Linked below you can find a recent and well written article from Aaron Blake at the Washington Post concerning a possible controversial viewpoint and statement from New Mexico’s Congressman Steve Pearce concerning Biblical matters of marriage.
As a retired military man, I learned well the necessary lessons of the “Chain Of Command”, (COC), which has many practical logistical and tactical purposes and reasons. Any successful military organization in history has had a strong COC enabling it to operate in a fluent manner in times of peace or times of war. As a part of ‘second nature’, I took that, along with the Bible and applied it to my own household which I consider one of the wisest tactical maneuvers I’ve personally ever made!
While a home and a family are obviously not ‘military’ in nature, many of life’s complexities that you encounter in one, you will also encounter in the other. A good home needs that same kind of structure.
Christians also have a chain of command. We call it: The Bible. The ‘Christian family’ COC is well laid out in Ephesians and in referencing the congressman’s statements, I would take you directly to Ephesians 5:21-32 where the Biblical COC between husband and wife is well laid out. That COC is inclusive of the man, the wife, the church and Christ. The kicker for me lies in 5:31
As the scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”
United into one – powerful! Ephesians discusses much more concerning the family COC concerning children but we’ll drop off there as that is another topic.
The Biblical COC has been set out for us and it is priceless in helping us maintain a happy and prosperous home and family. While many will read their own views into wording such as ‘submissive’ and twist the reading of the Bible to meet their own needs, let me assure you, GOD GOT IT RIGHT!
You can read Aaron Blake’s article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/gop-congressmans-book-the-wife-is-to-voluntarily-submit-to-her-husband/2014/01/22/8be36e7c-8397-11e3-a273-6ffd9cf9f4ba_blog.html?tid=auto_complete
