Daily Message – September 18, 2008
Rev. Dr. Ramon E. McDonald II
Pastor – Mt. Oak Fellowship – Mitchellville, MD
Pastor – Mt. Oak Fellowship – Mitchellville, MD
Marriage! Marriage is a God given institution between a man and a woman. It takes work and effort. It is not simply find a mate and marry. Serving the Lord needs to be at the center of your marriage if it is to be pleasing to God. We’ve seen some Biblical instructions about marriage and the marriage relationship. Today I want to write about submission (it may take two days).
We’ve all read the Ephesians passage.
Ephesians 5:22 – Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Men have this one memorized and fail to read the verse before and those that come after it.
Ephesians 5:21 – Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:25-28 – 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Submission is a willingly offered gift. A woman who feels loved, protected, cherished and honored will not have an issue with submission. A partner who realizes that their partner has the best interest of the family or the partnership at heart will have little problem yielding in the few circumstances of life where mutual agreement cannot be reached.
In my married life of 28 plus years I can only name a handful (that would be five or less) of times when I made a decision that was not mutual. It doesn’t happen daily folks.
I’d love some debate on this subject and will place this message on the blog page after it goes out.
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3 comments:
Pastor Ray, we all know what the bible says is true but sometimes situations take over that is out of anyone's control. There are so many women out there that want to love and be loved unconditionally but emotionally can't for some reason. There is a scary number of females experiencing these feelings but get looked down at for not submitting to our spouses's needs. There are some really wonderful faith driven men out here that are feeling that they are the problem and it is not true. We are capable of loving just like anyone else but wanting to do it is where we are failing. This problem is not prejudice , it effects all types of women.
I appreciated the summary about this issue made at the Truth Project seminar on Saturday. "The Scriptures say that men are to love their wives unconditionally and women are to respect their husbands unconditionally."
There you have it. No excuses.
Tricia Patterson
The scripture is quite clear it says the husband is the head of the wife and Christ is the head of the husband and God is the head of Christ.
This is all great but what happens when you mix in church folks that do not agree or make outlandish conclusions based on biased dogma from the religious right debate on submitting in godly marriages.
you have broken marriages were the husband and the wife struggle with each other for control of headship of the marriage.
Where there is no trust or respect for the mans position no matter how honorable his intentions may be, the biblical principle of a God honoring marriage breaks down and it is nothing more than an exercise in futility.
Sad but true another statistic...
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