Proclamation:
“However,
each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must
respect her husband.” Ephesians 5:33
(NIV)
Explanation:
These
words were written by the Apostle Paul under the influence of The Holy Spirit
of God. Paul begins this chapter
continuing his dialogue regarding the Christian walk and life stating what one
should do and what to avoid. (Ephesians 5:1-20)
Then he switches up and begins to discuss the Christian household,
specifically, the relationship between husband and wife and he compares it to
the relationship between Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:21-33) Husbands
are to love their wives as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25) and they
ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. (Ephesians 5:28) Wives would have no problem submitting to
their husbands (Ephesians 5:22) if he would love her as Christ loved the church
and has he loves himself.
Application:
More
than half of the marriages today fail.
The problem boils down to the fact that men do not love their wife as
Christ loved the church. We do not love
our wives as much as we love ourselves.
If more men made their wife their number one priority, more women would respect
and gladly submit to their husband. The
Bible describes what love is in First Corinthians, (chapter 13:4-7) but here
Paul provides practical examples of how love is demonstrated. The example that we are to imitate is the
love which Christ had for the church. Paul
ended this chapter urging men to love their wife as they love themselves and for
women to reverence their husbands. There
would be many more happy Christian households if we all would follow this
advice.
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