Mass Indoctrination|22nd November, 2024
Scriptures: Matthew 19:6, Isaiah 58:6, 1 Corinthians 7:3-5, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 5:28, Matthew 6:16
The way God designed marriage, he placed the man above the woman. That's how marriage ought to be. Marriage symbolizes the relationship between Christ and the church. We all know that Christ is the head and we–who are His bride–are beneath Him.
When a wife disregards this instructions and refuses to recognize the man as the head, she is simply disregarding the commandments of Christ. The sole duty of a wife is to be submissive to her husband. She should be able to meet the demands of her husband whenever he requests for it.
1 Corinthians 7:4 - The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
From the moment a couple gets married, they both lose ownership over their bodies to each other. This means as a wife your body no longer belongs to you but to your husband, and as a husband your body no longer belongs to you but to your wife. The only exception that can be considered is contained in the scripture below:
1 Corinthians 7:5 - Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
It understandable in times of fasting and prayer to observe abstinence for that period of time. The manner by which a couple live their lives and relate with each other is of great concern to God, that's why couples should behave in the right manner.
