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Wives Submit to Your Husbands
Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
If you are a woman, hopefully the title did not scare you away! If you are a married woman, you might be thinking “If you knew my husband this topic would scare the pants off of you!. I do believe the Bible is God’s inspired Word, but some male chauvinist must have added that statement in there!” Believe me I do understand. There are a lot of people who do submit to others, but there are few people who actually want to submit to anyone and especially their spouse! So is God being mean or unfair to women?
The first thing we must understand is that the instructions from the Bible are ALWAYS expressing the optimum circumstance, meaning the best possible way to live. What I mean by this is that while the goals are correct and true, we will not all be able to achieve or obey them. Before we go down a rat hole, let me state clearly that we must all do our best to achieve the goals and not use my statement as an excuse for not trying. Now that I have made the point that a lot of what the Bible states are goals and not all are achievable by everyone, we can go on.
The act of wives submitting to their husbands works perfectly if and only if the husband is TRULY submitting to God. So does that mean that wives with husbands that are not submitting to God are excused? No, sorry about that. But it does mean these wives must evaluate what the husband is requesting. Is it against God’s word? Is it illegal? Does it harm someone physically or mentally? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you should not submit to that request. You should however submit to other general requests.
So now let’s talk about the optimum circumstance where the husband is submitting to God and the wife is submitting to the husband. Would you want to be the husband or the wife? A lot of you would say the husband, so that you can make decisions and do the things you want. Sorry, wrong! If you look at the last Bible verse above (Ephesians 5:25) you will see that the husband is instructed to LOVE his wife AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. How did Christ love the church? He gave his life for it, meaning he put the church’s needs above his needs.
So husbands must put their wife’s needs ABOVE their needs. So then if the wife wants to do A and the husband wants to do B, the husband must choose A unless it is; against God’s Word, is illegal, does harm to someone physically or mentally, or is not the overall best thing for the family. So the husband is obligated to decide in their wives favor, but still has ALL the responsibility for any decisions that are made. I am a guy, but if had a choice and could submit to a Godly husband, I think I would prefer to be the wife! I could get my way and not be responsible to God for any bad decisions. Nice setup!
Wives Submit to Your Husbands
Goodboy
Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
If you are a woman, hopefully the title did not scare you away! If you are a married woman, you might be thinking “If you knew my husband this topic would scare the pants off of you!. I do believe the Bible is God’s inspired Word, but some male chauvinist must have added that statement in there!” Believe me I do understand. There are a lot of people who do submit to others, but there are few people who actually want to submit to anyone and especially their spouse! So is God being mean or unfair to women?
The first thing we must understand is that the instructions from the Bible are ALWAYS expressing the optimum circumstance, meaning the best possible way to live. What I mean by this is that while the goals are correct and true, we will not all be able to achieve or obey them. Before we go down a rat hole, let me state clearly that we must all do our best to achieve the goals and not use my statement as an excuse for not trying. Now that I have made the point that a lot of what the Bible states are goals and not all are achievable by everyone, we can go on.
The act of wives submitting to their husbands works perfectly if and only if the husband is TRULY submitting to God. So does that mean that wives with husbands that are not submitting to God are excused? No, sorry about that. But it does mean these wives must evaluate what the husband is requesting. Is it against God’s word? Is it illegal? Does it harm someone physically or mentally? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you should not submit to that request. You should however submit to other general requests.
So now let’s talk about the optimum circumstance where the husband is submitting to God and the wife is submitting to the husband. Would you want to be the husband or the wife? A lot of you would say the husband, so that you can make decisions and do the things you want. Sorry, wrong! If you look at the last Bible verse above (Ephesians 5:25) you will see that the husband is instructed to LOVE his wife AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. How did Christ love the church? He gave his life for it, meaning he put the church’s needs above his needs.
So husbands must put their wife’s needs ABOVE their needs. So then if the wife wants to do A and the husband wants to do B, the husband must choose A unless it is; against God’s Word, is illegal, does harm to someone physically or mentally, or is not the overall best thing for the family. So the husband is obligated to decide in their wives favor, but still has ALL the responsibility for any decisions that are made. I am a guy, but if had a choice and could submit to a Godly husband, I think I would prefer to be the wife! I could get my way and not be responsible to God for any bad decisions. Nice setup!
Wives Submit to Your Husbands
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