Thoughts from Leave Day 1

1Tim. 2:9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 1Tim. 2:11 Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

Eph. 5:25  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.  28 In the same way  husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 

Husbands, how well are you performing your role as your wife’s protector? Do you protect her from physical and emotional harm, or do you physically or emotionally abuse her–or let your kids do so? Do you do everything in your power to protect her holiness and purity, or do you allow her to be exposed to compromising situations? Do you lead by being a sacrificial servant, or a despotic dictator? Do you make your wife’s submission to you a heavy burden for her to bear? Examine the quality of your love for your wife by comparing it with the way Christ loves the church. – John MacArthur

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