The Shame of the Husband

And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church. 1 Corinthians 14:35

Men

This verse is directed at us. And we need to understand its implication. If our wives have been placed in a position of having to ask spiritual questions in the church then that means they are not getting their answers at home. The shame is not on the wives; the shame is upon the husbands.

In other words, if they are not being spiritually fed, we are not being the providers we ought to be, which likely means we are not in the Word and/or doing the saintly things we should be doing. As a result we are forcing our wives to look for answers outside of the home.

What’s the danger ?

Are not the answers to Biblical questions things to be treasured; are they not of great value? Well consider what Jesus has to say about those things:

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21

If we force our women out of the house because we are not being the Godly men we are supposed to be, we are setting ourselves up for ruined marriages, or at the very least, marriages that are not all that they can be. The recipe for a fruitful marriage begins with a husband seeking to please the Lord.

But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 1 Corinthians 11:3

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