There will come a day when those who do not trust in Christ will be sent to hell. They will die physically and spiritually for their own sins, the consequences of rejecting Christ are eternal (forever) death, the second death.
Matthew 10:27-28 "…27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."
God will destroy the body and the soul completely and permanently of all those who reject Christ.
Luke 12:4-5 "I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!"
Hebrews 10:31 "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
Revelation 14:7 "And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
When we look to man for our guidance, it is man getting the glory instead of God.
Monday, December 22, 2025
Obey God and Only Obey Our Leaders When They Obey God
If we look to our husband as our authority, then the Holy Spirit takes second place to a human. Husbands and wives walk together because when they got married God made them into one, they are not one over the other, they are one together equally. God did not take a rib from man's back or from his feet; He took the rib from his side, a sign of oneness in purpose.
Matthew 19:5-6 "…5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
No man can separate what God has joined, and no man can change the dynamic of man and woman walking together side by side.
If you have ever seen that umbrella drawing by Bill Gothard, you will see that it is not Biblical and is damaging to the marriage relationship. It is his concoction, but not from God.
I have heard people say that a woman should obey her husband even if he asks her to sin because God has a purpose in that. This is a lie from the devil himself.
The woman who loves God is to honor God first, and because of her honor of God, her husband might become born again.
Ephesians 5:22-24 Marriage like Christ and the Church
22 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything."
Notice we subject ourselves to our husbands only when they obey the Lord. Never forget Annanias and Sapphirah? Sapphirah was killed along with her husband for conspiring with him to lie to the Holy Spirit. And, let's not forget Abigail, who refused to obey her wicked husband; he was killed, and Abigail became the wife of King David.
Remember Shadrack, Meshach, and Abednego? They refused to obey the wicked demands of their leader, and God took care of them. Not only did God do that, He also moved the heart of Nebuchadnezzar to be on the side of their God.
We each have different jobs to do and people we answer to, but no one takes priority over God; our leaders are not our gods.
Matthew 19:5-6 "…5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
No man can separate what God has joined, and no man can change the dynamic of man and woman walking together side by side.
If you have ever seen that umbrella drawing by Bill Gothard, you will see that it is not Biblical and is damaging to the marriage relationship. It is his concoction, but not from God.
I have heard people say that a woman should obey her husband even if he asks her to sin because God has a purpose in that. This is a lie from the devil himself.
The woman who loves God is to honor God first, and because of her honor of God, her husband might become born again.
Ephesians 5:22-24 Marriage like Christ and the Church
22 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything."
Notice we subject ourselves to our husbands only when they obey the Lord. Never forget Annanias and Sapphirah? Sapphirah was killed along with her husband for conspiring with him to lie to the Holy Spirit. And, let's not forget Abigail, who refused to obey her wicked husband; he was killed, and Abigail became the wife of King David.
Remember Shadrack, Meshach, and Abednego? They refused to obey the wicked demands of their leader, and God took care of them. Not only did God do that, He also moved the heart of Nebuchadnezzar to be on the side of their God.
We each have different jobs to do and people we answer to, but no one takes priority over God; our leaders are not our gods.
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