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God
warns husbands that their prayers may not be answered if they do
not honor their wives. Yes, God has given the male the responsbility
to lead his wife; but if he abuses that responsiblity, God will
ignore his prayers. God has never said that to wives. God is sending
husbands a message.
Conclusion: Husbands,
love your wives. Respect them, honor them, love them just as you
love yourselves. Wives are to submit. This does not mean that they
are slaves. Husbands and wives should freely make decisions together
and it should be the rare occassion when a husband makes a unilateral
decision. It should be rare. This gives a wife the opportunity to
express her opinion and to be heard. She can trust the Holy Spirit
to change her husband's mind if that is needed, thus eliminating
a tendency to nag or "browbeat" him to agree with her.
The wife is to be honored as an equal, and wives are to yield. A
godly husband and godly wife will have a godly marriage and they
will be examples of God's love. Here are the next two verses afer
1 Peter 3:7.
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To
sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted,
and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil, or insult
for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called
for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing. (NASB)
1 Peter 3:8-9 |
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