5 things a wife must do to save her marriage and her husband P5

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2 men sitting in the park when a beautiful woman jogs by… the one man remarks… man she is a fox. To which the woman stops in her tracks, turns to the 2 men and says “I can’t believe in todays world you would be so ignorant to refer to a woman as an animal, you both are complete male chauvinist pigs”… uh, yea… hypocrisy… with men and women

 

 

INTRO: you could easily take the next 5-8 podcasts and throw me under the bus… so listen to my heart, listen to all of the podcasts and wait for the last final podcast on this topic before you judge. 

 

5 Things a Godly woman does for her husband.

Respect - CHECK

Love - Check 

Honor - Check 

Serve - Check

Submit - Next Up

*and what’s their problem if they can’t do these 5 things.

*A mans responsibility to make it easier

 

And today might in fact be the hardest one of all for women to swallow… this pill is big, bad tasting, and might make you choke….  Or - it just might save your marriage! 

But as hard as it is for many women to talk about submission, I have found the ones who bristle the most are the ones who expect exactly the opposite in their marriages… they want the man to do what they want…uhmmm… thats submission. 

So we both need to park our attitudes and preconceived mindsets at the front desk as we take a look at this. 

 

In each of the three sections of Paul’s household code (Eph. 5:22–33; 6:1–4; 6:5–9), he first addresses those who are under authority (wives, children, and slaves) before addressing those in positions of authority (husbands, parents, and masters). Wives are commanded to submit to their husbands. The words “your own” (idios) indicate that Paul is addressing “wives” and not “women” generally.

They also indicate that a wife is not expected to submit to everyone’s husband, but specifically her own husband. The use of the middle voice of the verb (carried over from Eph. 5:21) emphasizes the voluntary nature of the submission. In other words, Paul says that a wife is to submit willingly to her husband but nowhere does he say that husbands are to demand submission from their wives, because they should not need to do so. Next, Paul offers a comparison (“as to the Lord”), which provides motivation for women’s submission to their husbands. When a woman voluntarily submits to her husband, she is simultaneously submitting to the Lord.

 

The prepositional phrase “in everything” should not be taken absolutely, since a wife should not submit to her husband in matters that are sinful, harmful, or contrary to God’s commands. this is just speaking in context of man/husband who loves his wife and submits to God.

 

And these words are not conditioned on the husband’s love for his wife. Although there may be exceptions, the focus of the passage is on the importance of the wife’s willing submission to the leadership of her husband (even if her husband is an unbeliever).

Self-Sacrificial Love

After commanding wives to submit to their husbands, Paul turns his attention to the husbands by commanding them to love their wives. Based on other ancient texts, it is somewhat unexpected that Paul urges husbands to love their wives instead of urging them to rule over or domineer their wives. In extrabiblical Jewish literature, husbands were rarely exhorted to love their wives, and the verb “love” (agapaō) was never used in Greco-Roman household codes in relation to the duties of husbands. Here the command is to follow Christ in the way of love. The fact that this exhortation is repeated signifies its importance (Eph. 5:28, 33; cf. Col. 3:19)

So lets dumb it down. I have only met a few women… I believe 2  if my memory serves me right, who say they would not submit to their husbands if they were Godly men. that is the spirit of Jezebel - and YEP we are going to  cover that in this series. But what these woman are basically saying is… I aint submitting to My hubby, any man or God. 

But regardless, women here is the key, tell your husbands you would love to submit to them as they grow in their ability to hear God and lead your family. And as his example to love her as Christ loved the church. And ladies remember Jesus did not always do the fun sweet things for the church, and the church will actually go through some tough times, currently and in the end times… 

Let me make this as clear as possible. Women if you are looking for a reason to not submit to your husbands, you will always find one. But if you are looking for ways to grow in Christ and submit to God - your husband is the best way to do just that. All the while encouraging him to be more like Jesus.