What does the Bible teach about the role of men?

[Rescued One]

Is the teaching outdated, or is the New Testament still relavent?

 

[Unqualified]

Men love your wives as Christ loves the church. Men should love their wives more than their own flesh. The spiritual leader in a family.

 

[timothyu]

We were commanded from the beginning to serve Gold and each other. What better place to start than in the home and then go out into the world.

 

[timf]

Men should love their wives and wives should respect their husbands.

Considering how many of Satan's resources are applied to attack and subvert men, we can assume how important it is to resist.

 

[timothyu]

Love how man loves to blame an outside force to avoid taking responsibility for their own selfishness

 

[Rescued One]

Well, for a reason that's unknown to me, there's very little response to my question.

 

[Rescued One]

Men should love their wives and wives should respect their husbands.

Considering how many of Satan's resources are applied to attack and subvert men, we can assume how important it is to resist.

How much respect should she give an unbelieving husband?

 

[timf]

1Co 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

If you are on the mission field in your own home, you have an opportunity to win him to Christ as he can see in you the selfless love of Christ. Sometimes you can use humor to get a message across. For example, if you were to say with a smile and a wink, "If you trusted in Jesus, you could be as happy and contented as I am".This can even be used with irony if you have had a particularly bad day.

Some Christians are even unaware that we are supposed to be transitioning from the selfishness of the flesh to the selflessness of biblical love (1Cor 13:4-7), much less than actually doing so. If we show in our lives no difference between us and the unsaved, no one would see any reason to trust in Jesus.

 

[Rescued One]

1Co 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

If you are on the mission field in your own home, you have an opportunity to win him to Christ as he can see in you the selfless love of Christ. Sometimes you can use humor to get a message across. For example, if you were to say with a smile and a wink, "If you trusted in Jesus, you could be as happy and contented as I am".This can even be used with irony if you have had a particularly bad day.

Some Christians are even unaware that we are supposed to be transitioning from the selfishness of the flesh to the selflessness of biblical love (1Cor 13:4-7), much less than actually doing so. If we show in our lives no difference between us and the unsaved, no one would see any reason to trust in Jesus.

If you knew the unbelievers I've known, and if you believed that God, not missionaries, does the converting, why would you think a human can cause conversion of a sinner?

The apostles didn't have 100% success:

Matt. 10:14
And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

1 Corinthians 3:5-7
5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

Romans 9: 19-23
19You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” 20But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
22What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

I won't mention the evil that some non-believing husbands/fathers commit.

 

[timothyu]

The apostles didn't have 100% success:

Neither has God... yet.

 

[Rescued One]

GOD'S PURPOSES

Job 42:3
Isaiah 14:27
Daniel 4:35

God didn't plan to save everyone.

 

[com7fy8]

How much respect should she give an unbelieving husband?

What she would give to a believing husband . . . so he has a place ready for him.

 

[Rescued One]

What she would give to a believing husband . . . so he has a place ready for him.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. I would not be rude but if my unbelieving husband was abusive fake respect wouldn't honor God.

 

[com7fy8]

if my unbelieving husband was abusive fake respect wouldn't honor God.

So, then, do not give him respect which is fake. But honor him in order to encourage him to do what is good. Be a good example.

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21)

Whatever God knows is "good" is what this means. This means what is possible with God.

 

[Rescued One]

...Some Christians are even unaware that we are supposed to be transitioning from the selfishness of the flesh to the selflessness of biblical love (1Cor 13:4-7), much less than actually doing so. If we show in our lives no difference between us and the unsaved, no one would see any reason to trust in Jesus.

Genuine Christians are being conformed to the image of Christ. Otherwise they are only pretending to be Christians and plenty of people do that. God does the conforming.

 

[Rescued One]

So, then, do not give him respect which is fake. But honor him in order to encourage him to do what is good. Be a good example.

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21)

Whatever God knows is "good" is what this means. This means what is possible with God.

See my recent post.

 

[Rescued One]

So, then, do not give him respect which is fake. But honor him in order to encourage him to do what is good. Be a good example.

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21)

Whatever God knows is "good" is what this means. This means what is possible with God.

Being an example to an evil person doesn't change him.

 

[Rescued One]

So, then, do not give him respect which is fake. But honor him in order to encourage him to do what is good. Be a good example.

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21)

Whatever God knows is "good" is what this means. This means what is possible with God.

Define honor. We don't honor evil.

God HATES the workers of iniquity.

 

[com7fy8]

Being an example to an evil person doesn't change him.

This means what is possible with God.

For example > 1 Peter 1-4. This means how God has this working, using our example. As you say >

God does the conforming.

Define honor. We don't honor evil.

honor him in order to encourage him to do what is good. Be a good example.

Instead of only hating and dissing the person, honor the person by being respectful and kind to the person. Jesus says to treat others the way you want to be treated, right? Be an example of how to treat people. Have hope for the evil person. Having hope for someone is honoring, but not approving.

Could we say Jesus honored us, by suffering and dying for us? But He did not approve of us the way we have been in sin. But, also, it was an honor, to have Jesus come to us.

And Jesus is our example. God does use the example of Jesus. Among other things, how Jesus was loving on the cross is our example which we are expected to follow >

"And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma." (Ephesians 5:2)