It's amazing to me that when a man views his wife as an equal-- loves if she works beside him (& if she doesn't he asks her where she is because he cherishes her & her input that much), let me make the note that he still leads though- all decisions end at him-- that some people can be so terribly rude to her because she is not acting inferior & doesn't know "her place."

God never once said this was His will for our lives. See below for notes from a friends recent post on this (little did I know, her words would come in handy soon.)

.... No where in the bible can you find that men are to function as "priests of the home". That phrase cannot even be found in scripture. Neither OT or NT tells us that men function as priests by representing their wives to God. -This is FALSE doctorine.
Follow the Bible, not the teachings of men. We are spiritually equal in the sight of God!!

The word "head" in the Greek is kephale, which can be translated "source", as the headwaters of a river are the source of the river. If Paul had meant to say, "The husband is the boss of the wife" or "The husband is the leader of the wife", he would have used the Greek word archon, which is often used in the NT to denote authority. When he used the word head, it is in relation to the husband wife relation. They are spiritually equal to God. There is a mutual submission, a mutual dependence upon one another.

Wives are to submit, love, reverence, revere... their husbands. Because men's number one need from woman is respect. Men are to give themselves up for us, love and cherish us because our number one need from men is love. We are one but have two different needs. It is a major sin to disrespect your husband. I am not saying this gives us the right to sin... but we have been taught wrong.
The throne room is not segregated by gender.

another friend to her... In Christ there is niether Jew nor Greek, male nor female.

my friend again... Men act as priets when they go before God and interceed for their wives. But so do women when they go before God and interceed for their husbands.

If we are praying for a revival... then we need to get a hold of this. In ALL of history, you can tell when the spirit of God was moving in that time because there were a massive amount of women free to be in ministy. The more God's spirit is moving, the more women are released into the mission field.

Time is too short for all this junk. We need to get over it and move into oneness... complete partnership with men and women. We NEED eachother. There needs to be freedom in the church (& the minds of men & women)!! Freedom through the truth of God's word!!!!

from another one of her friends...
Omg no pun intended there I'm so glad no one ever mentioned that ever before cause talk about the dumbest thing I've ever heard men are ridiculous and distort everything in order to better suit their needs ...this is a perfect example ....

my friend...
Sorry, I do not share that view Heather. I have a wonderful son who is NOT the problem. He is not ridiculous. He will be a good man, a good husband and a good father because we will teach him how to be. I love and adore my husband. I am so proud of him. He is so amazing. He is a strong man who is not insecure nor domineering. We willingly submit to one another. I am blessed to share life with him. We are in a spiritual partnership. We are both priests. Not ruling over one another rather we lovingly perfer eachother above ourselves.

The problem is not men... it is wrong teaching. It may be safe to say the problem is a lack of understanding and pride.

her friend again...
Oh crud my bad I guess un this age when you say men or man referring to mankind you should elaborate sorry I didn't mean to be a sexist I meant mankind as a whole are rediculous ....not just guys girls too

my friend...
lol - I just had to make myself clear, I am not bashing men in order to liberate women. :-)   from my fellow BLASTmate Ehricka Samek

--- What a great conversation. It brought warmth to my heart last night after some things occured by an outsider. I am so thankful to have the husband that I have & not someone who treats me like a rug he can walk on!!!! I love you Andy!!!!!!!!!!!
 


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