Hierarchy Won’t Save Your Marriage-But THIS Will | Bible Reading Plan: Day 41, Colossians 3-4
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- Power struggles in marriage, debates over roles, and arguments about authority-these conversations miss the real point. In Colossians 3-4, Paul addresses household relationships in a way that challenged the Roman world. Instead of focusing on who’s in charge, Paul calls for a new dynamic: love, respect, and mutual service. Let’s break it down.
✈️ Overview:
• Paul isn’t creating a new family structure-he’s reshaping an existing Roman system with Christian values.
• Instead of reinforcing dominance, Paul calls for love, respect, and responsibility from both spouses, parents, and even masters and slaves.
• The focus isn’t who leads-it’s how each person honors Christ in their role.
🔎 Context Clues:
• Household codes were standard in Roman culture, reinforcing hierarchy. Paul doesn’t remove the structure but redefines the relationships.
• Slavery was an ingrained part of Roman society. Paul doesn’t politically challenge it (which would have made Christianity a political threat) but radically shifts the relationship by commanding masters to treat slaves with fairness (Col. 4:1).
• Paul’s words challenged a society that prized authority-husbands were now required to love their wives and not be harsh, and fathers were told not to provoke their children (Col. 3:19, 21).
🤓 Nerdy Nuggets:
• “Work heartily, as for the Lord” (Col. 3:23) was written to slaves, showing that even unjust work could be meaningful when done for God.
• In Colossians 3:11, Paul declares that in Christ, “there is no Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, slave or free.” This dismantles social divisions, pointing to true unity in Christ.
• Paul says “wives, submit” (Col. 3:18), not “obey.” The Greek word for submission implies voluntary partnership, not forced control.
✅ Timeless Truths:
• The spirit of a relationship matters more than the structure. A marriage built on control will fail, but one built on love and mutual respect will thrive.
• Leadership in the home isn’t about power-it’s about servanthood. Husbands are called to love sacrificially, as Christ loved the church (Eph. 5:25).
• Work has meaning, no matter how small. Colossians 3:23 reminds us that all work can be an act of worship.
• True transformation isn’t about legalism but about putting to death the sinful nature and living in Christ (Col. 3:5-10). Holiness is not just about what we avoid but how we actively live with love, kindness, and humility.
Paul’s teaching isn’t about who has the final say-it’s about how we treat each other. In marriage, family, and work, our goal is to reflect Christ through love and humility.
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Spirit over Structure. I love the questions we as spouses should be asking ourselves.
me too. This is powerful!
Challenge excepted again! Day 41 reading and video ✅
Day 41 Reading 1,2,3&4 📜✅ 🤸🏾♀️
Day 41 reading and episode COMPLETED! Leader=Servant - due to this, husbands and wives are both leaders in the home. One of the hardest things to unlearn is learned behavior. However, we have to start from a place of wisdom. When we were having marriage counseling years ago, I punted on the decision to lead our family where finances were concerned. Mostly because my wife had a much better understanding of money. Not only that, she worked at a bank! It made no sense to me to take on that role in the name of being a leader. My wife respected me as decision maker and yielded in cases where we were making big purchases, but in many cases what did we do? Honestly, we did WHAT SHE SAID! So, this spirit over structure teaching really speaks to me and I agree with it. As long as we are in agreement (and we have been for 25 years), who cares about structure???
Glad to have made it to day 41! Time is flying!!
Day 41 done ✅
Day 41 Streak !.🎉☑️ 🙌🏾
One of my struggles is behavior modification. I know it doesn't work. I have been infusing myself in Gods word so I don't sin against him. Dying daily!! Killing those desires not like Christ. Fixing my mind!!!
As always thank you Pastor Manny!!! You are a true blessing to my growth in Christ.
Hoodie looks like it says, “Ye must be bored” and in light of last weeks tweets that is TIMELY
People love to use these scripture to justify why they don’t like Christianity. They say it promotes slavery.
“ Paul didn’t care about structure!” 🙌🏾🙌🏾 His job was to infuse the spirit of God.