THE CHRISTIAN HOME: A r e Y o u th e S am e P e r s o n Y o u r P a r t n e r M a r r i e d ? T h e r e are some areas of mar have unhealthy connotations to our modem minds. We need to under stand the background.
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Women had been degraded to the level of mere conveniences for men. Into this social and spiritual night came a bright ray of hope — the Gospel. Women discovered that God’s concept of womanhood was high. She was to be an equal helpmeet. She was taken from near the heart of man. They learned that the Holy Spirit filled the lives of women as readily as He entered the hearts of believing men. Even the Church was likened to a bride ■— a woman. The Lord had special friends who were women. He treated them with genuine respect and tenderness. As this truth dawned in their minds there was an understandable reaction. It almost amounted to a mass female r e b e l l i o n . Christian wives asked the apostles, “May we leave our husbands? If God treats us with respect, must we endure the dis respect of our husbands?” The apostles were quick to encour age them. They said in effect, “No, you must not leave your unsaved hus bands. It isn’t fair to be belittled, but there are more important issues at stake. You want to see your husbands converted. Therefore, be gentle, sub missive and loving. They may not be won to Christ by our preaching, be cause they may never attend our serv ices, but they may be won by your loving Christian manners.” The word “submit” does not negate the rights of women as if the privi leges of marriage were for the man’s enjoyment alone. In that sense, the word does have an unhealthy mean ing. The Christian wife must realize, therefore, that the salvation of her husband is of greater consequence to God than her happiness alone or her freedom to attend Church services and sewing societies to her heart’s content. God is interested in your happiness, but some things are of superior importance. Rev. Paul Bayles is a graduate of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc. in the class of 1947. His ministry of counselling Chris tian couples both before and after marriage has been greatly blessed of the Lord. If you would like to ask questions of Mr. Bayles, you may address him in care of the magazine. He is pastor of the Cen tinela Bible Church of Hawthorne. Mar ried to the former Marian Schmidt, the Bayles have two children.
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first married. No one would want his mate to remain through married life as immature as when first engaged. This growing-up experience is normal and good. There is nearly always a change in marriage from the romantic love aspect to a more practical and mature love state. This is wholesome and im portant. Some couples are unwilling to accept this necessary transition. They may feel that if they had only married someone else, their honey moon would have lasted forever. These persons need to be shown that conjugal love is more useful and con structive than this temporary state of infatuation and that its passing away is normal to any couple in love. New Creations However, the transformation to which I have reference is really a spiritual one. Perhaps neither you nor your spouse were Christians when married. Now you, husband, are a Christian and you are not the same person your wife married. Or you, wife, are now a believer and you are not the same person your husband married. This is literally true. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17. While salvation solved many otherwise impossible problems, it appears to have created new ones. Both you and your mate are bewildered, not knowing what has really happened to your marriage and not knowing what to do. One of you has become a different person, since receiving Christ. For Biblical help to these questions, please turn to I Peter 3:1-11. The Christian Wife The attitude and conduct of the Christian wife is discussed in the first six verses. Her status in the home is considered. She is to be in “subjec tion” to her husband. This word does
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