Decoding the Misconceptions of Female Submission in Marriage
The distorted biblical doctrine of female submission in marriage has sparked controversy and ignited discussions on its implications. While some view it as outdated and oppressive, others argue for a proper understanding rooted in biblical context. Exploring the nuances of submission, this content delves into various interpretations, shedding light on the complex relationship between submission, authority, and honoring God.
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The distorted biblical doctrine of female submission in marriage won't always lead to domestic abuse, but it does provide the breeding ground. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-09/harris-submission-to-your-husband-is- a-dangerous-doctrine/6290304 As a woman, I think I can speak freely, and as an expert, on what the majority of American women feel about the subject of submission. We don't like it. http://blogs.christianpost.com/psalms/why-women-hate-the-word-submit-13964/ When I hear wives, submit to your own husbands, something happens in my mind or heart that I don t really like. I feel this immediate little bit of shame or rebellion or something. Submission feels old-fashioned. It feels like the kind of thing I may want to explain away. https://www.challies.com/articles/why-we-cringe-at-submit/
Note: It is not only women who struggle with this command. It is not within human nature to want to submit to anything. Is it possible that the most important reason why so many Christians struggle with submission is because we have not properly and biblically defined what submission is? In my opinion, even when properly understood, many believers will still either struggle with submission, or outright reject it as a personal mandate.
Hebrew Old Testament: Anah: To humiliate. To oppress, To be wretched, emaciated, to cringe, to be crouched, hunched up. To bend, submit, to do violence to. Cahas: To disavow, keep secret, feign or fawn. Natanayad: To set in place, to surrender, To lay down. Greek New Testement: Anatithami: To lay out Dogmatidzo: Obligate, submit Hupeiko: Submit Hupotasso: To subject, subordinate
Richard Foster. Celebrations of Discipline. Rev ed. (Harper San Francisco, 1988) 110.
Submission lies at the very heart of the Trinity. The Son and the Holy Spirit submit to the Father. One way we submit to the Father is by submitting to the Son and the Holy Spirit. Therefore, submission does not imply subordination. To submit to a person or organization does not imply you are less significant. The primary reason we submit to authority is because it is God honoring. All authority comes from God, but not all in authority is godly. As long as authority does not compel you to dishonor God, you are to submit. If authority compels you to disobey God, then you submit to the higher authority.
Peter once called the church to a radical submission to a tyrannical government. Be subject for the Lord s sake to every human institution, whether it be the emperor as supreme, or to governors I Peter 2:13-14 However, Peter himself refused to submit to the much lower government of the Sanhedrin. Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard. Acts 4:19-20
Richard Foster. Celebrations of Discipline. Rev ed. (Harper San Francisco, 1988) 112.
Richard Foster. Celebrations of Discipline. Rev ed. (Harper San Francisco, 1988) 112.
We submit to the Triune God Luke 9:23 We submit to the Scriptures John 14:15, 21, 23-24, 31 We submit to family Ephesians 5:21-33 We submit to our neighbors and those we interact with Philippians 2:1-5 We submit to the body of Christ Acts 4:32-37, Acts 20:28-30, I Peter 5:5-7 Richard Foster. Celebrations of Discipline. Rev ed. (Harper San Francisco, 1988) 122-23.
