WHAT EVERY HUSBAND SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP

WHAT EVERY HUSBAND SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP
Anyone who closely observes the marriage scene today knows that many marriages are in trouble.  This is true not only of marriage between non-Christians, but between Christians as well. Divorce takes place all too often even among Christians.  This indicates that there is still a lot of teaching that needs to be done concerning what God's word teaches about marriage.

There are many contributing factors to this problem. It would be impossible to look at all of them, but one of the principle causes is that when couples start having problems in their marriages, the only way they see to get away from those problems is divorce. They turn to this as a solution with little or no attempt to examine any possible alternatives.  But the Bible teaches that divorce is a last resort and something that must only take place under the circumstances set forth in passages like.

I would like to point out in this study that an alternative to divorce does exist, and it will be our purpose to examine together this alternative to divorce from the Scriptures. Simply stated, the alternative is to learn what makes a marriage work and apply that to our marriages.

Marriage involves both a husband and a wife, and each of these partners must play his/her part in making that marriage work.  Of course there is a third party that is a part of every legitimate marriage, and that is God.  God has done His part in making our marriages work by giving us instructions concerning marriage in the Bible.  The Bible, in its great wisdom and practicality, deals with this subject honestly and plainly. It's the most helpful book on family problems ever printed, and we must turn to it and learn to accept what it says.

Let us begin our study by looking at Peter's inspired summary of a husband's duties in marriage, found in First Peter three, verse seven:

"Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered."

 
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