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Loving leadership, interjected with a good dose of tenderness. There is no better definition of headship than that. That defines Christ. Active headship is not contrary to love, but its proper expression. For the believing husband there is no love if he refuses the responsibility that goes along wit
Although his headship over his children differs in certain respects from the exercise of that headship over his wife, the nature and purpose of the father's authority over his children are the same. It is an authority of love that aims at the children's earthly and spiritual good. Good instruction a
He doesn't have the right to abdicate this role, this position, any more than Jesus Christ has the right to abdicate his position and give it over to the church. When the man said, I do, After that was the end of his voluntary nature with respect to this position. Now it's his, and God appoints
And when we look at it that way and look at the text that way, we find at least these four things about the role of headship. First, this headship is a real authority over the wife and the home. Does not the Lord Jesus have real authority over His church? The Lord Christ speaks His word, determ
Headship is not a matter of serving self. God has given headship for the sake of the body. For the sake of the wife and family. And the example given us is that of Christ Himself. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church. There's a parallel between Chris
Headship here refers to authority, government. Christ came to earth to do God’s will (not His own) and thus subjected Himself to God. Redeemed man is subjected to Christ. And now the woman must be subjected, to the man. This principle is binding for all ages. A point of divine order. If a man has a
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He protects her and provides for her. That's what Christ's headship involves. In a very real way, but in a very astonishing way, Christ as the head of the church is also a servant then of the church. A servant for the church's sake. He serves His beloved church as her head. That's what headship