Getting Started
Welcome to our class.
The To Love Their Husbands material is designed to emphasize what God says to women about marriage.
What the class is about
The class will cover various commands of scripture regarding what it means to be an "excellent wife." Like everything scripture gives us, the call to excellence as wives is a serious call and not something to be taken lightly. Each woman has to decide whether to answer that call and, if so, how to answer.
Put differently, the goal of the class is to change your mind (perhaps) about what it means to be a wife.
What the class is not about
The class is not about what a husband ought to do or be. Each of you either has a husband (who is what he is) or you may one day have a husband, but the command to you is always the same -- be an excellent wife. Whether he is what he ought to be is not the question. The question is who you are.
Now, there are, of course, special situations that arise and about which women will want to ask questions. Generally, such situations tend to be rare and are "thought about" more than they are experienced. Occasionally, we will address them, but the general rule is that the husband is not here and cannot be taught here.
Why this is worth doing
Because what scripture says is always important to us. There is nothing scripture tells us that we do not need to know, nothing that is "of no importance." It is God's word to us. He tells us about salvation and about sanctification, about Christ and about wisdom, and he tells us about marriage. As Christians, we listen to what he says about salvation and sanctification and Christ and wisdom. We should also listen to what he says about marriage.
Secondly, God specifically tells us that "loving their husbands" is to be taught in our churches. In Titus 2, Paul urges that "older women" be told that they are to teach "younger women" to love their husbands. The heart of this command is that God has already, in His word, given us multiple examples of what it means to love your husband, and that people can be taught.
Finally, because it needs to be done. There is an immense unhappiness in Christian circles, as Christians struggle with how to balance the demands of the world (time, focus, individual rights, freedoms) with the demands of the Christian life (peace, obedience, loving others). There are many, many people teaching what they think the world ought to mean by marriage and by the duties of marriage.
And there is the Word of God sitting, all too often, unused. Why? Because it is hard, because it is demanding, and because it really matters.
Ultimately, only you can decide what you believe and what you will do, everyday, in your life. Let us, at least, make known the things God says to us about marriage, so that you can know them before you decide.
The To Love Their Husbands material is designed to emphasize what God says to women about marriage.
What the class is about
The class will cover various commands of scripture regarding what it means to be an "excellent wife." Like everything scripture gives us, the call to excellence as wives is a serious call and not something to be taken lightly. Each woman has to decide whether to answer that call and, if so, how to answer.
Put differently, the goal of the class is to change your mind (perhaps) about what it means to be a wife.
What the class is not about
The class is not about what a husband ought to do or be. Each of you either has a husband (who is what he is) or you may one day have a husband, but the command to you is always the same -- be an excellent wife. Whether he is what he ought to be is not the question. The question is who you are.
Why this is worth doing
Because what scripture says is always important to us. There is nothing scripture tells us that we do not need to know, nothing that is "of no importance." It is God's word to us. He tells us about salvation and about sanctification, about Christ and about wisdom, and he tells us about marriage. As Christians, we listen to what he says about salvation and sanctification and Christ and wisdom. We should also listen to what he says about marriage.
Secondly, God specifically tells us that "loving their husbands" is to be taught in our churches. In Titus 2, Paul urges that "older women" be told that they are to teach "younger women" to love their husbands. The heart of this command is that God has already, in His word, given us multiple examples of what it means to love your husband, and that people can be taught.