I have always wondered why women should be submissive to men, and men should love their wife, when in today's world, women are the ones doing the loving and men having no choice than to submit to their love.
However, if you look at the beginning of creation, in Genesis Chapter 2 God told Adam to take charge of all the things he had created, then he created Eve out of Adam because it is not good for a man to be alone. That tells us that Adam is meant to be in charge of all things, including Eve, who he named her.
However, the serpent (Satan) deceived Eve and she went against the instruction of God, and made Adam likewise do the same. Remember Adam was to take charge initially, but when Eve went against what God told them as a team not to do, it means she rebelled, therefore took over charge, disobeyed by committing sin, and likewise made Adam sin against God, so basically, Adam lost Charge.
In Genesis 3 : 12, When God visited them, what Adam said was that "the woman whom you gave to be with me gave me of the fruit and I did eat". That was not supposed to be, because the man is supposed to be in charge, therefore there was no reason for her to have been able to control or seduce Adam enough to make him go against God's warning.
Another name for submission is obedience , non resistance, and surrender. If Eve had obeyed God's instruction, which Adam was to ensure was obeyed, she wouldn't had dared to disobey God and Adam. Tempting Adam to go against the instruction of God implies rebelliousness on her part, when in actual fact, when she was created, she was never meant to go against Adam's authority. It signifies when the Serpent deceived her, she became stubborn and decided to take over decisions for both of them thereby not submitting to Adam.
The antonym of submission is resist, a wife is not meant to resist her husband, because as a woman, she has been created to obey her man. Some women will say how can I submit to a man who makes the wrong decisions, that is why you must marry a man that is God-fearing, a God-fearing man is one who obeys God, and no one can obey God and go astray. In Matthew 6:33 International Standard Version says " But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be provided for you as well ", so when a man obeys God, he will have every thing needed to rule as a man, provided by God, that includes wisdom, riches, and all round blessings and positivities, and his woman will have no choice than to submit to him and his decisions because she knows he is right.
However, in today's world a lot of women claim to be advocating for women rights, there is nothing wrong in that as far as it complies with God's Word and commandments and it doesn't take you away from the purpose of your creation.
A lot of women sadly are very stubborn and will not heed to their husbands claiming women rights, but in the negative way. Here is what the bible says about the stubborn woman. King James Bible says that " she is loud and stubborn, her feet abide not in her house ". English Standard Version says that " she is loud and wayward, her feet do not stay at home". Hmmmm.
This shows that some of the attributes of a woman who is not submissive to her man is being loud, Loud here doesn't necessarily mean "noise or shouting" it signifies the need to be heard than the man or making the man succumb to her. It also denotes, dimming the voice of the man, and you can achieve that by taking charge, being loud enough to be heard, instead of just listening. "Her feet do not stay at home" signifies that she leaves the attention of her family to focus on other things, and from the statement, it is a continuous thing which means her focus is not on her family at all, when your focus is not on your family, your heart can't be there, and you just don't care about your home, which should be your primary concern.
Also on being wayward, a woman who does not submit to her husband, cannot love her husband totally, because for you to summit, you must be able to love, trust and believe in your man, and when you can't do that, you will give in sooner or later to another man or men, other than your husband, and that is the beginning of waywardness.
A wayward woman is a woman who turns away from what is right or proper, this means that she will not act right.
So basically, when a woman doesn't submit to her husband, she will act wrongly.
Remember, when Eve did not submit to the instruction, given to them, which Adam was to ensure it was obeyed, she acted wrongly, thereby disobeying God, so in totality, when a woman does not submit to her husband, she is therefore disobeying God.
Message by Olori Wendy.
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