Love ❤️ thy Neighbor: The Wife’s Voluntary Submission (Part 2)
By Pastor and Mrs Chifamba
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
THE WIFE’S VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION TO HER HUSBAND IS LIKENED TO THE CHURCH’S LOVING SUBMISSION TO CHRIST
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 5:2-3
“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.”
Ephesians 5:21-31
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife,…
The exercise of force is contrary to the principles of God’s government; He desires only the service of love; and love cannot be commanded; it cannot be won by force or authority. Only by love is love awakened. – {Desire of Ages p. 22.1}
Song of Solomon 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Song of Solomon 6:3
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
THE HUSBAND WHO RUTHLESSLY DEMANDS SUBMISSION HAVE LOST HIS FIRST LOVE ❤️ WHERE GENUINE LOVE IS PRESENT THE WIFE’S VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION WILL BE AUTOMATIC
Revelation 2:4-5
“Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.”
Continue the early attentions. In every way encourage each other in fighting the battles of life. Study to advance the happiness of each other. Let there be mutual love, mutual forbearance. Then marriage, instead of being the end of love, will be as it were the very beginning of love. The warmth of true friendship, the love that binds heart to heart, is a foretaste of the joys of heaven. [5] – {AH 106.1}
1 John 4:8 ESV
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
Supreme love for God and unselfish love for one another—this is the best gift that our heavenly Father can bestow. This love is not an impulse, but a divine principle, a permanent power. The unconsecrated heart cannot originate or produce it. Only in the heart where Jesus reigns is it found. “We love Him, because He first loved us.” In the heart renewed by divine grace, love is the ruling principle of action. It modifies the character, governs the impulses, controls the passions, and ennobles the affections. This love, cherished in the soul, sweetens the life and sheds a refining influence on all around. – {Acts of the Apostles p. 551.2}
LET AS PRAY FOR HEAVEN’S BEST GIFT OF LOVE TO BE MANIFESTED IN OUR HOMES
In the married life men and women sometimes act like undisciplined, perverse children. The husband wants his way, and the wife wants her way, and neither is willing to yield. Such a condition of things can bring only the greatest unhappiness. Both husband and wife should be willing to yield his or her way or opinion. There is no possibility of happiness while they both persists in doing as they please. – {Adventist Home p. 118.3}
Read 1Corinthians 13:4-8
1 Corinthians 13:13
“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
