Bible Reading – Ephesians 5
Thinking about speaking the truth in love, did the Lord speak the truth in love toward those to whom He spoke? Surely He did. People responded to that; they saw in His message a word of hope, words that transcend anything on this earth produced by man. To the Lord people went. Though Paul speaks of the church in the latter portion of the chapter, he does include the covenant of marriage in making his point. A husband is to love his wife. A good husband will seek that which is good for his wife, and in this context, it is the Lord’s will. It is a crying shame to see women who desire to be loved by their respective husbands long for what they do not get. A man who is a Christian is never to forsake his wife; the Lord did not forsake the church, did He? A wife is to be submissive as the man is to be submissive. As they both adopt the proper attitude there will be unity in their diversity (5:21).
