A Christian Family

Family is a God ordained institution. Thus, a Christian family must be a holy family because God who ordains our families is Holy. In Ephesians 5: 21 Paul admonishes the church that we are to subject to one another out of reverence to Christ. We don’t subject our self because of fear of man or the culture and the system; instead we submit and subject to one another in reverence to Christ.

Vs. 23 – explains to us the reason why a woman should submit to her own husband (vs. 22). The man is the head of the family…not the women. So, naturally the woman submits to his authority. Being the head of the family, the man does not have any upper hand over his wife but instead he has a greater responsibility to shoulder. A God given responsibility. The head of the family is accountable to God for the conduct of his whole family.

The husbands are accountable to God on his family affairs both spiritually and earthly. Even though Eve ate the fruit first, God approached Adam first to question him about what he and Eve had done (Gen. 3:9). The husband's leadership makes the wife's submission reasonable. It requires taking the initiative, integrity, and serving the wife.

A good manager creates an environment in which each person can achieve his or her maximum potential. A responsible father also keeps his children under control (1 Tim. 3:4). Leading as a head is one of the husband's primary responsibilities in marriage. The husband must be able to give direction not only to manage the finances of the family, but he also leads and directs the family in spirituality. The husband must lead the wife and children to pray everyday, and meditating upon God’s word and Christian worship. The wife and the children must see the husband portraying the headship of Christ in the family. If the husband does this, then, the wife will automatically submit to him.
Holiness in a family can only be attained when each of the family members are committed to the Lord and first submit to Him.