What God Joined Together - Family Radio

the lowest possible degree, becoming one with the sinful human race which
arrogantly had rebelled against Almighty God. Jesus Himself was without sin,
but He became laden with our sins. He bore the punishment demanded by God
for those sins. That punishment was the worst that will ever be endured by
anyone, for it was the equivalent of eternal damnation on behalf of everyone
who would come to be His bride.
God has given us an awesome example of the way husbands are to love their
wives and the kind of sacrifices they are to make as they seek the very best for
their wives.
What about after we are saved Does Christ’s relationship to His bride
change Again we stand amazed at the compassion, the patience, the
forgiveness of Christ. No matter how often the true believer sins, Christ
always forgives him. Christ promises that He will never leave him nor forsake
him. God’s love is tender and everlasting. Nothing His bride can say or do can
separate her from Christ’s love.
Regardless of what the wife does or becomes, the husband is to love her,
cherish her, and patiently forgive. Christ, in His love for the eternal church,
wanted the very best for the church, so husbands are to always want the very
best for their wives.
In his love for his wife, a husband will find that many times he has to deny
himself. For the good of his family, he may have to give up his cherished
hobby. He may find that he cannot spend the time he would like to spend with
his special friends.
It may mean that he will have to reconsider his own personal thinking
concerning the vocation he would like to follow or the place where he would
like to live. Always he must have a loving concern for the feelings and needs
of his wife and children.
As head of the house, he is not to consider himself “the big boss.” While
he never loses sight of his responsibility as the head of the family, he always
tries to think of what is best for his wife and family. He lovingly guides his
family. He has the final authority under God, but he exercises that authority
with great love, tenderness, and empathy for his family.
Under no circumstances is he to be resentful toward his wife. Whatever
she is or does, he is to patiently continue to love her. He is never to think about
others he could have married or wish his wife could be like someone else. He
is never to countenance the idea that he wishes he were married to someone
else. The full focus of his attention and concern should be toward his wife and
family. No matter how difficult the situation may be, he is never to think of
divorce.
He is to accept with no reservations the fact that his wife is an integral part
of his life as long as she lives. Because God has fused her to him so that they
are one flesh, he knows that he cannot take any action that disregards his wife.
His wife should be at least as important to him as anything else in his life. Only
his love for his Savior should be greater than his love for his wife. In his love
for his Savior, he knows he is to love and care for his wife the same way and
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