[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by HERn

To me the fiasco of Adam failing Eve in her hour of need with the tree and the serpent shows that wives should ultimately look to and trust in their God rather than their husbands. Wives may be to their husbands as Christ is to His Father, but the Father never demanded anything from the Son, the Son freely submitted to His Father. Husbands can demand nothing from their wives. But where the wife freely offers her love and respect to her husband (who does not deserve it) there you will find a little bit of heaven on earth.

Great post HERn!

"A little bit of heaven on earth". Isn't that what we strive for? Isn't this what the church should be? In the Local Church we were taught that marriage is a figure or picture of Christ and the church - Just as Christ gave of himself and sacrificed for the church, a husband should give of himself and sacrifice for his wife. And in return, the wife loves her husband and lovingly submits.

Ah, such a beautiful thing! Such a scriptural thing! In a perfect world. And in a perfect world godly men lead and shepherd the church. In a perfect world godly women are lead and shepherded by these godly men, and when this takes place all is well in the church, in the church life, in the home life and even in society in general. In a perfect world.

If God is nothing else, he is very pragmatic. I think he is very well aware of those uncomfortable verses written by the apostle Paul. Of course he is, he inspired them after all. Yet being a pragmatist, God will not let "the perfect become the enemy of the good". Don't believe me? Read church history. Read the Bible. Actually God was willing to change his mind from time to time. He was willing to adjust. He was even willing to bargain at times. Did he have to change his mind? Of course not. Did he have to adjust or bargain? Of course not. But the fact is that he did. History tells us this. The Bible tells us this.

This post is getting too long. Rap it up Unto!

To my Christian brothers: Please do not expect our Christian sisters to be held to the letter of a law that we are either unwilling or unable to keep ourselves. Let us not make our Christian sisters live in a perfect world that we are either unwilling or unable to make for them and their children. When Christian men leave a leadership vacuum, the vacuum will be filled by someone else or something else. Would we rather see this vacuum filled by godly Christian women or something else?

I have more to say. I have some verses. Enough for now.
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