THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT
PROGRAM AIR DATE: 6-6-2021
LESSON TITLE: THE HOUSE OF YOUR SERVANT - GODLY HUSBANDS
WELCOME
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING AND LET ME WELCOME YOU TO THE PROGRAM. "THE LIVING WORD" IS A WORK OF OUR LORD DEDICATED TO DOING GOD'S WILL AND GOD'S WAY. AND AS ALWAYS, IT WILL BE OUR PRIVILEGE TODAY TO SING SONGS OF PRAISE AND TO STUDY FROM HIS PERFECT WORD. IN THESE ACTS OF WORSHIP, MAY WE ALL BE ENCOURAGED, BUT ULTIMATELY, MAY WE EACH PRAISE GOD ACCORDING TO THE SACRIFICES WHICH WE OFFER TOWARD HIS THRONE. IT WILL ALSO BE OUR HONOR THIS MORNING TO SPEAK WITH OUR GOD THROUGH PRAYER. WILL YOU BOW WITH ME BEFORE OUR CREATOR?
PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY AND EACH AND EVERY DAY OF LIFE, THE BLESSING THAT WE HAVE FROM YOU FATHER, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU GIVE US ALL GOOD THINGS, BOTH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL. AND MOST OF ALL, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE GIFT OF JESUS, KNOWING THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE, AND AS WELL, RESURRECTED ON THE THIRD DAY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE HOPE OF LIFE TODAY AND LIFE FOREVER MORE. AND FATHER HELP US THIS DAY TO GIVE YOU OUR VERY BEST AS WE WORSHIP AND PRAISE YOU IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
OUR FIRST SONG OF THE MORNING REMINDS US OF THE FACT THAT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS ALIVE AND WELL. SO, WON'T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AT THIS TIME, AS WE SING THE ENCOURAGING SONG "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES"?
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
ONE OF THE GREATEST LESSONS WHICH WE CAN LEARN FROM JESUS WAS HIS TRUE HUMILITY. THERE HE WAS, THE VERY SON OF GOD ON THE EARTH. AND FURTHERMORE, EVEN DEITY IN THE FLESH. BUT WHAT WAS HE CONTINUALLY WILLING TO DO AND TO CHOOSE TO DO? TO GLORIFY HIS FATHER AND HIS FATHER ALONE. HE EVEN PROCLAIMED, "NOT MY WILL, BUT YOURS, BE DONE." YOU SEE, JESUS NOT ONLY LOVED, RESPECTED, AND REVERENCED HIS FATHER, HE ALSO HONORED, GAVE PRAISE AND GLORIFIED HIM. OH, WHAT A TRUE PICTURE OF SUBMISSION AND OBEDIENCE JESUS WAS, AND WHAT A GREAT LESSON WE CAN LEARN FROM THESE THINGS AS WELL. I THINK THAT JOHN HELPS US UNDERSTAND THIS IDEA BETTER WHEN HE RECORDS THERE THE WORDS OF JESUS IN HIS GOSPEL ACCOUNT. CHAPTER 12, BEGINNING IN VERSE 49. THERE WE READ: "FOR I HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF MY OWN AUTHORITY, BUT THE FATHER WHO SENT ME GAVE ME A COMMAND. WHAT I SHOULD SAY AND WHAT I SHOULD SPEAK. AND I KNOW THAT HIS COMMAND IS EVERLASTING LIFE. THEREFORE, WHATEVER I SPEAK, JUST AS THE FATHER HAS TOLD ME, SO I SPEAK." OUR LORD JESUS DID NOT COME TO DO HIS OWN WILL OR EVEN TO SPEAK HIS OWN WORDS, BUT WHAT HE WAS ALL ABOUT WAS THE WORK OF HIS FATHER AND THE WORDS FROM HIS FATHER. NO DOUBT, THIS IS WHY HE TOLD HIS MOTHER, AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, "WOMAN, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHER'S BUSINESS?" CERTAINLY, JESUS KNEW HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO GOD, THE FATHER, AND HE DEFINITELY KNEW HIS DUTY TO THE FATHER ABOVE. AND HIS EVERY DESIRE AND EVERY EFFORT WAS ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND FULFILLING THE PURPOSE WHICH HE HAD BEEN SENT FOR. BRETHREN, IF WE COULD ONLY LEARN TO HAVE A SIMILAR ATTITUDE AS JESUS. TO PUT OUR WANTS OUR LIKES AND OUR DESIRES ASIDE AND TO DETERMINE TO HUMBLE OURSELVES COMPLETELY TO THE THINGS OF GOD. THOSE THINGS WHICH HE HAS REVEALED TO US IN HIS WORD. WHAT A PRIVILEGE WE HAVE TO DO THE WILL OF GOD AND TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE AND ALL THAT HE DESIRES. THE QUESTION FOR US TODAY IS, WILL WE CHOOSE TO SPEAK THE WORDS OF THE FATHER AS JESUS DID, OR WILL WE CHOOSE TO SPEAK OUR OWN WORDS? AND, THEREFORE, NOT PLEASE GOD. WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE WILL OF GOD AS WE GIVE EACH AND EVERY WORD OF GOD TO THE WORLD, AND AS WE STAND ON THE BIBLE, WHERE WE LEARN ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD ITSELF. SO, JUST HOW MUCH WILL YOU CHOOSE TO HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE YOUR GOD TODAY?
WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE BROTHER JERRY SULLINS WITH US AGAIN THIS MORNING AS OUR GUEST SPEAKER. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, BROTHER JERRY IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF MISSOURI, HERE IN SPRINGFIELD. AND WE'RE ALWAYS THANKFUL FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO BE WITH US AND LOOK FORWARD TO HIM LEADING OUR MAIN THOUGHTS OF THE DAY. AS FAR AS OUR MAIN STUDY OF THE MORNING, WE'LL BE CONTINUING OUR SERIES, WHICH IS ON THE HOME. IT IS ENTITLED "THE HOUSE OF YOUR SERVANT". OUR SPECIFIC LESSON OF THE DAY WILL FOCUS ON GODLY HUSBANDS, SO PLEASE STAY WITH US THIS MORNING. AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG TOGETHER, BROTHER SULLINS WILL BE LEADING US IN THESE THOUGHTS. NOW IT'S TIME TO JOIN IN OUR SECOND SONG OF THE MORNING. THE NAME OF THE HYMN, "THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD."
LESSON
BY JERRY SULLINS
WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'VE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING TO VIEW THIS PROGRAM. MANY OF YOU ARE REGULAR VIEWERS WHO HAVE BEEN VIEWING THIS PROGRAM FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE AGAIN WATCHING TODAY, AND HOPEFULLY THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID WILL HELP TO LEAD YOU TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S WORD OR GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PASS ON TO LOVED ONES WHO MAY NEED THIS LESSON VERY MUCH. WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS MORNING, A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT. IN A SOCIETY THAT, BASICALLY, IN MANY WAYS NO LONGER RESPECTS GOD'S PLAN FOR THE HOME. IT HAS TO DO WITH HUSBANDS. I'VE BEEN A HUSBAND FOR 58 YEARS, GOING ON 59. MY WIFE HAS BEEN A JOY TO MY LIFE. HAVE WE HAD PROBLEMS? YES. HAVE I PLAYED THE ROLE THAT GOD WANTS ME TO PLAY IN THE HOME? THERE'S NO WAY THAT I COULD HAVE TRIED TO PLAY THAT ROLE. AND I THINK I'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB. YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK HER. BUT THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE KNOWN HOW TO REALLY MAKE THE HOME AS GOD WANTS IT, AND TO MAKE IT A LASTING INSTITUTION, UNLESS I KNEW WHAT GOD DESIRED OF ME.
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, WHEN THE WORLD BEGAN, GOD PLACED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. AND HE SAID THIS: "THEREFORE SHALL A MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL CLEAVE TO HIS OWN WIFE. AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH." AND HE MEANT THAT THAT WOULD LAST FOREVER. IN FACT, IT WAS A PLAN IN THE MIND OF GOD THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WOULD LAST UNTIL ONE WOULD PASS FROM THIS LIFE. MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD TODAY DO NOT OBSERVE GOD'S TEACHINGS ON THE HOME. AND, THEREFORE, THOSE HOMES NORMALLY DISSOLVE AND A MAN SEEKS ANOTHER WIFE OR MAYBE A WIFE SEEKS ANOTHER MAN WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT, IN THE MIND OF GOD. SO, LET US LOOK AT THE HUSBAND'S RESPONSIBILITY. MORE AND MORE I HEAR FROM OTHERS IN THIS LIFE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG WOMEN, THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO, BASICALLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT KNOW THEMSELVES, WHO'LL FULFILL GOD'S PLAN FOR THE HOME, WHO WILL BE PROVIDERS OF THE HOME, WHO WILL LOVE THEM AND CHERISH THEM, WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF THEIR EMOTIONAL NEEDS, THEIR SPIRITUAL NEEDS, THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS, ONE WHO PUTS THEM FIRST IN THEIR LIVES, OTHER THAN GOD HIMSELF. SO, LET'S LOOK INTO THE PAGES OF GOD'S WORD. GOD'S WORD HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT WHAT GOD DESIRES OF EVERY HUSBAND IN THE HOME. I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO EPHESIANS CHAPTER FIVE, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH VERSE 21. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT THE SUBMISSION ... ALTHOUGH THESE PASSAGES, OR THIS PASSAGE, SPEAKS OF A WOMAN SUBMITTING HERSELF TO HER HUSBAND, BUT ACTUALLY THE PASSAGE BEGINS AFTER A STATEMENT IS MADE THAT WE OUGHT TO "SUBMIT OURSELVES TO ONE ANOTHER IN THE FEAR OF GOD." SO, HUSBANDS ALSO NEED TO SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO THEIR WIVES. SO, WHAT IS GOD'S PLAN FOR THE HOME? WHAT, MY FELLOW HUSBAND, WOULD BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THE HOME? WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF YOU? LET US READ, FIRST OF ALL, THAT THE HUSBAND HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD HIS WIFE, AS IS STATED IN VERSE 23 OF EPHESIANS, CHAPTER FIVE. "FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE, AS ALSO CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH, AND HE IS THE SAVIOR OF THE BODY." NOW, MANY HUSBANDS REALLY DON'T WANT THIS AS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. THEY WOULD RATHER JUST ALLOW THE WIFE TO DO WHATEVER SHE WANTS TO DO, SO THAT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. BUT BEING THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE MEANS THIS, OR HEAD OF THE HOME, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT TAKES PLACE IN THAT HOME. I'VE TOLD MANY A MAN BEFORE, WHO IS A HUSBAND, THAT WHEN EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE, WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE JESUS CHRIST TO BE JUDGED IN THAT LAST DAY, YOU WILL BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO AT LEAST ONE THING. IT WILL BE, WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR WIFE? WERE YOU TRULY THE HEAD OF YOUR HOUSE? NOT A DICTATOR, FOR YOU MUST SUBMIT ALSO YOURSELF TO GOD'S WORD AND TO YOUR WIFE IN SOME WAYS, BUT AS A LOVING PERSON WHO LOVES YOUR WIFE AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF. SO, THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE, AS CHRIST ALSO IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH AND THE SAVIOR OF THE BODY. NOW, IN VERSE 25, THE SCRIPTURE REVEALS TO US THAT "HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES JUST AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER." NOW, THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE. THAT AGAPE LOVE. THAT YOU LOVE HER MORE THAN YOU LOVE YOURSELF. NOW, WAIT JUST A SECOND. HOW MUCH DID CHRIST LOVE THE CHURCH? HE WAS WILLING TO LEAVE HEAVEN, AS THE WRITER PAUL SAID, TO LEAVE THE HEAVENLY ABODE, AS GOD HIMSELF, TO COME TO THIS EARTH TO LIVE A LIFE WHERE HE WAS ACTUALLY REJECTED BY HIS OWN KINDRED, THAT IS THE JEWS. HE WAS HATED AND DESPISED BY MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE GENTILES BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE CHRIST, NOR DID THEY BELIEVE IN THE GOD OF HEAVEN. AND EVENTUALLY JESUS SUFFERED MANY THINGS BECAUSE HE WAS THE SON OF GOD AND DOING THE FATHER'S WILL. AND HE WAS WILLING TO WHAT? TO DIE UPON THE CROSS FOR US, HIS CHILDREN. WE ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, AS THE SCRIPTURE POINTS OUT. AND HE LOVED US SO MUCH THAT HE WAS WILLING TO COME TO THIS EARTH AND DIE UPON THE CROSS. NOW, I ASK YOU THIS, DO YOU LOVE YOUR WIVES THAT MUCH? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR WIFE? MOST OF US WHO KNOW GOD'S PLAN, AND EVEN IF WE DIDN'T KNOW GOD'S PLAN, WE CHERISH OUR WIVES ENOUGH TO TAKE A BULLET FOR HER. WE CHERISH OUR WIVES TO BE PERSECUTED INSTEAD OF HER BEING PERSECUTED BECAUSE WE LOVE HER, AND SHOULD LOVE HER WITH THAT AGAPE LOVE. AND THAT LOVE IS A LOVE THAT PUTS HER EVEN BEFORE OURSELVES.
IT SAYS ALSO IN VERSE 28: "SO HUSBANDS OUGHT TO LOVE THEIR OWN WIVES AS THEIR OWN BODY. HE WHO LOVES HIS WIFE, LOVES HIMSELF." WE LOVE OURSELVES AS WE LOVE OUR OWN SELVES, OUR OWN BODIES. WE RECOGNIZE HOW PRECIOUS SHE IS TO YOU. NOW, I WANT TO ASK YOU A SIMPLE QUESTION. WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SAID TO YOUR WIFE, "I LOVE YOU"? CAN YOU REMEMBER? HOW SAD THAT IS. ANOTHER QUESTION IS, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU ACTUALLY SHOWED YOUR WIFE YOU LOVED HER? BY DOING THINGS FOR HER WHEN SHE'S DISTRESSED. MAYBE BY BUYING HER A GIFT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. MAYBE JUST GOING UP AND HUGGING HER WHEN YOU KNOW SHE'S HAD A BAD DAY. THAT'S HOW WE LOVE OURSELVES, DON'T WE? DO WE LOVE OUR WIVES AS OURSELVES, THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CARE FOR HER? YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE POINTS OUT THAT WE SHOULD BE THE PROVIDER OF OUR HOMES. MANY PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE WOULD PROVIDE FOR OUR WIVES BECAUSE WE WOULD PROVIDE FOR OURSELVES. I'VE KNOWN HUSBANDS BEFORE WHO WOULD GO OUT AND THEY WOULD SPEND ALL OF THEIR MONEY, MAYBE IN A DRUNKEN WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, ON THE WEEKENDS. THAT HAPPENED A LOT BACK WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER MAN. NOW, I DIDN'T DO IT, BUT THERE WERE MANY HUSBANDS WHO WOULD GO AND SPEND THEIR PAYCHECK THAT FRIDAY NIGHT AND THAT SATURDAY, AND GO HOME WITH LITERALLY NOTHING TO GIVE TO THEIR WIVES, TO HELP PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND TO PROVIDE FOR HER. I'VE KNOWN HUSBANDS WHO WOULD GO OUT AND MAKE EXPENSIVE PURCHASES OF MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS. IT'S CALLED A MAN'S TOYS. AND THEY'LL GO OUT AND DO THAT WITHOUT ANY CONCEPT AT ALL AS TO HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT MY WIFE. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU TOLD HER YOU LOVED HER? WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SHOWED THAT YOU LOVED HER? I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF. NOW LOOK AT VERSE 33. IN VERSE 33, IT SAYS: "NEVERTHELESS, LET EACH ONE OF YOU IN PARTICULAR SO LOVE HIS OWN WIFE AS HIMSELF AND LET THE WIFE SEE THAT SHE RESPECTS HER HUSBAND." WE LOVE OUR WIVES AS WE LOVE OURSELVES. WE RESPECT OUR WIVES AS WE RESPECT OURSELVES. BUT, REALLY, WE OUGHT TO PUT HER FIRST, SHOULDN'T WE? IS THAT WHAT CHRIST DID? DID HE NOT PUT THE WIVES FIRST? THAT IS, THE CHURCH AS HIS BRIDE, FIRST? BY BEING WILLING, AS WE SAID, TO COME TO THIS EARTH, TO DIE UPON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS AND TO PROVIDE US EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS UNTO LIFE AND GODLINESS. YES, THE HUSBAND IS THE PROVIDER OF THE HOME AND FOR THE HOME. WE'VE LEARNED THIS IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER FIVE, IN THE RELATIONSHIP TO CHRIST'S LOVE FOR THE CHURCH. AND YOU CAN THINK OF ALL THE BIBLICAL EXAMPLES THAT YOU WANT TO THINK OF. THEY'RE THERE FOR US. ONE THING THAT REALLY MAKES ME, LET'S SAY, SIT UP AND THINK OF MYSELF AS THIS, IS WHAT PAUL SAID IN FIRST TIMOTHY FIVE, VERSE EIGHT: "HE WHO CARETH NOT FOR HIS OWN IS WORSE THAN AN INFIDEL." THAT IS ONE WHO DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD. OUR SOCIETY TODAY IS BASED UPON WHAT? BASICALLY, SECULAR HUMANISM. EVERY PERSON IS TAUGHT, MANY TIMES FROM THEIR OWN HOME AS THEY'RE BEING RAISED AS CHILDREN, TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT YOURSELF. YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVED THE OTHER NIGHT, WHEN I WAS TEACHING A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE KANSAS EXPRESSWAY CHURCH OF CHRIST? IS TWO OF THE YOUNGER WOMEN, I WOULD SAY WOMEN BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THEIR 20S, SAID THIS. THEY SAID, "MY MAIN GOAL IN LIFE IS TO FIND A HUSBAND THAT I CAN LOVE AND CHERISH AND WHO WILL BE OBEDIENT TO GOD." THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. THEY WANTED TO MARRY SOMEONE WHO WOULD TAKE THE RIGHTFUL ROLE IN THE HOME. YOU KNOW, GOD MADE ROLES FOR US TO PLAY IN THE HOME, TO PRACTICE IN THE HOME. AND THE HUSBAND HAS GIVEN THE ROLE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT THIS LESSON TODAY. AND IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE FOR YOUR WIFE, THEN YOU ARE WORSE THAN WHAT? ONE WHO DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD. NOW, HOW CAN YOUR WIFE LOVE YOU IF YOU MISTREAT HER? OR, LOVE YOU PROPERLY, IF YOU MISTREAT HER, YOU ABUSE HER, YOU'RE NOT A PROVIDER OF WHAT SHE NEEDS IN THE HOME OR FOR YOUR CHILDREN? HOW CAN SHE PROPERLY LOVE YOU? SO, AS BEING THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE, OR THE HEAD OF THE HOME, YOU HAVE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE GOD. I MIGHT ASK YOU THIS FINAL QUESTION, HUSBANDS, AS I'M ALSO A HUSBAND, ARE YOU A CHILD OF GOD?
MAYBE THE BEST THING THAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TO SET THE PROPER EXAMPLE BEFORE YOUR WIFE. IF YOU'RE NOT A CHRISTIAN AND OBEY CHRIST, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, CONTACT US AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO OBEY CHRIST. BUT LET ME SIMPLY TELL YOU THIS, WHAT JESUS SAID. YOU NEED TO DO WHAT? YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THAT HE'S THE SON OF GOD. JOHN 8:24. IT SAID, "IF YOU BELIEVE NOT THAT I AM HE, YOU SHALL DIE IN YOUR SINS." YOU MUST REPENT OF THOSE SINS. THEY'RE KEEPING YOU FROM BEING THE PERSON THAT YOU NEED TO BE, THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE IN YOUR HOME, TOWARD YOUR WIFE, AND ALSO TOWARDS YOUR CHILDREN. AND EVEN TOWARD YOURSELF. YOU NEED TO REPENT OF THOSE SINS THAT ARE KEEPING YOU AWAY FROM DOING WHAT GOD DESIRES FOR YOU TO DO. YOU NEED TO CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD. FOR HE SAID THAT HE WILL NOT CONFESS YOU BEFORE GOD, IF YOU DO NOT CONFESS HIM BEFORE MEN. SAY THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST, AND BE BAPTIZED FOR THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS. THEN YOU CAN TAKE THE PROPER POSITION IN THE HOME, BEING GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S WORD, AND HELP LEAD YOUR WIFE, WHOM SHOULD BE THE MOST PRECIOUS POSSESSION THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS LIFE, TO GOD, HERSELF, OR MAYBE EVEN TO A LIFE THAT WILL BE A GREAT LIFE TOGETHER, AS YOU SERVE GOD TOGETHER. MY FRIEND, WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU THIS MORNING? IF YOU DO NOT KNOW GOD'S WILL, THEN TO HAVE HEARD, AS HUSBANDS, WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF YOU AND DESIRES OF YOU, AS YOU ARE A TRUE SERVANT OF GOD, WHEN YOU OBEY THE GOSPEL AND FULFILL YOUR ROLE IN THE CHRISTIAN HOME. I'M SO GLAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY, YOU MEN WHO ALREADY HAVE WIVES AND YOU MEN WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT HAVING WIVES, TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF YOU. AND MAY YOU DO EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE THAT YOU CAN TO PUT THESE PROPERTIES ON IN YOUR LIFE, THESE CHARACTERISTICS ON IN YOUR LIFE, SO THAT YOU CAN TRULY BE A PLEASING SERVANT TO YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WHEN YOU BECOME A CHILD OF GOD. MAY GOD BLESS YOU THIS MORNING WITH THESE WORDS AND MAY HE GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO OBEY HIS EVERY COMMAND.
CLOSING COMMENTS
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WE THANK GOD THAT HE HAS REVEALED TO US WHAT A GODLY HUSBAND LOOKS LIKE IN HIS WORD, THE BIBLE. MAY WE, AS HUSBANDS, BE EVERYTHING THAT GOD REQUIRES AND MORE. KNOWING THAT OUR LIVES AND OUR DECISIONS AFFECT THE VERY SOULS OF NOT ONLY OUR OWN, BUT THOSE AROUND US. BROTHERS, ARE WE PROPER HUSBANDS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD?