by Angie Lewis

Created on: December 10, 2007

Here Are Some Great Facts About Submission (love) In Marriage -

Many folks seem confused about the subject of submission. Hopefully, this article will bring to light some needed wisdom and understanding concerning this issue and put to rest the culturally accepted folklore we hear about everyday in society about submission. By the way, this is not my wisdom, it comes from God, and I am just His messenger.

Fact 1

Scripture says that the husband ought to (love) submit to his wife. What for? Why can't a husband just boss his wife around and treat her like a doormat? Why can't he demand that she do things for him? Because that is not acceptable behavior on how a Christian husband is supposed to love his wife.

For the Christian man, there is a proper way to love his wife, and that is not being demanding, ruling, abusive, controlling, or bossy. A husband's love is submission to his wife. So then I guess it works both ways. This is the kind of submission God is talking about because it is the same way Jesus Christ submitted to the Church.

Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25

Jesus Christ GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR THE CHURCH! What church? We are the Church! Jesus died for us. That is how a Christian husband is to love his wife. He is to love her by GIVING HIMSELF UP FOR HER. He doesn't literally die like Jesus Christ did, but he does make her well-being of prime importance in his life.

Fact 2

Submitting to your Christian husband does not mean you cannot think for yourself, or have your own opinions, thoughts, and ideas. On the contrary, it means you are free within yourself to respect, honor and love the man you married. It means you love God and trust your husband.

Many women feel threatened by a man because they do not feel good about themselves or because they were abused in the past and now they perceive all men to be abusive. Negative beliefs about submission tend to grow and grow and grow until soon enough the majority thinks a woman who submits must be a back woods hillbilly. This is what I call a web of total deceit. Folks are deceived into believing what they hear or what they have been conditioned to know.

Fact 3

A wife does not have to submit to an abusive husband. If a man is abusing his wife in any way, shape or form, then the scripture clearly does not apply. Did Jesus abuse the Church? No! A Christian man should try and be as much like Christ as he can be. If he is abusing his wife, he ought to rethink

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