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June, 2003
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The Submission of Husbands#046
A lot of homes these days are pressure cookers ready to explode.One reason is that husbands fail to live in submission to the law of love. For the most part, husbands expect their wives to bow to their desires. After all, a man's home is his castle. Isn't a husband the king of his household? Well, not exactly. The Bible does say, "the husband is the head of the wife," and that "wives ought to be [submissive] to their husbands in everything" (Ephesians 5:23 and 24). But the Bible also says, "Husbands, love your wives, just as also Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her" (Ephesians 5:25). Yes, if you are a husband, you must love your wife to the extent that you are ready and willing to give up your life for her. But that's a very tall order, you say. I agree. But do you choose to stand aloof from this law of love? Then you are saying something quite dramatic about yourself and your relationship with God. You see, 1 John 4:7 and 8 says, "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love." This is the crux of the matter. Too many husbands do not know God. They are not born again of God's Spirit, the Spirit of love. So, their homes and marriages lack love. Now if your marriage is plagued with a lack of love, you'd better consider your need to really know God. It is only as He fills you with His Spirit that you will be able to submit to the law of love. Only then will you love your wife as God expects.
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