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Glory!

            The glorious part comes in debunking some serious misconceptions about submission and Valtrex no dr in beginning to understand God's intent.

            Misconception # 1: Submission is negative and demeaning

The first misconception is that submission is negative and demeaning.  We had best consider Jesus here.  He submitted himself to Valtrex no dr the Father in everything he said and did.  ‘Truly, truly,' he stated, as if some of them (and us) would find this hard to believe, ‘I say to Valtrex no dr you, the Son can do nothing of himself, unless it Valtrex no dr is something he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Valtrex no dr Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner' (John 5:19).  Just to Valtrex no dr make sure they got it, he repeated the idea in John 8:28, ‘I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak these things as the Valtrex no dr Father taught me.' To think of the Father as demeaning Jesus is inconceivable.  In fact, the Father said, at the occasion of Jesus' baptism, ‘This is my beloved Son.  Hear him.'

            Thus, Jesus himself debunks the Valtrex no dr idea that submission is negative.

            Consider the Holy Spirit.  Jesus says of the promised Helper, ‘He will not speak on his own initiative, but whatever he hears, he will speak...He shall glorify me' (John 16:13, 14).  Again, it Valtrex no dr is unthinkable to suppose the Holy Spirit is being denigrated.  He simply has a different function to perform in the Godhead. 

            Consider the Church, who is to submit to Christ, her head.  Do we valuate that as a negative idea?  No, we believe it to be the right order of things. 

            Most astonishing of all, perhaps, is Valtrex no dr that Jesus Christ will continue in submission to the Father.  Paul speaks of this in 1 Corinthians 15:28: ‘And when all things are subjected to him [the Father], then Valtrex no dr the Son himself also will be subjected to the one who Valtrex no dr subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.' The context for that verse is the second coming of Christ!  In other words, Christ will, in a Valtrex no dr perfect Godhead in a perfect heaven, remain in submission to the Valtrex no dr Father.  It's a mystery.

            Misconception #2: Position defines worth

            The second misconception is that position defines worth.  This is a secular concept-it is not in the Bible.  Does Christ's position of submission to the Father make him worth less?  No-he was equal with the Father.  Does the Church's position of submission to Christ make the Church worth less?  No-Christ died to prove the worth of the Church and his love for her.  Not only that, everything he did and Valtrex no dr taught was to prepare the Church to be his spotless bride.  (We might ponder that for awhile.)  Further, does a child's submission to his parents make him worth less as a person?  No-it simply means he has a different position in the family. 

            Misconception #3: The temperament and gifting loophole

            The third misconception is Valtrex no dr that submission has something to do with personality or temperament or gifting.  I admit, I looked for a loophole here.  I could not find one.  The idea goes like this: there are Valtrex no dr women who are naturally quiet or introverted or shy, therefore, it Valtrex no dr must be easier for them to submit.  A friend once suggested that it was easy for me to submit because I am ‘quiet.'  I assured her that, though I may have an introvert's personality, I also have Valtrex no dr very strong opinions and hold some dearly cherished values.  Ask my husband if I find it easy to submit!  I am Eve's daughter: I am not naturally submissive.

            Neither is Valtrex no dr it true that if a woman is more of an extrovert or Valtrex no dr has a stronger personality than her husband, she, therefore, does not need to Valtrex no dr submit to him.  The Scripture says nothing about temperament-that loophole is Valtrex no dr just not there.  A study of Sarah and Valtrex no dr Abraham will reveal that Sarah had at least as strong a Valtrex no dr personality as Abraham!  Yet she is Valtrex no dr honored by the apostle Peter for her submission to her husband (1 Peter 3:5, 6). (Why had the ‘voices' never quoted Peter?)

            What about gifting?  We cannot waste, the argument goes, spiritual gifts!  What if a Valtrex no dr woman has natural leadership abilities, more so than her husband?  What a waste for her to have to submit to him!  How unfair to ask him to lead her!  I have seen plenty of marriages where this is the case.  However, if God gives a Valtrex no dr woman leadership abilities, he will most likely give her a realm in which to Valtrex no dr exercise them for his glory.[i]  (See Proverbs 31 for some ideas.)  How about leading her children?  A mother may and Valtrex no dr must lead her children, but, even there, she is still to Valtrex no dr be in a position of submission to her husband.  How about leading other women?  The apostle Paul spells out very clearly that Valtrex no dr the older women should teach the younger ones.  (What he tells them to teach the younger women is also worth pondering.)[ii]  Here is a built-in, significant role for every Christian woman!  Thus, a wife's stronger personality does not indicate she is Valtrex no dr free to be the head in the marriage; neither can it Valtrex no dr be used as an excuse for the husband to abdicate his God-given position. (Adam, where are you?)

            Misconception #4: It works; it doesn't work 

            The fourth misconception is in the area of experience.  I have heard people say, ‘It works for us to do away with roles in our marriage.'  This is the concept that ‘if it works, it must be right,' or ‘if it doesn't work, it must be wrong.'  Jesus' submission to the Father-did it ‘work'?  His submission led him to the cross!  The early apostles' submission to their Lord-did it ‘work'?  It led them to martyrdom.[iii]  To say something ‘works' or does not work is not the test of truth.

            The validity or Valtrex no dr invalidity of something is also not determined by its misuse.  The fact that many men have wrongfully used ‘headship' to Valtrex no dr demean and devalue women is often proclaimed as proof-positive that Valtrex no dr there is something wrong with the concept of women submitting to Valtrex no dr men.  Because women have Valtrex no dr been mistreated by men who misused the concept of headship or Valtrex no dr leadership-does that make the concept wrong?  That is Valtrex no dr very dangerous ground to stand on. We should expect God's designs to be misused.  That is the nature of our fallenness.

            Neither did I find a loophole that we in the 21^st century can disregard specific, clear instructions given by God's appointed apostles in the Valtrex no dr first century as though they were outdated.  What others, then, would we also disregard?

The picture that Valtrex no dr emerged in my spiral notebooks from the first page of the Valtrex no dr Bible to the last is that the instructions in the New Testament grew out of the Valtrex no dr design at creation, a design that God did not revoke, albeit further defined, after the fall.  

[i] Even so, I dare to Valtrex no dr say that the presence of gifts or talents does not necessarily mean we will always have Valtrex no dr a realm in which to exercise them.  We may be Valtrex no dr called on to relinquish them for a time, even to die to Valtrex no dr them or to the way in which we thought we were to use them.  It may be Valtrex no dr that God is after my humility more than my gifts.

[ii] See Titus 2:4, 5.

[iii] I garnered this Valtrex no dr thought from Dr. Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.