{"id":13706,"date":"2023-11-14T21:06:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=13706"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:13:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:13:50","slug":"the-doctrinal-error-from-genesis-316","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/the-doctrinal-error-from-genesis-316\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doctrinal Error from Genesis 3:16 by Bill Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1617806111683820\/user\/603635739\/?__cft__[0]=AZUrjwfal0eA6WAVZfUj34XbfNrNvSLr2nvKeyzY873AMEg04O3aU4b9-TnjH3Nm6fP-EhgrZXlJtwcZX5NTqanOniMsSMToUJdm3n2oUpwKaNmoKJE5j9FUsefRIB4ubopfMLjwMrq0_TxjF8f0f4mqdVk0xgv0snpcMrm6-LhmqFIOPEJlsINfdIJeZRVB_L3IjIDuvLt29l1HvJTaKiXT&amp;__tn__=R]-R\">Bill Taylor<\/a> The ESV is making a SERIOUS doctrinal error which is discussed at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/a-mans-unbelief-that-harms-marriages.html?fbclid=IwAR0BU1ctSs8-dsjV-HrFW2D-CmM1JuwLriPPSbuUzmYIPMo2de34cnCpqa4#Gen316\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/&#8230;\/a-mans&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/a-mans-unbelief-that-harms-marriages.html?fbclid=IwAR3Isq27Y-4IUlP30Xmp8ngo_-dw3pbSjQN8RXMC4ll8y7bRhiwxqSfTMXA#Gen316\">Marriage Under Threat: A Man\u2019s Unbelief That Harms Marriages (successful-marriage.blogspot.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Doctrinal Error from Genesis 3:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and\u00a0thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Genesis\u00a03:16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some scholars and pastors interpret Gen. 3:16 to say that a wife desires to defy her husband and escape his authority over her instead of interpreting &#8220;desire&#8221; as the mating desire described in the Song of Solomon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am my beloved&#8217;s, and his\u00a0desire &nbsp;is toward me.&nbsp;<strong>Song of Solomon 7:10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Henry wrote in \u201cCommentary on Genesis 3,\u201d \u201cObserve here how mercy is mixed with wrath in this sentence. The woman shall have sorrow, but it shall be in bringing forth children, and the sorrow shall be&nbsp;<em>forgotten for joy that a child is born<\/em>, Jn. 16:21. She shall be subject, but it shall be to her own husband that loves her, not to a stranger, or an enemy: the sentence was not a curse, to bring her to ruin, but a&nbsp;chastisement, to bring her to repentance. It was well that&nbsp;enmity was not put between the man and the woman, as there was between the serpent and the woman.\u201d [Italics in the original, underlining added.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some commentators change the word \u201cand\u201d to \u201cbut\u201d so that it reads \u201cbut he shall rule over thee\u201d to indicate that a man will defeat her rebellion and rule his wife in spite of her attempts to overthrow him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This argument that husbands and wives are enemies draws on the use of the same Hebrew word \u05ea\u05b0\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4 used for Eve\u2019s desire in Genesis 4:7 where God reminded Cain of Satan\u2019s desire to conquer Cain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?&nbsp;<sup>7<\/sup>If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Genesis&nbsp;4:6-7<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This interprets the \u201chis\u201d of \u201chis desire\u201d as referring to sin or to Satan.&nbsp; Commentators of this view draw parallels between sin\u2019s desire to rule and frustrate Cain and a woman\u2019s desire to rule and frustrate her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s another way to read the passage.&nbsp; God rebuked Cain, asking why Cain sinned by being angry (Mt. 5:22) at God\u2019s chastening (Heb. 12:8), but promised that Cain would be accepted if he did well.&nbsp; The phrase \u201csin lieth at the door\u201d refers to Cain choosing whether to honor God or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider verse 7b, \u201cAnd unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.\u201d&nbsp; Abel was younger than Cain.&nbsp; Younger brothers generally look up to the oldest sibling and tend to want to be like him and follow him.&nbsp; In those days, the oldest son almost always received the family birthright which is why Rebecca used subterfuge to get Isaac to bless her younger son Jacob instead of her oldest son Esau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Matthew Henry wrote in \u201cCommentary of Genesis 4,\u201d \u201cUnto thee shall be his desire, he shall continue his respect to thee as an elder brother, and thou, as the first-born, shalt rule over him as much as ever.\u201d&nbsp; Robert Jamieson \u201cJamieson, Fausset &amp; Brown :: Commentary on Genesis 4\u201d explained why Cain murdered Abel:&nbsp; \u201cThe high distinction conferred by priority of birth is described (Ge. 27:29); and it was Cain&#8217;s conviction, that this honor had been withdrawn from him, by the rejection of his sacrifice, and conferred on his younger brother-hence the secret flame of jealousy, which kindled into a settled hatred and fell revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Wesley, who was criticized for stating that salvation was purely by faith, wrote, \u201cIf now thou do well: if thou repent of thy sin, reform thy heart and life, and bring thy sacrifice in a better manner; thou shalt yet be accepted.&nbsp; See how early the gospel was preached, and the benefit of it here offered even to one of the chief of sinners.&nbsp; He sets before him death and a curse; but, if not well &#8211; Seeing thou didst not do well, not offer in faith, and in a right manner, sin lieth at the door &#8211; That is, sin only hinders thy acceptance.&nbsp; All this considered, Cain had no reason to be angry with his brother, but at himself only.&nbsp; Unto thee shall be his desire &#8211; He shall continue in respect to thee as an elder brother, and thou, as the first-born, shall rule over him as much as ever.&nbsp; God&#8217;s acceptance of Abel&#8217;s offering did not transfer the birth-right to him, (which Cain was jealous of) nor put upon him that dignity, and power, which is said to belong to it, chap. 49:3.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Genesis&nbsp;49:3<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>God made it clear that if Cain chose to obey God, righteous Abel (Mt. 23:35) would desire to follow Cain as a woman desires to follow her husband, particularly if he serves God by serving her as Jesus commanded (Mk. 9:35, 10:44).&nbsp; Cain would rule Abel as younger brothers generally desire to follow the oldest and women generally desire to belong to their husbands and follow them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Older<\/em>&nbsp;commentaries agree that Genesis 4:7 has nothing to do with wives.&nbsp; Claiming that women were created to be usurpers is a much more sophisticated form of disobedience and unbelief than Adam crudely blaming Eve for his sin.&nbsp; Isn\u2019t it amazing how much men would rather blame their wives than accept responsibility?&nbsp; It justifies so much sin, anger, wrath, malice, and failing to nourish and cherish their wives.&nbsp; Consider the Goodness of God:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Isaiah&nbsp;1:18<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Be logical.&nbsp; Rev. 13:8 speaks of \u201cthe Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.\u201d&nbsp; Jesus valued us and loved us enough to create us even though He knew He would have to die to save us from our sins.&nbsp; Don\u2019t you feel affection when you create something?&nbsp; Mothers, you know how you feel about your children.&nbsp; Would a truly Christian mother harm her children&nbsp;<em>on purpose<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would a God who loved us create us with fatal flaws which make joyous marriages impossible?&nbsp; Did a God who loved us enough to die to save us from our sins&nbsp;<em>deliberately<\/em>&nbsp;design us so that men and women would be enemies who couldn\u2019t find joy in long-term commitments to create safe spaces where their children can grow in the \u201cnurture and admonition of the Lord (Eph. 6:4)?\u201d&nbsp; Or did God design the&nbsp;<em>powerful<\/em>&nbsp;drives He put into men and women to draw us into marriages which bless us if we follow His plan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE REALITY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinking of wives as usurpers ignores Song of Solomon 7:10, \u201cI am my beloved&#8217;s, and his&nbsp;desire&nbsp;is toward me.\u201d&nbsp; Does \u201cdesire\u201d mean that a man seeks to overthrow his wife?&nbsp; Or is Strong\u2019s dictionary correct in saying that \u05ea\u05b0\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4 means \u201cdesire, longing, craving, of a man for a woman, of a woman for a man, or a beast to devour?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women certainly desire attention from men.&nbsp; Paul told unmarried men not to seek wives (1 Cor. 7:27) but didn\u2019t tell women not to seek husbands.&nbsp; When Eve had to leave the Garden, she depended on Adam to feed her.&nbsp; Belonging to a man was essential for survival which increased a woman\u2019s desire to marry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Believing that a wife seeks to overthrow her husband requires canceling or ignoring these verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It is not good that the man should be alone.&nbsp; I will make him an help meet<a href=\"https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/a-mans-unbelief-that-harms-marriages.html?fbclid=IwAR0BU1ctSs8-dsjV-HrFW2D-CmM1JuwLriPPSbuUzmYIPMo2de34cnCpqa4#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;for him.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Genesis&nbsp;2:18<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.&nbsp; Neither was the man created for the woman;&nbsp;but the woman for the man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>I&nbsp;Corinthians&nbsp;11:8-9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoso findeth a wife&nbsp;findeth a good thing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>,<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/a-mans-unbelief-that-harms-marriages.html?fbclid=IwAR0BU1ctSs8-dsjV-HrFW2D-CmM1JuwLriPPSbuUzmYIPMo2de34cnCpqa4#_ftn3\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[3]<\/a>&nbsp;and obtaineth favour of the LORD.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Proverbs&nbsp;18:22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven&nbsp;give good things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;to them that ask him?&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Matthew&nbsp;7:11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every good gift and&nbsp;every perfect gift is from above<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>James&nbsp;1:17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the woman is the&nbsp;glory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;of the man.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>I&nbsp;Corinthians&nbsp;11:7b<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Proverbs&nbsp;12:4a<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Proverbs&nbsp;31:11-12<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Let thy fountain be blessed, and&nbsp;rejoice with the wife of thy youth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.&nbsp; Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe: let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and be thou&nbsp;ravished always with her love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Proverbs&nbsp;5:18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There be three things which are&nbsp;too wonderful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;for me, yea,&nbsp;four which I know not<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and&nbsp;the way of a man with a maid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Proverbs&nbsp;30:18-19<\/strong>Live joyfully<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Ecclesiastes&nbsp;9:9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LORD, I BELIEVE, HELP THOU MINE UNBELIEF (MARK 9:24B)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A man can\u2019t believe that God created women to desire to defy and betray their husbands unless he believes that God is not good.&nbsp; Anyone who believes that God is good reads the Word of God seeking keys to happiness.&nbsp; Treating a wife as an undeserved blessing from God makes her happy, and her happiness makes the entire family happy.&nbsp; Someone who believes that God is not good reads the Bible for loopholes like the illogical interpretation of \u201cdesire\u201d in Gen. 3:16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why would a God who loved us enough to die for us while we were yet sinners (Rom. 5:8) create women so that we couldn\u2019t base marriages on mutual trust and cooperation?&nbsp; Does a man who\u2019s convinced that women plot and scheme to betray their husbands&nbsp;<em>truly<\/em>&nbsp;believe in a loving God?&nbsp; Disregarding verses about the value of women and believing that God would make joyous marriage impossible suggests an unbelieving carnal mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the carnal mind is&nbsp;enmity against God<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Romans&nbsp;8:7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moses&nbsp;<em>warned<\/em>&nbsp;that the Jews would be carried into captivity unless they loved God with&nbsp;<em>grateful hearts<\/em>&nbsp;with thanks for&nbsp;<em>everything<\/em>&nbsp;He gave them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with&nbsp;joyfulness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>, and with&nbsp;gladness of heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>, for the&nbsp;abundance of all things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>;&nbsp;<sup>48<\/sup>Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in&nbsp;want of all things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have&nbsp;destroyed thee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Deuteronomy&nbsp;28:47-48<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God\u2019s People didn\u2019t appreciate the blessings He had given them, so He took&nbsp;<em>everything<\/em>&nbsp;away.&nbsp; They were in want of \u201call things.\u201d&nbsp; A man who isn\u2019t grateful to God for the gift of a wife makes her unhappy.&nbsp; Her unhappiness will cost him the joy which God intended he should receive from the gift of a wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS (MT. 7:16)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re commanded to judge righteous judgment instead of judging by appearance (Jn. 7:24).&nbsp; We can judge the doctrine that a wife desires to usurp her husband\u2019s authority and evade his rule over her from its fruits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children know if a father believes that their mother\u2019s a traitor.&nbsp; It will be impossible for him to teach his children to value, trust, honor, and respect their mother when he doesn\u2019t trust her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it\u2019s difficult for a woman to make her husband any happier than he makes her, it is difficult for a woman to trust and honor her husband any more than he trusts and honors her.&nbsp; How can children learn to trust and honor God if they see that their parents don\u2019t honor or trust each other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people hear the story of Samson and Delilah.&nbsp; It\u2019s not often pointed out that Samson lied to Delilah by telling her that he loved her.&nbsp; Accounts of the handsome sports hero pursuing the cheerleader are modern versions of this familiar story.&nbsp; Delilah believed Samson loved her and opened herself to him but he wouldn\u2019t open his heart to her:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me?&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Judges&nbsp;16:15a<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A woman has a hard time opening herself unless her husband opens his heart to her. &nbsp;It is as scary for a man to open his heart in honest conversation as for a woman to open her body which is why mutual trust is vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taught as an example of a woman betraying a man without cause, the story of Delilah reinforces a father\u2019s teaching that wives desire to overthrow and betray their husbands instead of doing them good and not evil.&nbsp; How will a young man interpret Pro. 6:28, \u201cCan one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?\u201d and the warnings about dangerous women in Pro. 2 and 5 when his father doesn\u2019t trust his mother?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having been taught to disregard Bible passages that teach the great blessing God intended when creating women as His gifts for men (1 Cor. 11:8-9), why would a young man want to marry?&nbsp; Why let himself become emotionally involved with a \u201cstrange woman which flattereth with her words (Pro. 7:5) to seek his hurt?\u201d&nbsp; He\u2019ll want sex, of course, but why not just take what he can get?&nbsp; After all, \u201cShe wanted it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Sins of the Fathers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>As Solomon said, there is no new thing under the sun (Ecc. 1:9). &nbsp;We follow the same old sins, over and over.&nbsp; How many men raised in \u201cChristian\u201d homes have &#8220;lightly lien&#8221; with women outside marriage because they\u2019ve been taught that women seek to betray their husbands as Delilah betrayed Samson or that it\u2019s OK because everyone does it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why would a woman who can get a job and support herself want to marry if she thinks that potential husbands have been taught that wives can\u2019t be trusted?&nbsp; A woman\u2019s emotions tend to place her under the authority of men.&nbsp; If a woman feels damaged, not valued, or disrespected by her human father or husband, how can she honor and submit to God as her Heavenly Father?&nbsp; If a father acts like women can\u2019t be trusted, how can his daughter feel that Jesus valued her or loved her enough to die to take away the punishment for her sins?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he refuses to hear her side of any situation, if his habit is not listening (James 1:19-20), how can she believe that God hears her prayers?&nbsp; If she won\u2019t open herself to God in prayer, won\u2019t she hear, \u201cI never knew you (Mt. 7:23)?\u201d&nbsp; Is that her fault or the fault of the men who taught her that she would never be heard?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men must take the responsibility God gave and appreciate their wives as God-given gifts, preserve their purity, and teach their children to follow these God-given principles.&nbsp; How many women who were raised in \u201cChristian\u201d homes let men take them without marriage because they haven\u2019t been taught to fear God\u2019s judgment or to value their purity?&nbsp; How can a woman love God without being shown that God loves her by being convinced that she is loved by the men in her life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can a leader who doesn\u2019t listen to his wife, children, or followers expect Jesus to listen to him?&nbsp; If he doesn\u2019t open his heart to Jesus, will&nbsp;<em>he<\/em>&nbsp;hear, \u201cI never knew you (Mt. 7:23)?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women and children feel defrauded, dishonored, disrespected, and can be damaged by anger:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the servant of the Lord&nbsp;must not strive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,&nbsp;<sup>25<\/sup>In meekness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>II&nbsp;Timothy&nbsp;2:24-25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge,&nbsp;giving honour unto the wife<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life;&nbsp;that your prayers be not hindered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>I&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;3:7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God expects us to rule our emotions and our anger (Pr. 25:28).&nbsp; If a man feels himself to be about to express anger, he must follow Paul\u2019s advice to flee lusts (2 Ti. 2:22) and go away long enough to get himself under control.&nbsp; Apologizing afterward doesn\u2019t undo the damage.&nbsp; A woman can grow enough scar tissue on her heart that it doesn\u2019t affect her very much, but how, then, can she trust her heart to God through Jesus Christ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TEACHING DAUGHTERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Women must be taught to fear man\u2019s passion enough to beg God for protection and to demand that&nbsp;<em>all men<\/em>&nbsp;protect them from emotional ties.&nbsp; They must flee any man who won\u2019t treat \u201cThe elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters,&nbsp;with all purity&nbsp;(1 Tim. 5:2).\u201d&nbsp; Being honored begins with how fathers and brothers treat her.&nbsp; A boss or leader should treat all members of the group equally (Jas. 2:1, 9); danger comes when a leader focuses attention on her individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women must interact with men person to person, not as man to woman.&nbsp; Judges 16:18 teaches that a woman can see into a man\u2019s heart&nbsp;<em>if she looks<\/em>.&nbsp; God gave women this \u201cgift of fear\u201d for their protection.&nbsp; If a man starts going beyond what\u2019s proper for his mother or sister, a woman must cut it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A woman must be taught how to ask deep questions about his motivations to verify that a man will trust her enough to open his heart to her.&nbsp; Boaz opened his heart to Ruth when she asked him why he was being so kind to her (Ru. 2:11-12). &nbsp;This made Ruth willing to ask Boaz to marry her as Naomi advised (Ru. 3:1-5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A father protects his daughter either through her cooperation or her incarceration.&nbsp; If he convinces her that she must be careful with boys, it\u2019s easier to get her cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TEACHING SONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening his heart makes a man belong to a woman.&nbsp; Many men are afraid to do that in spite of God\u2019s promise that he can trust his heart to a virtuous wife:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heart of her husband&nbsp;doth safely trust in her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>, so that he shall have no need of spoil.&nbsp;<sup>12<\/sup>She will do him good and not evil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;all the days of her life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Proverbs&nbsp;31:11-12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and&nbsp;in her tongue is the law of kindness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Proverbs&nbsp;31:26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courtship is a time for her to demonstrate that she will respect him in spite of his mistakes and won\u2019t shred him with her tongue (Pr. 12:18) when he and she see things differently.&nbsp; A man won\u2019t open his heart if he fears her tongue, but he can\u2019t become \u201cone flesh\u201d with her as Jesus requires or be knit together in love (Col. 2:2) without opening his heart.&nbsp; It\u2019s hard for a woman to open herself to a man who won\u2019t belong to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the hour he meets her, a man must protect his wife from his passions, her passions, and external dangers.&nbsp; If he teaches his children to honor their mother, they can learn from her as Mrs. Lemuel taught her son to nourish and cherish his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know the fruits of fathers failing to teach their sons and daughters.&nbsp; Teaching this level of honor and trust is nearly impossible unless the father genuinely respects and honors women in general and their mother in particular.&nbsp; It\u2019s hard for a man to trust or respect his wife if they\u2019ve committed fornication together or if he\u2019s convinced she desires to betray him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Absent heartfelt prayer and confession (1 Jn. 1:9), family iniquities will be visited upon children (Ex. 20:5, 34:7, Num. 14:18, Deu. 5:9) unless children are blessed to find another Christian who can teach what parents failed to teach.&nbsp; Even if the man confesses, she won\u2019t feel comfort or peace unless he opens his heart to her.&nbsp; If he opens his heart to her as sincerely, as deeply, as widely, as patiently, as attentively, as often, and as gladly as he expects her to open herself to him, they will come to belong to each other over time.&nbsp; Once they become one, each of them can give the other a taste of the joys of Heaven, right here on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is hard to overcome sins of earlier generations particularly if those sins are common in the society or are seen in people in&nbsp;<em>any<\/em>&nbsp;leadership position \u2013 family, church, business, or government.&nbsp; God\u2019s rules are simple \u2013 no sex&nbsp;<em>ever<\/em>&nbsp;between bride and groom before marriage&nbsp;<em>no matter what sins have gone before<\/em>, respect, value, honor each other, and thank God and your spouse for putting you into a family (Ps. 68:6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love God by loving your spouse; serve God by serving your spouse is simple to say, but \u201csimple\u201d doesn\u2019t mean \u201ceasy.\u201d&nbsp; It\u2019s simple to walk from Maine to California \u2013 put one foot in front of the other, repeat until you get there \u2013 but it\u2019s far from easy.&nbsp; Marriage is a lifetime journey, not a short stroll across a continent.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/a-mans-unbelief-that-harms-marriages.html?fbclid=IwAR0BU1ctSs8-dsjV-HrFW2D-CmM1JuwLriPPSbuUzmYIPMo2de34cnCpqa4#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;Hookup culture hurts women.&nbsp; The book &#8220;Unprotected&#8221; by Psychiatrist Miriam Grossman explains biological reasons why sex outside marriage is so damaging.&nbsp; Having treated more than 2,000 women for depression and other psychological problems at a prestigious American university, she demonstrated that a woman can become&nbsp;<em>very<\/em>&nbsp;depressed when she realizes her boyfriend had no interest in her beyond sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/a-mans-unbelief-that-harms-marriages.html?fbclid=IwAR0BU1ctSs8-dsjV-HrFW2D-CmM1JuwLriPPSbuUzmYIPMo2de34cnCpqa4#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;The word \u201cmeet\u201d means \u201csuitable\u201d or \u201cappropriate,\u201d Matthew 27:17-20 tells how a wife&nbsp;<em>tried<\/em>&nbsp;to help her husband avoid a&nbsp;<em>horrible<\/em>&nbsp;mistake.&nbsp; How could a habitual usurper be suitable?&nbsp; Women don\u2019t always act in the spirit, of course, Acts 5:1-11 tells how a wife failed her husband by agreeing instead of protesting when he had the idea of sinning against God, but God\u2019s promise of her suitability to help her husband means she isn\u2019t a usurper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/a-mans-unbelief-that-harms-marriages.html?fbclid=IwAR0BU1ctSs8-dsjV-HrFW2D-CmM1JuwLriPPSbuUzmYIPMo2de34cnCpqa4#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a>&nbsp;A habitual usurper is a \u201cgood thing?\u201d&nbsp; Giving a man a usurping wife is a \u201cfavor of the Lord?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>POSTED BY BILL TAYLOR AT&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/a-mans-unbelief-that-harms-marriages.html\">8:29 AM<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Taylor The ESV is making a SERIOUS doctrinal error which is discussed at https:\/\/successful-marriage.blogspot.com\/&#8230;\/a-mans&#8230; Marriage Under Threat: A Man\u2019s Unbelief That Harms Marriages (successful-marriage.blogspot.com) The Doctrinal Error from Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly 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