Submit…A Very Misused Word!

Ecclesiastes 10; Ecclesiastes 11; Ecclesiastes 12; Psalm 94; Ephesians 5
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Scripture

Ephesians 5

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.


22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 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

28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. 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—

Observation

A lot of men and women have major problems with this passage and I have seen the word “submit” misused by both sexes. If they would just starting reading the passage from verse 21 instead of starting with verse 22 they might get it.

It is true men are to be the spiritual leaders in their homes and that they are to be the spiritual head of the wife. Where people mess up when they use this passage is that they don’t read and apply verses 28 and 29. Wives should have no problem with submitting to a husband that loves them like Christ loves the church. Christ was willing to die for the church and this is the kind of love a husband should have for his wife. The kind of love that he should have for his wife is further defined in I Corinthians 13!


Application

If you have a problem with the word, “submit” then you also have a problem understanding the word, “LOVE”. Read and Apply I Corinthians 13 to every relationship you have and watch the difference it makes!


Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me to show my love for Kathy that would follow the example Christ gave us when he died on the cross. Give me that kind of love for everyone, but especially Kathy. She is the best gift I have ever received from you other than my salvation. She makes my life complete. I pray that you bless her today. Fill her with your joy. May your face shine on her. Give her your desires and give her the energy to see them come to pass. You are a Wonderful Savior!



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