We Love Our Spouses in the Lord, Part 2 (TMF:968)

Wednesday, September 05, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Love Our Spouses in the Lord, Part 2 (TMF:968) - Daniel Litton
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       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. He said one reason is that Adam was created by God first before Eve. That is the order that God chose to create humans. A second reason is that Eve sinned first before Adam. Nevertheless, the woman does gain an advantage over the man, for she is the one who gives birth to new persons brought into this world, children. Someone might question whether this is really an advantage, but I think it really is. She has the privilege and honor of motherhood, so much as God blesses her and gives her a child or children. This is something a man cannot experience in the same way. It is a deeper experience for the woman. Now, husbands are to show love for their wives. In fact, husbands are to show so much love for their wives that they are willing to give themselves up for them. Now, this doesn’t mean the wife always gets her way—far from that as we just discussed with the wife submitting to her husband. It means that the husband values the quality of his wife’s life over the quality of his own life.