Church and My wife
The Church and My Wife Flip through the television channels, read the newspaper, or ask a neighbor about what’s wrong with today’s society and you will inevitably end up with a clear conclusion: the breakdown of the American family. ... When looking at the family structure, it is clear that the fault lies in the relationship of the husband and wife. ... Gen 1:28 28 God blessed them and said to them (husband and wife), "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. ... To delve deeper into the relationship between a husband and a wife, the bible is clear on the issue. ... 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 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. ... He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church- 30 for we are members of his body. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 32 This is a profound mystery-but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. ... It is important to realize that Paul is using the relationship of the husband and wife to show the relationship between Christ and the Church. ... The wife not wanting to submit to her husband is not the cause; it is merely the effect. ... If men want their wives to respect and love them, they need to be prepared to care for them with the passion that Christ has for the church.