Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Eph. 5:25 – 28) In this passage, Paul was saying, ―Jesus is a good Hu s band. A man ought to love his wife like Jesus loved the church. He gave Himself for her and cleansed her by the washing of water through the Word. Why? In order “to present her to himsel f” (v. 27). If a man is to do this for his wife, he needs to be filled with the Word, just as Christ is filled with the Word. He needs to wash his wife with the Word, just as Christ washes He said to the woman at the well, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water” (John 4:10). A male who wants to be a real man — the man God created him to be — has to be full of the Word of God. There‘s only one way to get clean water: go to the Well. You can‘t wash with the muddy water of the world. When you fill your mind and heart only with things such as television or sport ing events, that‘s mud. If you want water that the Manufacturer intended you to have, you need to stay con nected to the well of God, which is filled with the Word. Je sus is the Word. Some men are washing their wives in mud. What does it mean to wash somebody with the Word? Jesus is our Exam ple: every time you have a negative experience, He comes in immediately with a positive one and washes it off. Whenever the disciples were afraid, He said, “Be of good cheer.” (See, for example, Matthew 14:27 KJV .) Every time they became A man needs to wash his wife with the Word. His bride with the Word. Now, you can‘t wash if you don‘t have any water. Jesus emphasized the importance of the Word in our lives. He said to His disciples in John 15:3, “You are already clean b e cause of the word I have spoken to you.”

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