SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/10/2019 4:02 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-3 “The
Matter of Submission”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ephesians
5:22a
Message of the
verse: “Wives, be subject to your
own husbands.”
When we go back and look at how Eve was created we see
that God actually put Adam to sleep in order to operate on him as He took a rib
out of Adam to form Eve from the rib.
Adam then testified that Eve was “Bone of my bones, and flesh of my
flesh” as seen In Genesis 22:22-23. When
man sinned and God cursed man it did not change the basic plan for mutuality in
the marriage relationship or not even for the functional authority of the
husband over the wife. We know that man
was created first and he was created generally to be physically,
constitutionally, and emotionally stronger than the woman whom Peter describes
as the weaker vessel in 1 Peter 3:7. Makes
no different for before or after the Fall and the consequent curse, man was
called to be the provider, protector, guide and the shepherd of the family, and
the woman was called to be supportive and submissive. I realize that in our culture today that this
goes against the grain because of the sinful conditions that humans live in, but
if this were followed like God developed before the fall then the family would
run more smoothly, and that would make the nation and government run more
smoothly.
MacArthur adds “Any society that has taken either the
obvious nature of women or the Word of God into consideration has fashioned its
best laws in line with His. Laws against
murder find their source in the Ten Commandments—just as do laws against
stealing, adultery, perjury, and so on.
The wife’s submission to her husband is a divine principle that has
reflected to some degree in the legal codes of most societies.
“For the past several hundred years’ western society has
been bombarded with the humanistic, egalitarian, (unrestricted) sexless,
classless philosophy that was the dominant force behind the French
Revolution. The blurring and even total
removal of human distinctions continues to be masterminded by Satan so as to
undermine legitimate, God-ordained authority in every realm of human
activity—in government, the family, the school, and even in the church. We find ourselves victimized by the godless,
atheistic concepts of man’s supreme independence from every external law and
authority. The philosophy is
self-destructive, because no group of people can live in orderliness and
productivity if each person is bent on doing his own will.”
As MacArthur mentions the sad truth is that the church
has fallen prey to this humanistic philosophy and is even now willing to
recognize the ordination of homosexuals, women, and others whose God Word
specifically disqualifies from the leadership of the church. God hates all sin; however he has destroyed
societies because of homosexual sins.
The letters to the church leaders that are in the New Testament show
that the Pastors, Elders or Deacons are to be the husband of one wife and this
rules out having a woman who is in the role of one of these offices.
The verses that go along
with John Harvard’s quotation from yesterday are from Proverbs 2:1, 5-6 “If you
receive my words, and treasure my commands within you…Then you will understand
the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth
come knowledge and understanding.”
8/10/2019 4:52 PM
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