November 24, 2013 | Colossians 3:18-19: The New Man and Marriage

Sunday we continued to walk through Paul's wonderful letter to the church in Colossae. After exhorting us to put on Christ (3:1-17), Paul turns to address social ramifications of the gospel. If we have been raised with Christ (3:1a), then exercising such a resurrection looks like the following in marriage:

¹⁸ Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. ¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

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August 18, 2013 | Colossians 1:1-8 - Faith, Hope, and Love: The Greatest of These is Hope?
September 1, 2013 | Colossians 1:9-12: The More You Know
September 8, 2013 | Colossians 1:13-23 - Salvation is Creation: A Biblical Theology
September 22, 2013 | Colossians 1:13-29
October 6, 2013 | Colossians 1:13-23 - Tear Down This Wall: Tearing Down the Secular & the Sacred Divide
October 13, 2013 | Colossians 2:1-7 - Walk in the Lord: A Call to Agonize for the Christ’s Bride
October 20, 2013 | Colossians 2:8-15 - Beware of Counterfeits: Why Jesus is Better. Period. - Part 1 
October 27, 2013 | Colossians 2:16-23 - Beware of Counterfeits: Why Jesus is Better. Period. - Part 2
November 3, 2013 | Colossians 3:1a - “Raised with Christ”: Why the Resurrection of Jesus is More than HisStory
November 10, 2013 | Colossians 3:1-4 - Putting on Christ or You Ain’t From Around Here Are You?
November 17 | Colossians 3:5-17


For more:
"Take My Life and Let It Be"
All You Need is Christ: MacArthur on the Sufficiency of Jesus
Ravi Zacharias' 12 Arguments For the Historicity of the Resurrection  
Jim Monroe: I Am Second
Strengthen Your Hearts: Fun With Mark Lowry
The Secular vs the Sacred: Brand on the Influence of Luther
The Secular vs. the Sacred: Wax on the Lordship of Christ
Martin Luther on the Secular/Sacred Dichotomy 
Nancy Pearcey on the Secular/Sacred Dichotomy
Is Colossians 1:15-20 a Hymn?
"That's My King"
Faith, Hope, and Love: An Early Christian Confession 
MacArthur on a Faith that Saves  

Husbands, Sanctify

From Tim Savage's book No Ordinary Marriage: Together For God's Glory:

With the biblical injunction of love comes an extraordinary promise. If a husband loves his wife as Christ loves the church, he will – imagine this! – maker her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and present her to himself in all her radiance, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless (Eph. 5:26-27).

Biblical love transforms a wife. It is the most powerful shaping agent in the world. Love elevates a wife above everything common and defiled, cleanses her from the sullying influences of her past, and transforms her into a radiant person. It bathes her in the glory of God and removes – from the eyes of her husband and, consequently, from her own eyes too – any taint or blemish. What an exquisite creature is the woman loved by her husband! Men take note. The wife of your dreams – ind a wife exceeding your dreams – awaits the demonstration in and through you of Christlike love.
 
Too many husbands adopt a different patter. They nurture a vision of the ideal woman and then point out to their wives areas where they fall short. They chip away at their wives, often issuing toxic barbs: ‘Why aren’t you more disciplined?’ why are you putting on weight?’ “Why don’t you pay more attention to my interests?’ ‘Why are you always late?’ ‘Why is the house a mess?’ ‘Why are the children misbehaving?’ (86)

Husbands, Love Your Wives: 8 Ways To Do So

We find ourselves between two important national holidays: Mother's Day and Father's Day. As such it is right that we regularly take time to focus on marriage, family, and parenting. In a recent article at the Ligonier Ministries website, William Boekestein offers 8 admonitions for how husbands ought to love their wife. I think the following is helpful. Here is the basic outline:

1. Love Her Heart - Emotional Love
2. Love Her Mind - Intellectual Love
3. Love Her Body - Physical Love
4. Love Her Soul - Spiritual Love
5. Love Her Relationships - Relational Love
6. Love Her Humanity - Realistic Love
7. Love Her Calling - Supportive Love
8. Love Her Maker - Theological Love

For more, read the article here.


For more:
June 17, 2012 | A Help-Mate For Him: Eve and Biblical Femininity - Father's Day 2012
May 13, 2012 | Men Are Priests: Why Christ is a Better Man Than Adam - Mother's Day 2012
May 8, 2011 - Proverbs 31: The Virtuous Womans - Mother's Day 2011 
May 9, 2010 - Manly God for Godly Men:  A Word to Men on Mother's Day
The Maternal Nature of God: Jim Wallis and the Emergent Worldview
God is Not a Dude:  Rob Bell and the "She" Video