Husbands, okay, now it's your turn, guys, and my turn.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for
it.
Would you give up your life for your wife?
You know, would you jump in front of a gun and get shot?
I hope so.
Would you give up your buddies, hanging out with your buddies for your wife?
You know, going to the, well, you better not be going to the bar.
If I ever catch anybody over at Boomer's, you're going to be in trouble.
You're going to be having a talk.
So, let's see, husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and gave himself
for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any
such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Verse 28, so ought men to love their wives as their own bodies, he that loveth his wife
loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the
Lord the church.
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother.
Here we go again.
See, the Bible just, you know, it proves itself over and over.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife,
and they too shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery.
It is a great mystery.
It's hard to understand what that means.
But I speak concerning Christ and the church, so Paul's, you know, using this to teach how
we're supposed to be with the church, but it's also, this is a great doctrine for us
husbands and wives.
Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife, even as himself, and the
wife see that she reverenced her husband.
And what does reverence mean?
That you're showing respect.
You respect him.
You treat him with respect.
You know, we're supposed to love the wife, and you're supposed to reverence and obey
your husband.
And it's, look, it's not a choice, okay?
It's not when I feel like it.
It's all the time.