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Love Your Wife

“March 20 — Evening

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church. {Ephesians 5:25}

What a golden example Christ gives to his disciples! Few masters could venture to say, “If you would practise my teaching, imitate my life”; but since the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of perfect virtue, he can point to himself as the paragon of holiness, as well as the teacher of it. The Christian should take nothing short of Christ for his model. Under no circumstances ought we to be content unless we reflect the grace which was in him. As a husband, the Christian is to look upon the portrait of Christ Jesus, and he is to paint according to that copy. The true Christian is to be such a husband as Christ was to his church. The love of a husband is special. The Lord Jesus cherishes for the church a particular affection, which is set upon her above the rest of mankind: “I pray for them, I do not pray for the world.” The elect church is the favourite of heaven, the treasure of Christ, the crown of his head, the bracelet of his arm, the breastplate of his heart, the very centre and core of his love. A husband should love his wife with a constant love, for thus Jesus loves his church. He does not vary in his affection. He may change in his display of affection, but the affection itself is still the same. A husband should love his wife with an enduring love, for nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” A true husband loves his wife with a hearty love, fervent and intense. It is not mere lip service. Ah! Beloved, what more could Christ have done in proof of his love than he has done? Jesus has a delighted love towards his spouse: he prizes her affection, and delights in her with sweet complacence.

Believer, you marvel at Jesus’ love; you admire it — are you imitating it? In your domestic relationships is the rule and measure of your love — “even as Christ loved the church?”

Excerpt From: Larry Pierce. “Mornings and Evenings With Spurgeon.” Note:

In Ephesians 5:25, Paul uses "wives" instead of "wife" to address husbands, instructing them to love their wives as Christ loved the church, emphasizing a general command to all husbands to love their wives. 

Here's a more detailed explanation:

General Instruction:The verse "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church" (Ephesians 5:25) is a general command to all husbands, not just a specific instruction to one individual. 

Plural Form:By using the plural form "wives," Paul is addressing all husbands and setting a standard for how they should love their wives, mirroring Christ's love for the church. 

Christ's Love as a Model:The verse emphasizes that husbands should love their wives in the same way that Christ loved the church, which is a love characterized by self-sacrifice and devotion. 

Sacrificial Love:Christ's love for the church is a model of selfless love, and husbands are called to emulate this by loving their wives with the same kind of devotion and willingness to give themselves for their wives. 

Context of the Passage:The passage in Ephesians 5:21-33 discusses the relationship between husbands and wives, and the importance of love, respect, and submission within marriage, with the overarching theme of Christ's relationship with the church as a model for marriage. 

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@supernannygirl704things thought it was fitting especially for the 25th anniversary episode ❤️. Although one can argue it could go for Red and Kitty too. I'm sure after all these years Red would look at Kitty that way.

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I still can't believe all the love it's gotten and how wonderful the comments have been. Brings tears to my eyes! Between all three different groups it's prob close to 200 reactions and thats beyond amazing. And the comments have been beautiful people loving it and bringing tears to their eyes just absolutely amazing!

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