Today, we look at a couple of
passages of Scripture that speak of the relationship of wives to their own
husbands. Keep in mind that this is also the relationship of the Church to
Christ. And, as such, is the relationship of all under authority to all those
in authority. This means that these passages speak to everyone of us and not
simply to our women or to our wives.
This mean that we all have to learn to respond properly to
authority. It also means that we are going to see that we have all failed in
our responses to authority and in doing so have caused harm both to ourselves
and to the authorities that we have resisted.
The purpose of saying this is not to beat you up. This is
not done simply to make you feel bad. But to some extent the beating is
necessary. An honorable fight always
gives room for the weaker opponent to submit. He can call uncle, tap out, admit
he is beat, that is, he can submit. Or, he can resist, unimpressed by the
beating and thus declare that he is willing to take more.
When the opponent is the Word and Spirit of God, there is no
chance of victory, so the only thing that remains to be seen is how strong is
your resistance and thus, how much of a beating is necessary in order to get you
to tap out? I would exhort you to always tap out early as soon as you realize
that you are fighting the Word of God.
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