Transformative Submission: A Christian Wife's Role
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A Christian wife's submission to her husband is an intelligent, fearless, joyful disposition to affirm, receive, and nurture the strength and leadership of her husband. Now let me unpack a few of those because I'm trying to explain what in the Lord does to submission. [00:01:50]
She is a new creation in Christ. She is a believer and a newborn creation, and as part of that, she is under Christ's supreme lordship. Her husband is a leader; he is not Lord the way Jesus is Lord. Therefore, we're going to see why that implies disposition here. [00:02:28]
In Christ Jesus, you are all sons of God. That includes Christian women, and you might stumble over that and say, well, I want to be a daughter of God, not a son of God. Well, actually, probably you don't because this is an elevation, not a critique or a diminution. [00:02:55]
There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; there is no male or female. That's a very radical statement. There's no male or female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring. [00:04:07]
This does not mean that there is no such thing as male or female in every respect. If that were the case, there'd be no marriage, there'd be no having babies, there'd be no families. No male and female means in this context, it doesn't make a distinction in your being a Son of God. [00:04:38]
She is now quite aware that she is a new creation in Christ just as fully as her husband is. She is under the lordship of Jesus because to be a Christian is to say Jesus is Lord, and He is Lord of the husband, He's Lord of the wife. [00:06:17]
Submission means a disposition to affirm and receive and nurture leadership from the husband. She affirms his leadership, she receives his leadership, she nurtures it, meaning she uses all of her gifts to make this leadership better because she's better than him in many ways. [00:06:51]
It can't be an absolute commitment to receive and accept his leadership because this leadership might say, hey, come, let's sin together, let's lie about our income tax, or let's go have some group sex, or let's watch this filthy video. [00:07:37]
Wherever this submission of the wife calls her to disobey Jesus, she doesn't submit in behavior, but she can, I'm arguing, maintain a biblical and spiritual and obedient disposition. She can say to her husband who is leading her into sin, dear husband, I affirm that you are in God's role as to my leader. [00:09:12]
This woman is a new creation in Christ. She's under the lordship of Jesus. She does not need to be afraid of anything in this world because Christ is going to work everything together for her good. [00:12:00]
Joy is the mark of the Christian life for men and women, husbands and wives in the Lord, as it is made plain in the prayer in chapter 1 of Colossians. I pray that you be strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for all endurance and patience with joy. [00:12:35]
A Christian wife's submission to her husband is an intelligent, fearless, joyful disposition to affirm this leadership and strength, to affirm and to receive it gladly, fearlessly, with hope, to nurture it, to realize that she has many spiritual gifts that he doesn't have. [00:13:17]
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She is a new creation in Christ. She is a believer and a newborn creation, and as part of that, she is under Christ's supreme lordship. Her husband is a leader; he is not Lord the way Jesus is Lord. Therefore, we're going to see why that implies disposition here. [00:02:28]
In Christ Jesus, you are all sons of God. That includes Christian women, and you might stumble over that and say, well, I want to be a daughter of God, not a son of God. Well, actually, probably you don't because this is an elevation, not a critique or a diminution. [00:02:55]
There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; there is no male or female. That's a very radical statement. There's no male or female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring. [00:04:07]
This does not mean that there is no such thing as male or female in every respect. If that were the case, there'd be no marriage, there'd be no having babies, there'd be no families. No male and female means in this context, it doesn't make a distinction in your being a Son of God. [00:04:38]
She is now quite aware that she is a new creation in Christ just as fully as her husband is. She is under the lordship of Jesus because to be a Christian is to say Jesus is Lord, and He is Lord of the husband, He's Lord of the wife. [00:06:17]
Submission means a disposition to affirm and receive and nurture leadership from the husband. She affirms his leadership, she receives his leadership, she nurtures it, meaning she uses all of her gifts to make this leadership better because she's better than him in many ways. [00:06:51]
It can't be an absolute commitment to receive and accept his leadership because this leadership might say, hey, come, let's sin together, let's lie about our income tax, or let's go have some group sex, or let's watch this filthy video. [00:07:37]
Wherever this submission of the wife calls her to disobey Jesus, she doesn't submit in behavior, but she can, I'm arguing, maintain a biblical and spiritual and obedient disposition. She can say to her husband who is leading her into sin, dear husband, I affirm that you are in God's role as to my leader. [00:09:12]
This woman is a new creation in Christ. She's under the lordship of Jesus. She does not need to be afraid of anything in this world because Christ is going to work everything together for her good. [00:12:00]
Joy is the mark of the Christian life for men and women, husbands and wives in the Lord, as it is made plain in the prayer in chapter 1 of Colossians. I pray that you be strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for all endurance and patience with joy. [00:12:35]
A Christian wife's submission to her husband is an intelligent, fearless, joyful disposition to affirm this leadership and strength, to affirm and to receive it gladly, fearlessly, with hope, to nurture it, to realize that she has many spiritual gifts that he doesn't have. [00:13:17]
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