Prof. Mgbeke’s Sunday Sermon: August 14, 2022.
Dear Husbands: She Is Your Wife, Not “Our Wife!”
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” – Genesis 2:24.
This is the indisputable Word and commandment from God as regards marriage and how it should be treated by both the couple and their families, too!
Oh, and just in case you’re part of those who still do not have an understanding that Genesis to Malachi is not the “old testament” like many people claim, let me bring this to you from the “new testament” and the mouth of Jesus Christ Himself.
“And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” – Matthew 19:5-6.
And in the words of Apostle Paul, too: “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.” – Ephesians 5:31.
Now, if you go back a little in this Ephesians 5, you will notice some very interesting things and instructions that Paul gave to any man who would be a husband to a woman. You are her life, shield, and defense, and nothing should ever get to your wife without having to take you down first, and I mean literally, even by God’s Word!
Your wife is not married to your friends and surely not to your father, mother, siblings, or relatives. Hence, this silly “our wife” custom that opens her up to avoidable harm, hurts, disrespect, and unwarranted attacks must be abolished, and this is “THUS SAITH THE LORD!”
You are both commanded to “leave and cleave” to one another. Therefore, there must never be any third-party authority between you and your wife to the point where she becomes mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually abused and depressed in your home. If this ever happens, then you have failed her as her husband and her head because Christ never does that to his Bride, the Church!
Grievous to many, yes, it is, but this is God’s Word and undiluted will, and this must be your only standard in your marriage from today, dear husbands: “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” – Ephesians 5:25.
Anything short or less than this is not acceptable before God, and it should never be to you, too, seeing how you are made in HIS image and likeness.
Again, I say: Dear Husbands: She is your wife, not “our wife!” May God grant you the wisdom, patience, genuine heart, and all you need to be a man, great husband, and exemplary leader over the home God has blessed or will bless you with, too, in the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN!
Remain blessed always.
