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7/29/2019 Parental role
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What are the roles of the husband and wife in a family?
Question: "What are the roles of the husband and wife in a family?"
Answer:Although males and females are equal in relationship to Christ, the
Scriptures give specific roles to each in marriage. The husband is to assume
leadership in the home (1 Corinthians 11:3;Ephesians 5:23). This leadership should
not be dictatorial, condescending, or patronizing to the wife, but should be in
accordance with the example of Christ leading the church. Husbands, love your
wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy,
cleansing her by the washing with water through the word(Ephesians 5:25-26).
Christ loved the church (His people) with compassion, mercy, forgiveness, respect,and selflessness. In this same way husbands are to love their wives.
Wives are to submit to the authority of their husbands. Wives, submit to your
husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the
head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits
to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything(Ephesians
5:22-24). Although women should submit to their husbands, the Bible also tells men
several times how they are supposed to treat their wives. The husband is not to take
on the role of the dictator, but should show respect for his wife and her opinions. In
fact,Ephesians 5:28-29exhorts men to love their wives in the same way that theylove their own bodies, feeding and caring for them. A mans love for his wife should
be the same as Christs love for His body, the church.
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives
and do not be harsh with them(Colossians 3:18-19). Husbands, in the same way
be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the
weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will
hinder your prayers(1 Peter 3:7). From these verses we see that love and respect
characterize the roles of both husbands and wives. If these are present, then
authority, headship, love, and submission will be no problem for either partner.
In regard to the division of responsibilities in the home, the Bible instructs husbands
to provide for their families. This means he works and makes enough money to
sufficiently provide all the necessities of life for his wife and children. To fail to do so
has definite spiritual consequences. If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and
especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an
unbeliever(1 Timothy 5:8). So, a man who makes no effort to provide for his family
cannot rightly call himself a Christian. This does not mean that the wife cannot assist
in supporting the familyProverbs 31 demonstrates that a godly wife may surely do
sobut providing for the family is not primarily her responsibility; it is her husbands.
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While a husband should help with the children and with household chores (thereby
fulfilling his duty to love his wife), Proverbs 31 also makes it clear that the home is to
be the womans primary area of influence and responsibility. Even if she must stay
up late and rise up early, her family is well cared for. This is not an easy lifestyle for
many womenespecially in affluent Western nations. However, far too many women
are stressed out and stretched to the breaking point. To prevent such stress, both
husband and wife should prayerfully reorder their priorities and follow the Bibles
instructions on their roles.
Conflicts regarding the division of labor in a marriage are bound to occur, but if both
partners are submitted to Christ, these conflicts will be minimal. If a couple finds
arguments over this issue are frequent and vehement, or if arguments seem to
characterize the marriage, the problem is a spiritual one. In such an instance, the
partners should recommit themselves to prayer and submission to Christ first, then
to one another in an attitude of love and respect.