The recurring theme of the passage from Ephesians 5:21-33 is that we need to model the marriage relationship after Christ. There is a direct comparason with Jesus as the head, and the body of Christians as his body. The husband is the head, with the wife as the body. Jesus holds the position of respect and honor while the body submits to doing as the head orders. The wife is the body that responds as the husband orders. Jesus loves the body, cares for it, cleans it, and provides to keep it healthy. The husband also needs to tend to the needs of his wife to keep her cared for, cleansed and healthy.
Month: June 2009
Marital Hygene. Ephesians 5:25-26
Feminist groups often get bent out of shape by that one little verse that preceeds this passage about wives submitting to husbands. Check this out though. After that little verse about the duties of a wife, we get verses 23 through28 concerning all the responsibilities and expectations of husbands.
The Fall Guy. Ephesians 5:23-24.
In the verses that come before this passage, we learn that we are to submit to each other, that a wife is to submit to her own husband. With all this submitting going on, we find out today that the buck stops here, with the husband. The husband is the fall guy who has to take responsibility before Jesus.
A Woman’s Place. Ephesians 5:22
This verse is not a popular idea among those who are in the civil rights for women movement. On the surface it seems to place women in a lesser value than men, but if you think that way, you’re not reading it in context.
Get More by Giving Away. Ephesians 5:21
Time for an unpopular idea, submitting. As United States citezens, we have come to love our rights of free speech. Basically we are proud of the fact that we can do what we want, and nobody can tell us what to do. We don’t have to submit to anybody. To carry that ideal to its extreme makes for a lonely existence and a poorer quality of life. At some point we need others
Authority: God or Men. Galatians 1:1-3.
I hope the passage I included isn’t too difficult to understand. Please read it in your favorite Bible version. Let’s look at this introduction to the book of Galatians. It
is a summary of where the authority of a Christian comes from.