In greater fullness, the Incarnation is not only the coming of a person—Jesus—but also all the blessings with Him that God the Redeemer wants to give us in His agape love.
If the husband will first see Christ’s submission to God the Father, and then pattern his submission to Christ, his marriage would almost overnight be changed.
A past and present generation has found many times that co-habitation has failed in producing what they desired—intimacy. A future generation needs, even wants role models that will show them the value of lasting, relational oneness.
The church needs purer altruistic motivations if she hopes to see the Kingdom of God advanced. Sadly, if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.
Jesus told Peter, “Do you love me? Then feed my sheep.” In our day, part of that “feeding” necessitates cleansing and bandaging the wounds that many of God’s people have received from the butchering and abuse of harassment from within the church.