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The Influence of Godly Husbands
I was reading The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes by Nancy R. Pearcey (bestselling author of Love Thy Body and Total Truth) and she shared a stunning story that not only put God’s transformative gospel on display, but it also highlighted the power of a godly man and husband.Nancy explains, “A godly husband takes the lead and says, like Jesus, ‘Follow me.’ If he wants a better marriage, he takes the lead in doing the emotional work and says, ‘Follow me.’ If he wants his wife to have a richer spiritual life, he deepens his own relationship with God and says, ‘Follow me.’ If he wants his children to stand strong against the temptations of the secular culture, he himself models conviction and integrity and says, ‘Follow me.’”
God Tests Faith
God tests faith. Like precious metals, faith must be tested in order to validate its authenticity and genuineness. Biblical faith is a confident trust in whatever God says is true and acting upon it regardless of the circumstances or consequences. Impurities exist in our faith when there is a difference between our stated beliefs (what we say we believe and trust in) and how we actually respond when we are under the pressure of life’s difficult circumstances.
The Voice of Faith
"By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks" (Hebrews 11:4). The verb “speaks” is a present tense, active voice form. It suggests that Abel’s influence and the lessons we can learn from him have been relevant down through the centuries—even to our own day.
