiful it's intentional it's relational harmony where two people are moving together with a common purpose and towards a common goal. Listen that kind of submission is isn't a picture of weakness it's a picture of worship it's saying Lord I trust your way I trust your design your structure even when it stretches me. Wives he says submit in a way that honors the Lord and then he gets to the husbands next and he says husbands love in the way that Jesus loves. Look at verse 19 husbands love your wives and don't be bitter towards them. You have to understand what that word love means that's a that's a certain word that Paul uses it's agapeo it means a deep sacrificial Christlike love that demonstrates love in action. This is the type of love that that Jesus demonstrated when he stooped down to wash the dirty feet of his disciples that is love on display. This is the love that that stood silently before accusers this is the love that that walked willingly to the cross that's the kind of love that that Jesus demonstrated but it's also the kind of love that he says we as husbands ought to demonstrate. See Roman husbands were rarely told how to treat their wives that wasn't really a part of the culture they didn't have they didn't have marriage conferences or or men's events in first century Roman world. That wasn't a part of the culture but right here Paul inserts that into the culture and he flips the script and he tells these men not only should you care for your wives and love Them internally. He said you should love them externally. You should serve your wife

Right here. Notice he's calling husbands to love in action Love isn't just a noun. It is also a verb if you agree with that say amen Love is a verb Christ didn't just feel love for us. The Bible says Christ Demonstrated his love to us So when Paul says husbands love your wives He's calling men to action He's calling us to a new Radical standard one that lays down our pride One that listens before we speak one that says I'm willing to die to myself every single day For your good. So right here. He's saying men love your wives like that And when and when he says love he's saying let your love be on display And then he goes on to say and Don't be bitter towards them Now that word bitter can mean a lot of things the original word here means to become sharp or to become harsh He's saying don't be sharp. Don't be harsh with your wife wife. Don't be resentful is another part of that word See in the soil of marriage Bitterness Going back to the earlier illustration bitterness is like kudzu one more time And kudzu why bitterness grows fast in your relationship Bitterness spreads far and bitterness will wrap itself around every good thing in your relationship Husbands Paul is warning us here and he's saying you've got a guard against the stuff that's gonna choke out your marriage Choke out your marriage. I started thinking about what those things were this week. And this is what I wrote in my notes I'll share it with you on the screen. I Wrote don't let unspoken frustration unresolved conflict or unrealistic Expectations take root in your relationship now. I want you to think about those three things We got some married people in the room shake your head if you're married if you're married. All right. No, let me just ask you unspoken frustration

Can that thing cause problems in your relationship? Not this crowd. All right, how about How about unresolved conflict anybody's just say yep been there done that unresolved conflict go to bed when you're angry You're like, I ain't ready to make up anybody ever experienced that Just the Methodist experienced that is that what you said How about unrealistic expectations anybody ever just say man? It drives me crazy when they don't do this and and they don't do that and I just unrealistic unspoken Unspoken Unspoken things anybody ever experienced that here's what here's what he's saying. Here's what he's saying. You ready? He said if that exists in your relationship Pull those things up by the root Pull those things up by the root before They they strangle the joy out of your home because they will Unaddressed things like this will strangle the joy out of your home So he's a husband's love your wives and a part of loving your wife is Doing away with the things that have no business being a part of your relationship Listen that kind of love by the way It doesn't come natural most men are not really like pre-wired to have this kind of capacity to love in this type of way That's why it's so important that we as guys stay rooted in Christ We got to stay rooted in him Because if you try to love your wife and your own strength guess what's gonna happen at the end of the day You're gonna run out of strength You do not have what it takes to be that kind of lover Alright, but when you're rooted in Jesus check this out when you abide in his grace when you sit under his word when you spend Time on your knees praying to Almighty God guess what's gonna happen? That's when his love will start working in you and flowing through you Get this a Christlike husband doesn't demand submission. He demonstrates sacrifice There's a big difference between these two guys Think about your car's alignment for a second

When when your car is off it drifts you ever had a car That's just like you hit a couple curbs and now all of a sudden if you just let go of your wheel It's like oh, no, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we anybody ever experienced that before Nobody ever hits curbs either. All right, I do I've done that many times in when your car is out of alignment You're gonna drift. It's gonna pull to the left. It's gonna pull to the right marriage works the same way Christ centered alignment keeps the vehicle of your marriage moving forward together If you're a husband and you are out of alignment with Christ You've hit way too many curbs and you are not walking with the Lord Guess what? You will not be able to keep your family straight And over time just like that car Everything's gonna start to rattle the rides gonna become rough the passengers in your car are gonna start feeling all the things and if nothing changes Eventually, the whole thing is gonna break down. So with that being the truth of the word of God, husbands, let me ask you a question. Ask yourself this. Does my love reflect Jesus to those who are under my care? Does my love reflect Jesus to my wife? Am I present or am I distracted? Am I building my wife up in the word or am I tearing my wife down with my tongue? Hey, love that looks like Jesus, it's gonna show up in the little things. It's gonna show up in how you serve. It's gonna show up in how you speak. It's gonna show up in how you apologize. And it's gonna show up in how you sacrifice. You say, pastor, listen to me. Just between us, I am never gonna be the perfect husband. I get that, none of us are.

But when you read the word of God right here, I want you to understand, this is not about perfection. It's about direction. It's about direction. So I want you to ask this question. What direction am I pointing my marriage? What direction am I pointing my family by the way that I love and by the way that I lead? He starts out by saying, wives, submit in a way that honors the Lord. And then he says, and husbands, love in a way that Jesus loves. It's that agape love. It's that love in action. And now Paul is gonna turn his attention to the kids. He's gonna turn his attention to the kids and he's gonna say, children, obey in a way that pleases the Lord. Read verse 20. He says, children, obey your parents in everything for this pleases the Lord. This is a high calling. Not just for kids, but for us as families who are raising the next generation of Christ followers. Charles Spurgeon was speaking to a group of parents one day and this is what he said. He said, train up a child in the way he should go, but be sure you go that way yourself. And I'm just reminded today that we're not just raising kids, we're raising God's kids.

So we as parents need to lead in a way that truly honors the Lord. Hey, obedience isn't just about following rules. It's about learning to live under authority in a way that honors God. Think about that. Children who learn to obey their parents are also being trained in obeying their heavenly father. Have you ever thought about that? It's not just about you need to obey me because I'm me and you're you. It's no, as I'm teaching you obedience, I'm teaching you how to submit to the authority of God. It's the deeper purpose of parenting. It's not about control, it's about character formation. See, in the Jewish culture, honoring one's parents was central to the covenant. Now you know that, it's part of the 10 commandments, right? And so Paul knew that, he knew this is how everybody's been trained. You obey your parents because God tells you to obey your parents. And right here, he reinforces that same truth to the early church. He's saying obedience isn't optional, it's foundational. It has to happen. See, obedience is the soil where trust and responsibility and spiritual maturity, all of these great things, it's the point in a person's life

where all of that starts to grow. That early growth season is so important. About six years ago, I planted a small magnolia tree in my yard. It was about that tall. And when I planted that tree, I put stakes, wooden stakes, all the way around that tree to support the tree. And it needed that guidance to help because it was so small and it was so fragile. But over the years, as that tree began to grow, as it got a little bit taller and a little bit stronger, it no longer needed the stakes and supports that it did when it was smaller. And as I thought about parenting this week, and as I thought about raising godly kids, that was the picture that popped into my mind. Children who learn obedience early are being spiritually staked. They're being spiritually staked. They're growing with supports that keep them strong and sturdy in a world of cultural storms that wanna blow them over. Hey, children need parents who are willing to spiritually stake them and require obedience because you're not just teaching them to obey you. You're preparing them to obey the Lord. Obedience isn't about keeping control. It's about creating godly character.

Kids, every time you obey your parents, I want you to understand this. Every time you obey your parents with the right attitude, you're not just making your parents happy. The Bible says you're also making God happy. Look back at verse 20, what does it say? They obey your parents in everything, why? It says because it pleases the Lord. Hey parents, we've gotta reinforce the why behind the rules. We've gotta point our kids back to Jesus as the ultimate authority, as the ultimate rewarder of obedience. This isn't about rigid discipline, it's about raising disciples. So he said wives, submit in a way that honors the Lord. Husbands, he said love in the way that Jesus loves. And children, obey in a way that pleases the Lord. And lastly, he's gonna talk to us as fathers. Here's what he's gonna say to the fathers in the room. He said fathers, discipline in a way that builds relationship. This is where Paul singles out dads. Look at verse 21, he said, do not exasperate your children so that they won't become discouraged. That word exasperates, it's probably not a word that you use every day, but that's a word in the Bible that literally means to provoke or to irritate or to push so hard that your child feels like

they'll never be able to measure up. So you've gotta remember, when Paul wrote these words, the church was literally living in a world where Roman fathers had the legal right to disown their children if they were bad or even kill their kids. That was legal, that was acceptable in that day and in that culture, like I got a bad kid, right? But notice, in this part of the letter, Paul, he writes specifically to who? To fathers in the church. Fathers who love the Lord, who've been changed by Jesus. And in this letter, he's calling these fathers to something better, something radically different than the rest of the culture. And this was the message he gave to the dads. You ready? Dads, I know sometimes you just wanna, but you gotta give them grace. You gotta show them grace. Hey, think about this. Grace has always been a radical response. It's always been a radical response, especially for those living in the first century Roman world. I mean, Roman law granted absolute authority to these dads. They could punish without question. They could discipline with no dialogue. They could rule their home without any restraint whatsoever.

And so when Paul shows up and he says, guys, don't provoke your children, don't exasperate your kids, he was actually introducing a new gospel ethic into a power-driven world. And he tells them this, to make it plain and simple. He said, dads, don't parent from a pedestal. Parent from a place of grace. Don't parent from a pedestal. Parent from a place of grace. You say, Jordan, why is this so important that we parent this way as fathers and even mothers? Why parent from a place of grace? Let me tell you, let me give you two reasons. Number one is, I'll say it this way, because discouraged kids oftentimes become distant adults. He said, don't discourage your kids. Discouraged kids become distant adults. If you wanna drive your kids away, if you wanna build a wall between you and your kids, the Bible says exasperate them. Talk down to them. Parent from a pedestal and make your kids feel incapable of ever measuring up and becoming the person that you want them to be. He said, if you exasperate your children, you're gonna drive a wedge between them and discouraged kids will become distant adults. The second reason it's so important that we parent from a place of grace

is because the voice that children hear from their earthly father oftentimes becomes the voice they associate with their heavenly father. Think about that. If we want our kids to know God, and I believe many of us do, if we want our kids to walk with God, then I believe according to scripture, we have a responsibility of demonstrating to them a life that has been changed by God and a perspective that is determined by God. Dads, don't exasperate your children, but speak grace over their lives. You say, but what about the rules, man? What about the rules? And I know we get into the rules a lot. Let me give you this today. Rules without relationship lead to rebellion. Rules without relationship lead to rebellion. Someone told me a long time ago, they said, Jordan, your correction should never be louder than your compassion. I'm gonna say that again. This was as an early dad. I was just trying to figure this out. I'm like, man, what do I do? Do I whoop him? Do I ground him? Like, how am I supposed to be like the disciplinarian guy? And that was something that stuck with me a long time ago.

I'm gonna say it again. Your correction should never be louder than your compassion. And that's hard for us sometimes as dads. I mean, look around this room. You got a bunch of dads. in here. A bunch of them are hotheads. A bunch of them like to yell and scream, and I get that. We all like to do. There's times when all of us want to grab our kids by the shirt and be like, I'm tired of talking. It's because I said so, that's why. Stop asking. It's because I said so. And yet I've been challenged like, hey, instead of saying because I said so, that's why, get to a place where every once in a while you can say, it's because God said so. That's why. It's not because of what I say. It's because of what God says. And after you say, because God says so, then you can look at them and be like, and it's because I'm still paying your cell phone, so shut up and get in the corner, right? I mean, there is that balance, right? So right here, he's not saying that we shouldn't enforce rules in our home. That's not what he's saying. He's not saying you should be a pushover dad. What he's saying is your discipline must always be wrapped in relationship. Set boundaries. Be with strength, but never at the expense of your kid's heart. Because be the kind of father who shows up. Be the kind of father who listens. Be the kind of father who admits when he's wrong. And I know that's hard. Be the kind of father who says, I'm proud of you even when your kids are falling short. Hey, don't miss what this is saying here. This verse isn't trying to remove correction. This verse is trying to inject compassion. It's about reflecting the father's heart when we interact with our kids. See, when God disciplines us, he does it the exact same way. When God disciplines us, he does so out of love. His correction is never condemnation. His goal is always restoration, never rejection. Listen, when my kids see me, I want them to see the gospel in action. I want them to see a man who, who doesn't just enforce rules. I want them to see a man who lives out the love of Christ. And I think that's our challenge today. All of us who are parents. Remember that kudzu illustration we talked about a second ago? Remember, it grows where it connects. It's always growing and it's always connecting. Guess what? So do you. You were made for more than just coexisting with the people in your house. You are made to reflect Christ in every

single role that God has given you as a husband, as a wife, as a child, and even as a parent. You know, a few years ago, I heard a story about a family that decided it would be a really fun project to build a family tree house in the backyard. And when I say tree house, I mean, this was no ordinary tree house. This thing had rope bridges and electricity and bunk beds. It had a working doorbell. I mean, this family went crazy, if we're being honest. The dad was an engineer. He made his kids like many contractors. The mom was the foreman. She was in charge of everything. I mean, this family went all in on the tree house. Every single weekend, they worked side by side. It took them months, but they finally completed it. And when they finally wrapped up the whole project, they called the whole family in to kind of celebrate. The extended family, the cousins, the grandparents, everybody showed up and they celebrated what they believed was just a monument to teamwork. The big reveal happened and everybody was excited. But then as everybody started to walk away, the grandpa shows up, steps up, and he pulls the son to the side. He looks at him like, man, this is an impressive tree house. You guys really outdid yourself. It's like, yeah, man, it's pretty awesome. We're pretty excited about it. He goes, son, you know the tree that you built this thing is dead, right? He's like, no, I can't be right. He said, look a little closer. The tree is dead. And when they checked it, they realized grandpa was right. They built this massive tree house in a dead tree. All that work, all that effort built on something that couldn't hold it up. Hey, that's what happens when we build our relationships without Jesus at the center. Listen, you can decorate your marriage and you can renovate your parenting style and you can engineer the perfect family schedule and look like you've got it all together. But if the tree is dead, the house won't stand. Hey, if you're going to build something beautiful, I'm talking about all kinds of relationships. I'm talking about if you're going to build a beautiful marriage, if you're going to build a beautiful friendship, if you're going to build a beautiful family or legacy, you must be rooted in something that's alive. Let me say it again. It's got to be alive. Something that's strong, something that's going to last. Today that's what Paul's talking about from Colossians chapter three. He's saying, man, if you want to have something that's strong, something that's going to last, you must build your house on. on the rock of Jesus Christ.

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