Christ-Like Husband

Eph_5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. 

This is a perfect verse to outline the clear expectation of a husband serving his family and spouse. Christ did not come to be served, but to serve. How often the role of the male is painted as the authoritarian and leader in the family.

Being a Disciple

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. 

This verse tells us that the entire bible was given to us by God so we would learn about Him and if you are a Christian believer you should be learning about God.

Leaving All for You

Gen 2:24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. 

This scripture is very clear that the husband is to leave his parents and to unite with his wife. His wife is now his main priority. The husband is to be the caregiver of his own family. Not to say he forsakes his parents, but that now he needs to provide for his wife and care for her needs.

Spiritual Understudy

John 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Here we see Jesus telling His followers that they shouldn’t worry that He’s going away, because the Holy Spirit will come and be their rabbi. Christians can easily get so focused on learning the bible that they forget that it is a tool for connecting with Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

Home Church

1Cor_16:19 The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. 

This scripture is an important passage in the New Testament. Although it’s nice that Aquila and Priscilla sent a warm greeting, let’s key in on the source of the warm greeting.

Testing by Fire

There needs to be some testing about what has been learned. After all, what would being a student be like without being testing. The kind of testing a student goes through as a disciple of Jesus is not about what they know, but about what they do and how they maintain their faith in times of testing and temptation.

We all go through testing and being tempted at one time or another, and we see in the bible that even Jesus was tempted by the devil.

Co-Workers

Rom_16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 

Once again we see the Apostle Paul mention Aquila and Priscilla in one of his letters. Aquila and Priscilla are always mentioned together in Paul’s letters, which suggest that they shared equally in the service to the Lord.

Subbing for Jesus

Matt 23:8 But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 

This verse is one of those teachings by Jesus that seems opposite to all the thinking we have about teachers. He says you are not be be called a teacher, yet we see in the letters from the Apostle Paul that teachers are a part of his plan for the church.