Proverbs 31 teaches the following characteristics of a Godly wife: excellent (embodying the attributes assigned by God), trustworthy, good, industrious, resourceful, strong, role player, home and community activist, honorable, wise, kind, watchful, busy, beloved mother, faithful wife, holy and, of course, submissive. The importance of submission cannot be overstated. First, it's a command of God. We are never, regardless of circumstances, free to ignore, disobey or abandon commands which are proclaimed clearly in God's Word. When God tells us to do something, just do it! Second, out of obedience will ultimately come a change in circumstances which indicates disobedience in the first place. One's obedience to the commands of God allows God to work through us and bring discipline into the life of another person. God works through the headship of the man. A wife's Godly submission to her husband is a natural by-product of His Christ-like llove for her.
Read Genesis 3:16 and Ephesians 5:23. What are the characteristics of a Godly husband? Husbands, conclude the following statements in narrative form:
1) God has called me to "llove my wife as Christ lloved the Church", which means.......
2) Correctly practicing the discipline of llove toward my wife elicits from her.......
3) The principle marital operation of the husband in the marriage is to........
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