The Role of Man (Eph 5:25-33) Love your wife: After giving the divine guidelines for the husbands leadership and the wifes submission, Paul devotes the next nine verses to explain the husbands duty to submit to his wife through his love for her. In fact, mans primary role in the marriage is to love his wife. Everything else stems from his love. This love is likened to the love that Christ has for the church, and believers possess Christs own kind of love. This love is manifested in many ways. PROTECTOR (1Pet 3:7) As the stronger vessel, man has an obligation to protect the weaker vessel. PROVIDER (Gen 2:15) Man designed to work, even before the fall. (Gen 3:17-19) It is mans responsibility to see that the family is fed. WILLING TO DIE FOR HER (FAMILY) Sacrificial Love: Christ loved the church by giving Himself up for her. Rom 5:7-8 tells us about the depth of Christs love for the church. Husbands, dont tell me about your wifes problema that make it hard to love her - youre not as far removed from your wife as God was from sinners, yet He loved you. Your wife may be a sinner, but so are you. Dont lose that perspective. Men who explain away their difficult marriages by claiming they no longer love their wives are being disobedient to Gods command. God type love is different then the worlds love, the world loves with an object oriented love. What that means is that the love is based on some physical attribute, or personality, its based on things that are subject to change. It tends to be cliquish and overly selective, and this type of attitude can even affect Christians. James 2:1-4, but that love is necessarily fickle because the moment the characteristic that motivated the love disappears, or losses its appeal, the love disappears. Many marriages fall apart simply because the relationship was founded on that kind if love. If God were going to love anything on the basis of its innate appeal, it would not have been the world. It would not have been us. We are all like unclean things. Is 64:6, because God gave His children the capacity to love as He loves, He can command His love from them. That means love is a choice we make - it is an act of our will as well as our heart. Husbands, Scripture is not commanding you to love your wife because she deserves it but to love her even if she doesnt deserve it. Divine love is an act of selfless sacrifice. When you love in that way, youll do what is needed without counting the cost or analyzing the needs merit. And your love will continue to meet the need whether it is received or rejected, appreciated or resented. Husbands, as long as youre looking for what you can get out of marriage, you will never know what it means to love your wife as Christ loved the church. Look instead for what you can give: be willing to make personal sacrifices for your wife, considering her needs and interest before youe own (Phil 2:3-4) I will cut at this point and will continue this topic tomorrow.... Have a bless day to all Please bear with me until we finish this topic THE ROLE OF MAN. Back to work po muna.....remain bless everyone...
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 07:02:51 +0000
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