Lesson 11 · Husband–Wife
The Husband and the Wife
Faithful to My Commitment
Use marriage and Christ’s relationship with the church to understand headship, covenant commitment, faithfulness, respect, and enduring love.
Relationship Focus
Character focus: Commitment, loyalty, respect, and sacrificial care
- Christ Is Head
- The Church as Wife
- Faithfulness and Charity
Lesson Goal
Faithful to My Commitment
Learn covenant faithfulness from Christ and the church, and apply sacrificial love, loyalty, respect, and commitment in marriage and relationships.
View Goal
Virtues: Loyalty, commitment, respect, faithfulness
Teachings: Marriage; the oneness of Christ and the church
Skills: Covenant commitment, resolving tensions, loving service
The Husband–Wife relationship displays covenant commitment. Marriage joins two people in a permanent bond from which trust and intimacy are meant to grow.
The relationship of Christ and the church gives marriage its deeper pattern: sacrificial love, loyal response, faithfulness, and commitment that does not disappear when circumstances become difficult.
These truths call husbands and wives to practical love, respect, service, and faithfulness. They also teach every believer that covenant relationships require perseverance rather than convenience.
Participant Handout
Open the participant handout before the video so you can follow the lesson, take notes, and use the reflection material as you study.
Video Teaching
Required Reading
Read the RD Book, pp. 111–119
Read Chapter 11 — Husband and Wife in Relational Discipleship: Cross Training, pp. 111–119. This reading develops the biblical examples, the vertical relationship with God, and the horizontal application to people that the lesson and quiz draw from.
Graded
Lesson 11 Quiz
Seven questions · Pass with 6 of 7. Retakes are allowed. Answers are revealed after you check the quiz.
Not Graded
For Reflection
These questions are for prayer, journaling, or discussion. They are not scored, stored, or counted toward the quiz or certificate.
- How does Christ’s faithful commitment to His church shape your own commitments?
- Where do respect, faithfulness, or sacrificial care need to grow in your closest relationships?
- How can you pray for and strengthen Christ’s church as His bride?