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DECENCY AND ORDER However, let me make the point that Paul says, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord". For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing" (Eph. 5:22-24). Also, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord" (Col. 3:18). In order for a person to serve the Lord piously, he must reverence Him. So it is in a becoming marital relationship--the wife reverences her husband (Eph. 5:33). As God would have us to worship himself with reverence and awe (Heb. 12:28), in a like holy manner let the wife reverence her husband as her ordained head of the household; and with shamefacedness (I Tim. 2:9). Also, note I Pet. 3:1-7. Now, it is a grievous matter when the whole assembly is so far out of control that responsible elders do not have command, and therefore, confusion, and disorder continually go on. The early church had its problems concerning the developing, and implementing of the gifts. Throughout history, since that time, religious dogma has offered its unworthy substitute for the place, and standing of the Scriptures. Church order has been a problem for centuries, but no cultural ideas have ever successfully stamped out completely the simple, but spiritual Scriptures. God's written word has survived the ages. Denominational religion has offered its suggestions, ethics, and reputation, but the word of God piously discerns and exposes religious error. Church order is a latent expression awaiting to be sought, and applied by the elders, and body, through means of God's harmonious, holy, and inspiring word.
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