The Role of Man and Woman
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Perhaps more people than ever now misunderstand the relationship of men and women in marriage. Today, R.C. Sproul looks to the Bible to explain the roles that God has ordained for husbands and wives.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | What God says to me as a husband and to you as a husband is you are responsible to love your wives like Jesus loved the church. |
| 0:10.3 | The same Jesus who is responsible to manage the universe promises and keeps the promise to hear every prayer that comes to him from his bride. |
| 0:20.2 | He listens to his bride. He cares about his bride. |
| 0:25.4 | So much does he care about his bride that he lays down his life for his bride. |
| 0:49.5 | When the topic of marriage comes up, one area that can be controversial is the discussion of the biblical roles of men and women, the role of the husband, the role of the wife. |
| 0:53.9 | And that's our subject on this Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:02.0 | Marriage is under attack, and if we're to defend and promote marriage, we need to ensure that our views are biblical. |
| 1:06.7 | That's why we're featuring this series, The Intimate Marriage, this week. |
| 1:12.3 | And we trust that under God's blessing, what you've heard this week will help your marriage to flourish. |
| 1:20.2 | I do encourage you to request the entire series, though, as it will give you access to the study guide so that you can go even deeper. |
| 1:25.1 | You can learn how to request access at renewingermind.org. |
| 1:30.1 | So what are the roles of husband and wife? And why is it controversial? |
| 1:39.8 | Here's Dr. Spurrell. Welcome once more to our study on Christian marriage, and this will be our last session together. And I've saved the controversial material to this time, because what we're going |
| 1:45.9 | to be looking at here is the role of the man and the woman in marriage. I think it's important |
| 1:53.1 | that we give some attention to this question, as it is addressed in the New Testament, because |
| 1:59.2 | of the high degree of controversy that has surrounded this |
| 2:03.0 | issue in recent years. And so I'd like to direct your attention, if I may, to the instruction |
| 2:08.8 | that we receive in the fifth chapter of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. And I'm going to |
| 2:15.5 | begin at verse 21, where we read these words, submitting |
| 2:21.6 | yourselves one to another in the fear of God. That is usually seen as the connecting |
| 2:30.4 | statement between what Paul taught earlier in this epistle and what will follow now |
| 2:36.6 | after it. And some see in this verse a key indicator for how what follows is to be understood. |
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