Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
As a very young pastor, I remember this text coming up in many conversations. Perhaps it was because people tested me to see if I stood on the Word. Some might have hoped they could break me so that I would permit them to compromise the Word. It might also just have been that I was a young married and attracted mostly young marrieds into our church. At any rate, it seems like it hasn’t been an issue for me to address for many years.
It is so settled in my mind that I could be tempted to see it as insignificant.
But it is significant. The roles of the husband and the wife are clearly defined in the Old Testament and the New. The husband is to be the head of the home – even if he is the spiritual head. No other model for marriage will work.
Incidentally, my Old Testament reading began today with, Numbers 30:13 (KJV)
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
Nothing changed between the Jews of the Old Testament and the Christians of the New. Those who believe and obey God’s Word see the same truth found in both.
By the way, and to the point I wish to make, this principle carries forward. It’s true not only of the subject of marriage but that of every doctrine of the Bible. The whole Bible, rightly divided, is profitable to all.
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