UNDERSTANDING SUBMISSION IN MARRIAGE

RULES FOR SUBMISSION

1 Tim 2:11-15

11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.

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BIBLICALLY, FROM THE SCRIPTURE ABOVE, THE WOMAN IS MEANT TO ALWAYS KEEP SHORT AND TAKE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MAN, UNLESS WHEN CONSULTED BY THE MAN FOR HER OPINION BEFORE SHE CAN PRESENT HER VIEW. SOCIETY IS WHAT HAS BRANDED SUBMISSION TO MEAN “SUBMISSION DOESN’T MAKE YOU A FOOL, IT DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD KEEP SILENT” AND SO ON…. AND WITH THIS STATEMENT, THEY HAVE MADE MANY WOMEN RUIN THEIR HOMES, BECAUSE NO WOMAN WILL WANT TO LOOK LIKE A FOOL, AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE. BUT YOU SEE, NO HUMAN AUTHOR CAN BEST DECRIBE HOW AN INSTITUTION WHICH IS ORDAINED BY GOD ALONE SHOULD BE RUN, GOD IS THE ONLY AUTHORIZED ONE WHO CAN DESCRIBE HOW LOVE AND SUBMISSION IN THE MARRIAGE UNION SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT, ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT IS IRRELEVANT. AND GOD’S MANUAL IS HIS WORD THE BIBLE; IT CONTAINS ALL THE HARD TRUTH IN IT.

Eph 5:22-24

22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

LET’S TAKE THE MILITARY AS EXAMPLE, THERE IS NO SOLDIER THAT ISSUES INSTRUCTION TO HIS BOSS, EVEN IF HE OR SHE HAS A CONTRARY OPINION, THEY PERISH INSIDE OF HIM OR HER, OTHERWISE HE OR SHE HAS HIM OR HERSELF TO BLAME, THE ONLY CONDITION A SOLDIER CAN SPEAK TO HIS BOSS, IS WHEN HE IS QUESTIONED, AND HE KEEPS THE ANSWERS SIMPLE, HE DEER NOT TRY TO SEEK ACCEPTANCE OF HIS OPINION. LIKEWISE IN ORGANIZED WORKPLACES, THERE IS NO SUBORDINATE THAT INSTRUCTS HIS BOSS, AN ATTEMPT TO DO THAT IS TERMED INSUBORDINATION AND IS PUNISHABLE. LASTLY TEACHER - STUDENT RELATIONSHIP, IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SUBMISSION, STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBMIT TO THE TEACHERS AUTHORITY, WHOM ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN THEM, TO BE CANDID, DID IT EVER CROSS YOUR MIND WHILE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT YOU KNEW MORE THAN THE TEACHER? FEW CASES MAYBE, BUT WHENEVER ONE IS STUCKED WITH A SUBJECT PROBLEM, THE NEXT THOUGHT IS, LETS TAKE IT TO THE SUBJECT TEACHER, THIS IS BECAUSE WE TRUSTED HIS JUDGEMENT AND OUR MINDS, WERE INNOCENT. BUT THIS DAYS, TOO MUCH KNOWLEDGE IS AFFECTING OUR GENERATION, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE RIGHT, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A LEADER, NOBODY WANTS TO FOLLOW AND LEARN ANYMORE.

IN NUTSHELL, I THINK THE THIN LINE IN SUBMISSION, IS FOR WIVES NOT TO ENFORCE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE HUSBAND, BECAUSE THERE IS NO LEADER WHO WILL LIKE HIS AUTHORITY TO BE QUESTIONED, LET US TRUST GOD AND HOPE IN HIM TO WORK THINGS OUT FOR US.

1 Peter 3 In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands. 

LETS EXAMINE WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER BEFORE THIS VERSE

1 Peter 2:22-25

22 He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone. 23 He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly.

24 He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed. 25 Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls. 

IT WAS AFTER THIS MANNER WIVES ARE ADMONISHED TO SUBMIT TO THEIR HUSBANDS 

1 Peter 3 In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands.

 In our next post, we shall be examining different areas of submission.....

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By: Believe.O.O