Men Leading their Families

Gen 18.19

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.

Eph 6.4

Fathers, bring up your children in the training and instruction of the Lord

Josh 24.15

As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord

1K 1:6

His father (David) had never interfered with him (Adonijah) by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?”

Seven Reasons Showing Male Headship in Marriage Before the Fall:

1. The Order: Adam was created first, then Eve (Genesis 2:7, 18-23).

2. The representation: Adam, not Eve, had a special role in representing the human race.

1 Cor. 15:22: For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

3. The Primary Accountability: God spoke to Adam first after the Fall. (Gen 3:9)

4. The purpose: Eve was created as a helper for Adam, not Adam as a helper for Eve.

Gen. 2:18: “Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper (Hebrew ‘ezer) fit for him” (Genesis 2:18).

5. The Conflict: The curse brought a distortion of previous roles, not the introduction of new roles.

Gen. 3:16: To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for [or: against] (teshuqah + el) your husband, and he shall rule over you." (see same words on Gen. 4:7)

6. The Mystery: Marriage from the beginning of creation was a picture of the relationship between Christ and the church. (Eph 5:31)

7. The parallel with the Trinity: The equality, differences, and unity between men and women reflect the equality, differences and unity in the Trinity. (1 Cor 11:3)