We Love Our Spouses in the Lord, Part 1 (TMF:967)

Tuesday, September 04, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Love Our Spouses in the Lord, Part 1 (TMF:967) - Daniel Litton
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       We also love our spouses in the Lord, the person whom God has blessed us with in our lives, if we are married. For wives first, probably the chief way they show their love toward their husbands is by submitting to them in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Paul said that “as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands” (Ephesians 5:23, ESV). So, she lets her husband have ultimate say in the things in life that really matter. She provides her insight, her side to something of course, but she does not force her way on her husband. She let’s him have the final decision. By doing this, the wife shows respect for her husband. And, she does not punish her husband in open or secret ways when she does not get her way. She is not argumentative with him, or holding things against him. She does not insist on her own way only. The husband is indeed the leader of the wife and children according to God’s Word. Some reasons for this are provided by the Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy.