Today like I promised I will be talking about three points that centers mostly on marriage: This is for both married and single because one day the single will become married so you need to learn things that can benefit you when that right time comes, don't wait until you are in a tight corner before you start running up on your pastors and Rev. fathers for prayers and deliverance.
My topics today are on: 1.The wife is under her husband's authority , 2. What if the husband wants the wife to commit sin? and 3. The Jezebel marriage - Satan's rebellion to God's authority
1. The wife is under her husband's authority:
Genesis 2:24,
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
One flesh means they are operating as one; when two flesh are involved, that's when there's strife and battles. When there's one flesh, one partner is in authority and the other is submissive.
One flesh does not have two heads, but one head. With Christ, He is the head and we are the body; we are in complete submission to His leadership. When He tells us what needs to be done, we do it. That is how it should work in marriages as well. Just as a wife should not resist her husband's authority, so also we should not resist Christ's authority.
Colossians 3:18,
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord."
When a wife gives herself to her husband in a God-ordained marriage covenant, she is giving her obedience to her husband. She puts herself into submission unto her husband's God-given authority.
Genesis 3:16,
"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."
Ephesians 5:22-24,
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing."
1 Peter 3:1, "Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives."
Ephesians 5:33, "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband." It was honorable for a wife to be in subjection to her husband, as we can see in this passage:
1 Peter 3:5, "For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands."
2. What if the husband wants the wife to commit sin?
Let's say, for example, a husband asks his wife to do something ungodly. What should the wife do? Should she be obedient and go along with sin? Absolutely not!
Example of where obedience is not required:
The husband tells the wife to do something that causes her to sin or be involved in something ungodly which defiles her conscience. For example, if the husband tells his wife to take a job as a stripper so they can earn more money or go get drunk with him, or perhaps he tells her to have an abortion. In such cases, she is responsible to be obedient to God over her husband. Whenever God tells her not to do something, then I believe that takes priority over her husband's orders. The wife is responsible to be obedient to God first, husband second.
3.The Jezebel marriage
Satan's rebellion to God's authority There is a lot to know about this demon, and it is very popular in the lives of many today.
One of Jezebel's primary functions is to overthrow the God-ordained system of authority. It is Jezebel who diligently promotes the idea of husbands and wives being equal in authority over their homes.
It is Jezebel who rises the woman up to the same authority as the man, and causes division and in-submissiveness to the authority that God has placed over her.
It is spirits of Jezebel and rebellion which tells children that they don't have to obey their parents or be in submission to their authority.
The spirit of Jezebel is known to be an usurper of authority. This defies the ordinances of God and sets us up for disaster. It is no wonder that there is so much strife and turmoil in today's marriages and families! Jezebel hates correction, and does not want to see our children disciplined in a Godly manner.
A mother who has a spirit of Jezebel will rarely be found disciplining her child by spanking them with love when they are wrong.
It is the Jezebel spirit who is trying to put parents in jail for Godly discipline of their children such as much-needed and non-abusive spankings (countries like in Europe and America). Now don't get me wrong, there are valid cases of abuse which are not to be tolerated, but the Bible is clear that spanking your child is for their own good and should not be avoided because of your great love for that child:
Proverbs 13:24,
"He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him quickly."
Proverbs 23:13-14,
"Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell
Stay tuned for next week topic and remain blessed.
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