The world cannot seem to escape this King who the prophet Isaiah calls the Prince of Peace whose government rests upon His shoulders (Isa 9:6b, 7a). Year after year, Christmas is celebrated around the world. The world’s Jesus remains an innocent, tiny, non-threatening baby. But the Jesus of the Bible is the God-Man, the King of Kings and Lord of Lord’s.
It has been my regular experience that the Holy Spirit is always faithful to give God’s people just what they need from God’s Word at just the time they need it. The Holy Spirit is the power behind sanctification. And the Word of God is the instrument He uses to sanctify us. Jesus Himself said, “Sanctify them in truth. Your Word is truth” (John 17:17). Why would we think anything other than the fact that the Spirit of God works in powerful ways when the book He authored is preached through in the very order He inspired it?
The headship of the husband is not rogue. It has guardrails. It has a pattern. And that pattern is Christ Himself. Husband headship is to parallel Christ’s headship of the church. Christ earned that headship by sacrificing His life for the church. So too, a husband earns the loving submission of his wife when he sacrificially loves her.
