[Ephesians 5:25-26 KJV] 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
This is a command for members of the body of Christ. It is Jesus who commands husbands here. Paul just revealed this command. This command, as well as all of the commands found in Paul's epistles, are from Christ............[1Corinthians 14:37 KJV] 37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved his church. This love is a sacrificial love, in which we sacrifice ourselves for the betterment of our wives. We put our wives before ourselves. The wisdom of the world says marriage is 50/50, but God's wisdom says it is 100/0; we expect nothing for ourselves.
If husbands love their wives sacrificially they will portray the image of Christ's sacrificial love for his church. Christ washes the church by the water of the word, not the water of baptism.
This is a command for members of the body of Christ. It is Jesus who commands husbands here. Paul just revealed this command. This command, as well as all of the commands found in Paul's epistles, are from Christ............[1Corinthians 14:37 KJV] 37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved his church. This love is a sacrificial love, in which we sacrifice ourselves for the betterment of our wives. We put our wives before ourselves. The wisdom of the world says marriage is 50/50, but God's wisdom says it is 100/0; we expect nothing for ourselves.
If husbands love their wives sacrificially they will portray the image of Christ's sacrificial love for his church. Christ washes the church by the water of the word, not the water of baptism.
