Queen's Road Cell

We discussed Selwyn's question from his friend whose dentist wife was thinking of going overseas for some time for higher education. And the question was, "Is it right for the wife to prioritize her career above her husband's?". He mentions Piper's point (http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/lionhearted-and-lamblike-the-christian-husband-as-head-part-2) that husbands should be the primary providers in the home. We said that, although the usual model is that husbands ordinarily provide for their wives, the clear Scriptural mandate had to do with authority and responsibility of the husbands for the family, not with issues of financial or career security. So we affirm that husbands may have lower-paying jobs than the wife without feeling that they have not fulfilled their God-given role.It may be that the wife chooses a lower standard of living by giving up their job in order to be a housewife and mother, but we do not see that this is mandated in Scripture. In Selw...

33  “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’ 34  But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35  or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36  And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37  All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.(Mt 5:33-37) This is the 4th of 6 examples how Christ radically fulfils the law (anger, lust, divorce, oaths, retaliation, enemies).   “You have heard it said” (not, “it is written”). This is not an exact, but not an inaccurate transcription of Mosaic Law. The passages in view here are: ·          Nu 30:2 “When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not br...

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