Man in the Mirror
Bible Study

Series: Family and The Man in the Mirror

The Crucified Husband

Genesis 2:18, Ephesians 5:25 - 30

Questions

 

1. G. K. Chesterson wrote, "Keeping to one woman is a small price for so much as seeing one woman." A woman is a glorious creature. Answer one of the following…

  • What is one thing that has always amazed you about women?
  • What is one thing about women that is glorious?

2. Read Genesis 2:18. What two reasons are given for having a wife? What are some other reasons that having a wife is a good thing?

3. Read Ephesians 5:25. Who is the church? How did Christ love the church? How did Christ give himself up for the church?

4. The Bible's ethos for marriage is one man and one woman, mutually submitted, mutually obligated, with the husband as the head. This "headship" is to be understood more as a position of obligation than privilege, though both. C. S. Lewis, commenting on Ephesians 5:25, said, "This headship is most fully embodied…in him whose marriage is most like a crucifixion." If married, what would be one practical way you could "give yourself up" for ____________?