Submission
IS NOT
Being
Submissive
By Vernita Simmons
O
ne great means for a
marriage to be successful
is for the husband and
wife to learn and activate
godly principles in the area of
submission. Unfortunately, the
issue of submitting within the
world and the Body of Christ has
been seriously misconstrued.
To fully grasp what submission
truly involves, you must abide by
God’s biblical principles and the
order in which He established it.
severely distorted. And for a
Christian marriage to serve as
an exemplary model, they must
refrain from following the pattern
of the world’s system because it
craves for the lust of the flesh,
the eye and the pride of life.
“For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh-craving for
sensual gratification and the lust
of life-assurance in one’s own
resources or in the stability of
earthly things-these do not come
Modern society’s idea of a from the Father but are from the
wife being submissive to her world itself.” (I John 2:19).
husband has been twisted and Having such an insatiable
appetite for worldly pleasures
will cause a marriage to be
topsy-turvy ~ wacky-crazy and
utterly defeated.
The Greek word for submission
is “huptotasso”- hoop-ot-as’-so
from 5259 and 5021; which
means subordinate; reflexively,
to obey:-be under obedience
(obedient), put under, subdue
unto, (be, make) subject (to,
unto), be (put) in subjection (to,
under), submit self unto. (1)
Most women are turned off by
such a decree, for they perceive
submission as being used,