Cheryl Schatz

Charis,
Here is a good verse:

Malachi 2:14 “Yet you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

The purpose of the wife is to be a companion and in a relationship by covenant.

What is interesting is that in the next verse God identified that those who have the Spirit did not deal treacherously with their wife as companion and covenant partner.

Malachi 2:15 “But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.

Is it possible that the man who treats his wife as a sex object and not as a companion and covenant partner does not have the Holy Spirit? Perhaps that is a thought to follow through on and a sobering warning to any man who mistreats and objectifies his wife.