Questions & Answers
Questions 285 (COD Page 1011)
Also, Brother Branham, I believe a woman should be subject to her husband. But if a Christian woman has a sinner husband who does not even to one of your services–come to one of your services and won’t–and wants his wife to be doing things, cutting her hair, wearing shorts, and going to ungodly places, is this woman supposed to be subject to this man in this way? Please explain this more clearly, as this is a question that is asked often.
78 No, Sister, you are not subject to such a person. No indeedy. For this cause you’ll leave everything and cleave to God. Now, the thing...If you want–that man wants to live with you, and you be–stay a Christian...But if he’s going to make you wear shorts, cut your hair, and do all these other things, and ungodly places, you seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. You’re not bound to such a person as that. “But as long,” the Bible says, “as she is pleased and he is pleased to dwell together (you remember that?), let them...”
And now, these, I didn’t put the Scriptures down, ’cause I just picked them up (you see?) a few minutes ago. I pick up one now and then that I haven’t got time...
79 But Paul said that as long as they–unbelieving husband has a unbelieving–or believing wife or so forth, let the believing wife remain with the believing husband, as long as is not contrary now to God. If he’s pleased to dwell with her... “Go ahead, Honey, if you want to go to church, that’s all right; but I ain’t going. I don’t believe in it; don’t have nothing to do with it. But you go ahead; that’s all right.” But when he says, “You can’t do it,” now there’s a different thing. You’re not bound to that then; you separate everything for God.