A HUSBAND'S LOVE

NETTIE-ISM: A husband should love his wife more than a wife loves her husband.

I had this thought this morning about a good husband. At first I thought it was more extreme but then I remembered Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it”. Yeshua died for the church. Scripture does not instruct a wife to do the same.

EPHESIANS 5:22-24 THE EXPANDED BIBLE
22) Wives, ·yield to [submit to; be subject to; L- to] your husbands, as you do to the Lord, 23) because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Savior of the body, which is the church. 24) As the church ·yields [submits; is subject] to Christ, so you wives should ·yield [submit; be subject] to your husbands in everything [Col. 3:18; 1 Pet. 3:1–6].


In context, with the help of the Expanded version of the Bible, there is a reason for the wife to yield to her husband and the husband to love his wife. The husband is the earthly representation of Yeshua.

Side note: I have heard single women say “Jesus is my husband”. My response is: “You are not going to make love to Jesus.” However, it is clear that the man a woman marries should reflect the love of YHWH.

Wives are to yield their will to their husbands and this is difficult to do if you did not marry a man who loves the Lord with all of his heart and soul.

A man should know, believe and follow the word of YHWH. He should be yielded to submitted to the will of YHWH. His goal should be to marry a woman who can help him carry out his GOD given purpose, in doing so he will guide her, protect her and love her as the Messiah is head of the church.

The problem is: YHWH is not first in anyone’s life. Men who are “in” the church are, for the most part, taught man’s traditions and not GOD’s word. Women are influenced by the world and now see submission as a bad thing. 
                                                                                  Wrtitten by Marsha L F Randolph

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