His Word is Flawless...

I’m really looking forward to this weekend. Not because it’s easy to preach about relationships, but because I have some great advice from the Word of God. I’m going to be talking about Ephesians 5 which is a passage most of us would like to try to avoid when it comes to talking about relationships. Because it talks about submission. Paul says we are supposed to submit to one another in love.

I think we’d rather look at the passages that just talk about what the OTHER person ought to do.

But this is very important. We are told that we are different and we should react differently. Men are commanded to Love and Women are commanded to Respect. So very different and so very important.

But that’s not the point of my blog. My point is that the Bible is always right. There are certainly things that we need to interpret, and there are differing ways that we can interpret. But if we can get to the essence of what God’s word is telling us, it’s always right. When it tells us that women need love and men need respect – we should understand that. Whether we like it or not.

Psychologists have been studying human behavior for many years now, and they are finding that the Bible is true. Men need respect and women need love. Gone are ideals from the 70’s that tried to tell us that men and women are the same with different plumbing. No one believes that any more. Because it isn’t true. It never was. If we would have stuck with the Word of God, we’d have known that already.

Psalm 18:30 says "As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him."

I hope you can be here this weekend.

Praying for God to work in your relationships,

Tim

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Comments

[Dane Jeurissen]

Great sermon on Saturday Tim. It really made my wife Tiffany and I think about how we can make an example of love and respect for our new child, Spencer to follow and continue in his life. I also want to thank you and the staff at Parkview for your help in dedicating Spencer Edward to the christian faith. The godparents that joined us on stage (Rob and Annamarie Pionke) are going to begin attending church with us on Saturdays now becasue they felt the love that Parkview can provide for anyone.

Thanks again and god bless,

The Jeurissen Family

[Jordan H.]

Hey Pastor Tim, great message again on Sunday. I can't wait to find myself a woman and love the daylights out of her! Looking forward to next week, God bless.
-Jordan

[kc]

Make room for one more!! I have been trying to get my neighbor to come to Parkview for 6 years. She has come for VBS closing after I brought her daughter all week. She had attended a Divorce Recovery meeting. She had been to Parkview many times but never for a service. Her cousin and friend made her go with them last weekend after spending the night out of town. She resisted but they wouldn't accept any of her excuses. She then called me Monday morning and was SO excited. She was divorced five years ago and NOW finally understands what went wrong in her marriage. She "now has closure." And she can't wait to come back again. God is so good! You just never know when He is at work with someone and when He will make something happen. And,of course, Parkview is so good! Thank you everyone for working so hard to make room for one more each week!

[Dave]

Hey Tim
Don't take this the wromg way, but I'm kinda glad the WEHarmony series is over. As a divorced father who attends Church w/ his former wife her husband and our daughter I felt so guilty. I know God's grand plan is perfect and things happen for a reason-but man that was a real rough few weeks. You really made me think hard about the path I'm on, I think it's a good one.

[Amy]

Tim,
I agree with Dave above. The WeHarmony series was very hard. I am a single Mom of three and it was very emotional hearing all about marriage and committment when my marriage failed. But...the best thing about the series though is that it gave me great hope that if there ever was a second chance for me, I would have a better plan for what I wanted in a partner and how to be a better partner in the marriage. I also have the tools to know how to have the marriage that I wanted to have. So, even though I cried more through this series than any other, Thank You! for the great message. If one marriage was saved (and I am sure there was), then what a blessing the series was for everyone.