A Common Excuse

People love to twist scripture and make it into something it isn't if it condones their bad behavior. One of the common excuses I hear is “I'm a Christian, although I don't go to church, I don't say prayer and I don't read the bible, and the only reason I don't is because my husband is against it and I heard the bible says do what ever your husband says.” All I can do is shake my head. This is such a pitiful excuse. Here is the scripture that is taken out of context:
Ephesians 5:22-29- “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church.”
*This illustrates a healthy Christian working order for the home. This is how Christian homes should be run, therefore if you are both true Christians then in all matters of the home this should be followed.
HOWEVER, for the NON-Christian homes there are scriptures explaining how to conduct your homes:
1 Corinthians 7:13 -And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart … 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

So, let's get into the meaning without projecting again what we would like it to read.
Vs 13 sets a clear set of circumstance- if a wife believes then obviously she will pray, will attend church, will read the bible because she would love God above all else. That is a true Christian. And, if the husband does not leave her for this and is willing to stay then she should not seek a divorce simply because he doesn't believe. If he is willing to stay then there is hope.
Vs 15 is also very clear- If the unbelieving spouse despises or will not tolerate the Christian lifestyle in their home let them leave. That is their choice. Nowhere does it say put God on the back burner, be ashamed to pray or worship God for fear of what your spouse might think or say or to submit to unbelievers instead of God. In fact, scripture is repeatedly against that very notion.

A Common Excuse

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