Man in the
Mirror
Bible Study
The Crucified
Husband
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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
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 ____________?
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