Inescapable Headship
Posted by lawsaw on June 24, 2009
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Eph 5:23-24
I now come to a topic that may ruffle a few feministic feathers and may seem to be pandering to MCPism (Male Chauvinistic Pig).
But our doctrine should not originate from man but from God’s words.
And what does it say?
Our text above says that man is the head in the marriage. Note that it does not say that man ought to be the head. In other words, every man is the head of his wife (as Christ is the head of the church) regardless he is behaving like one. Obedience or disobedience on the part of the husband does not make him a head or not a head. He is one regardless- he is either an obedient head or a disobedient head. He can be an obedient head who tells the truth about Chirst in His sacrificial love or he can be a head that lies about Him through selfishness but silence is not an option.
And since he is the head of his wife the same way Christ is the head of the Church, we can learn about our marriage by looking to the marriage between Christ and the Church.
