CAN A HUSBAND BECOME A FATHER TO HIS WIFE?
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Summary
In one line: In Scripture an orphan is defined by the absence of a father, not of both parents — because the father was meant to be a father even to his own wife.
Key points
- A men's conversation: "I won't be putting women down, but we'll be in our place… men are special."
- He "didn't really have a childhood" — his parents died when he was very young. In the traditional African family structure the father is the centre; when he goes, the structure collapses.
- Biblically, when the father is absent, the children are orphans — since the wife leaves her father's house to take your name, the husband also carries a fatherly role toward her.
Transcript
Automatic captions, reflowed into paragraphs. Scripture references are highlighted; passages that sound like read scripture are set apart; people and spiritual beings are in bold.
From my own heart, which I always do, but I'm going to be not as preachy. We are we are going to have more of a conversation. And we are going to interact because we will do um Bible for sure we have to touch on the word of God because that is the center of all that we are. But I will also share things that I believe that can be instrumental to you.
Now, this is not um in any way to um I won't be putting women down, but I will make sure that we are in our place. So, if somebody takes it like we're putting somebody down, whoop-ti-do, that's your problem. But that's not really what I'm doing, and this is not because I'm trying to make men feel special because men are special.
Amen.
I'll say that one more time. Men are special.
Amen.
You should say Men are special.
Amen.
Come on now. Men are special.
Amen.
You have to say you have to understand that. And I'm going to share with you from a speech spiritual perspective. And I will also share with you from experiences that I have experienced. Um I didn't really have a childhood. I know some of us can relate us can't relate. I didn't really have a childhood because my parents died very very when I was really really young. My father if you know African family structure, especially back in the day was the father is the center of all things.
If something happens to the father, the whole structure of the family goes out the window because that's why you find even in the Bible an orphan is not really described by the absence of parents, it's the absence of a father. Scripturally. Uh you didn't know that? Oh, you didn't know Some of you knew or some of you didn't know. If you knew, wave your hand if you knew that.
Biblically according to the spiritual world when a father dies a father is absent, the children are actually orphans technically. Because the father was even a father to his own wife. Yeah.
Wow.
She leaves her father's house to take your name.
That's good.
You know? Yeah, yeah.