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I especially enjoy writing about Biblical Womanhood as well as the application of Biblical theology from the perspective of a woman longing to communicate my love for who God is as revealed in His Word of knowable and applicable truth and NOT who I imagine He is from some sentimental, me-centered perspective that is based on relative, roller-coaster ride of self-sustained religion 'truth'. In other words, I like to encourage others to press on in His truth and His love for His glory.

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Weekend Whatever: The Meaning of Femininity

I recently had to delete some comments on my website from a woman whose unfounded and unBiblical accusations included, "If men are natural leaders, then why must complementarians work so hard to limit, marginalize and even subtly denigrate women?"

What denigrates women is the Feminist Gospel that relies on a method of Biblical interpretation that falls terribly short of God's Word of Truth.

Please understand that I refuse to engage in an angry debate over Biblical Womanhood. Especially when it entails hermeneutical gymnastics. I use to bend over backwards for people... until the Lord got ahold of my heart and transformed my life and taught me in His Word of knowable and unchangeable Truth that I live and write and do all things for an audience of One, for His glory alone, and not because I think it will add anything to the finished work of my salvation... and He does not require that I compromise my spine to serve Him. I am not out to make friends at the expense of Truth... and I am not torturing people to read my blog. I do, however, genuinely weep for the soul's of the lost and deceived because I love the Lord and so long for people to know His true peace, love His uncompromised Truth and live for His glory alone. But if you are looking for a heated debate, you will have to go elsewhere.

Please read the following from monergism.com:

John Piper wrote: Sin didn't create manhood and womanhood. God did. And sin did not bring diversified, complementary roles into existence. God did. Before sin ever entered the world God ordained and fitted Adam to be a loving, caring, strong leader for his wife Eve. And before sin entered the world God ordained and fitted Eve to be a partner who supports and honors that leadership and helps carry it through. Both in the image of God. Both equal in their God-like personhood. But also different in their manhood and womanhood. The pattern was beautiful. They respected each other and served each other and complemented each other and enjoyed each other.

What sin did was ruin this harmony. Sin made men abandon servant-leadership and become passive or harsh and insensitive and uncaring, or some other distortion of Biblical headship. And sin distorted the woman's support and honor into manipulation or defiance or helplessness or some other distortion of true Biblical submission.

So what Paul did in Ephesians 5 (as we saw last week) is call for a recovery of God's original idea. He doesn't abolish what God created at the beginning. He wants to get back to it: true Biblical headship and true Biblical submission. Here's the way we defined these two realities from our study last week:

Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant-leadership, protection and provision in the home.

Submission is the divine calling of a wife to honor and affirm her husband's leadership and help carry it through according to her gifts.

When a husband leads like Christ and a wife responds like the bride of Christ, there is a harmony and mutuality that is more beautiful and more satisfying and more fruitful than any pattern of marriage created by man. God loves His people and He loves His glory. And therefore when we follow His idea of marriage we are most satisfied and He is most glorified.

Here is a post my pastor made in response to all of this: Not an Issue of Capability but of Responsibility

Posted by Lisa on September 17, 2006

Comments

Thank you for stopping by my blog. Your pastor sounds like he would get along with my pastor (also my hubbie). Both men of integrity and solid preaching in love. :)

You also sound like a lady I wouldn't mind getting to know. :) I'm glad I stopped by at your site.

Posted by: ladysown | September 17, 2006 09:09 PM

ladysown,
That's mutual. How exciting to know that you are a wife to a pastor that embraces sound doctrine. You would probably love meeting my pastors wife. I love and respect her very much... and it truly is a joy to pray for their family.

Lisa

Posted by: lisa4given | September 18, 2006 09:28 AM

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