Re:Verse passage – Romans 8:15-17, Ephesians 5:22-32 (day three)
“This mystery is great…”
The marriage bond will defy all attempts at formulaic tidiness. You who are married might have begun to suspect as much. With all the heated debate about complementarian this and egalitarian that (what?), and the meaning of “head” and the parsing of “be subject to,” it’s easy to lose the voice of the Spirit inviting you to sit in the paradox and be formed by it. God’s word predates our ways of seeing the world. Paul calls it a mystery. Submission leads to authority, leadership results in submission. Will a wife submit to her husband? Then let her husband lift her to places of authority just as Christ commissioned Mary to evangelize about the risen Lord. Will a husband lead his wife? Then let him from her learn how to submit as Christ submitted to the cross.
You had me so confused with the “day two”. I thought that you hadn’t updated the post. Then after I read it, I realized it was the new post which was very thought provoking, dispute the vocabulary lession. Thank you for always being ” you”!
Martha Nelson
Simply fabulous insight, Bryan! And so needed today. Thanks