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The Qualities of a Good Wife |
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 n our previous discussion, we have learned the qualities of a good wife. I remember some of you even had gas pains for laughing a lot when you learned the bad and the improper deeds of a woman. For instance, it is not proper for a woman to wake up very late. It is also not good if a wife lets her husband wear a shirt whose armhole is not mended. It is also not good if a wife lets her husband sleep on pillows with marks of saliva printed on it, as if they were the maps of Japan and Sumatra. No wonder, the husband is tempted to look for a woman whose pillows are sweet smelling. When they were not married yet, his wife always smelled newly bathed, but today, she smells stale and pungent. That is why her husband has thought of looking for another woman.
Not that we are being judgmental, but we are compelled to conclude that there are indeed wives who did not come from God. If a woman really came from God, her trails would surely match the traits of a woman that came from God, which were spoken in the Bible. If a woman is not kind, if she is clamorous and a rumormonger, if she is lazy and unfaithful, where do you think did she come from? If she did not come from God, automatically, she must have come from the devil. Isn’t it that there are only two groups of people here on earth? It is either you are of God, or of the devil. That is what John 8:47 says—
“He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.”
From whom did those who were not of God come from? This is what John 8:44 says—
“Ye are of your father the devil.”
Therefore, how many groups of people are there in this world? It clearly states that there are of God and there are of the devil. But do you know that there is still a possibility that those who are of the devil may become of God?
This is what we are going to study this time. How are we going to transform your wife if she is clamorous and unfaithful … if she is a rumor monger . . . if she feels restless whenever she is inside the house … if she prefers to go around in the neighborhood. There are women who, very early in the morning, are seated in the steps of the stairs, gossiping while they remove lice from each other’s hair.
There are different kinds of women. There are women who talk a lot; there are rumor mongers; there are women who are like news reporters – walking incessantly to gather the latest gossip. Let us read what Proverbs 9:13 says—
“A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.”
There are, indeed, clamorous women. They do nothing 24 hours a day except talk. It’s a non-stop talking. That is why, when her husband felt that he can no longer withstand the nagging of his wife, he decided to leave her. The wife just woke up one morning and found out that her husband had left her. Undeniably, there are women who really talk a lot.
Now, can we consider that kind of a woman of God? Of course not! However, we must not despair and feel hopeless. God has ways of converting a woman who is not of God into a woman of God.
So we are going to continue the topic that we have just started. Our question is, How could you repair your respective wives? How can you make your wife a woman that is of God? Are there ways by which we can change her? Is there still a chance that a person who is under the powers of the devil becomes a person of God? Is there still hope for that person? Let us read the answer in Acts 26:18—
“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God.”
So, there is still a way. It says, “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, from the power of satan to God.” Therefore, there is still a hundred per cent possibility that a person who is of the devil becomes a person of God. It does not mean that you will automatically go to hell if at one point in your life you became a sinner, and you were under the power of the devil. No! God has prepared a way for us to be freed from the clutches of the devil. Let us read the verse once again—
“To open their eyes, and to turn them from the darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God,”
And once their eyes are opened, they will be brought back to light. And from the power of satan, they will be led back to God. Why will they go back? They were originally of God. From your childhood you were already of God; you were not really of the devil. But when did you part from God? When did you become of the devil? When you started doing bad things, when you began committing sins, when you prefer to do only the things that you like. You parted from God, and you turned to the devil. That is why there is a need for us to go back to God. Let us read Malachi. 3:7—
"Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord …”
They did not want to obey. Just like Adam and Eve. Until God said, Return to me, and I will return unto you. If a man turns his back against God, God likewise turns His back against him. But if you return to him, God will return to you also. In other words, God’s treatment to us depends on our actions and our deeds. So if you love him, He will love you also. If you get angry with Him, He will still give you a chance. If you turn your back against Him, He will find a way to make you return to Him. But if you really no longer want to go back to God, He also will no longer be interested in you.
Other people think that they can make fun of God. They say that God will readily grant forgiveness to man so long as he is able to say: Jesus-Mary-Joseph! (“Hesus Maryosep”) before he dies. Is God that unprincipled? All your life you did nothing but foolishness and by the mere utterance of “Hesus Maryosep” you will already be saved? Is God like that? Let us read what I Chronicles 28:9 says—
“And thou Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of thy thoughts: if thou seek him, he will bound of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.”
God also casts off if you forsake Him. But God does not cast off anybody without any reason. It is written in the Bible that God is easily provoked to anger. He does not get angry without any valid reason. No! God is long-suffering; He is giving you the chance to repent. Let us read what is written in II Peter 3:9—
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
God is giving us the chance to repent. That is why we are being given the opportunity to go back to God, just in case we had been under the power of the devil. There is still a possibility. Therefore, if your wife came from the devil, we will make her a woman that is of God.
Others perhaps may think that I am boasting when I said we transform her into a woman of God. I am not! We can really make her a woman of God. Let us read Matthew 28:18—
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations …”
God can make disciples for Himself. Remember? “… make disciples …” Disciples are not born; disciples are made. Please, bear that in mind. What do I mean? Even if you used to be of the devil, God is all-powerful that He can convert you to be His disciple. Christ talked with His 11 disciples, (11 because Judas has betrayed Him), before He ascended to heaven. And He told them, “Teach all nations”. How can one become a disciple? Let us continue reading—
“… baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.”
That was very clear. That is why there is indeed a possibility that a person who was once under the power of the devil may become a disciple of God. Those people who are living in darkness under the power of Satan can be made disciples of God and of Christ. Disciples can be made. Now, how can we make your respective wives disciples? This is how. Acts 11:26 says—
“And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians in Antioch.”
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Bible
Religion,
Family and Marriage
