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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

The Biblical Role of a Husband (Pt.1)


(Part 1)

“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”-Genesis 1:26-27

God has much to say about the role men are to play in a marriage relationship and most of what you read, over the next couple of weeks, is going to go against what is culturally accepted. The mere fact that I would even mention that there are gender roles in a marriage relationship will cause many to consider God’s position on marriage archaic and obsolete. However, God’s word is unchanging and His instruction for husbands remains the same as it did thousands of years ago. So let’s look at what it takes to be a Biblical husband. 

Becoming a great husband begins, not on our wedding day, but rather before marriage. God began the work of grooming Adam in anticipation of bringing him a suitable helpmate. So before there was Adam and Eve; there was just Adam. Genesis Ch. 1 tells us that Adam was created in God’s image and likeness; meaning that He was a child of God before He became a husband. King David recognized this when he penned Psalm 139:13-14:

“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

Before Adam could have a relationship with Eve, he first had to know how to have a relationship with His Creator. I cannot emphasize enough that a man’s relationship with God is the most important relationship he will ever establish. It is this relationship that gives a man his identity; which is foundational to every relationship he will foster throughout his lifetime.  

It was shortly after this that God gave Adam something else:

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.”-Genesis 2:15

After God established Adam’s identity, he gave Adam a job! He gave Adam the ability, strength, and direction to provide for himself. Here is a bit of advice to you unmarried men; you don’t need a wife until you have a job. You cannot provide for a family until you’ve proven you can take care of yourself. 

Another interesting thing that God gave Adam was a free will:

“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”-Genesis 2:16-17

God gave Adam the freedom to choose right from wrong; to follow His commands or to disobey. Essentially, God was preparing Adam to lead a family. It was only after all these things that God entrusted Adam with a helpmate. 

Pastor Scott Burr
Dayspring Community Church

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