"I am the
True Vine and My Father is the Vinedresser." (John 15:1)
"Dwell in Me and I will dwell in you, Live in Me and I will
live in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without
being vitally united to the vine, neither can you bear fruit
unless you abide in Me." (John 15:4) |
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HUSBAND'S RESPONSIBILITY
Husband's Responsibility goes hand in hand with the 10
Commandments For A Husband. I deeply suggest to print out both
"Husband's Responsibility" and the "10
Commandments For A Husband" and really spend some time in
studying these two writings....
Before moving on with "Husband's Responsibility - Click
HERE and
read the Biblical Perspective for the reason why MAN is totally responsible for his
family.
I. He is to love his wife as Christ loved the
church.
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the
church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might
present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own
bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever
yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even
as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his
flesh, and of his bones. 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. This is a great mystery: but I speak
concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of
you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife
see that she reverence her husband" (Ephesians
5:25-33).
* This is total self-giving love. He
can only love his wife to the degree that he receives the love of
God. Through this kind of love, he brings a sanctification and
cleansing for his wife.
II. He is to be tenderhearted toward his wife.
"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven
you" (Ephesians 4:32).
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another,
if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave
you, so also do ye" (Colossians 3:12-13).
* The one major complaint that I get
from most women about their husbands is that they are not
tenderhearted (sensitive to their feelings). "He just
can't show his emotions."
III. He is to be the provider for the family.
"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for
those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse
than an infidel" (I Timothy 5:8).
"For even when we were with you, this we commanded you,
that if any would not work, neither should he eat" (I
Thessalonians 3:10).
* God works through the husband and
father to provide to for the wife and the children. This
provision should also include protection from physical or
emotional harm.
IV. He is to be the spiritual head under Christ.
"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is
Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of
Christ is God" (I Corinthians 11:3).
"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ
is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the
body" (Ephesians 5:23).
* This means that he is to carry the
major burden of responsibility in being the spiritual leader for
the family. God is to work through the authority of the husband
to minister to the family.
V. He is to rule his household by example.
"One that ruleth well his own house, having his children
in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to
rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of
God?)" (I Timothy 3:4-5).
"Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but
being ensamples to the flock" (I Peter 5:3).
* The husband should be the
spiritual leader and rule by a living example on a daily
basis.
VI. He should live with his wife with knowledge.
"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to
knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel,
and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your
prayers be not hindered" (I Peter 3:7).
* First, the husband should
recognize that the wife will operate on four planes (the
emotional, the physical, the intellectual, and the spiritual). He
should also understand that he is to recognize which plane she is
on and encourage her to move to the spiritual if she is not
already there. Second, since generally the wife is has a tendency
to move on the emotional plane, she can easily be led astray by
the enemy.
VII. He is to have a romantic love for his wife.
"Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running
waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed
abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only
thine own, and not strangers' with thee. Let thy fountain be
blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as
the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at
all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. And why
wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace
the bosom of a stranger?" (Proverbs 5:15-20). (Also see
the Song of Solomon).
"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" (I Corinthians 7:4).
* Another complaint that wives often
have is that their husband no longer takes time to be
romantic.
VIII. He is to be committed to his marriage.
"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). (like plywood glued
together).
"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).
"And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days;
thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another
man: so will I also be for thee" (Hosea 3:3).
"And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against
her" (Mark 10:11).
* A wife needs to know that he is
committed unto the marriage! It is a security matter for
her.
IX. He is to be fruitful and multiply.
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:
and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth" (Genesis 1:28).
"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit
of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty
man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his
quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall
speak with the enemies in the gate" (Psalms
127:3-5).
* If a man has three children, he
has addition, but it takes the minimum of four to multiply. This
a command of the Lord!
X. He is to lay up an inheritance for his children and
grandchildren.
"A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's
children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the
just" (Proverbs 13:22).
"Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I
will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for
the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents
for the children" (II Corinthians 12:14).
* This first of all should be a
spiritual inheritance. Second, it should be financial or
provisional.
XI. He should be alert to seductive women and guard his
eyes.
"For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and
reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from
the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange
woman. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her
take thee with her eyelids. For by means of a whorish woman a man
is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for
the precious life. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his
clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet
not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. Men do not despise
a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; But
if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the
substance of his house. But whoso committeth adultery with a
woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own
soul. A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall
not be wiped away" (Proverbs 6:23-33). (See also
7:6-27).
* Men, be alert! The consequences
for adultery are long lasting.
"I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I
think upon a maid?" (Job 31:1).
"But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to
lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his
heart" (Matthew 5:28).
* When man's wife sees him
looking lustfully at another woman, it destroys her trust in her
husband. Remember that a man is generally first stimulated sexual
by vision. This would also include pornography on the
internet.
XII. He should have a heart toward his children and teach
them.
"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I
come and smite the earth with a curse" (Malachi
4:6).
"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit
of the womb is his reward" (Psalms 127:3).
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but
bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord"
(Ephesians 6:4).
* This means that a father should
see his children as gift from God and devote quality time with
them. He is to keep his promise to his children that they do not
become angry at him.
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou
shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I
command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt
teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them
when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the
way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou
shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as
frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the
posts of thy house, and on thy gates" (Deuteronomy
6:4-9).
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6).
* Although the father may delegate
some of the details to the wife, it is the father's
responsibility to have oversight in training the children
especially in the Word of God.
Even though it is the husbands responsibility for his wife and
family there are accountability's for BOTH husband and wife;
according to God's word. You each must be accountable for the other.
Click here to read
these accountabilities.
 
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God's
Love From Genesis Through The Revelation.
What I am, you
become as you abide in Me. You take of who I am in order to be
like Me. You take from Me in order to fill the earth with My
image. All the characteristics of who I am flow from Me to you.
This isn't an invitation for the perfect. It
is an invitation for whosoever will. Are you a whosoever will? I
say you are. Pull aside a moment. Close your eyes and breathe
deeply. Allow yourself the pleasure of My company and all else
will fade away. I am near. My love is whispering, "Come and
abide." |
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