Wives, Husbands & Jesus

This past Sunday, pastor Lucas worked through Ephesians 5:22-33. What God requires for husbands and wives is difficult. The husband is to love his wife with the love of Christ. And the wife is to submit to her husband as the church does to Christ.

God gave us marriage to show us why his Son gave himself.

There are no conditions placed on these commands. The husband is to love his wife regardless of whether she willingly submits to his leadership. Similarly, the wife is to submit to and respect her husband whether or not he loves her as Christ loved the church. If these commands to love and submit sound difficult, maybe even impossible, its because they are!

“The first Adam said 'Don't blame me, blame my wife' and the second Adam said 'Don't blame my wife, blame me'" - R.C. Sproul

Marriage is indeed a beautiful gift from God. But marriage wasn’t given to make us happy, nor to make our lives easy. God gave us marriage to show us why his Son gave himself. Marriage beautifully and mysteriosuly tells us the Gospel story; Marriage is meant to show us Christ. By giving us marriage, God displays the gracious giving of his only Son.