Monday Devo
Scripture:
1 Peter 3
7 In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.
7 In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.
Commentary:
3:7 Peter’s advice to husbands is compressed, perhaps because he addresses at more length those under authority who are more likely to be mistreated (slaves and wives). The word likewise is merely a transition (cf. v. 1; 5:5); it does not mean husbands should submit to their wives, since Scripture never teaches this (see Eph. 5:21–33). To live … in an understanding way probably focuses on living in accord with God’s will, which includes understanding the needs of a wife. Interpreters differ over whether weaker vessel means weaker in terms of delegated authority, emotions, or physical strength. Peter is probably thinking of the general truth that men are physically stronger than women and may be tempted to threaten their wives through physical or verbal abuse. Women and men share an equal destiny as heirs … of the grace of life. Peter does not think women are inferior to men, for both are equally made in God’s image (cf. Gal. 3:28). If husbands do not treat their wives in a godly way, the Lord will pay no heed to their prayers.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2409–2410.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2409–2410.
Questions:
- Husbands: A gospel-centered husband LEADS his wife and family by SERVING. Jesus is your example. He loved and served us. He laid himself down for our good. He sacrificed himself for our salvation. Husbands are to defer to the other person's needs, desires...he wants what is best for her. THIS is what it means to be the head and to lead. When it comes to your behaviors/attitudes as a husband, how much are you fighting for what YOU want vs. what is best for HER? Can you say you are loving her like Jesus loved you?
- Wives: Marriage has a way of revealing how selfish we really are. How many times is he deferring to you or sacrificing what he wants for you when you don't even notice? How can you encourage him more in those moments when he sacrifices for you?
- Singles: Selfishness is all of our default positions. Loving people in our lives like Jesus loves will make you a better friend/brother/sister/son/daughter. But the only way we can love someone else in this way is if we love Him first. Has God done a work in your heart to the point that you have truly experienced the sacrificial love of Christ? How can you show that kind of love to others this week?
Pray:
- That husbands would love like Jesus.
- That God would root out selfishness in your heart.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
6. Is the Bible God’s Word? Jesus proved He is God by rising from the dead and said the Old Testament was God’s Word and gave authority to the Apostles to write the words of the New Testament, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, so that all the words of the Bible are God’s Word.
(Matthew 5:18; Luke 24:27, 44; John 14:25-26, 15:27, 16:12-13, 17:20; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 3:5; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:16-21)
(Matthew 5:18; Luke 24:27, 44; John 14:25-26, 15:27, 16:12-13, 17:20; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 3:5; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:16-21)
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