If your husband asked you to kiss his feet, would you do it ? Would he have to threaten you with discipline in order for you to do it ? Do you think it is something that goes too far ?
If you are a Christian wife, you shouldn't think that way, for two main reasons.
The first reason is that you should not question your husband in his decisions. Kissing his feet is not sin, that's obvious, so if he asks you to do that, there is no reason to rebel against his request. Rebellion is sin. Kissing feet is not.
The second reason is the biblical example you have for a woman kissing a man's feet, out of gratitude, love, caring, devotion. The woman is a sinner and does this to Jesus, to show her love for Him and to show Him that He is very special for her, and that she trusts Him and His saving grace - How right she was in showing Jesus this thankfulness, love and devotion !
"And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment." (Luk 7:37-38)
No, the woman doing that is not married to the man she does it for, but the attitude she shows is exemplatory for our love to our respective husbands. No, our husbands are not Jesus, nor are they to be treated as if they were gods, but the attitude is still the same.
Maybe you should not wait to ask for your husband to kiss his feet... Maybe you should just go ahead and do it without him needing to ask for it... Be thankful for all that your good husband does for you, Christian wife, and show your gratitude !
If you are a Christian wife, you shouldn't think that way, for two main reasons.
The first reason is that you should not question your husband in his decisions. Kissing his feet is not sin, that's obvious, so if he asks you to do that, there is no reason to rebel against his request. Rebellion is sin. Kissing feet is not.
The second reason is the biblical example you have for a woman kissing a man's feet, out of gratitude, love, caring, devotion. The woman is a sinner and does this to Jesus, to show her love for Him and to show Him that He is very special for her, and that she trusts Him and His saving grace - How right she was in showing Jesus this thankfulness, love and devotion !
"And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment." (Luk 7:37-38)
No, the woman doing that is not married to the man she does it for, but the attitude she shows is exemplatory for our love to our respective husbands. No, our husbands are not Jesus, nor are they to be treated as if they were gods, but the attitude is still the same.
Maybe you should not wait to ask for your husband to kiss his feet... Maybe you should just go ahead and do it without him needing to ask for it... Be thankful for all that your good husband does for you, Christian wife, and show your gratitude !
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