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1 | Is reverence feasible? Always? | Eph 5:33 | Rabbi Mark | 65445 | ||
You are correct in interpeting the Greek to mean phobea which imples that a wife should fear her husband exceedingly. This is consistant with Genesis 3:16 when God cursed the woman by saying, "...And thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." It was God's plan that the husband should rule over the wife. Not to her detriment. But for her protection. For spiritually the woman has a flaw which the man does not. Paul explains this in 1 Timothy 2:12-14 "But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." It was easy to deceive the woman in the garden. And it is easy to deceive the woman today. But if she is obedient to her husband and her husband is obedient to God -- that woman shall not be found in another transgression. God made the woman as the man's helpmete. He made the woman for man and not the man for woman. The man is stronger than a woman physically, logically, and emotionally. The woman should fear someone physically, logically, and emotionally superior to herself. There are many instances in the Bible where God has ordained man to be over the woman. It is written in the Law of Moses. It is commanded in the New Testament. Sarah called Abraham Lord. And there are many, many more references. But there is not space here to go into them. Even if the man is bad at his authority over the woman the woman still must fear and revere the man. For if the woman took authority, which is expressly forbidden in the Bible, it would be worse than a man who was bad at handling authority. It would be Adam and Eve in the garden all over again. The devil is behind the feminist movement. And the ideology behind the ERA and womens place in society today are not according to God's Word. This is why there is such high rates of divorce and other social ills. It is also why most women cannot be happy. For they usurp the man. An in this place of authority for which God did not make them suited they are most miserable. | ||||||
2 | Is reverence feasible? Always? | Eph 5:33 | Mommapbs | 65478 | ||
Greetings srchng! “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.” 1 John 4:18 I'm wondering how "perfect love casts out fear" in the relationship between men and women today? Perhaps when we see one another from God's perspective, we can truly be obedient to His Word. As believers desiring to be obedient to God's Word, we must shift our emphasis from following the LAW to following the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the ONLY WAY that we can really be obedient to God’s command to love honor or respect anyone. Apart from Christ, is anyone worthy of RESPECT or HONOR? Apart from Christ, can we ever truly LOVE? (Please read John 15:5) "Rabbi" Mark wrote: It was easy to deceive the woman in the garden. And it is easy to deceive the woman today. But if she is obedient to her husband and her husband is obedient to God -- that woman shall not be found in another transgression. There is a significant qualifier in the word "IF". Does God's Word give us permission to not obey IF the other person is not “obedient to God”? Does God express His commands this way: obey Me IF . . .? Please read Gen 3:6. Exactly WHERE was Adam, who “Rabbi” Mark claims was made to be "physically, emotionally and logically (he used the word spiritually in his post to me) superior" to Eve? ADAM WAS RIGHT THERE WITH HER (!) and he did not (as the “Rabbi” claims) "keep her from transgression." The only One who can keep me from transgression is Jesus! Mommapbs |
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3 | Is reverence feasible? Always? | Eph 5:33 | Rabbi Mark | 65586 | ||
Mommapbs: Did you never read the scripture, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Everything must be taken into proper context. And there is a place for everything. Even fear. And it is good where God says it is good. The original Greek version is far superior in language and meaning than our modern English translation. After all the writers were writing in the Greek language and they knew what they wanted to say. And phobia does mean fear. So I don't think you can argue that the writer, whom was God, did not mean fear. That being settled let us go on to your next point. You say they we are to disregard the law and follow Christ. But we cannot disregard the law and follow Christ. We are not to rely on the law for our salvation. For we cannot be saved without Christ. But just because we are in Christ, are we to lie, cheat, steal, murder, and covet? I think not. We are the more to keep these commandments. Truly we cannot be justified in the law. But as the Apostle Paul points out in Romans we should keep the carnal law in our flesh (body) but the law of grace in our minds. Now lets move on to Adam. Where was Adam when Eve committed the transgression? No my friend, he was not beside her edging her on. She was alone at that time. And she brought the fruit to him to eat. Yes, he partook of it. Why? We do not know for sure. But I believe it is because he would not allow her to stand in that awful place of judgment all alone. But her being bone of her bone and flesh of his flesh he shielded her with his loving arm and said by his act that, "I will face condemnation at your side...we shall die together." |
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4 | Is reverence feasible? Always? | Eph 5:33 | EdB | 65589 | ||
Rabbi Mark Well said! I especially liked your explanation of our relationship with the law. Well said!!! EdB |
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