Friday, June 13, 2014

Biblical Submission...yeah I'm touching on that for a second....



I believe that a biblical marriage is an equal partnership. That's right... I said it. Equal. Partnership. Yes. I do believe that there is a biblical foundation for that.... Now, people seem to have the misunderstanding that because I believe that a biblical marriage can and *should* be equal, that I don't believe in biblical submission at all. That cannot be farther from the truth.

See, in Ephesians, before it says "Wives submit to your husbands" It says "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." (Ephesians 5:21)

And furthermore,

Galatians 5:13

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,

1 Peter 5:5
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble."

And Jesus Says in Mark 10:43-45
"But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

We as Christians should always be striving to submit and humble ourselves towards others, just as we are called to love all, we are called to serve others. Every Christian, not just Christian women in reference to their husbands. That is what biblical submission is supposed to be about.

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