{"id":8303,"date":"2024-02-04T19:32:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T14:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/what-authority-does-a-husband-have-over-his-wife\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T19:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T14:02:39","slug":"what-authority-does-a-husband-have-over-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/what-authority-does-a-husband-have-over-his-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"What Authority Does a Husband Have over His Wife?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"video\">\n<div class=\"graphic alt-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Authority Does a Husband Have over His Wife? (Jonathan Leeman)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gtt9YfZfseU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Authority of Counsel vs. Authority of Command<\/h2>\n<p>A husband\u2019s authority is what I would characterize as an authority of counsel, not an authority of command. In both kinds of authority, there is the right to make commands, and the person under is called to submit. So wives are called to submit in the same way children are called to submit.<\/p>\n<p>But the difference between authority of counsel and authority of command is that there\u2019s no enforcement mechanism, no discipline mechanism for a husband.<\/p>\n<p>So think about what the enforcement mechanism is for a parent. It\u2019s the power of the rod. <em>You need to go to bed because I\u2019m your dad and I said you need to do it now<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-placement list-item clear\">\n<div class=\"product-placement-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/books\/authority-tpb\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/studio-files\/media\/e9b58b73e8e6740f7ce12a69fa6a1c35b3e2df6f.jpg\" alt=\"Authority\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n<h3><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/jonathan-leeman\/\">Jonathan Leeman<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"copy-excerpt\">Through Scripture and engaging stories, Jonathan Leeman shows that godly authority is essential to human flourishing and presents 5 attributes of biblical authority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scan your mind\u2019s eye through all the Scripture and ask yourself, <em>Is there any place where husbands are given a discipline enforcement mechanism?<\/em> Long, awkward silence. No! There\u2019s not. You don\u2019t get to force. You don&#8217;t get to demand and say, <em>Now, or else<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a fear-driven form of authority. And a parent\u2019s authority, if need be, on occasion, does allow for use of an enforcement mechanism and the threat of it to lead a child towards wisdom. But a husband\u2019s authority works in a different way. Here\u2019s why it\u2019s important to distinguish those two kinds of authority: it dramatically impacts the nature and the <em>how<\/em> of such authority.<\/p>\n<p>With a husband\u2019s authority, I\u2019m to live with my wife in an understanding way. What\u2019s the goal of a husband\u2019s authority? It\u2019s to win her towards oneness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p>What\u2019s the goal of a husband\u2019s authority? It\u2019s to win her towards oneness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Lead towards Oneness<\/h2>\n<p>Adam and Eve became one flesh. The very purpose of a husband\u2019s authority is to lead his wife\u2014in pursuing dominion\u2014to lead her towards oneness. And so there\u2019s a sense in which you might say that a husband\u2019s authority is evangelistic. The evangelist says, <em>You must repent and believe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But the evangelist can\u2019t then enforce what he\u2019s calling the person to do. Instead, the evangelist is seeking to win and to woo and to draw the person towards faith in Christ. In the same way, the husband is trying to draw his wife towards oneness. He is seeking to do that in a compelling, loving, gentle, patient, understanding way.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Song of Solomon, of all books, is what gives us a picture of the compelling power of a husband\u2019s authority. You are to win your wife with the compelling power of your love for her and care for her and tenderness for her as you seek to rule the earth together in dominion, as commanded in Genesis 1.<\/p>\n<p>All of that to say, a husband\u2019s authority is a different kind of authority\u2014I call it the authority of counsel\u2014than other kinds of authority that we are commonly familiar with, whether parents or the governments or the churches and so forth. And when done according to Scripture, it is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>And how tragic it is that so many husbands\u2014myself included\u2014sin and use our authority selfishly for our own gain. And so we present not pictures of our Savior but pictures of something much uglier. We\u2019re called to repent of that and put our trust into Christ and rule like he rules\u2014a beautiful, tender, gentle Savior.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jonathan Leeman is the author of<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/books\/authority-tpb\/\">Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"clear\"\/>\n<div class=\"blog-post-author clear\">\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/authors\/small\/1221.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Leeman\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p><strong>Jonathan Leeman<\/strong> (PhD, University of Wales) is the editorial director for 9Marks and cohost of the <em>Pastors\u2019 Talk<\/em> podcast. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books and teaches at several seminaries. Jonathan lives with his wife and four daughters in a suburb of Washington, DC, and is an elder at Cheverly Baptist Church. 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