John Piper: Marriage & The Christian Husband
Hoping to continue to clarify what the BIBLE teaches, what I hope to communicate to a Christian culture so prone to listen to the world’s distortion of marriage…there is hope in Christ. It is not biblical teaching that makes bad husbands and bad marriages; it is sin. There is joy in submission to God’s Word. His Word is never wrong. Hold fast to the One who made you and knows you and is with you. His glory WILL be revealed through your obedience. Piper says it so beautifully..this is a short clip.
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christian living, John Piper, marriage, video | Word Warrior | 
June 11, 2009 5:43 pm
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We have John Piper at our church every year. He is Great!!!!
Lynn
Lynn,
I’m jealous!
love the way the Lord uses john piper. he hits the nail on the head in this area. i do wish people could see more clearly the freedom, submitting to Christ brings. because that is what it really is…submitting to our husbands as to Christ! my husband is far from perfect and we came close to divorce a couple years ago, but when i started seeing and responding to the Christ IN him and not the hardhearted man he was, it changed my life and eventually his. i didn’t change him…Christ in him did. blessings to you all…
btw…we are expecting a daughter in 33 days and her name is Piper after john piper
After reading that posts and comments over the last few days here, it only goes to prove to me that it is all the more important to take the CHOOSING of our spouses so much more seriously than today’s culture does. If the young man or young woman is not seeking to meet God’s will in their lives before marriage – it is extremely unlikely that will change after marriage.
Kim from Canada,
You are so right about choosing your spouse carefully. There is hope for people who are already married to someone who is not seeking God’s will. The growth my husband has experienced over the last 2 years is amazing–no supernatural–and it didn’t have anything to do with me. The growth I experienced over the last 6 years did have a lot to do with me submitting to my husband, as I would submit to Jesus. I remember one day, driving home from the store after a little argument we got in. I was talking to God and I was saying “I know You want me to submit and I don’t want. I’m sorry God, but he is wrong and I’m not going to be the one to give in.” When I got home the scripture “a soft answer turns away wrath” just popped in my head and I did talk sweetly to him. At which point he apologized to me and took full responsibility for the argument. Now, I am not saying we should submit because the outcome will be better for us, but just that many times, because of our obedience to God, the outcome is better.
Even though we do not have a perfect marriage, it is 200% better than it was. There is HOPE that husbands not submitting to Christ’s authority will eventually do so.
Seriously this is so true. And I understand where you are coming from Kelly. You are talking TO **WOMEN** so either we could sit around here and gripe about husbands and be unproductive and breed even more discontentment among women, or we can be proactive and encourage each other to at least TRY OUR BEST (with God’s help) to DO OUR PART.
God rewards the obedient (husbands will be judged according to their obedience to God as well).
If our husbands are in the wrong, they need prayer instead of nagging (which is only counterproductive)…
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to live in a desert land than
with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Proverbs 19:13b
The contentions of a wife are a constant dripping….
I also love this sermon by Mark Driscoll on marriage and women’s roles. Very well put. The following sermon on men and their role is also a must-see.
http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/trial/marriage-and-women