Featured Man head of house?

You don't get to cherry pick the facets of Christ's relationship to the church that you are going to use to illustrate how we should "serve" our wives.

He did not ASK the church whether or not he should go to the cross.

Those allowed to be part of the church get in it by confessing Christ as Lord- and that is something they do for the rest of their lives daily calling their Husband Lord.

Sarah did this too. Does your wife?

I'm not even saying that wives should have to call their husbands Lord. I don't demand that of my wife, but I am pointing out to you that you are cherry picking and applying biblical anecdotes arbitrarily and to suit you.

I want you to care more about what the Bible ACTUALLY teaches than being thought of as "in touch" or in clamoring for affirmation or whatever it is you are trying to do in the above post.

 

It's silly for you to quote calling the shots as if I was the one who introduced that phrase and as if you were NOT the one to initially use it.

You abused the anecdote I used to suit some "Hey look at me, vote for me, affirm me, join with me" fancy of yours. And you know you abused the anecdote to suit you.

And let me say this, I don't think people fall for that quite as much as you think they do.

 

And you have thus made the woman's biblical duty the man's and the man's biblical duty the woman's.


There is what the BIBLE says, and then there is what Skandelon is saying here.

In case someone does not see that clearly I'll explain a bit further.

There is this politically correct way for Christians to talk about male and female roles. What they do is EXACTLY what Skandelon does here. They know this age is RABIDLY against male authority or strength in every way. So to make themselves more palatable to today's culture and to women in the church who do not like to take the moniker of "weaker vessel" and do not like to yield to male leadership whatsoever, they SPIN the terms.

And when they get DONE spinning them they have turned them LITERALLY 180 degrees. They spin the terms until "submit" means to expect to get your way and "rule" means to completely abdicate the rule your role bears.

And they do this in a sneeky, tricky, politically savvy kind of way. They take a REAL BIBLICAL TRUTH like "the greatest among you shall be your servant" and they run with it. But they run WAY past what it ACTUALLY means.

The great servitude that Christ calls for... listen to this... has NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH ABDICATING YOUR AUTHORITY. It means that while you have every ounce of authority that you are supposed to have, you still have the kind of humility and selfless care for those under your authority that means you are willing to wash their feet and lay down your life for them.

Jesus was far MORE RULER over his disciples to whom he said that than any husband will ever be over his wife. He did not consult with them about which town they should go to next or about any other such thing. He told them what to do and he expected them to do it. BUT WHILE HAVING FULL AUTHORITY HE LOVED THEM. He cared about their pains and sorrows. And he, being their very LORD AND MASTER died for them.

But Skandelon, who always sounds to me like he is running for Baptistboard office on here and always sounds like he is saying the things that will GET people to agree with him, has totally twisted what "servitude" means in the Bible.

 

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And you cherry pick what you want to respond to as well. There was a whole lot in that post that you did not respond to which I think already addresses sufficiently your post here.