Biblical Insights on Wives' Roles in Marriage

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no sisters your example is jesus christ turn with me to 1 corinthians 11 and verse 3. here it says uh read it carefully christ is the head of every man and man is the head of a woman and god is the head of christ and so the submission or the ultimate example taken here is he's talking about submission there in that first passage that's why i asked the woman to bail her head later on is the submission of christ to the father that is taken as the first example [00:02:18]

so in this verse the perfect example is god is the head of christ and christ is the head of every woman every man and so the example that a woman has ultimately of submission is how did jesus submit to his father that is the example that you have to follow ultimately to god because though your head is a man his head is christ so you're ultimately under the headship of christ [00:03:28]

so keeping that in mind christ is the example for every wife we have good and bad examples in scripture the first one i want to turn to is of course eve the first wife mentioned in the bible and we are told in one timothy about eve and chapter two the reason why the holy spirit says a woman must not exercise authority over a man even at home or in the church is because of two reasons [00:04:01]

so looking at eve what was her problem even though she was created and she knew that created to be a helper to adam and i she knew that adam was created first and uh when when she was created her eyes were open and she didn't see adam first she saw god first only later on she knew there was a person called adam so ultimately a wife must be submitted to god first and say lord you're the head of my life [00:05:45]

and eve went towards the tree of life to three of knowledge sorry another tree of life away from the tree of life and when the serpent came up to speak to her and suggested something what should she have done she should have consulted with her head she was only the helper adam what do you think let's pray about this talk about it together this beautiful animal has suggested that i partake of this fruit of this tree [00:06:54]

but because she did not care to ask her husband and did whatever she felt she should do she took over the headship and brought chaos and confusion into her home and into the rest of humanity so that's a great warning for wives whenever you come to a decision in your home it's always good to discuss matters with your husband even if your husband is not born again in earthly matters he may be wise in spiritual matters [00:07:55]

and jobs wife was one like that in the beginning she we don't read much about her except she accepted the fact that job bowed down and her children were all dead it must have been a terrific time of pressure imagine having tension and all of them dying in one moment all your husband's property lost in one moment and seeing the husband worshiping god and said well the lord gave the lord take it took away [00:09:16]

and job said you're speaking as a foolish woman speaks if god is god can't we accept good as well as adversity so instead of being a help to her husband when she husband was sick because the loss of children was the loss of her husband too husbands do the loss of property was the loss of her husband's as well he suffered as much when the children were lost and when the property was lost [00:11:08]

so we have to be careful when we give advice to our husbands which comes from our own mind contrary to and which is the result of not trusting god's promise india said let's pray god and ask god together in those days god would speak to abraham clearly let's ask god together sarah should have said why haven't we got children how long do we have to wait god wouldn't have told him how long to wait but he was still [00:17:24]

and even lot hesitated but it says in genesis 19 16 the those angels pulled his hand in the hand of his wife and two daughters and took them out and said now escape for your life and don't look behind you genesis 19 17. and then go to the mountains and then lord said okay you can't go as far as the mountain can you allow me to stop somewhere halfway or something and god's and the angel said okay stop in zohar [00:18:40]

and my lovely house which i could build with the amount of money much better than the tents that we were living in when we were with abraham and all that wealth lost she turned back and immediately she became a pillar of salt the judgment that fell on sodom and gomorrah fell on her immediately she became a pillar of salt she couldn't make any more progress that's the point a wife who is more attached to material things [00:19:41]

and ruth said please don't ask me to leave you i don't want a husband i want the lord ruth 116 your god will be my god and your people will be my people where you're dying for 17 i'll die there i'll be buried and nothing but death will pot you and me she was devoted first of all to the lord she didn't want to go back and that one single decision that i want to hust at the lord more than a husband [00:24:05]

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