HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER…..Ephesians 5:25. Although males and females are EQUAL in relationship to Christ, the Scriptures give SPECIFIC roles to each in marriage. The husband is to assume leadership in the home (1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:23). This leadership should not be dictatorial, condescending, or patronizing to the wife, but should be in accordance with the example of Christ leading the church. “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word” (Ephesians 5:25-26). Christ loved the church (His people, Born Again Believers) with compassion, mercy, forgiveness, respect, and selflessness. In this same way husbands are to love their wives. Wives are to submit (The Abundant Overwhelming Love from the Husband to The Wife compels the Wife) to the authority (Responsibility, Spiritual Leadership, Etc...) of their husbands. “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the Church, His Body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the Church submits to Christ, so also Wives should submit to their husbands in everything” (Ephesians 5:22-24). Although women should submit to their husbands, the Bible also tells men several times how they are supposed to TREAT their Wives. The husband is NOT to take on the role of the dictator, but should show Love (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 and verse 13), respect, etc… for his Wife and her opinions, Etc. In fact, Ephesians 5:28-29 EXHORTS men to LOVE their Wives IN THE SAME WAY that they love their own bodies, feeding and caring for them. A man’s LOVE for his Wife SHOULD BE THE SAME AS CHRISTS LOVE FOR HIS BODY, THE CHURCH. “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, Love your wives and do not be harsh with them” (Colossians 3:18-19). “Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker (Fragile, Delicate, etc…) partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers” (1 Peter 3:7). LET THE HUSBAND RENDER TO HIS WIFE THE AFFECTION DUE HER, AND LIKEWISE ALSO THE WIFE TO HER HUSBAND. THE WIFE DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY OVER HER OWN BODY, BUT THE HUSBAND DOES. AND LIKEWISE THE HUSBAND DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY OVER HIS OWN BODY, BUT THE WIFE DOES…..(1 Corinthians 7:3,4.) From these verses we see that LOVE, HONOR AND RESPECT, Etc...characterize the roles of both husbands and wives. If these are present, then authority, headship, love, and submission, Etc…will be no problem for either partner. In regard to the division of responsibilities in the home, the Bible instructs husbands to provide for their families, (Physically, Mentally, Spiritually, Emotionally and Financially, Materialistically, Etc…). This means he works and makes enough money to sufficiently provide all the necessities of life for his wife and children. To fail to do so has definite spiritual consequences. “If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever” (1 Timothy 5:8). So, a man who makes no effort to provide for his family cannot rightly call himself a Christian. While a husband should help with the children and with household chores (thereby fulfilling his duty to Love his wife), Proverbs 31 also makes it clear that the home is to be the woman’s primary area of influence and responsibility. Even if she must stay up late and rise up early, her family is well cared for. This is not an easy lifestyle for many women—especially in affluent Western nations. However, far too many women are stressed out and stretched to the breaking point. To prevent such stress, both husband and wife should prayerfully reorder their priorities and follow the Bible’s instructions on their roles. Conflicts regarding the division of labor in a marriage are bound to occur, but if both partners are submitted to Christ, these conflicts will be minimal. If a couple finds arguments over this issue are frequent and vehement, or if arguments seem to characterize the marriage, the problem is a spiritual one. In such an instance, the partners should recommit themselves to prayer and submission to Christ first, then to one another in an attitude of love and respect, Etc. Holy Scripture is Clear Through God The Holy Spirit. The Blessing And Honor Of Being The Spiritual Leader Of The Marriage Is Not Meant To Be a Dictatorship But a Responsibility Through Complete submission To God In True Love that Only comes from My Father God (Who Is Love) Manifested In, Through and By Jesus Christ and is Testified By and Through God The Holy Spirit Which Compels The Born Again Believer and Spiritual Leader In Jesus Christ To Overwhelm His Wife With The Same Love That starts with My Father God, Then It is Normal or Natural for The Wife to Cling In and with Love to her Husband.
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