I AM SICK AND TIRED

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Trapped

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God did not ordain marriage (or the lead-up to marriage) between two people so that one of those people could neglect the other person in favor of "spending time with the brothers". This is totally antithetical to what marriage is in the Bible. The Bible shows that husbands are to lay their lives down for their wives, i.e. sacrifice FOR their wives, and wives are to submit to the husband who sacrifices for them.

What the local church does is teach the husbands to sacrifice their wives.....not to sacrifice themselves for their wives.

Truth is spoken. With my own ears I heard the same comment.
Early 1995 Church in Bellevue had just gotten a brothers house due to the couple that owned it moving to Anaheim. Among just college age brothers, a serving brother (married and now a blended co-worker) uttered "how he misses being with the brothers". At the time I remember thinking you can't be possibly joking? Telling a rib? If i was a joke, it was in poor taste and I did not receive it as a joke. As far as I was concerned, the serving brother was very serious.
Why would anyone possibly marry if you don't love and enjoy spending time with them. Marriage is like a partnership. It is serving one another in love.
Marriage is not so a brother has someone to cook and clean for them. Brothers are equally capable of doing house chores too.
Brothers should be a sacrifice to their wives.

[HERn]

Originally Posted by Terry

Truth is spoken. With my own ears I heard the same comment.
Early 1995 Church in Bellevue had just gotten a brothers house due to the couple that owned it moving to Anaheim. Among just college age brothers, a serving brother (married and now a blended co-worker) uttered "how he misses being with the brothers". At the time I remember thinking you can't be possibly joking? Telling a rib? If i was a joke, it was in poor taste and I did not receive it as a joke. As far as I was concerned, the serving brother was very serious.
Why would anyone possibly marry if you don't love and enjoy spending time with them. Marriage is like a partnership. It is serving one another in love.
Marriage is not so a brother has someone to cook and clean for them. Brothers are equally capable of doing house chores too.
Brothers should be a sacrifice to their wives.

I agree, a marriage is more than a partnership. I believe there is no human relationship that can be as deep, intimate, and united than marriage. The husband is to love his wife more and before his love of the church, ministry, or even the elders, and to sacrifice his physical and emotional comfort for his wife before any other human or institution. I believe the wife is to love and submit to her husband before the church, the elders, and certainly before the twisted ministry of WL now propagated by LSM. Of course both husband and wife submit and love first their risen Lord Jesus. The elders, ministry, and being blinded brothers should be third place or greater regarding love and submission.