MARRIAGE: CHRIST’S EXAMPLE I – Thursday June 4th 2020
Memorise: For then husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ
is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Ephesians 5:23
Read: Ephesians 5:22-30 (KJV)
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as
unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let
the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved
the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing
of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church,
not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish.
Bible in one year: Proverbs 7-9, Hymn: Sing hymn 6
Message:-
“Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be
one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24
Open Heaven 4 June 2020 – Marriage: Christ’s Example I
“This is a great mystery: but
I speak concerning Christ and the church.” Ephesians 5:32
The
union of a man and woman in marriage is a mystery because it conceals, as in a
parable, a truth about Christ and the Church.
The
divine reality in the concept of marriage is that God ordained a permanent union
between His Son and the Church. Marriage between a man and a woman is the earthly
representation of this divine plan. As God willed for Christ and the Church to
become one body (Galatians 3:28; 1st Corinthians 12:13), so He
desires for marriage to reflect this pattern.
Open Heaven 4 June 2020: [Thursday] – Marriage: Christ’s Example I
Husbands
and wives should consciously copy God’s model for the relationship between
Christ and the Church. Some essentials of this divine model are as follows:
First,
the Church is to be led by Christ as the woman is to be led by her husband. The
responsibility of the man is to see the vision for the family and that of the
woman is to submit to the leadership of her husband as they work together to
fulfil it.
Open Heaven 4 June 2020 Thursday: Action Point
It
is also the responsibility of Christ to provide while the Church puts the resources
into use so as to achieve the joint goal. The man is to provide for the home;
in fact, 1st Timothy 5:8 describes anyone who does not provide for
his home as worse than an infidel, having rejected the faith. The woman on the
other hand, is to use the resources provided by the man (While also supporting
as much as she can) for the good of the home, not for buying frivolous
jewellery or shoes, except where the man has provided specifically for that.
The wife being a ‘help meet’ should however support the man as much as she can
(Genesis 2:18, Ephesians 5:22).
If
we could pattern our marriages according to the relationship between Christ and
the Church, we would have many more fulfilling marriages today.
Action Point
Like Christ, husband, you are the priest and provider for your home.
Take up your responsibility and ask God to help you.
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I thank GOD for this message very short and direct.
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