Kay

“Sure he may not be able to work, or live normally, but being the head in my opinion is not about demands or exercising some sort of authority. I believe the authority is there just not demaded by the man… make sense???”

No, you’ve lost me – I can’t make sense of it. How can it be “not about” “exercising some sort of authority” and also be “the authority” that “is there just not demanded”?

“Let me ask you this question- when Christ washed His disciples feet, do you think for a moment they questioned who it was who had the authority in that room? Yes Christ demonstrated mutual submission in His actions but he is still Lord- the perfect example for a husband, except obviously we are not God.”

Christ is still has all authority and still is Lord and “obviously” husbands “are not God.” The way I see it, the only thing left for you and I is mutual submission.

“Authority is a good and healthy thing, provided it is a refection of Christ- there lies the challenge.”

Therein also lies the impossibility of it – no man is able to do that 100% of the time because no man is Christ.

Is this why you say, “I hold that none can demand or exercise their authority.”?

So, do I understand that you believe a husband has been given some kind of authority that he can not exercise? Then what is its purpose?