Throughout the book of John, Jesus stressed that he was on the earth to do his father's will.

Why did Jesus submit to the Father when he was talented, wise, and capable of making his own decisions?

The idea of headship and submission never began.

It has existed eternally in the relationship between the Father and the Son in the Trinity.

It exists in the eternal nature of God himself.

It's Thursday, May 19th. This is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Le DeMoss.

Do you remember that passage in the book of Hebrews where the writer says that we need to learn

not only to handle the milk of the word, but we also need to grow up and become spiritually

mature enough to handle the meat of the word?

That meat refers to some of those harder doctrines, those more complex, challenging doctrinal

parts of God's word.

And on today's broadcast, we're going to be handling some of the meat of the word.

In fact, if I could change the metaphor, I want to encourage you to put on your seatbelt

because we're in for a ride here.

And I'll be the first to admit that what we're talking about today is not something

that's necessarily easy to understand, but I think it's very important. We've been

listening to Dr. Wayne Grudham, who's a professor at Phoenix Seminary in Scottsdale, Arizona,

as he gave a message to a conference about a year and a half ago called men and women

similarities and differences. And he's helping us understand that not only are men and women

equal in value and dignity

in God's sight, but that biblically they also have different roles in marriage and in the church.

As we pick up with today's segment of Dr. Grudham's message, he's going to help us understand that

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