Husbands Responsibility

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: HUSBANDS RESPONSIBILITY

Role of the Husband in the Bible – Leader

The role of the husband in the Bible starts with leadership.

Scripture makes it very clear that a husband must be a leader of his home and have healthy control of his life. 1 Timothy 3;

in speaking of two church leadership positions traditionally filled by men, teaches that an Overseer and Deacon must manage their family well. Verse 5 specifically says, “If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?”

Furthering this understanding, Ephesians 5:21-24 says, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.”

Again, in 1 Corinthians 11:3, Scripture says, "But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”

One of the primary roles of a husband in the Bible, then, is to lead.
Leadership simply means influence. Therefore, a biblically-based husband should influence his family. Husbands are not dictators, they should not demand, they should not be a boss over their wives. Instead, husbands should influence their wives and families in accordance with biblical teaching. They should exemplify, with their voice and their actions, attributes that bring glory to God and value to their spouse and family.

The fruit of a good biblically-based husband is a strong, confident, spiritually mature wife and family.

Two very specific ways a husband influences his home is through his provision and protection.
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LET US PRAY
DEAR LORD JESUS CHRIST TEACH US TO DO OUR RESPONSIBILITY RIGHTLY IN JESUS NAME. AMEN

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