"The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Say to the people of Israel, Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do at all close their eyes to that man when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death, then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in whoring after Molech.' " (Leviticus 20:1-5)
How then should a man love his wife? As Christ loved the church, by giving himself up for her to make her holy. By setting his heart upon her and redeeming her from her sin and idolatry (Ephesians 5:25 and so on.) The love of Christ for the church, depends not at all on the flaws and imperfections of the church, but on the fact that He has set his love upon the church. And so it should be with man and wife.
Here, then, is how a man should not love his wife. He should not give them standards to meet, or targets to hit, or tell them that his love is conditional on their reaching some pinnacle or something or other. A man should not ask his wife to earn his favour, nor should he ask a prospective wife to persuade him to marry her. That is now how Christ loves his church, that is how to appease Molech. And if that is how you teach and lead your wife then you should not be surprised when she starts whoring after others and sacrificing her children on the fire.
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