I have come across many ladies who say that they want to marry someone spiritually more mature. Now that is a good desire to have but to insist that it has to be so, is troublesome. The verse that we usually find quoted in this regard - Eph 5:26 is misunderstood. Husbands need not wash their wives with the water of the Word. It is talking about Christ doing that and giving us an example in this respect. The husband need not lead the bible study at home! No husband sanctifies the wife. God sanctifies them both.
I would say that women in some cultures feel inferior in every respect and therefore they find it good to follow their husbands in everything. I would rather point out that women, even though equal in the Lord, have learned/decided to submit in every other area. Maybe they are more financially astute but they still want to submit.Why not learn to submit to a husband who may not be as spiritually astute as they are? In fact, that may be the more necessary thing in their life, rather than submitting just because they feel they are inferior which is easy to do. Come on, ladies, be the lionesses that you are!
I would say that women in some cultures feel inferior in every respect and therefore they find it good to follow their husbands in everything. I would rather point out that women, even though equal in the Lord, have learned/decided to submit in every other area. Maybe they are more financially astute but they still want to submit.Why not learn to submit to a husband who may not be as spiritually astute as they are? In fact, that may be the more necessary thing in their life, rather than submitting just because they feel they are inferior which is easy to do. Come on, ladies, be the lionesses that you are!
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