"... anyone... in Christ... is a new creation..." ~ 2 Cor. 5:17
THE OTHER SIDE OF SUBMISSION (ABOUT DUTIES OF THE HUSBANDS) THAT IS NEGLECTED TO BE PREACHED IN THE CHURCHES:
THE WORD OF GOD WISDOM TELL CHRISTIANS THE WIFE HAS RIGHTS TOO:
1 Corinthians 7:4 (Amplified Bible) For the wife does not have [exclusive] authority and control over her own body, but the husband [has his rights]; likewise also the husband does not have [exclusive] authority and control over his body, but the wife [has her rights].
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF SUBMISSION (ABOUT DUTIES OF THE HUSBANDS) THAT IS NEGLECTED TO BE PREACHED IN THE CHURCHES:
Ephesians 5:22-33 (New King James Version)
Marriage—Christ and the Church:
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, AS TO THE LORD. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, AS ALSO CHRIST IS HEAD OF THE CHURCH; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, JUST AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT TO CHRIST, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, LOVE YOUR WIVES, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 SO HUSBANDS OUGHT TO LOVE THEIR OWN WIVES AS THEIR OWN BODIES; HE WHO LOVES HIS WIFE LOVES HIMSELF. 29 FOR NO ONE EVER HATED HIS OWN FLES, BUT NOURISHES AND CHERISHES IT, JUST AS THE LORD DOES THE CHURCH. 30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
ALSO ABOUT CHRISTIANS THAT ARE UNDECIDED ON THE SUBMISSION CONTROVERSY:
* To be undecided is not a good thing...
James 1:8
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 1:22-27 (Amplified Bible) 22 But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth].
23 For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror;
24 For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like.
25 But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren).
27 External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.
* To straddle the fence between two sides of one Christian principle is not a good thing...
Revelation 3:15-16 (New International Version)
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
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In conflict between man reasoning on a Basic Bible Truth we should filter everything by the heart of God on the matter - The Scriptures are very clear on where God's heart is:
Deuteronomy 10:18 (The Message) 14-18 Look around you: Everything you see is God's—the heavens above and beyond, the Earth, and everything on it. But it was your ancestors who God fell in love with; he picked their children—that's you!—out of all the other peoples. That's where we are right now. So cut away the thick calluses from your heart and stop being so willfully hardheaded. God, your God, is the God of all gods, he's the Master of all masters, a God immense and powerful and awesome. He doesn't play favorites, takes no bribes, makes sure orphans and widows are treated fairly, takes loving care of foreigners by seeing that they get food and clothing.
1 Corinthians 7:4 (Amplified Bible) For the wife does not have [exclusive] authority and control over her own body, but the husband [has his rights]; likewise also the husband does not have [exclusive] authority and control over his body, but the wife [has her rights].
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF SUBMISSION (ABOUT DUTIES OF THE HUSBANDS) THAT IS NEGLECTED TO BE PREACHED IN THE CHURCHES:
Ephesians 5:22-33 (New King James Version)
Marriage—Christ and the Church:
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, AS TO THE LORD. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, AS ALSO CHRIST IS HEAD OF THE CHURCH; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, JUST AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT TO CHRIST, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, LOVE YOUR WIVES, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 SO HUSBANDS OUGHT TO LOVE THEIR OWN WIVES AS THEIR OWN BODIES; HE WHO LOVES HIS WIFE LOVES HIMSELF. 29 FOR NO ONE EVER HATED HIS OWN FLES, BUT NOURISHES AND CHERISHES IT, JUST AS THE LORD DOES THE CHURCH. 30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
ALSO ABOUT CHRISTIANS THAT ARE UNDECIDED ON THE SUBMISSION CONTROVERSY:
* To be undecided is not a good thing...
James 1:8
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 1:22-27 (Amplified Bible) 22 But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth].
23 For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror;
24 For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like.
25 But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren).
27 External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.
* To straddle the fence between two sides of one Christian principle is not a good thing...
Revelation 3:15-16 (New International Version)
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
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In conflict between man reasoning on a Basic Bible Truth we should filter everything by the heart of God on the matter - The Scriptures are very clear on where God's heart is:
Deuteronomy 10:18 (The Message) 14-18 Look around you: Everything you see is God's—the heavens above and beyond, the Earth, and everything on it. But it was your ancestors who God fell in love with; he picked their children—that's you!—out of all the other peoples. That's where we are right now. So cut away the thick calluses from your heart and stop being so willfully hardheaded. God, your God, is the God of all gods, he's the Master of all masters, a God immense and powerful and awesome. He doesn't play favorites, takes no bribes, makes sure orphans and widows are treated fairly, takes loving care of foreigners by seeing that they get food and clothing.
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Comment by marilyn Leck on November 8, 2009 at 4:46pm
- amen - good teaching. thanks for sharing this. IF a man treated his wife like Jesus treated the church and died for the church there would be no doubt in any one's mind that the wife loved the husband nor the husband the wife. A woman was created from the rib of a man. That rib was taken from his side - under his arm to be protected, near his heart to be loved, above his feet to walk beside in all things in unity, and under his head to submit unto him and to be cherished by him just as Jesus cherished the church and died for it. :) Hugs and God bless you! marilyn mouser
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