God’s Laboratories | Ephesians 5:21-6:9 | Love Incorruptible
Summit Life with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear Ministries
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
If your spiritual progress were based on how well you lived out the Bible’s instructions at home, how would you be doing? In this message, as part of the “Love Incorruptible” series, Pastor J.D. walks us through Ephesians 5, a passage that stirs up a lot of confusion about submission, and helps us see that God uses the relationships in marriage, family, and work as laboratories to help us grow in spiritual maturity.
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of men are on autopilot when it comes to their family. |
| 0:03.7 | Guys, if you show the same initiative in your job that you show in your family, you get fired in a week. |
| 0:08.9 | And this is your most important assignment. |
| 0:11.9 | Spiritual headship is not licensed to do whatever you want to do. |
| 0:16.3 | Spiritual headship is empowerment to do what you ought to do. |
| 0:28.6 | Thank you. headship is empowerment to do what you ought to do. Welcome back to the Summit Life podcast. As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich. |
| 0:33.8 | Have you ever found yourself asking, does this really matter? In our new featured resource titled |
| 0:38.6 | Why Does It Matter? Pastor J.D. tackles some of the most important questions that Christians |
| 0:43.3 | wrestle with, but don't always know how to answer. You'll explore why foundational beliefs |
| 0:49.1 | shape the way that we live every day, from understanding why correct theology matters, to discovering the power and purpose of prayer, |
| 0:57.6 | to seeing the significance of everyday faithfulness, this resource connects big truths to real life. |
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| 1:10.2 | Today, Pastor J.D. Greer walks us through a passage that |
| 1:13.2 | stirs up a lot of confusion, specifically about the topic of submission. If you're wondering |
| 1:18.8 | how all that works, you've come to the right place. Let's join Pastor J.D. in Ephesians |
| 1:23.4 | Chapter 5. One of the most era- defining movies of my childhood was the karate kid. |
| 1:30.9 | It was a story about, I guess, a loser kid who gets beat up, and this older Japanese man |
| 1:35.6 | teaches him how to succeed in life by teaching him the principles of karate. |
| 1:40.8 | As a kid, it was inspiring. |
| 1:43.2 | It was awesome. For what it's worth. I went back and watched it a few |
| 1:47.0 | months ago with my kids. It's not nearly as awesome as I remember it. In fact, how being in the crane |
| 1:53.6 | position does not signal to your opponent exactly what you were about to do. I'm not really sure, |
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