The Word Unleashed - Radio

At its heart, marriage isn’t ultimately about the husband or wife. God did, in His goodness, give you a spouse for each other's encouragement and edification and much more. But marriage is primarily a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ and His bride, the church.

In many Christian homes today, the wife ends up being the spiritual leader by default because husbands don’t reflect the biblical mandate outlined in Scripture. In Genesis 2 and Ephesians 5, the authors of Scripture describe that husbands are assigned by God the role of headship and leadership.

As men are called by God to be the head of their homes and to lead their wives, they must embrace what the apostle Paul teaches in Ephesians 5: They men are to love their wives sacrificially—like Christ loved the church. And they are to love their wives in a sanctifying manner—leading them in their pursuit of holiness.

In Ephesians 5, the apostle Paul makes clear what a godly husband is to know and do—and God requires that He pursue those realities with all his heart.

According to Paul’s letter to Titus, there are several key duties of a godly Christian wife that a biblical family must embrace and actively seek to implement. Marriage is designed for the glory of God—and how we conduct ourselves in marriage matters.

Genesis 2 isn’t the only passage that defines marriage and the specific roles that God has assigned to husbands and wives. In the New Testament, the apostle Paul takes up this issue in Ephesians 5 and Titus 2 to further explain God’s view of marriage and how Christians should respond.

The Bible teaches that God has designed and defined marriage. In addition, God’s Word lays out clear roles in marriage—for both the husband and wife. So although man and woman have equal status as image-bearers of God, they have differing roles they’ve been assigned.

Unfortunately, marriage, and particularly the wife's role in marriage, is under attack from the unbelieving world. In fact, the attacks have reached such a degree that some teach marriage is a means for men to control women. But such teaching doesn’t represent what the Bible says.

Pastor Tom continues to walk through Genesis 2, the foundational passage that defines and describes a marriage that honors God. Many practical truths can be gleaned from such a rich passage of Scripture. And if you want your marriage to honor God and if you want your marriage to be preserved during the highs and lows of life, you must know God’s Word and then apply it to your life.

According to Genesis 2, God teaches that marriage deserves the highest priority because of the unique covental relationship that is formed between man and woman. The Bible teaches that marriage is to be superior to all other relationships.