A Greater Desire to Protect My Wife

What prompted this blog was a video I recently have seen going around on the internet. This video took my breath away but not in the way you would expect. It shook me to the core. I have posted the video below. This will not be a video on marriage. This will not be a video on how to love your wife more. This will not be a video on the gospel and how it relates to the relationship of husband and wife. In fact this will not be a video on marriage at all. First please watch the video and my comments will follow...





Benny Hinn???? Preaching that way???? I know, twilight zone!!! But here is why it scared me. It scared me because he is right. It scared me because it was biblical (for the most part). Preachers are proclaiming a false gospel. Men in the church are punting away the truth of the exclusivity of Jesus Christ. Many mega churches are trying to not offend the crowd. Many leaders are trying to look like the world so as to make Jesus look "cool" (He is King and Lord).

But what scared me more then anything is that Benny Hinn is a false teacher and has been doing the very thing he is accusing others of. Benny Hinn is a heretic. Benny Hinn speaks lies in the name of my precious Lord. And Benny Hinn, like many other false teachers is transforming his demonic teaching into a more biblical one to come after unaware Christians and widows. When I saw this video I looked at my wife (almost in tears) and said, "what if I died a year or so ago when we were first coming to this understanding of solid teaching and comparing all things with scripture?" "You would hear this man say the very things I was saying to you at that time and you could be subjected to follow him----to Hell!"


God's word points this very thing out...

Matthew 7:15 ESV

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Key point is that they are in "sheep's clothing" so you will not have one sheep and one wolf but two sheep standing in front of you. But one will be a wolf "inwardly". Sometimes, like in the case of Benny Hinn, I think his sheep outfit was ruined in the wash and it is pretty obvious.


1 Peter 5:8 ESV

"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."


2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV

"And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light"

Husbands, this is where I want to move more into the personal accountability to the home. Your wife can be lead astray. This is not to say that your wife is less intelligent then you (God knows that is not the case at my home). But you are commanded to build her up in the knowledge of the Lord. To help place her on solid ground for the sake of her soul. Because you love her so you will wash her in the Word (Ephesians 5:25-27). As Spiritual head you cannot leave this to others to do. You will give an account. We find this in Acts 20:28-31...

"Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears."


In context this is in relation to the elders of the church of God. So we will stay exegetical here and keep that meaning intact. But what I do want to point out is that when the founder, Teacher/Pastor left the church (The Apostle Paul) it opened up false teachers to come in. It was not a "possible" result in his departure but a sure thing, "Savage wolves will come in".

So Husbands, are you relying on others to tend to your flock? Yes your local church will have a role to play in that if you are gone, but so will your teaching to your family. So finding the right church and explaining why you picked that church will aid your family in case of your departure. The hope is you picked your local church due to it's biblical accuracy. So yes, the local church plays a huge role in guarding against false teachers but to rely exclusively on that is very dangerous. Here is a verse that helps us see why...

2 Timothy 3:1-7

"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth."

I want to point out some key words in the above text...

"Having a form of godliness"- Form refers to outward shape or appearance. Their outward external form of religion looks like Christianity but in reality is demonic. Impossible to detect without biblical discernment making it all the more dangerous.

"Worm their way into homes"- Those that are exposed to this teaching seem to be getting it more on the personal level. The door knocks, the TV turns on. Either way it is when they are not under the protection of more mature believers.

"Weak-Willed Women" - Literal meaning is gullible women. Which means they have little knowledge of the truth and are weighed down with emotional and spiritual guilt.

Husbands, this means false teachers are coming for your wife and children. You have an obligation to protect them! If someone broke into your house you have an equal obligation to protect them. If a demonic teacher wants to take them to hell then you have an obligation to protect them. You and I have been given such a wonderful role to love and protect our wives as well as our children. How are you doing? I am not saying that you as a husband are more mature, more able minded or less prone to follow false teaching. But you do have an obligation to teach your family. Right and wrong when it comes to life in general and right and wrong when it comes to God's word.

Anytime I see or hear of a woman who follows some prosperity gospel or false teaching, my heart breaks. But it also burns with frustration because I know that (when she is married) a husband was not submitting to God's word and teaching his family any biblical discernment. Maybe there was just to much ministry to do? Maybe work got in the way? Maybe life just happened? But men, he (the devil) prowls and when your gone he will come for the kill. Are you getting your family ready to stand? Are you expecting someone else to do it for you? Do you think that it's not that dangerous?

Your wrong. That is part of the lie. Please begin today. Just open up a book of the Bible and read a little bit each day to your beautiful precious family. Stop assuming your always going to be there. What change a day can bring. Be earnest, pray God will help you feel more convicted of this need. And God will give you the wisdom. But please do something!!!