Two Things For Husbands

HUSBANDS ARE TO DO TWO MAIN THINGS

These are just some thoughts I had while reading Ephesians 5:25–33 this morning.

Husbands: Ephesians 5:22–33

Ephesians 5:25–33 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

POINTS

1. Love your wife as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
   1. Love my wife by giving myself up for her.
2. I give myself up for her by washing her with the Word.
   1. This sanctifies and cleanses her as water to the body would.
3. I do this so that she will become holy and without blemish.
   1. Christ does this for his church.
4. I am to love my wife as my own body.
   1. By nourishing and cherishing it; taking care of all it’s needs.

MAIN IDEA FOR ME AS A HUSBAND

As a husband, I am to do two main things for my wife. I am to nourish and cherish her, providing for all of her needs. And second, I am to sanctify her by washing her with the Scriptures. These two things, caring for her and washing her with the Bible, are what it means to “love my wife as Christ loves the Church.”

The principle that Jesus laid down somewhere when he said that “love does no harm to a neighbor,” and that “love your neighbor as yourself,” fulfills the law. This same basic principle applies to my wife as well; she is my neighbor whom I live and commune with daily.