"Husbands..."
“Husbands…”
Blessings folk!
Now, husbands.
Listen.
Note the command given to husbands.
Ephesians 5:22-24
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
Husbands are instructed/commanded to love their wives.
An interesting observation...wives are never told to love their husbands.
Wives are told to submit to husbands.
I believe this has to do with how we are created by the Lord.
Wives will love...especially if their husbands love.
Wives do not have to “be told”.
Husbands are forthrightly told to love.
Then, we are told how.
We are to love our wives in the same manner that Christ loved the church.
Christ gave Himself up for the church...we are to do likewise for our wives.
Christ sanctified the church…
Christ cleansed the church by the washing of water with the Word…
Christ presented the church to Himself in splendor...without spot or wrinkle, etc.
Christ did so so that the church might be holy and without blemish.
Husbands are to do likewise with the wives.
There is great clarity with these instructions.
There is also a level of mystery.
Seek the Lord as to what He is saying to you...