- [Narrator] In our previous episode in the series,
we discussed the Covenant obligations of the man;
which was love, communication and giving.
Welcome to our Grace Digital Production.
In this video,
we will cover the Covenant obligations of wives.
This video is for women married to both Christian
and non-Christian husbands
as some women convert after their marriage.
Again, this is a mature subject matter,
and we pray you remain ever blessed.
God's actions at creation gives a lot of insight
into this topic.
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep
to fall upon the man.
And while he slept, took one of his ribs
and closed up its place with flesh.
Genesis chapter two, verse 21.
The very fact that the bone was not taken from Adam's feet,
proves that the wife is not to be stepped over,
or trampled upon as a slave.
Also, the fact that the bone was not extracted
from Adam's head, tells you that the man's role
is the leadership.
Ephesians chapter five verse 23,
for the husband is the head of the wife
as Christ is the head of the church,
His body of which He is the savior.
Now as the church submits to Christ,
so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
It would be against the foundations
of marriage for any Christian to question the leadership
of Jesus over the church.
Similarly, questioning the position of the man in the family
will be anti-Christian.
God expects that just as the church
is subject to Christ in everything,
a woman should be in subjection
to her husband in everything.
When a woman allows her husband
to fulfill his Covenant role of headship,
she gives him the room to play his Messianic role over her.
It is a willing submission.
And if this willing submission is abandoned,
the home will be rendered hopeless.
The husband will have to make certain leadership decisions
to safely guide the home.
However, they will never be fruitful
if a wife fails to submit.
Then the wife is left with a boy to guide
and not a man.
The husband is the head of the wife and the family,
not the pastor or the boss at work, but the husband.
Often, the problem with many homes,
is wives do not trust their husbands
to make the right decisions.
So they keep struggling to make their points.
So there is constant strife in the home.
My prayer is that we strive for proofs and not points.
To have a perfect home, the man has to love perfectly,
and woman has to submit perfectly.
Then, they will have a perfect home.
Ephesians chapter five verse 33,
however, let each one of you love his wife as himself,
and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
The key word here is respect.
Once a woman lays hold on that key,
she succeeds in unlocking her husband's heart.
That is what a woman should seek
to unlock in her husband, his heart.
You respect your husband
when his words count in your ears and heart,
and his instructions matter to you.
Respect him because the Bible said so.
Respect him for his effort, respect him.
The important thing is that you do,
and I pray that the Lord guides you.
The honest truth is success in marriage,
is not at the service of fasting and prayer,
but a correct positioning in the Covenant.
Even if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever,
if her submission to him is pure, she will wake up one day
to see the man ready and eager to follow her to church.
First Peter chapter three verse one
shows that a woman does not need words
to win her unsaved husband to Christ,
her actions can perform that miracle.
Perhaps that is why
Satan always moves her to talk uncontrollably,
even though she was not created in that manner.
Satan only wants to hinder her
from making an impact in her husband's life.
Note that is submission we refer to is not slavery,
but submission in love.
And so train the young women
to loved their husbands and children,
to leave wisely and be pure.
To work in their homes, to do good
and to be submissive to their husbands.
Then, they will not bring shame on the word of God.
Titus two verse four to five,
the vital key in submission,
is that it has to be done in love, not out of fear.
When it is rooted in love, it is perfect
and brings God's presence down in the home.
It is also vital to note,
that if a woman doesn't submit to her husband,
she would submit to someone else.
The same is true for the man.
If he does not love his wife, his heart is somewhere else.
It is therefore important that both husbands and wives,
fulfilled your Covenant obligations to one another.
The end product will be success in family life.
Lastly, we covered the mutual obligations
of the husbands and wives.
We pray that you will not be a statistic
in unhappy marriages.
We also pray that you thrive with a blessed marriage,
even though you have not been surrounded by one.
I pray God gives us the strength to be humble,
even when we live in fruitful marriages.
To continue learning about the subject,
we have given free access to a series,
on the marriage covenant here.
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