Cheryl Schatz

Scott,

I will spiritually defend my own and at the same time defend any who are placed in my influence. I would never want to see someone die spiritually because I didn’t care for them…that they were not worthy of me defending them because they were not my own flesh and blood.

You said:

I believe that God the Father and Jesus the Son are equal yet also not equal. For goodness sakes, there are two simultaneous realtionships there. One of a son to a father, the other as Jesus said, “I and the Father are on.”

There is nothing in Trinitarian doctrine that says that God the Father and God the Son are not equal. They are not the same person, but they are One God. I was specifically asking you questions about Jesus in Heaven so as not to confuse the temporary limitation of Jesus while He was here on the earth. Do you believe that Jesus is under the protection of His Father in Heaven. If so what Jesus Jesus have to be protected?

You said:

I agree, but there still has to be a head- a final decision maker. Do you agree? Howelse will the buck stop somewhere? How else could any organization be run effectively? Multiple equal leaders don’t work.

The Greek term for “head” does not mean “final decision maker”. A marriage is not an organization and when husband and wife disagree and one has not chosen to submit for the benefit of the other, it is an opportunity to come before the Lord to help them make a proper and godly decision without going against the will of the other. If one takes authority over the other’s will, it is a road map for abuse and resentment. God created the man and woman as equals and He told them both to rule over His earth. He never told the man to rule over his wife.

You said:

Mutual submission is in the bible and it is written before specific instructions given more the marraige relationship.

I agree that Ephesians 5 sets up reciprocal (both ways) mutual submission. So what is your point? Does this exempt the man from following God’s way and in loving giving his wife mutual respect and mutual submission?

You asked:

You, with your website or your endeavors, do you not have the final say?

And a web site is a marriage???