MP3:

Verse: 1 Corinthians 1

1. Mountain of laying down: Please God and make your wife happy

A. Husband shall please God and make his wife happy too( 1 Corinthians 7:32-34a;Deuteronomy 24:5)

B. Align with God’s will to please God
(1) Husband needs wife’s help (Genesis 2:18)
(2) Husband and wife represent Christ and the Church(Ephesians 5:31-32)

C. Out of solitude to make your wife happy
(1) Lay down yourself(Ephesians 5:25-27)
(2) Care for your wife(Ephesians 5:28-30)

2. Mountain of shouldering: Women can be wrong but your wife is never

A. Adam sinned, God remedied(Genesis 3:11-13, 21)

B. Man sin, Jesus bears(John 1:29;1 John 3:5)

C. Wife makes mistakes, husband shoulders
(1) If I find my wife’s mistakes, I’m mistaken(Proverbs 10:12;1 Peter 4:8)
(2) If I’m not mistaken, I’m to blame for my wife’s mistakes (Romans 5:12)
(3) If it is her mistake, as long as she doesn’t admit it, then it’s not her mistake(1 Corinthians 4:5)
(4) If my wife refuses to admit her mistakes and I insist that she does,I’m gravely mistaken( Romans 8:1)