The Council Speaks

Q: What does Creator God say about the way I should treat my spouse?

A: The wording of the question could tell us a lot. If a person refers to God as Creator only, without realizing that it was the Son of God who was the Creator: "All things were made by him and without Him was not anything made that was made" (John 1:3).

"He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not" (v. 10).

"Matthew 1:2 tells us, "You shall call his name Jesus [Savor]." This question calls for an answer form one who is in authority. John 5:26–27 says, "The Father has . . . given Hm [Jesus], authority to execute judgment." Mark 122, "He taught them as one who had authority." See also 1 Peter 3:22, Matthew 21:23–24.

It is good to look into the scriptures yourself and read over what Jesus has sad about husbands and wives.

The Bible tells us that all scripture is given by inspiration, not just those that are written in red in some Bibles, from the gospels. Ephesians 4:24, "Therefore as the church is subject until Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything."

We find in 1 Corinthians 11:3, "I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head o Christ is God."

This is sometimes referred to as the chain of command. All scripture is given by inspiration, not just the gospel. Ephesians 5:24 says, "Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing."

The man has been given the responsibility of being the spiritual head of the home. The husband is to love his wife in the same way as Christ loves the Church-the Christians. Ephesians 5:25 says, "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it." As Christ forgives and gently admonishes them, so should the husband treat his wife. Verse 28 says, "He that loves his wife loves himself."

I believe that God ordained marriage. You can read more on this subject from the Bible itself. I also believe that shacking up is not right.

Even for sincere believers, there are sometimes difficulties in marriage. Effort should be made by both husband and wife to make a marriage work. We don't need only prayer but prayer together. First Peter 3:7 says, "Likewise you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered."

-Bill Jackson is a Cree from Northern Alberta