Husband/Wife Relationship
1 Peter 3:1-7
December 17, 2006
Dr. Jerry Nelson
Susan sat in church and heard the testimony.
She had heard this kind of testimony before and, just as then, so now it made her wilt inside.
Justine Walden was telling about how her husband had become a Christian.
Justine committed her life to Christ several weeks earlier and now her husband was responding to Jesus’ love and Lordship.
As Susan heard it she was of course happy for them,
but what about her husband?
“I’ve been praying for my him for 15 years. Why hasn’t he become a Christian?”
Though she felt alone in this, she wasn’t.
Many women and men struggle, living with spouses who don’t believe. (Anonymous in “The Christian Life” May 1978)
Susan’s husband wasn’t a bad man but his lack of faith in Jesus and her faith in Jesus put strains on their relationship.
Not only did that difference sometimes make for difficult situations but she also loved her husband and desired so much for him to have the relationship with Jesus she had.
