I've been married for almost 2 years. This means I am not an expert on marriage. After we got married my wife found these shirts that say "I love my wife" and "I love my husband." See our marriage means something to both of us. I have been in the workplace for sometime and the things I have heard said by married people tends to disgust me. If you are married do not speak ill of your spouse. When you speak ill of your spouse you speak badly about marriage which I meant to be a picture of Jesus and the church. You're disrespecting and hurting the person you married along with hurting something God has put together. Marion and I have made a promise to one another. No matter how bad the fight divorce is not an option. We will no allow the fight to be spoken of to others or on social media. See marriage is a picture of God's relationship to the church. In pre-marital counseling and in our wedding my dad made it a point to show in scripture how a husband and wife should interact with one another and point to God.
21."And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." If you read Matthew thru John you find Jesus to be the ultimate servant. Submission is not a bad thing it's only bad in mixed martial arts and pro-wrestling. In God's kingdom submission is a good thing.
22. "For wives this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. I know some women may get mad at me but the last part of this verse says "as to the Lord." That's why you do this.
23. "For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church." Great rich imagery.
24. "As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything." More imagery that points to Christ. I've heard women complain about submitting to their husband but it's something holy you are being asked to do.
25-26. "For husbands, this means love your wives just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean washed by the cleansing of God's word." one of the greatest lines in a movie came to mind when I read this. In Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Robin has just crashed thru a window and fought off the Sheriff of Nottingham. Maid Marian says "You came for me!" "I'd die for you!" Husbands are you willing to lay down your life for your wife because that's what God has called us to.
27. "He did this to present her to himself a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead she will be holy and without fault." That perfect white wedding dress is a picture of Christ's bride the church.
28. "In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself." If you take care of your wife she's going to take care of you.
29-30. "No one hates his own body but he feeds and cares for it. Just as Christ cares for the church and we are members of his body." Jesus cares for and takes care of the church. If you are part of the body of believers He's going to take care of you.
31-32. "As the scriptures say `A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife and the two are united into one'. This is a great mystery but it is and illustration of the way Christ and the church are one." Marriage math: man and wife are an image of Christ and the church.
33. "So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself and the wife must respect her husband."
For those that are married I have learned this I have to put my wife's needs above my own. Compliment your spouse and tell them you love them as often as you can. Love is not a feeling love requires action and it's a choice. love is very much a verb. your spouse needs love and affection. your spouse needs you to pray for them and you need to point each other back to God. Pray together.
This song has stuck with me for ys because it's a reminder of building your life and your relationship on "the rock of Christ Jesus" I can tell you many times the line of "and again God provided for bills they've incurred" to be very true in my life. This is Two sets of Jones by Big Tent Revival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQE5PNRLZ40
Tuesday night I was driving home from work after getting this study ready when I heard this song on my mp3 player. It will blow you away. Arms wide open by Misty Edwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-QcBtMp9VI
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