Some wives can stand before their pastor with a gentle voice, a respectful attitude, and complete attention. They will never speak to their pastor the way they speak to their husband at home.
But when they get home, the respect disappears.
Is that really the kind of Christian character God wants?
Before you get angry with this question, examine yourself.
📖 Ephesians 5:33 (KJV) says:
“…and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
The Bible does not tell a wife to reverence her pastor while treating her husband with contempt.
But let us also be fair: God did not command husbands to demand respect while refusing to love their wives.
📖 Ephesians 5:25 (KJV):
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.”
Marriage is not a competition between husband and pastor.
Your pastor may preach to you, counsel you, and pray for you—but your husband is the person you chose to build a life with.
If you can speak politely to your pastor, why can’t you speak politely to your husband?
If you can listen patiently to your pastor, why can’t you listen patiently to your husband?
If you can honor your pastor publicly, why must your husband receive disrespect privately?
And husbands, this message is for you too:
You cannot demand the respect you refuse to give.
📖 1 Peter 3:7 (KJV):
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife…”
A Christian home should not be a place where one person demands submission while the other refuses to show love.
Respect should go both ways. Love should go both ways. Honor should go both ways.
📖 1 Corinthians 16:14 (KJV):
“Let all your things be done with charity.”
🔥 THE REAL QUESTION IS THIS:
If your pastor saw the way you speak to your husband at home, would he recognize the same Christian character you display in church?
👇 BE HONEST:
Do you think some Christians give their pastor more respect than they give their spouse?
YES or NO? Tell us why in the comments.
And if this message challenged you, share it with someone who needs to hear it.
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