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Dear Friend:
How should a Christian woman obey her unconverted
husband?
This question has troubled many women who have
been called to a knowledge or the truth before their husbands
have been called. They are faced with a tremendous problem
which may cause much needless worry and anxiety until the
plain teaching of the Bible concerning this subject is
understood.
In Ephesians
5
:·22-23,
we read: ' 'Wives, submit
yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For
the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the
head of the church . . • . "
Does this apply to you if your husband is uncon-
verted?
Here is the Biblical answer: "Likew.ise., ye wives,
be in subjection to your own husbands ; that, IF ANY OBEY
NOT THE WORD, they also may w1thout the word be won by the
conversation or the wives' ' (I Pet.
3-:TT.-
Ir your husband doesn't understand the truth, you
must not try to convert hi-m
py
constantly repeating your
belief and by 1ns1.sting that he listen to the broadcast or
read the literature. That w.111 only drive h1m further away
from the truth. Rather, you should wait until be questions
you concerning a certain truth. Then you should be prepared
to give a convincing Biblical explanation.
Peter further instructs Christian women: "Whose
adorning let it not be that outward adorning o£ plaiting
the hair, and of wearing or gold, or or putting on or
apparel; But let 1.t be the hidden man of the heart, in that
which is not corruptible·, even the ornament or a meek and
juiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great:Price.
or after this manner·
1n
the ol d time the holy women also,
who trusted in God, adorned 'themselves{ being
in
subjection
unto their own huabands'
1
(I Pet.
3:3-5).
Certainly,
controvers~es
will come up in families
if they disagree on religion. In such a case, the wife must
obey
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rather than her husband. For example, if the husband
wishes his wife to break the Sabbath Day by doing the family