By Lee Roy Anderson
Men are told to care for their wives. Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the weven 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 husband’s in everything. Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it. Ephesians 5:22-25. This scripture is often taken out of context. Sadly many men have attempted to use this scripture to wrongly Lord over their wives. This passage is about mutual submission! Notice also that Paul devotes double the words for the husband to love than he does for the wife to submit? Men are told to sacrifice for their wives, verse 25, and to place their wives well-being as primary importance. Men are to care for their wives as they do for themselves. If men would love their wives as Jesus Christ loves the church, then wives would not fear to submit to them as it also states in the scripture. The home is the most important unit of life on earth and the family was ordained by god even before the church.
A nation is made up of homes and the spiritual climate of a nation and a church is determined by its homes today. Troubled because of drugs, alcohol and the list goes on. And because in many homes men simply are not being men. Fathers aren’t being daddies and children are permitted to run the streets, lack manners, and show no respect for others property and for their elders. The decline in family and of Godly values is a greater threat to our nation today. Christian homes in this country, faith instead of fighting, harmony rather than hatred. We need homes where men will be men and show their love for God by showing their love to their wives and children? It is very important thing to serve out of Love!
