“A Godly Wife Who Brings God Glory” 9/30/07
“and
He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but
for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15
POINT
1- A godly
woman will bring God glory in her CONDUCT
A.
Wives
are to bring God glory through active SUBMISSION
(Submission to own husbands, not men in
general; Eph 5:22; Col 3:18 ).
B.
Wives
of unbelieving husbands may win them without A WORD
C.
Wives
are to live lives of purity and with RESPECT
(Ephesians 5:32)
Deeper
POINT
2- A godly
woman will bring God glory in her INNER PERSON
A.
Wives
are not to be caught up in primping the EXTERNALS
(1 Timothy 2:9-10)
B.
Wives
are to be focused on a gentle and quiet DEMEANOR
(Matthew 11:29- Jesus;
overbearing-boisterous-gossipy)
C. Wives need to know that this
is VERY PRECIOUS in God’s sight.
Deeper
POINT
3- A godly
woman will bring God glory in her LEGACY
A. Wives are called to trust
God in their obedient act of SUBMISSION
B. Wives need to exhibit a good
model just as Sarah did with Abraham.
Deeper
|
Religion |
% have been divorced |
|
Jews |
30% |
|
Born-again Christians |
27% |
|
Other Christians |
24% |
|
Atheists, Agnostics |
21% |
Ron
Barrier, Spokespersonn for American Atheists remarked on these findings
with some rather caustic comments against organized religion. He said:
"These findings
confirm what I have been saying these last five years. Since Atheist ethics are
of a higher caliber than religious morals, it stands to reason that our
families would be dedicated more to each other than to some invisible monitor
in the sky. With Atheism, women and men are equally responsible for a
healthy marriage. There is no room in Atheist ethics for the type of
'submissive' nonsense preached by Baptists and other Christian and/or Jewish groups. Atheists reject, and
rightly so, the primitive patriarchal attitudes so prevalent in many religions
with respect to marriage."
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