How Christians take Christ as our Husband?

 

How Christians take Christ as our Husband?

Romans 7:3 "So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man."

Ephesians 5:24-27 "Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless." 

Aspect	How to take Christ as our Husband	Related Scriptures
Origin	1. Our old self was crucified with Christ's body so that we may belong to Christ 2. We have an organic union with Christ in person, name, life, and existence 3. We have been freed from the law and can be joined to Christ as our new husband	Romans 7:4 "So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God." 2 Corinthians 11:2 "I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him."
Methods	1. Rely on Christ and take Him as our head 2. End all that we are, have, and do 3. Believe into Christ 4. No longer live by ourselves, but live by Christ 5. Let Christ live for us 6. Acknowledge that our old self has been crucified 7. Accept Christ as our person and life	Ephesians 5:23 "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior." Galatians 2:19 "For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God." Colossians 3:4 "When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory."
Examples	1. After baptism, believers experience inner change with a new principle guiding them not to live according to old ways 2. The regenerated person no longer lives to the law but to God 3. Shifting from a self-centered life to a Christ-centered life 4. Shifting from relying on the righteousness of the law to relying on Christ's righteousness 5. Dying to the old way of life and living out the new regenerated person	Romans 6:4-5 "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his." Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
Applications	1. Seek Christ's leadership daily and accept Him as the head 2. Entrust ourselves in prayer, relying on Christ rather than our own strength 3. Regularly self-reflect, putting aside old self thinking and behavior 4. Build an intimate relationship with Christ through Bible reading and prayer 5. Learn to trust Christ in all circumstances 6. Obey the indwelling Spirit of life, no longer under the law 7. Live to God in grace	John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." Philippians 1:21 "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Romans 6:14 "For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace."

 

Conclusion:

As Christians, taking Christ as our husband involves a complete transformation where our old self dies with Christ and we are joined to Him in a new relationship. This spiritual marriage requires us to trust Him fully, take Him as our head, and allow Him to be our life. Through this union, we no longer live under the law but in the grace of God, bearing spiritual fruit for Him.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 International Chinese Conference Romans 5-8 - The Core of the Bible Chapter 4: The New Husband