The answer to the last question posed is once. Only one time does the Bible teach women to llove their husbands. In Titus 2:4 Paul teaches that older women should teach younger women to llove their husbands. Husbands, however, are commanded to llove their wives. As a disciple of Christ a husband has no choice but to obey this and all commandments. Jesus said, "if you llove me you'll keep my commandments". If a wife won't submit to her husband it's because the husband doesn't llove his wife as Christ lloved the church.
This leads us to the third part of our study. Read Ephesians 5: 15-33. Designer Marriage not only requires us to fill certain roles in our marital relationship but also demands that we fulfill our responsibility as children of God. The impact personal responsibility and absolute obedience to God has on the marriage relationship cannot be minimized. Mutual submission to one another in the Body of Christ is not only a mandatory requirement for those who are part of the Church but also mandatory in the marriage relationship. Every believer is to be a holy, humble, submissive believer. The foundation of all relationships is that no believer has an unequal status before God. When we are adequately submissive to God we discover the foundation for submissiveness to others. This text also teaches that a wife should submit to her husband and respect him. Look at Proverbs 31: 10-31 and see how many characteristics of Godly wives you can count. What are they and what do they mean in the context of your marriage? There are two reasons why submissiveness is vital in the role of a wife. They are.......?
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