1Pe 3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
1Pe 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
1Pe 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
As long as we do well and are not afraid with any amazement.
1Pe 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children you became, doing good, and fearing no terror. (LITV)
1Pe 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror. (RV)
As long as we do well and are not - put in fear- not fearing - not afraid-- of terror, alarm.
We face terror all the time, people will deny it but it's true. We've numbed ourselves and call it good and yet we are filled with so much anxiety it's not funny. When we read something like this, that if we do well and are not alarmed by fear, or fearful of alarming situations then we are like Sara was with Abraham.
Imagine Sarah's life with Abraham. She obeyed Him, believing in him when so much around her had to tell her to do otherwise. Her life couldn't have been an easy one. There was great reason for her to be fearful she left her homeland and journeyed away with Abraham and came face to face with those who would challenge them. She faced hunger, thirst. She faced deception and the wrath of a pharaoh, her life was filled with challenges. She had no children for Abraham and yet was assured by him that she would. She doubted, yes, but deep down she also believed. She had the necessary faith, the necessary belief in her husband, a trust that even though everything seemed to be unfolding contrary to plans that it would work out. Sarah did NOT let fear fill her up as it can so easily do when we are depending upon our husbands.
In today's world where a lot of times it's the woman who supplies the main source of income things have taken a turn for the worse. Yell at me for saying that if you want to, but it's true. Our men have been stripped of so much of their God-given right, need, to lead their families, the women and the children that it's amazing that things haven't deteriorated even faster than they have in our society. People think it's crazy to believe that way because it's male chauvinism and denying women equal rights etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. But truthfully God was NOT downgrading and debasing women when He created families as He did. God was giving us an example of our relationship with HIM. A living example that would be perpetual as long as mankind existed. Yet so many of God's examples to us are perverted and this was another one. Satan has done a really, really good job of working subtly through the years to twist things so that men have either abused their rights with caring for women or women have abused their rights in regards to men. In America today the women's rights movement has really taken a toll on the fabric of our society, in Saudi Arabia and other middle eastern countries women are abused senselessly for the most minor infractions- Satan has worked it so that it is all perverted and he loves it that way.
So when we read about Sara, about women needing to obey their husbands it's not a concept that is God's injustice at work, NOT at all, it's God's LOVE.
1Pe 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
1Pe 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Men and women- husbands and wives. God would have us be His, all of us be His all for our good, for our benefit. Loving us and us loving
By HIS Grace we can be the men and women He wants us to be, living in HIM now and always, all through HIM.
In His love!
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