Day 27 Fast Curse On Women Submission

Ephesians 5:22-24
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.


Soon after I had decided to stay with my husband, a very loved sister in Christ brought up submission to my husband. My first thought "are you kidding me? I just decided to stay with the man that destroyed my heart, left me in a black hole of despair, and now you want to discuss submission to him?"

I had and still have enormous amount of trust and love for this woman or at that time I would have just decided she was crazy. She went on to say not submitting to your husband is the same as not submitting to Christ! Wow that was almost to much to handle. I had to go strictly on faith in God's word, and her speaking the Lords Truth into me. I know now that was an incredibly loving thing to say. The sooner I was taught the truth and started walking in obedience to the Lord, and the sooner I accepted Gods order of the way marriage was suppose to look, the better off I was.

I questioned her about him not following the Lord, do I still have to submit? YES Unless he ask you to go against God. This concerned me, then she said if you are walking in obedience to the Lord, He will take care of you.


Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding


Submission to men was a foreign concept. First of all I was a feminist. Second of all my first husband was abusive, not to mention what happen with my dads and then the sexual abuse. The only way to start comprehending this was the power of the Holy Spirit, renewing of the mind. I have to get out of fleshly thinking and try to see it as God sees it. ( I have to say this. If there is a woman reading this, is in an abusive home, this does NOT mean submit to the abuse, nor does it say to continue living with an abusive husband).

God had designed it that the husband was the leader from the very beginning. Not in a tyrannical dictator way, but in a loving, sacrificing way to create order, and eliminate chaos.

Then the APPLE. Eve decided to go against the command of God, and venture out without consulting her husband and not only eat the apple, but get her husband to as well. Then blame shifted when God ask her about it.
The Curse
​ Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

A few trusted people in my life have brought the curse up lately to me. When I started studying this I thought, "well that explains a lot". I have tried for years to get my husband to do what I say, or want, or do. I have been extremely rebellious to his wishes. This causes a lot of strife in a marriage. I pretty much would take an opposing view to any wishes he had. ( I can hear feminist in the background saying, but what about him? This blog is about what the Lord is doing in me, and my obedience to the Lord). Now that I am walking with the Lord I, judge his walk with the Lord, I still try to make him do it my way. I try to teach him about The Lord, and baptism, and the Bible. I get met with an obstinate attitude. Someone I trust and love explained that me teaching him is not in the natural order of how God made us. By me being submissive, gentle and kind, that will be met with a lot less resistance. There will be a time for sharing the Gospel, but not now.

This is extremely difficult for me. I am used to raising the kids pretty much on my own (he works A LOT), making all household decisions and financial decisions. I need guidance from the Lord and His strength to repent, and let go of pride. I will say when I do it, he is almost left speechless, and he is in shock, and our home is so much more peaceful.


Ephesians 5:21-33

21And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. 24As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.
25For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.b 27He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. 28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. 29No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. 30And we are members of his body.
31As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.â€c 32This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. 33So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.


Dear Lord Teach us Your way, Holy Spirit fill us, guide us, comfort us, Thank You Lord for the many blessings You have given each of us. Thank You Jesus Amen

 

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When we put GOD first...all these things are added unto you...and blessings and favor are upon our home...proverbs wife!...it's all about obedience...Man is the only creation that God made out of dust...Men (Adam) are God's first creation...women...we were made out of our man..took one of his ribs..husbands are not a part of the wife...the wife is literally a part an extension of her husband...



if you look at the way divorce and separation and marriage seems to have lost it's sacredness...( it's no wonder we women have ribs sticking out and all out of order!...lol..).the men, they has lost there place in the home...and we women have put everything out of order...just like Eve...guess we ARE her decendants..(yet I am grateful for womens rights and glad we have them..everything in moderation.....



Submission...whether ladies like it or not..it's Truth, because the lack of submission..men look elsewhere for someone to make them "feel" worthy and powerful and want peace and love in their home..(that's truth) .it's a sign of the times..bible says there are 10 men to every women in the end times..world stats are saying 1 women to 7 men now...because of that there is less marriage and more break ups......women have a tendency to make them feel "less than" or worthless in our homes...it is sad..



I am guilty in some areas myself... and it is hard to "obey" a man that is acting the fool..(which triggers a women acting like a bigger fool so it's an endless circle of arguments and fights) ....but God sees the "fool"..and if he is a godly man he will hear God...and if he is not a godly obedient man ..then the wife and our actions speak LOVE and Comfort.(somewhat like God manifested in the flesh by the wife..who brings hope, favor, love ect, because her heart is in the Lords will, therefore we can handle the husbands flesh and his emotions) ....so the husband can "see" and "feel" the love and it will please hia flesh, leading to Peace in the home......which will lead to him being introduced to God because of the wife...and her actions toward him...



I had that word put in my vows.."obey"....friends thought I was crazy..rolled their eyes...my husband is tough like a pit bull......Still had the word put in...I failed so bad in the beginning ..... just want to be obedient to God and I know for me when I make a vow to God I pay it...too scared not to......



can't say I'm getting an A+ in the obey field...I may be up to a A...my husband agrees I have come a long way and still have a long way to go..when I think of why God NEEDS me to OBEY HIM first and I see the results of years of trying to overcome ME in a argument or a situation where I think my husband is wrong...if he is wrong...he has to answer to God..and I do remind my husband of that from time to time...but what I really do is raise up early and I set my house in order through prayer and then the Spirit covers us through the day..God's plan is explicit...there ARE things we have to DO to get the blessings...He is a God of Grace and Love but He is also a judgemental God..and He will Judge us on that day for our very thoughts!..and deeds.....the more I submit to my husband the more we are together and connected and truly I "feel" like I'm doing my part..my heart still tingles when he comes home from work and I see his smile at ME...I love bringing him all he needs...I love my husband and my hearts desire is to please him and make sure he is comfortable when i do that I'm in a comfortable position...and my husband gives it back to me..so the circle is complete...My husband is a pitbull and so am I...I have had to literally scream in a pillow to get past me.(hysterical when I think back..about me)..I WAS SO DETERMINED TO GET OVER ME...not him....I can't change my husband but God did and he does if we do our part in the home that a women was called to do...protect her family in the spirit.....I agree..physical abuse or any severe abuse...get out of the situation...get your children out...common sense is needed here...OBEDIENCE...once again!..it's all about obedience whether we like it or not..but the blessings are sure and sooooo worth it



Lord bless your people and let us SEE...your Power and let us Be your Source of Light for the world to see in Jesus name...Women love your husbands and do not plan any hurt or evil against them...study Sarah...Mmmmm...she called Abraham "lord"...Mmmmm.....Mmmmm....I'm not thinking I'm "there" yet!

 

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Genesis

In the Beginning...

3:1-5:32

The Fall of Eve and Adam (vv.3:1-7)

Deception of Eve: The greatest tragedy in Creation is the Fall of Man in Genesis 3. Here, the entirety of

the world’s problems are rooted and explained. It is here that Satan (whether working through or in the

form of the snake we don’t know) is introduced to the story. God gave Adam and Eve one single “thou

shall not:†“You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.†Genesis 2:16-17.

Twisting God’s Words: The ï¬rst thing that Satan did in his temptation was to twist God’s

words by inaccurately stating what God had said, making His command seem unreasonable,

burdensome and controlling. The attempt was to impugn God’s goodness.

Inaccurate Recital: While on one hand Eve attempted to correct the serpent’s accusation

against God, she herself fell into the same trap. She added “and you must not touch itâ€-

something God never said. This led to deception because when she touched it and found that no

punishment befell her it cemented her doubt in God’s goodness.

The Fall of Adam: When Adam failed to protect his wife and was led into sin by her into the

human race came the sinful nature to this very day. This single choice has brought endless death

and destruction to all mankind for thousands of years.

Christ, the Second Adam: Jumping ahead to God’s amazing plan of salvation, God chose that just as

sin and death and curse came through one man, so God would also bring righteousness, life and blessing

through one man.

Romans 5:12-17: Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through

sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—To be sure, sin was in the

world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is

no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those

who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how

much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,

overflow to the many! Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The

judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and

brought justiï¬cation. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man,

how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of

righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

1 Corinthians 15:22-23: For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in

turn: Christ, the ï¬rstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

1 Corinthians 15:44-49: If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is written:

“The ï¬rst man Adam became a living beingâ€; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not

The Book of Genesis: 3:1-5:32come ï¬rst, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The ï¬rst man was of the dust of the earth;

the second man is of heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as

is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the image

of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

Loss of Innocence: The ï¬rst and immediate result of Adam and Eve’s sin was their conscious loss of

innocence. We experience this in our lives when we ï¬rst sin and experience things that God never

intended us to experience. The ï¬g leaves Adam and Eve put over themselves represent their need to hid

themselves from each other, rather than the total, unashamed freedom that comes from innocence.

The Curse (vv.3:8-24)

“Where are you?â€: YHWH God used to come and walk in the cool of the evening every evening with

Adam and Eve. The picture of a loving Father delighting in His children every day. I hope you can hear in

God’s question the pain He must have felt when for the ï¬rst time His beloved creation was not waiting for

Him for their evening walks together.

The Curse on the Serpent: God ï¬rst looked to the Serpent, who had deceived Eve, and cursed him with

humiliation and enmity. This can be applied to the animal, the snake, but much much more than that this

curse is on Satan and those who follow him.

The Woman’s Offspring: The rest of the Bible hinges on this promise within the curse on Satan.

God promises that one of the offspring of the woman would “crush the headâ€- totally defeat- the

serpent and all that he stands for.

This promise explains God’s choosing of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The choice of David, and

his descendants and ï¬nally the virgin Mary as God continues to maintain a faithful seed

throughout history until Jesus Christ came, as a man, to defeat Satan.

The Curse on the Woman: Next God turned to the woman. The curse because of her sin was a great

increase of pain in childbearing. What God had created to be a time of beauty and creation was cursed to

be dangerous and agonizing. Then God cursed the harmony between the husband and wife by giving the

woman a desire to rule the man, yet being constantly frustrated by men dominating women.

The Curse on Adam: Finally the curse came to Adam. Adam was created to work and bless the earth,

but God turned his work into toil-- always dying and corrupting before his eyes. Then ï¬nally God

sentenced mankind to death, cursing them to become dust. This brings us to the painful and very relevant

truth that every death is unnatural and an execution for sin.

Out of the Garden, Covered with Skin: God then kicked Adam and Eve out from the

Garden so that they could not beneï¬t from the life that God had put in the Garden of Eden.

Then the ï¬rst living thing in the Bible died, as God killed an animal to cover up Adam and

Eve’s nakedness. This ï¬rst taught mankind that sin and shame must be covered through

sacriï¬ce.

Cain and Abel (vv.4:1-16)

Righteous Abel: Jesus called Abel a righteous man in the Gospels, and God was pleased with the

sacriï¬ce of his ï¬rstborn from his flocks. Abel had learned from God that sacriï¬ce is needed for the

forgiveness of sin. He gave God what he could not produce himself.

The Book of Genesis: 3:1-5:32Wicked Cain: Cain, however, became the ï¬rst murderer on earth. 1 John tells us that Cain killed Abel

because of his jealousy against Abel’s righteousness (and because of that, his relationship with God).

Cain brought God some fruits from the soil- the product of Cain’s toil. God’s displeasure with Cain’s

offering is because the fruit of the earth (as we see in the curse) represents man hard-work and effort.

God is teaching us, from Cain and Abel, that only a trusting sacriï¬ce can please God, not the self-effort of

man.

Don’t Be like Cain, 1 John 3:11-15: For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should

love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why

did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. Do not be

surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to

life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates a

brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

The Line of Cain (vv.4:17-24)

The Rapid Deterioration of Humanity: Cain’s murder of his brother Eve looked like a victory for Satan

and sin. With righteous Abel’s death it seemed that God would fail in his promise to bring a victorious,

righteous seed from the woman. Genesis tells us the effect of Cain’s wickedness on his descendants.

The glory of man: Out of Cain’s line came musical instruments, tools, cities and more violence and

murder. We see here the development of human society, growing and building itself up out from the

presence of God and for the security and glory of mankind, rather than the Lord. Cain’s great, great, great

grandson, Lamech, is later singled out to show how violent and proud (and at this point polygamous)

Cain’s descendants had become.

Hope: The Birth of Seth (vv.4:25-26)

God’s Appointed One: Eve had held onto God’s promise to bring a victorious offspring from her as she

watched her son Cain and his family destroy the earth and grow in wickedness. Adam and Eve had

another son, Seth, and around his birth and then later the birth of his son Enosh, the righteous seed of

Seth began to call on the Name, YHWH for salvation.

The Line of Seth, Righteous Seed (vv.5:1-32)

The Righteous Seed Continues: Genesis 5 can appear only as a boring genealogy, but it is actually an

amazing testimony of God safely bringing forth and keeping safe a faithful seed that one day our Lord

Jesus Christ could come from.

Enoch: The boasting, polygamous, murder, Lamech, is Cain’s descendant that is highlighted in chapter 4,

but out of Seth’s offspring a man named Enoch stands out. A prophet, and righteous man, Enoch walked

so closely with God that he did not see death and was taken right into heaven. We see out of Cain’s line

coming death and cursing and out of Seth’s line coming life and blessing.

Enoch’s Prophecy (Jude 14-15): The Letter of Jude contains a prophecy from Enoch, which

shows that God had told Enoch much of His plan to restore the earth. Jude records this: “Enoch,

the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon

thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts

they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the deï¬ant words ungodly sinners have

spoken against him.â€

The Book of Genesis: 3:1-5:32Who Was Introduced this Week to the Story?

Satan (the Serpent): Genesis 3 contains the ï¬rst introduction of Satan, who revelation refers to as

“that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. (Revelation 12:9). We

learn later that Satan had been created as a perfect angel (Ezekiel 28:14) but that in his pride he had

rebelled against God, thinking that he himself could be God (Isaiah 14:12-15). Satan becomes the leader

of the rebellion against God, both of demons and humans (1 John 5:19). Yet, although powerful now,

God makes clear his fate is defeat and damnation (Revelation 20:10).

Cain: Cain becomes the world’s ï¬rst murderer and because of it brings further curse and evil into the

earth. His descendants build human society, but at the cost of more and more wickedness and furthering

mankind from God. Cain becomes the symbol of evil jealousy and violence. Cain becomes a warning to

Christians not to be faithless, self-righteous and angry (Hebrews 11:4, 1 John 3:12, Jude 1:11).

Abel: Abel is the world’s ï¬rst martyr, dying at the hands of his evil brother because of his righteous life.

Abel’s blood foreshadow’s Jesus’ blood (Hebrews 12:24) as blood that cries out to God. Abel is held up

as a righteous man, living a life of faith before God.

Seth: Little is known about Seth the man, except that he became the father of the righteous line from

whom came Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, David, Mary and then Jesus, the Promised

Offspring from Genesis 3. Seth become the ï¬gurehead of the sons of righteousness, while Cain becomes

the ï¬gurehead of the sons of darkness.

Lamech: Lamech becomes the ultimate example of Cain’s evil family tree. Boastful and violent,

Lamech shows that sin breeds only pride and death on the earth.

Enoch: In clear contrast to Lamech, Enoch’s life is a life of righteousness and relationship with God.

Enoch shows that righteousness and a walk with God leads to eternal life-- never tasting death.

Small Group Discussion Questions

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1. How does knowing the fall of man and the curse that followed impact your

worldview? Your view of yourself?

2. How does mankind deal with the harshness and unnaturalness of death in the

earth? How do you?

3. How do you see Satan tempting you in your life? How does he twist God’s

words with you?

4. How have you reacted in your life to the loss of your innocence in sin?

5. How do you see the heart and attitude of Cain trying to take root in your life?

6. Why do you think Cain’s offering was rejected by God, but Abel’s was

accepted? How does this impact was you give as an offering to God?

The Book of Genesis: 3:1-5:32

 

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good study...