Why Do You Not Submit?

Good Morning!! To our Western, self-centered society, the idea of submission, in any form or under any circumstances, has become repulsive. We have no desire to submit to our employers, and we certainly don't consider it our duty. Respect of any authority is rejected and resisted. We go against the government,...and children are no longer taught to submit to their parents. However, no where is submission so despised as in the bonds of matrimony. The Christian foundation on which America was built,...that all are created equal,...has been misinterpreted, consciously or unconsciously, to imply that no one should have to submit to another. Yet, just as in every other area of biblical submission,...opposition to God’s way for wives stems from a misunderstanding (or lack of faith) in God’s supreme plan.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.—Ephesians 5:22 (NIV)

Jesus, being equal with God,...still submitted to His Heavenly Father. Great men like the apostle Paul submitted to wicked and undeserving rulers like Nero (and commands us to do the same). In fact, a civilized (and certainly a Christian) society can only really exist if submission to appropriate offices is recognized and maintained. God, being the designer and author of marriage, tells us that it only works if the distinctive (not essentially unequal) roles of the husband and wife are maintained. Any other model for the home will fail,...it is like ignoring the owner’s manual to marriage.

Obedience to God is the only way to glorify God. Husbands, wives, children, citizens, employees, employers, rulers,...all are to submit to the perfect wisdom and good purposes of our great God.

Holy Spirit, teach us to surrender all, as it is God's Will. Amen.

" Christians are ordinary people,...who are committed to the extraordinary person of Jesus Christ."