Winning Unbelieving Husbands Through Respectful Conduct

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The conduct that is being emphasized here is a way of winning the husband may be won without a word by the conduct of the wives and here it is again the conduct. Now this is an instance of a general principle laid down for all believers back at the beginning of this section. [00:02:13]

I urge you all I urge you Christians as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul keep your conduct there's the same word on Astro face in Greek among the Gentiles honorable and this particular Gentile would be an unbelieving husband. [00:02:28]

So that when they speak against you as evildoers he may start out saying what a knucklehead to go to this Christian service and get yourself converted and now you're part of that crazy group they may see and that's the same word to see and it's an unusual word back here. [00:02:46]

This husband she hopes will move from calling her an evildoer to one who is glorifying her God and it's interesting that it says down here that these wives are to do good and not fear anything and that doing good is this same idea of that they may see your good deeds. [00:03:22]

The reason all that matters to me to point that out that this is a specific instance of a general statement as this when I'm preaching on this or when I'm reading this for my own soul I as a man not a wife who's married to an unbeliever and learning things hear from her. [00:03:58]

If I say down here she is to hope in God and that's how she becomes fearless not fearing anything that is frightening and I make the connection between helping in God and not fearing anything and I say that's that's what what I want John Piper male husband and I want to learn. [00:04:22]

From a wife who's hoping in God and thus being fearless and people say sometimes get sediment to draw principles and truths for yourself as a man from a paragraph devoted to a wife and my answer is yes for the reason I just gave you namely that her effort to win her husband. [00:04:37]

By her conduct is a specific instance of what we're all supposed to be doing back here in chapter 2 verse 11 namely keep our conduct among the Gentiles honorable that when they speak against us as evildoers they may glorify God so that's my rationale for why John Piper a male. [00:04:58]

And husband can learn from these instructions for wives they're not just for her they are just applied to her in this specific situation so how does she win this husband what are the specifics that she may win him first without a word and then respectful and pure conducts. [00:05:18]

What does that mean without a word can a husband be one to Christ without a word that is if this meant he doesn't need to hear the gospel he can simply become a Christian by watching behavior and knowing nothing about what this woman believes well we know that's not the case. [00:05:35]

Because earlier we saw this you have been born again not of perishable seed but of in perish this is 123 225 through the living through the living and abiding word of God now what is he referring to and he says word of God all flesh is like grass all this glories. [00:06:00]

Like the flower of grass the grass withers the flower falls but the word of the Lord remains forever and this word is the good news that was preached to you this man this husband must know this news so when you go back here and it says he can be one without a word. [00:06:20]

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