50 Days of Wisdom

In Ephesians 5:18-21, Paul lists four things that make for sound relationships: being Spirit-filled, being filled with joy, being thankful for everything, and being submissive to one another. However, the fact that God has designed us to be mutually submissive, He has still designed in the family an authority and a submissive role. The man is given the authority in the marriage, and the wife is to follow. The parents are given the authority in the family, and the children are to follow. There is spiritual equality. There may be intellectual equality. There is equality often in wisdom and many other areas. But when it comes to responsibility, it is the man's responsibility to provide, to protect, to shelter, to nourish, and to cherish, and the wife's is to come alongside and enjoy the fullness of that kind of loving leadership. She submits because he submits his authority to her greatest needs. He submits to using his strength and energy to meet her needs, and she willingly submits to that kind of provision. Now, in Genesis chapter 3, after the fall, God cursed man, and this curse clearly affected the institution of marriage. So in a marriage, you often have a woman who desires to rule—typically, fallen women want to take charge—and you have a man who wants to maintain his rightful authority, so he dominates in an insensitive and an overbearing way, and that's why there's marital conflict. It all started in Genesis 3 with the curse, where God said, "From now on, her desire will be to rule over you, and you will subdue her," and therein lies the conflict. The conflict began in Genesis 3, but it really continued to escalate all the way through the book of Genesis. Let me remind you that in chapter 4 and verse 23 of Genesis, you have the first case of polygamy, and God's original intention of one man and one woman for life was violated. Polygamy became a common thing, as we know, throughout Old Testament times, and still today, in many cultures of the world, it is practiced. In chapter 9 and verse 22, you have the first lustful look; pornography, you could say, begins in chapter 9, and it corrupts the purity of single-minded devotion. In chapter 16, verses 1 to 3 in Genesis, you have the first case of adultery. In chapter 19, you have the entrance of homosexuality, with all of its perverseness. In chapter 34, verses 1 and 2, fornication is introduced. Chapter 38 is the first case of incest. Chapter 38, verse 24, introduces the first prostitute, who is the first woman to sell her body. Chapter 39 documents the first recorded incident of seduction. Therefore, before you even get out of Genesis, marriage and the family are under a major satanic assault. And what is the result? The result is a woman who struggles to assert control over her husband and a husband who unkindly dominates his unruly wife. Why? Because both individuals are influenced by a satanic society, possess unredeemed flesh, and are subjected to a myriad of temptations from that society. They are exposed to polygamy, evil thoughts, vile words, adultery, homosexuality, fornication, incest, prostitution, and seduction. And, you could ask the question, "What chance does a marriage have?" Answer: For unbelievers, slim to none. And in our day, this particular, diverse, and specific attack on marriage called "feminism" continues with tremendous destructive force. Therefore, it's one of the ideologies that we have to assault today because it's contrary to the Word of God. We are engaged in that war. That's evangelism. It's part of our evangelistic strategy to assault any ungodly fortresses and to take captive those that are in them, and bring them into the obedience of Christ. And this is a tremendously formidable task. Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-99) – Feminism's Radical Agenda

Today's Wisdom

Day: 944

June 12, 2026

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