Post by Shepherd on Mar 17, 2009 12:54:44 GMT -6
WIVES SUBMIT YOURSELVES
EPHESIANS 5:22-25.WIVES, SUBMIT YOUR SELVES UNTO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS UNTO THE LORD. FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF HE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH; AND HE IS THE SAVOUR OF THE BODY. THEREFORE AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT UNTO CHRIST, SO LET EH WIVES BE TO THEIR OWN HUSBANDS IN EVERY THING. HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT;
Can you see how a wife’s attitude toward her husband is involved in her own spiritual life?
One of the big problems in Christians living is to put into action the truth we believe. To be sure, believing is the first step. The first issue for any human being is; what shall I believe about God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost? The second is this; can I accept the scriptures as the Word of God? These questions need to be properly answered. What has been revealed about God.
Christ Jesus and the Holy Ghost comes to me through preaching and teaching, and through the reading of the Word of God. Yet many people who have that quite clearly in their minds continue to live unhappy, barren lives. When a Christian takes action in line with his faith, James would say he is fulfilling his faith.
James points out that faith if it does not result in works is dead, be alone. In James 2:21 he is writing about this very matter. He points out that Abraham believed God and it was accounted to Him for righteousness. James then takes him as a example.
WAS NOT ABRAHAM OUR FATHER JUSTIFIED BY WORKS, WHEN HE HAD OFFERED ISAAC HIS SON UPON THE ALTAR? SEEST THOU HOW FAITH WROUGHT WITH HIS WORKS, AND BY WORKS WAS FAITH MADE PERFECT? AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED WHICH SAITH, ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS IMPUTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND HE WAS CALLED THE FRIEND OF GOD. YE SEE THEN HOW THAT BY WORKS A MAN IS JUSTIFIED, AND NOT BY FAITH ONLY. JAMES 2:21-24.
Perhaps as you read the Scripture, you are certain that if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you will be save. I am just as sure of that as you are. But what are you doing to fulfill this belief? The fulfilling of faith is accomplished by putting it into action, which will happen if the Christian is led by the Holy Ghos
How a Christian’s faith can be fulfilled is seen in a simple statement given to a certain group of people, spoken of as WIVES. WIVES, SUBMIT YOURSELVES UNTO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS UNTO THE LORD.
This is to be done by the Christian wife; the Christian woman living in a home, as the wife of a man. To such a person Paul would say; “You believe in God, you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, your believe in the overruling hand of God and the sovereign work of God? Submit yourselves unto your own husband, as unto the Lord. FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH; AND HE IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE BODY. THEREFORE AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT UNTO CHRIST, SO LET THE WIVES BE TO THEIR OWN HUSBANDS IN EVERY THING. EPH. 5:22-24.
This was written with the idea of helping Christians to be blessed. It was written specifically for the purpose of guiding Christians into being fulled with the Holy Ghost. In this instance Paul is writing to women who are living in homes with their husband. No matter how strange this might sound, let the words stand just as they are written because that is where the truth is. As a wife, perhaps a mother, the woman is going to live together in a relationship with another.
SUBMIT YOURSELVES. This means quite simply; “Accept your husband as he is. You committed yourself to him.” For a woman in love, this would be the most natural thing in the world. It is her joy to do as she thinks her beloved wants her to do. If this woman wants the blessing of the Holy Ghost, if she wants the Holy Ghost to have control in her life, then she will yield herself into that situation in her home. She will make it a pointy in everything to look up to her husband as the head of the home.
He may travel at a slow speed, so she will have a slow ride. She is right along there with him and in faith she is doing this as unto the Lord. This means she will have the Lord in mind and accept His providence in relation to the man she married. In all this she will trust the Lord.
FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. In any family situation, the man is the leader. In Brazil, we agree that the husband is the head of the house. But they said that the woman is the neck. She turns the head.
AND HE IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE BODY. In what sense? Normally, the husband will provide and he will protect. THEREFORE AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT UNTO CHRIST, SO LET THE WIVES BE TO THEIR OWN HUSBANDS IN EVERY THING. The wife is to let his will; prevail, such as it will be. Why will the woman do it that way? Because he is her husband. Is he right? Not necessarily. He may not be right, but that is the way the wife is going to do because he is her husband. The Holy Ghost can work in her heart.
Read I PETER 3:1-6.
This is how Peter interpreted this whole situation. This procedure will be difficult if the husband is and unbeliever, but the promise is there; if the wife will learn to do everything she possibly can to help him. She will have to have the guidance of God in the matter and she will receive the blessing of the Holy Ghost..
EPHESIANS 5:22-25.WIVES, SUBMIT YOUR SELVES UNTO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS UNTO THE LORD. FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF HE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH; AND HE IS THE SAVOUR OF THE BODY. THEREFORE AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT UNTO CHRIST, SO LET EH WIVES BE TO THEIR OWN HUSBANDS IN EVERY THING. HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT;
Can you see how a wife’s attitude toward her husband is involved in her own spiritual life?
One of the big problems in Christians living is to put into action the truth we believe. To be sure, believing is the first step. The first issue for any human being is; what shall I believe about God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost? The second is this; can I accept the scriptures as the Word of God? These questions need to be properly answered. What has been revealed about God.
Christ Jesus and the Holy Ghost comes to me through preaching and teaching, and through the reading of the Word of God. Yet many people who have that quite clearly in their minds continue to live unhappy, barren lives. When a Christian takes action in line with his faith, James would say he is fulfilling his faith.
James points out that faith if it does not result in works is dead, be alone. In James 2:21 he is writing about this very matter. He points out that Abraham believed God and it was accounted to Him for righteousness. James then takes him as a example.
WAS NOT ABRAHAM OUR FATHER JUSTIFIED BY WORKS, WHEN HE HAD OFFERED ISAAC HIS SON UPON THE ALTAR? SEEST THOU HOW FAITH WROUGHT WITH HIS WORKS, AND BY WORKS WAS FAITH MADE PERFECT? AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED WHICH SAITH, ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS IMPUTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND HE WAS CALLED THE FRIEND OF GOD. YE SEE THEN HOW THAT BY WORKS A MAN IS JUSTIFIED, AND NOT BY FAITH ONLY. JAMES 2:21-24.
Perhaps as you read the Scripture, you are certain that if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you will be save. I am just as sure of that as you are. But what are you doing to fulfill this belief? The fulfilling of faith is accomplished by putting it into action, which will happen if the Christian is led by the Holy Ghos
How a Christian’s faith can be fulfilled is seen in a simple statement given to a certain group of people, spoken of as WIVES. WIVES, SUBMIT YOURSELVES UNTO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS UNTO THE LORD.
This is to be done by the Christian wife; the Christian woman living in a home, as the wife of a man. To such a person Paul would say; “You believe in God, you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, your believe in the overruling hand of God and the sovereign work of God? Submit yourselves unto your own husband, as unto the Lord. FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH; AND HE IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE BODY. THEREFORE AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT UNTO CHRIST, SO LET THE WIVES BE TO THEIR OWN HUSBANDS IN EVERY THING. EPH. 5:22-24.
This was written with the idea of helping Christians to be blessed. It was written specifically for the purpose of guiding Christians into being fulled with the Holy Ghost. In this instance Paul is writing to women who are living in homes with their husband. No matter how strange this might sound, let the words stand just as they are written because that is where the truth is. As a wife, perhaps a mother, the woman is going to live together in a relationship with another.
SUBMIT YOURSELVES. This means quite simply; “Accept your husband as he is. You committed yourself to him.” For a woman in love, this would be the most natural thing in the world. It is her joy to do as she thinks her beloved wants her to do. If this woman wants the blessing of the Holy Ghost, if she wants the Holy Ghost to have control in her life, then she will yield herself into that situation in her home. She will make it a pointy in everything to look up to her husband as the head of the home.
He may travel at a slow speed, so she will have a slow ride. She is right along there with him and in faith she is doing this as unto the Lord. This means she will have the Lord in mind and accept His providence in relation to the man she married. In all this she will trust the Lord.
FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. In any family situation, the man is the leader. In Brazil, we agree that the husband is the head of the house. But they said that the woman is the neck. She turns the head.
AND HE IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE BODY. In what sense? Normally, the husband will provide and he will protect. THEREFORE AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT UNTO CHRIST, SO LET THE WIVES BE TO THEIR OWN HUSBANDS IN EVERY THING. The wife is to let his will; prevail, such as it will be. Why will the woman do it that way? Because he is her husband. Is he right? Not necessarily. He may not be right, but that is the way the wife is going to do because he is her husband. The Holy Ghost can work in her heart.
Read I PETER 3:1-6.
This is how Peter interpreted this whole situation. This procedure will be difficult if the husband is and unbeliever, but the promise is there; if the wife will learn to do everything she possibly can to help him. She will have to have the guidance of God in the matter and she will receive the blessing of the Holy Ghost..
