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One can see what the attraction is to the woman to embrace the error that is being
espoused today, but what is the attraction for the male? One of the chief motivations
is a desire to appease his wife and other women in the body of Christ. I can attest that
any man that desires to walk in the calling in his life as the head of his wife will
encounter the most extreme opposition. To touch this issue is to touch the very heart
of Satan. One of the greatest strongholds of Satan in families and in the church is
centered around the issue of maintaining God’s government.

Women have a tremendous position of influence in a man’s life. They can either
affect a man for great good as Timothy’s mother and grandmother did, or they can
affect a man for great evil as Jezebel did with her husband Ahab. A man greatly feels
the influence of the women in his life, particularly that of his wife. The two are one
flesh. This is why Yahweh forbid the Israelites to marry foreign wives. He knew the
influence of a wife, and he foresaw that the Israelite men would be influenced to
follow after foreign gods.

Solomon was a man who loved God (I Kings 3:3). Unfortunately, we have the parallel
statement that Solomon also loved many foreign women (I Kings 11:1). In the end,
his wives led him into idolatry and he built shrines and temples to their gods.
Solomon spoke much about the effect that a nagging or contentious wife can have on
her husband. She can make his life a misery. She can also turn his heart away from
a pure devotion to Yahweh.

When a woman continually urges a man to perform some deed that is contrary to the
will of Yahweh, many men will capitulate. For some, they may quickly stray from
obedience. For others, they may be worn down over time as was the case with
Samson.

Judges 16:16
And it came about when she pressed him daily with her words and
urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.

Many men know that to stand on the truth of scriptures and to acknowledge Christ
alone as their head would be the cause of tremendous strife in their marriages. Most
women in Western culture are so indoctrinated in the rebellion and independence
of the nations they live in that they perceive God’s design of headship to be ludicrous,
unreasonable and simply intolerable. They would no more willingly submit to it than
cut off their own head (which, by the way, is what they are being asked to do).

Many men, being more desirous to keep peace in the home, avoid the issue
altogether. They go along with the ways of the world and establish a very modern,
democratic home. It is very modern, but wholly unbiblical. We can see that there is