The Christian Family (Part 5 of 8)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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In a self-centered, self-promoting world, how is it possible for a husband to love his wife in a way that glorifies God? Study along with Truth For Life as Alistair Begg points us to the perfect role model for godly love and leadership.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | . In a self-centered self-promoting world, how is it possible for a husband to love his wife in a way that glorifies God? |
| 0:35.2 | Alistair Begg points us to the perfect role model today on Truth for Life as he |
| 0:40.5 | continues his series titled The Christian Family. |
| 0:43.7 | We're studying Colossians chapter 3, focusing on verse 19. |
| 0:53.8 | The Lordship of Jesus Christ is then to be on display, not simply in the church as it gathers, |
| 1:01.5 | but is to be on display in the home life of the members of the church. That's the hard part. |
| 1:14.4 | You can get away with a lot here on a Sunday, or whenever day you want to be together, and quite frankly, so can I. But I have to go home. |
| 1:22.8 | I said to somebody tonight, I don't know whether it would be better to have no wife |
| 1:26.5 | than to have a wife |
| 1:28.8 | and to have to preach on the role of a husband. You don't think I get up here like, |
| 1:35.2 | I get a free pass. No, I go home, and I came from a home. And so do you. Because at home, for better or for worse, one is oneself. Yeah. We have to take seriously what the Bible is conveying. |
| 1:56.5 | Earlier, we noted that for the wife to submit to our husband in this way is somewhat |
| 2:02.6 | necessarily conditioned, if you like, and conditioned significantly by the demand which then |
| 2:08.9 | follows here in verse 19. So, wives, you submit to your husbands, as it's fitting in the |
| 2:14.9 | Lord, and husbands, you love your wives, and don't be harsh with them. This is the two pieces, if you like, of the puzzle. That's why we read |
| 2:21.8 | 1st Peter 3, that's why we read Ephesians Chapter 5. So you have submission and you have love. |
| 2:30.1 | Now, we might ponder why it is that these things are set in juxtaposition to one another in this way. |
| 2:36.0 | I think it may be because, if we are honest, we understand the particular susceptibility of each member in marriage, |
| 2:50.0 | namely, the susceptibility of the wife to chafe and push back under the leadership of her husband, |
| 2:58.6 | and the susceptibility of the husband to seek to abuse his leadership role in giving direction to the family and seeking to love his wife. |
| 3:11.7 | Now, again, I'm going to keep saying this because it is so vitally important that these admonitions |
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