Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Eph 5:24
Why
would a
Christian woman place herself under the headship of her husband without
carefully considering him beforehand?;
Eph 5:22-23
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the
husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church; and He is the Savior of the body.
Col 3:18
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as is becoming in the Lord.
Many Christian families compromise because this
divine order sounds like authoritarianism but we remind everyone this
Scriptural order is not a man made order. It was not arranged by man, it
can not altered by man and it should not be enforced by man. In a
Christian marriage both husband and wife have a life of submission
before them. The husband submits to his Head, Christ, the woman to her
head, her husband as to the Lord. The husband must love his wife and the
wife must “defer” to or “fear” her husband. (Eph.5:33,
Acts 10:2).
The wise woman
will carefully consider that man she might marry. She will observe his
spiritual caliber and depth for many months, her own spiritual well
being so
dependent on his dedication to Christ Jesus. She will ask questions
about him of men and women. Does he live a life
consistent with his profession of faith? Can the following verses apply
to his walk; Eph.4:1-2, Col.3:12-17, 4:5-6?
Does he exhibit the fruit of the Spirit?
Eph.5:9. Is he at ease in prayer and does he pray with her? Does
he read and share the Word of Truth with her? If he strikes another
person he will strike his wife given time.
A
Christian woman will not hastily enter either a monogamous or a
polygamous marriage and she will only marry “in the Lord”.
