One of the more controversial and misunderstood aspects of the faith revealed in the New Testament involves husbands and their authority and responsibility in the marriage relationship. As it is written:
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body (Ephesians
5:23).
The New Testament clearly lays out that the husband represents the head of the household. Such a view today is not politically correct, to say the least; modern feminism has worked mightily to change people's perceptions and to advocate other means by which houses may be run. This is not limited only to the world: plenty within "Christian" denominations have decided to render irrelevant the Bible's teaching on this subject, and even among those who accept what the Bible teaches, what is said and what is actually done in the home are often quite different.
If we believe that Jesus is Lord and the New Testament represents the revealed Word of God (Acts 2:36, 2 Timothy 3:16-17), we must understand and uphold His teachings on the role of the husband in the family. Let us try to clear up misunderstandings and return to God's intentions for the family.
The fundamental error in the understanding of many is the belief that male headship means power and domination. Such is the way that feminists have attacked what the Bible teaches.
Yet, when understood spiritually and according to God's intentions (cf. 1 Corinthians 2), the authority of the husband has nothing to do with "power" and domination. Many know about what Ephesians 5:23 teaches; yet the message of Ephesians 5:25 seems lost on too many: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it.
The husband is to be the head of the household-- and in the New Testament, that means responsibility more than power. The husband must look at his relationship with his wife in the same way as the relationship between Christ and the church, for such is the analogy that God makes here in Ephesians 5.
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body (Ephesians
The New Testament clearly lays out that the husband represents the head of the household. Such a view today is not politically correct, to say the least; modern feminism has worked mightily to change people's perceptions and to advocate other means by which houses may be run. This is not limited only to the world: plenty within "Christian" denominations have decided to render irrelevant the Bible's teaching on this subject, and even among those who accept what the Bible teaches, what is said and what is actually done in the home are often quite different.
If we believe that Jesus is Lord and the New Testament represents the revealed Word of God (Acts 2:36, 2 Timothy 3:16-17), we must understand and uphold His teachings on the role of the husband in the family. Let us try to clear up misunderstandings and return to God's intentions for the family.
The fundamental error in the understanding of many is the belief that male headship means power and domination. Such is the way that feminists have attacked what the Bible teaches.
Yet, when understood spiritually and according to God's intentions (cf. 1 Corinthians 2), the authority of the husband has nothing to do with "power" and domination. Many know about what Ephesians 5:23 teaches; yet the message of Ephesians 5:25 seems lost on too many: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it.
The husband is to be the head of the household-- and in the New Testament, that means responsibility more than power. The husband must look at his relationship with his wife in the same way as the relationship between Christ and the church, for such is the analogy that God makes here in Ephesians 5.
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