subject: The Authority Of Marriage [print this page] What is a husbands job description in Scripture? One word. It can be summarized in one word. This is our job description. If youre single and youre a student or if youre married, this is our job description in this beautiful relationship called marriage. One word. Sacrifice. Men, say it with me. Sacrifice. One more time. Sacrifice. Thats our job description.
Now lets talk to the ladies. Women, the BibleIm talking about Gods wordsays that your job description can be summarized in one word. Women, say it with me. Submission. I know it hurts. Smile when you say it. Lets go. Submission.
Now when you said the S word, a lot of youIm talking to women nowhave these whacked out views of what the word means. And hopefully as we unpack the depth, the richness of Scripture and of authority in marriage, youll leave this worship service with an a-ha in your mind; like, A-ha! Now I get it. Now I see the genius of God.
A man, though, is superior to a womanin being a man. A woman is superior to a man in being a woman. God made us different for a reason. Men are to be men and women are to be women. God does not want any she-men or he-women. Were unique and were different so we can be one.
God always works through authority. Weve been talking about that around here. God is all about authority. Its who he is. The TrinityGod the father, God the son, God the Holy Spirit; equal in form, unique in function. We have authority and submission going on in the nature and character of God Himself. And God always works through authority.
Ed Young Church reminds us that, we need to get under those things that God has placed over us so we can get over those things God has placed under us.
But most people live this one and only life without realizing that whole concept. They just walk around like this [holding the umbrella at arms length]. Heres the authority of God and theyre getting hammered by hellH E-L-L. Theyre getting pelted by all the problems, drenched in dysfunction. How crazy does this look?
Okay, theres the authority of God. But Ill do my own thing man, yeah. Im ready for life. No youre not. No youre not.
How do we understand Gods authority in marriage? We understand Gods authority in marriage as we stand under his authority. We stand under his umbrella of authority. God uses authority figures and authority systems to mold us and to make us and to shape us into greatness.
