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  STUDY ARTICLE 6

  “The Head of a Woman Is the Man”

1. When considering a marriage mate, what are some questions a single sister should ask?

For example, knowing that this brother will be a good head of the family is serving Jehovah the most important thing in his life.

And if not, it makes me think that he will make a good head spiritually after we get married.

You can also ask yourself, ask yourself about her as what qualities can I bring to the marriage I am patient and generous. 

2. What will we consider in this article?

In this article we will see the answer to three important questions within marriage: What are some problems that wives may have to face? Why do wives choose to accept the authority of their husband? And what can we husbands and wives learn from the examples of Jesus, Abigail and Mary -the mother of Jesus- ?.

WHAT CHALLENGES DO CHRISTIAN WIVES FACE?

Well, it is clear that there is no perfect marriage because there is no perfect person and then as first Corinthians 7:28 says, there would be difficulties in life within marriage.

And today marriage as an institution is discredited, there are those who say that marriage is the enemy of love that kills the illusion that kills passion, but in reality it is not like that, it is a perfect gift from Jehovah, only that the contracting parties are imperfect and that is the root of the difficulties. 

4. Why might a wife feel that it is demeaning to be in subjection to her husband?

Well, it can be difficult because due to upbringing, a woman has been raised in an environment in which all women have to be equal to men in everything, so it can be difficult for them to have a balanced point of view on the principle of authority.

We can say that at least in our country we have gone from a few years to have a macho culture that now because women want to vindicate themselves and want to demand the same rights that men have in everything, not and that could be confusing in relation to the principle of authority .

If the fact that the principle of authority that Jehovah has established does not see the world in the same way makes it difficult either for the environment or for the upbringing as we have seen, but nevertheless as Marisol mentioned in what focuses on that humble but respectable role given to the Jehovah woman. 

5. What unscriptural attitudes do some have about the role of women?

Well, in many places it is thought that they are second category or inferior, we see for example what Sister Ivonne mentions where she lives it is thought that the girls are the ones who have to cook and clean, even the mother and her sister serve the children as if they were the kings of the house and it is a very different idea from what Jehovah thinks.

And another sister from Asia comments that also in her area it is thought that women do not need to be intelligent or have any skills and they are not even allowed to give an opinion to their husband but I really like what she mentions at the end of the paragraph that they Husband who gets carried away by these ideas because they go against the Bible and complicate his wife’s life do not invite Jesus and supposedly displease Jehovah.

And that is really important because Jehovah dislikes it so much that as we see in First Peter 3: 7 even the prayers of these husbands if they allow themselves to be carried away by these attitudes says that they can be hindered. 

6. What do wives need to do in order to strengthen their personal relationship with Jehovah?

Well, wives cannot limit ourselves to the responsibility that Jehovah gives to husbands to take care of the family in a spiritual sense to cultivate our relationship with Jehovah, we also have to set aside time in a personal way for each day as we continue to cultivate this relationship by reading daily meditate on the Bible and make our personal prayers to Jehovah.

In an orchestra everyone follows the conductor but each individual musician has to practice and dedicate time to his instrument, similarly wives have to study the scriptures individually to play well the role that Jehovah has given us.

Although the wife loves her husband very much, the most important person for her is still Jehovah, so she has to dedicate enough time to take care of this valuable friendship.

And there is something that a husband cannot do, which is cultivating a friendship with Jehovah for his wife is a personal task that concerns only each one individually.

And we have to take that into account because if we are the wives or daughters of Christian parents, the men often pray for us and direct the family study for us, but as has been commented on, our relationship or our friendship with Jehovah has to be cultivated by ourselves. personally. 

Acts 17:27 | He mentions that Jehovah is not far from each one of us, so if he is not far from us personally we do not want to be away from Jehovah personally we have to strengthen that relationship with him. 

7. What will make it easier for a wife to fulfill her assignment?

Understand and accept the biblical reasons for accepting the authority of the husband.

Well, it can also be the upbringing or the culture in the place where we live that perhaps it can both focus on the fact that women and men are the same or on the opposite side that some places are also despised.

Why do you decide to accept the authority of your husband?

8. As indicated at Ephesians 5:22-24, why does a Christian wife choose to be in subjection to her husband?

Because because he obeys Jehovah by doing this, he also trusts Jehovah and knows that everything Jehovah asks of us is out of love.

Yes, indeed, it is Jehovah who, as we saw in the preview, established that the wife obey and respect her husband, an attitude that does not fit in a feminist society like the one we live in in many places and yet it reminds us of what Deuteronomy 6 says: 24 Jehovah commanded us to obey all these standards for our eternal good so that the principle of authority in the family is one of those standards for the eternal good of those who follow him.

In first John 5: 3, we see that our obeying Jehovah’s commandments is a sign that we love Jehovah, so if we obey this command of authority it can be a sign of our love for Jehovah. 

9. What happens when a Christian sister respects her husband’s authority?

As we see the results in Psalm 119: 165 we see an abundance of peace in his house.

The paragraph shows us what the world says, the world tells women to ignore Jehovah’s standards and that submitting to the authority of her husband is humiliating, but what is the result of happy family lives? Otherwise, they are divided broken families where the children have to be left without one of their parents, but when the wife respects the principle of authority as has been said, the opposite of peace is enjoyed in all the members of the family. 

10. What lessons can we learn from the comments made by Carol?

This sister mentions that she knows that her husband will make mistakes but also the way she reacted will show how much she values ​​her friendship with Jehovah and also the peace she will have within her marriage and family.

And we see in this example how important it is as the study has commented that the wife takes care of her friendship with Jehovah, so she will have a spiritual approach to matters and it will be much easier for her and she will enjoy obeying Jehovah.

Yes, as mentioned at the end of the paragraph, there you can see the motivation for doing this, which is to do what Jehovah likes. 

11. What helps a sister named Aneese to be forgiving, and what can we learn from her comments?

As she says, she is aware that all human beings make mistakes, so she strives to imitate Jehovah by forgiving generously. 

That when we know how to forgive it is easier, it is easier for us to respect the authority of our husband.

What do we learn from the examples of Jesus, Abigail, and Mary?

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM EXAMPLES RECORDED IN THE BIBLE?

Examples of people who submitted to authority although at the same time they had their own personality and we are going to consider some of them such as Jesús Abigail and María.

13. Why is Jesus in subjection to Jehovah? Explain.

Because according to John 14:31 I love the father I do exactly what the father has commanded me despite having so many abilities Jesus still seeks the guidance of Jehovah and he does it because he loves his father.

It is obvious that it was not due to lack of intelligence because as we read in John 7:45 and 46 after a speech by Jesus they said no man has ever spoken like that, so the best teacher of all time, so it is not at all due to lack of your intelligence.

If it is true that Jesus, having all these characteristics and capacities, one can think that he is self-sufficient but he is not and does not want to be independent from Jehovah, he wants to take it into account, he seeks his guidance and he likes to have that special relationship with him.

And we also understand how the principle of authority does not affect the respect and admiration between two people if it does not encourage it, we see it because of the friendship he has for Jehovah and Jesus, in Proverbs 8:30 it is read that for Jehovah Jesus was his greatest joy and Jesus always felt happy in front of him, so the two fully trusted each other.

And that he submits to the authority of Jehovah does not mean that he is weak as we see in proverbs 8:30, he was the master worker, that is, I collaborate with Jehovah to be able to create the universe and without a doubt that this requires a lot of power. 

14. What can husbands learn from (a) the way Jehovah views women? (b) the thoughts recorded in Proverbs 31?

Because Jehovah does not abuse his power or authority, on the contrary, we have seen how he gave his son Jesus Christ authority over heaven and earth, so we husbands can imitate Jehovah’s example by not abusing our authority, far from it. but also to give our wife some authority because she praises her and is a show of respect for her.

Yes, Jehovah does not think at any time that women are inferior as Galatians 3: 26-29 says Jehovah made it clear here that there is no man or woman because all of you are one in union with Christ Jesus, it makes us understand how both women men as they would rule with Jesus.

Jehovah did not create women like water that does not have its own shape but rather takes the shape of the container in which it is poured.Our wife has a well-defined personality has opinions and ideas of her own that are often brighter than ours and just like Jehovah enjoyed working with Jesus who was such a clever and skillful being. We too can enjoy having a competent wife by our side but who submits to the authority of the husband. 

14. What can husbands learn from (a) the way Jehovah views women? (b) the thoughts recorded in Proverbs 31?

The proverb says that her husband trusts her with all his heart and it is clear to me with everything she does, it strikes me that she buys and sells land, something that requires a lot of skill, when a Christian husband delegates to his wife without a doubt it is a pleasure to be under your authority.

If the truth is that the words of proverb 31 are precious, this woman is described so skillful, foresighted, hardworking, she also says that she has the law of goodness in her mouth and speaks with wisdom, so it is a pleasure for the family to have such a woman characteristics why many in the environment benefit but especially the husband and children, so when the husband sees this and respects and values ​​it then it generates a very solid union that makes it a pleasure for the woman to collaborate and work under authority of the husband.

If here we see that the principle of authority is not related to being inferior or superior, the principle of authority helps people to make people happy in the role they receive. 

15. What can wives learn from Jesus’ example?

These passages that are mentioned here first of Corinthians 15:28 and Philippians 2: 5 and 6 are precious because they mention what is the point of view that Jesus has of himself with respect to his father Jehovah, he has remained in his place and at the end of the millennium because he will return the kingdom to his father and will be Jehovah for all, therefore Jesus submits himself very willingly to the authority of his father, so the wives learn exactly the same, to do what they also They have been asked not to discount them and what they show that they love and respect Jehovah as well.

The wife also has initiative responsibilities but always does so under the authority of her husband. 

ILLUSTRATION

As we can see Jesus happy to be able to hand over the kingdom to his father, he does not think that he is taking away his authority or that he is lowering him, he feels happy because he loves him and can submit to his authority. 

16. According to 1 Samuel 25:3, 23-28, what challenges did Abigail face? (See cover picture.)

Well, how did you read it? She was married to a man who was selfish and had made a decision that could have caused a great tragedy but we see that she did not look for an easy solution because to let the events happen and get rid of this marriage, she tried to solve She was brave and also humble because she stood in front of 400 armed men and also took the blame for something her husband had done.

And the image also allows us to visualize the very difficult situation that she had to face, there we see her surrounded by an army with their weapons perhaps pointing to them how the image looks without a doubt that it had to manifest great courage.

ILLUSTRATION

If those 400 men were not only armed, they were hungry and this is a dangerous combination of a man with a gun and hungry at the same time, but the humble and sensible words of this woman prevented David who was hurt in his pride from making a terrible mistake. 

One detail that strikes me about Jehovah’s point of view on women is what is mentioned at the end of the paragraph says that David realized that Jehovah had used Abigail, so evidently she was a woman who was worth much the Too bad Jehovah used it and David also realized it. 

17. What can husbands learn from the account of David and Abigail?

We have seen that David quickly understood that Abigail’s advice came from Jehovah so we husbands learn that sometimes when we have to make important decisions Jehovah can also use our wife to help us make a correct decision in harmony with his will.

18. What can wives learn from Abigail’s example?

Having a husband who is not a witness is not a reason to escape from her marriage, as Abigail did, she saved her life and did not think that letting David kill her husband to escape their marriage because the sisters today are also obedient and with respect they stay with their husbands hoping that the husband changes his attitude.

In paragraph 16 we saw how David immediately realized that Abigail had been sent by Jehovah and surely it was the way in which Abigail spoke to him in a kind respectful way, because we also learn when we have to express our ideas to our head by example or our opinions doing it so surely it will be more successful and that they take us better into account than otherwise.

We also learn that Christian wives are not going to look for excuses for not respecting this principle of authority, they are not going to think that it is good that the husband does not spend much time with me, he is not at home, he does not exercise his role as head well, he is going to always force to respect and obey that principle of authority.

Yes it is true that perhaps there are moments in which here in the case of David and Abigail, David did respond well but the non-believing husband may not respond to her good example, but what she will always have for sure it is that Jehovah will value their role and their loyalty. 

19. In what circumstances will a wife not obey her husband?

In the case if he asks you to do something that goes against the law or biblical principles or as for example in the paragraph it says that if the husband asks you to lie, steal or do anything else that Jehovah does not like .

Yes, because the Supreme authority is Jehovah as it says Acts 5:29 we obey God before men, then if something the husband asks goes against some biblical principle we will first obey Jehovah.

20. How do we know that Mary had a close, personal relationship with Jehovah?

For various reasons one of them is that in a conversation with Elizabeth I quote from the scriptures more than 20 times.

And also of all the women in the world Jehovah selected her to take care of his son.

21. What can husbands learn from what the Bible records about Mary?

If you are not intimidated but really see how it can help the whole family.

And we also learn that although our wife is a spiritual wife and is even stronger in a spiritual sense than the husbands but the responsibility of continuing to take care of our family spiritually and nurturing it falls on us on the husbands. 

22 What can wives learn from Mary?

In Galatians 6: 5 16 that each one will carry his own load of responsibility, so each one of us is responsible for having a close relationship with Jehovah and for our faith to be strong and that we are going to achieve by having our own study of the Bible by reading and meditating on it daily.

ILLUSTRATION

If, for example, there you see a wife who has set aside time to study and meditate on the Bible and it is perceived that way because her face is seen slowly because it reflects that she was focused on what she is reading and enjoying and I also like the detail in the table with the glass of water which shows that he has prepared that moment so as not to get up and interrupt his study and then also because he has the tablet to search for more information.

22. What can wives learn from Mary?

Those wives are happier and also set a good example for the younger ones in their own family and in the congregation as well.

Titus 2: 3-5 | Well, not only all the good things that are seen before but also says that you will not speak badly of the word of God this is very important. 

WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT SUBJECTION FROM THE EXAMPLE SET BY . . .

Jesus.

For despite his capacity for the time he had spent with Jehovah of his experience, he always asked for Jehovah’s help and submitted to his authority showing great respect.

And for wives it is a great example because it teaches us that we do not have to feel that respecting the authority of our husband lowers us and that we do it because we love our husband but above all because we love and respect Jehovah. 

Abigail.

I really like this example, especially highlighting two of her qualities as she was sensible and showed courage and that reminds me of so many sisters who are setting an example whose husbands are not witnesses, they are showing their respect for her head always being respectful to her authority but at the same time being very brave at times that perhaps biblical principles are broken, being brave but always keeping this respect.

Mary.

Well, Mary was a very good student of the scriptures and that is why she had a good relationship with Jehovah, we should also imitate him by setting aside time to study the Bible, meditate on it in this way, cultivate a close relationship with Jehovah which will help us also to comply with and respect the principle of leadership.

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