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Biblical Manhood & Womanhood - 1 Timothy 2 - Foundations of Biblical Womanhood · Mount Eaton Church

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This is the ladies day.
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We've started us, really started walking through what biblical manhood and biblical womanhood
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is.
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Through this process we will also be hitting other topics because everything that we'll
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be preaching on, every letter doesn't really just deal with just manhood and womanhood,
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but this is good for all Christians.
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I want us to read 1 Timothy chapter 2.
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So let me get there.
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1 Timothy chapter 2 deals with two particular issues.
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One is the issue of the importance of prayer and especially men praying.
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So they'll get a little bit of challenge.
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And then we start to really deal with the importance of complementarianism.
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So before we get started let's pray.
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Father I want to thank you that you are good, you are faithful, you are true.
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We thank you that your word is living and active.
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Lord that your word is perfect.
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We thank you that through divine preservation you have kept your word in translation for
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us and that we can fully depend on your word.
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And Lord that your word gives, has everything for life and godliness for us.
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So Lord we ask that you would be honored and glorified today.
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I pray that the full counsel of your word is spoken and taught and that we have prepared
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your hearts to rightly divide, prepared our hearts to rightly divide it and that you would
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be honored and glorified in every way in Jesus name, amen.
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First of all then I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving be
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made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions.
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That we may lead a peaceful and quiet life godly and dignified in every way.
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This is good and it is pleasing in the sight of God our savior who desires all people to
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be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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For there is one God, there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
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who gave himself as a ransom for all which is the testimony given at the proper time.
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For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle.
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I am telling the truth.
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I am not lying.
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A teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
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I desire then that in every place the men should pray lifting holy hands without anger
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or quarreling and likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel
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with modesty and self-control not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire but
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with what is proper for a woman who professes godliness with good works.
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That a woman learn quietly with all submission.
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I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man rather she is to remain
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quiet for Adam was born first than Eve and Eve was not deceived but the woman was deceived
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and became a transgressor yet she will be saved through childbearing if they continue
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in faith and love and holiness and self-control.
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What a controversial scripture.
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Not controversial to god.
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You are like oh pastor you are starting off on a really bad note right now among the women.
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Actually when we get through this you are going to be like wow.
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Actually that is pretty amazing and that is the point.
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This is not god like beating the women over the head like submit.
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This is not that.
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So before we get started we need to go through verses 1 through 8 and I am going to give
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you some clear concise words so that you understand what some of these words mean.
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I already taught on this so if you get a chance you can always go to I think it was July 4th
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message last year either way.
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First thing I want to give you is god commands this is the principle.
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God commands all his people to pray especially men to set the example of a dependent and
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surrendered life.
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Especially men or to set the example of a dependent and surrendered life to god.
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Dependent upon god and surrendered holy to him.
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Praying at all times in the spirit with all prayer and supplication to that end keep alert
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with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints.
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Ephesians 6.18 why is it important to pray?
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That's another scripture to support what Paul is saying to Timothy.
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Rejoice always pray without ceasing.
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Give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of god in Christ Jesus for you.
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First Thessalonians 5.16-18.
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There is a necessity and it's a command.
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So what does god say here to Timothy in chapter 2 verse 1-8.
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First of all then I urge I call I summon you Timothy that's what he's saying here.
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I urge I call I summon that supplications.
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Supplications is seeking or asking of needs very important.
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Seeking or asking of needs.
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So when you are praying are you are you we are summoned to seek and ask of needs very
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important.
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So when we're looking at supplications we're looking at the issue of seeking and asking
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of needs.
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Second the third is second is prayers.
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Prayer is an address set apart to god.
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So when you go before him you are setting apart an address you are having that statement
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that you want to share that's set apart to him.
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So when we pray Jesus taught the disciples to pray he said teach us to pray.
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He says when you pray pray like this our father who is in heaven holy is your name.
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That is a that is a particular address that is set apart to god.
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He there is a intentionality of expressing the greatness and the glory and the power
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and the might to him.
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Okay.
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That's what it means by prayers.
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So when you're when you're giving supplication you're asking and seeking the needs of others
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and yourself when you're praying you are giving god what is rightfully his.
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Intercessions is the third word here.
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Intercessions means falling in with coming together with or agreeing with.
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Who are you falling in with coming together with or agreeing with.
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You're agreeing with his word.
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So if you ever go to a church and you're like I agree with you in Jesus name agree with
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what.
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Can you tell me what I need to agree with.
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Well I agree that you're going to be healed in Jesus name.
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Give me a Bible verse.
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Give me a Bible verse.
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Tell me what am I agreeing with what healing.
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So there is an important thing that we need to understand.
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We're not agreeing with each other just to agree.
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People in government agree all the time but it never there's a lot of times they don't
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get things right.
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Agreeing with you doesn't mean it's right.
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The issue of intercession is I am coming and I'm agreeing according to the word of God
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what is best for you and best for others.
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It's what God's word says.
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I am falling in line with God's word and I am agreeing with with you and with him that
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he is right.
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That's what this means.
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So when you make an intercession you're agreeing on behalf of God and them that God is right.
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And then he says and thanksgivings.
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Well that's pretty simple.
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Give thanks.
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So if we are called and summoned to God to seek and ask needs to give God what he's due
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to him in our address to him if we are coming together with him and with others agreeing
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with his word then you can say give thanks.
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A perfect example of that whether Cliff even realized it or not is what Cliff said.
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And we can agree that God will be with us in our suffering.
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He promises that.
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Now that's agreeing with the promise.
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Now these things intercessions supplication prayer intercessions and thanksgiving be made
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for all people for every people right for kings and all who are in high positions that
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we may lead that word lead means live a peaceful this word peaceful is tranquil meaning that
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I am I am alone in a quiet place.
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I don't have I don't have no worries no distractions.
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That is the type of peaceful lives that God is calling us to and quiet.
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All right.
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Hey hey hey Sue chaos.
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Hey Sue chaos meaning immovable in or to hold or to have hold of Christ that in my quiet
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I am holding on to Jesus.
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When you when you are in a storm Christ is your anchor.
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Okay.
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This life godly and dignified in every way this this type of life that we should live
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should be godly and dignified in every way if we are living according to these truths.
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Now here we go.
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This is good.
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It is excellent precious useful commendable and it is pleasing accepted acceptable and
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agreeable in the sight of God our savior.
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This is what God wants for you and it is his will for you.
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That's what this means.
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Who God who desires that all people be saved.
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Now here's the kicker who desires to will to resolve to delight or have pleasure that
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all this word all interesting enough means individually the whole person meaning me as
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the entire me and collectively some of all types that puts a monkey wrench and stuff
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because that word collectively means some not everyone of everywhere and all places
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but not everyone everywhere in all places.
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God desires that some would be saved.
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Question is who are the some.
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Now that being said let's keep reading this word saved means to be transport into Christ.
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This is sozo is the word here save means to transport into Christ not just be saved from
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calamity being put into Christ OK and we are put into Christ and to come Eric oh my my
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favorite word it sounds so cool Eric my to come to the knowledge or the precise correct
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knowledge is the word there in its in the translation of the truth what truth the gospel
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truth the truth of God's word there is one truth there is no such thing as I have my
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truth you have your truth while your truth is going to kill you because it ain't true.
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Isn't that interesting.
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So die in your truth.
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OK now for there is one God here's the truth one God there is one mediator between God
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and man the man Christ Jesus one savior one God one mediator one faith one baptism you
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can find that in Ephesians.
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OK now who gave himself as a ransom for all same word the whole individual or the ransom
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for all of some types which is the testimony this word testimonies gospel given at the
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proper time.
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In other words Christ came at the proper time at the exact moment he was supposed to come
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and he died at the exact moment when he was supposed to die and he resurrected at the
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exact exact moment he was supposed to resurrect that was that was be foundationally established
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before the foundation of the world.
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That was going to happen.
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He was crucified before the foundation of the world.
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Now for this I was appointed what was he appointed to this word appointed is this idea that he
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was called to be a preacher and apostle.
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God has personally picked and chosen Paul to be the preacher and the apostle and the
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teacher to the Gentiles now this this term given at the proper time I want to give a
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clarification this term given at the proper time which is the testimony the gospel given
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at the proper time this means belonging to another one's property one's family in due
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season.
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In other words Christ came and died for his family in due season.
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That's what that means.
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Now Paul says that he's not lying about any of this he's telling the truth and that he
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is a teacher to the Gentiles.
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Then he turns around and he says this really interesting statement in verse eight I desire
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I have you know and will deliberately have purpose then that in every place every space
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marked off is what that means the men right.
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This is a near meaning a male the men.
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This is not mankind.
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This is the men men should pray lifting up or lifting holy hands without anger without
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wrath without quarreling without disputing or arguing what is true.
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Do we do that?
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You notice he before he goes and has a conversation about the women he gives you one responsibility
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men let them see you be surrendered.
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In other words holy hands is saying God I have nothing to hide.
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I'm here before you totally dependent and surrendered to you because you alone are God.
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You that's what that means.
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Not men of pride.
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We talked about this couple weeks ago means to act like a man.
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It's okay to be vulnerable in front of your family before the holy God because he already
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knows all your junk.
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That's what this means.
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So I desire that in every way the men should pray lifting up holy hands without anger and
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quarreling I want to thank our elder Lanny Lewis because he is a man of God.
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He leads people in prayer.
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He understands the importance of this.
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Pray thank you men when you pray.
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That being said Psalm 63 verse 4 says so I will bless you as long as I live and in your
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name I will lift up my hands.
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Remember when you lift up holy hands before God you are proclaiming the name of God.
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You are I am the source of all life.
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You are holy righteous and good.
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There is no one like you and no one will ever be you.
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You are eternal everlasting.
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I need you because without you I am dead.
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That's the idea.
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Do you get my point why I'm kind of on you men.
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Because for men it's the brokenness of pride.
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When you lift up holy hands before God you are dependent surrendered vulnerable before
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him willingly.
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It means you're in control.
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And then he goes on and says likewise are you ladies ready.
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Here it is.
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So as men principle number one principle principle number two really verses three three through
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four I mean nine through ten sorry as men are to set the example of a dependent and
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surrendered life expressed in lifting holy hands women must also live a dependent and
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surrendered life to Christ expressed in modesty.
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It's interesting that he's he's not saying that women shouldn't pray.
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He's saying that women should express their dependency and surrendered life to the living
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God and how they show themselves in the same way a man must lift up holy hands before the
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living God.
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Women should show their dependency and surrenderedness to him.
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Do not let your adorning be external the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry
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or the clothing you wear but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with imperishable
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beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit which in God's sight is very precious.
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First Peter three three through four the problem with the women back then is it was literally
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a fashion show.
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Going to church or gathering together is to show hey look at my hair I got curls and I
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got nice little gold jewelry in it see and they'd walk in and it's a game when their
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heart is dirty and that's what he's dealing with here.
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It's the same issue in Ephesus because the vast majority of the people who were running
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the church in Ephesus were women.
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The men were too lazy to step up thank God our men are not even though I'm pushing you
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to do more and thank you for all the men who showed up this morning.
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Great job.
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Very proud of you.
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That being said first Timothy two nine through ten says this likewise also then women adorn
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cosmeo is the word here means to embellish with honor adorn embellish with honor themselves
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in respectable cosmeos well arranged seemingly apparel.
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In other words if I'm going to adorn myself as a woman God says that you should adorn
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yourself in a way that brings honor not only to God but to you and bellies yourself with
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honor.
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Be able to walk in with your head lifted high showing that you honor and love God and you
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want the world to see the godliness of a pure heart.
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Now it's interesting that he uses this term respectable meaning well arranged.
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In other words even though I'm going to dress in a modest way it's not done in a way that's
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just happenstance like you know I'm not going to bring any attention to myself so I just
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go in with a pair of jeans and a t-shirt or something like that.
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Not saying you can't right.
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In other words if I came in with a tuxedo and I was preaching with a tuxedo I would
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be out of place that's not modest that's the point right.
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You don't come into church when everybody's wearing khakis and casual clothes with your
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Louis Vuitton.
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That's what that means right that you that you walk in respectable with honor not purpose
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purposing to be seen and so he says with modesty I dose I dose or I don't say a sense of shame
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out of all in reverence.
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Women have you ever thought that modesty is this understanding that I have a sense of
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shame out of all in reverence.
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What's it mean to have a sense of shame out of all in reverence.
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That I out of all in reverence to God have a sense that I am not the most important person
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walking in the door.
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That's what that means.
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As a matter of fact if the husband is doing his job then he is edifying and lifting you
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all you need.
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That should be enough.
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Now the term of self and self control sofras une sofras une means soundness of mind sober
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minded or sanity.
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Now why would he use this term.
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I'm kind of scared right now I'm kind of terrified.
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John's like be a man.
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What's it mean to be self controlled as a woman.
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Why does God even tell the older women to teach the younger women to be self controlled
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and temperate.
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Why is this the same word.
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Why is God saying to you as women be soundness of mind sober minded and sanity.
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Because God has created you uniquely to be emotional.
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Don't be offended.
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It's true.
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You're created with emotion.
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You're created in a way that you can be vulnerable emotionally.
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But sometimes well I'll say many times your emotion dominates you.
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It rules you.
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Why.
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Because of the sinful broken nature.
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The very thing that God intended for you to use to be tender and gentle and compassionate
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and empathetic and immediately run to the pain and the need of the child or the needs
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of your husband.
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Sin has corrupted that.
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And as a result of that corrupted emotion it gets out of control.
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You lose your mind.
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You aren't thinking soberly.
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You seem like you're not being sane.
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That's what the word says here.
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And sometimes that self control has a tendency because I am so wanting to be wanted.
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I'm so wanting to be recognized.
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I'm so wanting to be needed that I need to do something to bring attention to myself.
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Why do you think society keeps feeding you the lie that you are broken.
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That you need to be like that woman.
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Because they are feeding your inability to be self controlled.
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And what he says here is not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire.
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But with what is proper for a woman who professes godliness.
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Reverence toward God with good works.
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You notice that.
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So there's several ways that our emotions have a tendency to dominate and control.
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Either it dominates and controls because I'm so worried about me.
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I need this procedure.
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I need this clothing or I need this because I want to make sure I'm good enough.
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And God says you're already good enough.
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If you belong to him, that's all you need.
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What more do you need?
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And so we find our sober mindedness in learning self control.
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In learning that in Christ his word can wash me and cleanse me and I can know his promises
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are true for me and I am what he says I am as his daughter.
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Now the beauty of every girl and woman is a heart committed to complimenting and partnering
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for the edification of the family and the church.
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I want you to hear that.
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The beauty of every girl and woman is a heart committed to complimenting and partnering
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for the edification of the family and the church being lived out according to the role
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that God has assigned.
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Your role is not meaningless.
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It is necessary.
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Not only for the edification of the family and the church but for the proclamation of
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the gospel to the community in which you live.
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But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty
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of a gentle and quiet spirit which in God's sight is very precious.
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For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves by submitting
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to their own husbands, 1 Peter 3, 4 through 5.
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And I know as soon as I said that word submitting the air went out of the balloon.
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Here we go again.
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This is another male chauvinist.
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Actually I'm on your side so you're going to be okay.
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So here is what he says.
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Understanding this, this is very important.
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This idea of submission is the power and influence to proclaim to those around you that I am
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in God's hands.
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I believe him.
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And I'll explain where this battle comes from within the heart of the woman in Genesis 3
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in a minute.
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But look what it says.
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Let a woman learn quietly.
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Let a woman learn in stillness.
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In other words it's not a woman sitting there shutting up.
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It's not the term in the understanding of keeping your mouth shut.
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It's the term to learn in stillness not a meddler.
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Not meaning mind your own business.
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Mind your own business.
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Isn't that interesting?
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Because the woman would go to church and guess what they would do?
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Get together and they're in church and the men are like thank you Lord.
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I hope.
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And they're praying and the women are like do you know what happened the other day?
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Girl let me tell you.
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And then all of a sudden guess what happens?
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Slander gossip.
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That's not beautiful.
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That's not modest.
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But that's what he means here.
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The woman should learn quietly.
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The woman should learn in the stillness not meddler with each other.
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Not getting in each other's business while you're learning.
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It's not that women can't ask a question.
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It's that women get busy talking about stuff they don't need to be talking about.
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During the time it's most important for them to grow.
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Isn't that interesting?
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I can see that because when they would go to the temple where would the women be?
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In the women's court.
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Not with the men.
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And they'd be talking.
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And the pastor would be like hey!
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Save that for later.
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Matter of fact don't do it at all.
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So women should learn quietly with all submissiveness.
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This word submissiveness means to arrange oneself act of subjecting.
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Notice it says that you need to arrange yourself.
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It's not the man's job men to remind your wife to be submissive.
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As a matter of fact don't say it at all.
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Just shut up.
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Because it really makes you look really bad.
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And your wife doesn't want to be told to be submissive because it comes off arrogant
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and disrespectful.
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It's God's job to tell them to be submissive.
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Your job is to lead.
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Don't tell your wife to say be submissive.
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Let God do that.
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The preacher do that.
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A woman do that.
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Tell each other that.
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But I'm not going to tell my wife that she needs to be submissive.
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One.
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My wife's Hispanic.
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And art knows what happens when you tell a Hispanic wife to be quiet.
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Doesn't work.
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I know bro.
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And if you're Italian you also know.
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German.
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Pennsylvania Dutch.
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No it's everybody.
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So when we go and we say you as a woman should arrange yourself and put yourself in the act
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of subjection.
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I am willing to come before you in humility.
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I'm willing to bend the knee.
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Not worship.
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In other words I'm willing not to have my way.
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I'm willing to trust God in you.
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And what you're really saying is God I trust you.
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That's what submissiveness means here.
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If you're not submissive you don't really trust God.
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Now this does not mean that if your husband is beating you that you should be submissive.
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That's not what this means.
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If your husband is being verbally abusive physically abusive emotionally abusive or
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spiritually abusive that does not mean that you submit to that trash.
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That's not submissive.
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That's that's dumb.
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Just being honest that's not smart.
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Right.
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When you give yourself over to being beaten.
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That's not a good thing.
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That's common sense.
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Right.
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But that's hard sometimes when you're under that type of abuse.
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It's difficult.
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But that's where God has given you others that can come alongside you and help gird
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you strengthen you strengthen your knees get you out.
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There is always a way out.
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But that's not submissiveness.
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Submissiveness is the willingness to trust God that what he says is true because God
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has my man.
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Notice he also says in verse 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority
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over a man.
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The word here is to teach a man or have dominion over a man.
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Rather she is to remain quiet.
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She needs to remain a woman who is being submissive to God.
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I mean it's the same word quietness stillness not a meddler minding your own business.
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Women are not to teach nor exercise dominion over men but be quiet stillness not a meddler
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minding your own business.
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But why does God use this terminology here.
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Well if you go to Genesis let me show you what Paul's talking about here.
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Genesis chapter 3 you can turn there.
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Kids are having fun downstairs.
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Let's go.
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High energy.
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So here's what happens.
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Genesis 3.
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Now I want you to pay attention to something here.
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Now the serpent was more crafty than the other beasts of the field that the Lord God had
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made.
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He said to the woman did God actually say you shall not eat of any tree in the garden
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the woman said to the serpent we may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden but God
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said you shall not eat of the fruit of the trees that is in the midst of the garden nor
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shall you touch it lest you die.
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What was problem number one.
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She wasn't minding her own business.
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Did she have business talking to that creature.
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Especially when the creature came to her and said did God really say that.
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Now you see why God says concerning the woman.
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We got to fix this.
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Okay.
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Now let's keep reading.
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But God said you shall not eat the tree in the midst of the garden.
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Shall you touch it lest you die.
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He didn't say if you touch it.
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He said if you eat it.
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But the serpent said to the woman you will not surely die for God knows that when you
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eat of it your eyes will be open and you will be like God knowing good and evil.
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So the when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that was a delight to the
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eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise she took its fruit and ate and
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she also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate.
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Here's what it means.
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Back to Timothy verse 11 through 12.
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I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over man rather she is to remain
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quiet why.
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Because she was not minding her business.
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And as a result of her not minding her business something happened.
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And as a result of her not being willing to go to her husband and say yeah this serpent
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talking to me and he's saying I can eat.
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What do you say.
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You ever notice that's not even mentioned there either.
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Because what ends up happening in many cases is you'll have a preacher go the man should
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have stopped her.
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First of all she is bone in my bone flesh in my flesh.
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She knows me.
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I don't know her everything I know she knows or does she.
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She's intelligent.
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She's intelligent enough to have a conversation.
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She's intelligent enough to say God said I shouldn't touch it.
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Come on women aren't stupid.
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Some of the most most intelligent creatures on the planet are women regardless of what
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you think about Steve Jobs.
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When a woman can run a house take care of eight kids.
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Okay that's intelligence.
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I'm not going to play the game with this.
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I'm just being honest what was her problem.
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She didn't submit.
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She didn't arrange herself willingly under her husband say hey this isn't supposed to
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be happening is it.
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And where did he where did he fail.
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He didn't open his mouth.
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They're both wrong and we're going to see that in a minute.
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Why are women commanded by God to be still not meddling willingly place themselves in
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the role assigned not to teach nor have dominion over a man.
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Why is God saying this.
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Women are designed to compliment and partner with their husband not to be independent but
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to be with them.
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She was independent.
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That's the problem here.
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You aren't created to be by yourself.
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I wasn't created to be by myself if I was created to be by myself.
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Why would God say in chapter two the Lord said it is not good that man should be alone.
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I will make him a helper fit for him.
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We aren't meant to be independent.
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We are meant to be dependent together upon him together.
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That's the point.
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You aren't meant to live life alone.
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Now then the Lord God said it is not good that man should be alone but I will make him
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a helper.
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The word helper is one who will work with partner compliment.
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This word fit is interesting.
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This word fit means one who is before me in my face.
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Trust me I do something stupid.
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My wife is in my face.
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No I'm not kidding.
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That's good.
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That's so good.
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First Timothy 2 13-15 this is what it says for Adam was formed first then Eve.
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So the first reason why women are to be subjected to their husbands is because it's the order
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of things.
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God did it that way.
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You don't have to like it.
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He doesn't care if you don't like it.
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He says this is the way it is.
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So if you know it's the way it is and this is the way God says it's going to be when
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you fight against God you're fighting against the gold.
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So all of this feminine stuff has taken away your influence and power.
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To be independent makes you weak as women.
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You want strength?
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Partner compliment your husband.
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Now don't worry we're going to get into the marriage stuff eventually and then men get
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really wrecked.
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This is exciting.
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So for Adam was formed first then Eve this is the order of things.
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God has set things in an order and Adam was not deceived but the woman was deceived.
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Why?
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Because she was meddling.
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She couldn't mind her own business.
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That's what it means.
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The word deceived here means to deceive or beguile with a thing.
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He gave it he was like yo check this out.
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Now think about this ladies.
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He stuck a fruit in front of your face.
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Not you personally but Eve's face and said you can be just like God.
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Man it looks good.
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Oh boy.
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And then God is everything you ever need in life and the source of all living.
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Like this is going to give you something that God can't.
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That's what meddling does.
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That's what not minding your own business means.
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You're too wrapped up with everything else around the world.
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Now here we go.
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Adam was not deceived but the woman was deceived.
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She was beguiled and became a transgressor the scripture says.
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This word transgressor means to go over to disregard the wrongdoing even out of ignorance.
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She did wrong even when she was ignorant.
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So in other words there is no excuse.
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She disregarded what God said and she disregarded her husband who was with her.
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Regardless of his weakness yet she will be saved.
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Now what's interesting about this is some pastors skip over this and I'm not going to
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do it.
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So this isn't about you're going to you're going to go to heaven because you're having
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babies.
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So you want to have babies go for it.
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But that's not going to get you to heaven any faster.
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Okay.
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That's not what this means.
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What this means in the word save means to be well and behold yet she will be well.
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She will be whole as a mother.
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A woman finds her identity and being and how God created her to be a mother procreate.
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You are given a gift that no man will ever experience.
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You birth life.
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You're a life giver.
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That's what this means.
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That you will be well.
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You will be whole as a life giver.
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And here's the other thing I want you to understand.
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Do you know that you're complimenting your partnering with God and birthing life because
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you're giving the opportunity for godly offspring.
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That's one of the commands.
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God wants godly offspring.
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The scripture says now and not only are you going to be whole as a mother because that
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has that is why God created you in the role that you play.
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But you should also continue cleave hold fast.
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Do not depart from faith from love from holiness from with self control with the understanding
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that I am not going to give my mind and my affection and my heart to anything else but
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God and that which he's given me.
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That's the role that you play.
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Do you see the power you have as a woman?
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Forget the feminist movement.
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They are taking your power and influence away.
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This is not about you becoming an independent woman.
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This is about you becoming the one that God created you to be and the role you should
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play and you wonder why women are suffering in our country because they've been lied
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to by deceivers by devils.
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So let me say it this way.
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She will be well and whole as a mother a woman of faith a woman of love a woman of holiness
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and a woman of a sound mind.
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If she continues in the role and purpose that God created her to be.
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So here's the consequence because Eve did not do this.
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He says to the woman chapter three of Genesis he says to the woman 316 to the woman he said
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I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing in pain you shall bring forth children.
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There it is.
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She will be whole in childbearing.
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Your pain in childbearing is a reminder not to walk away from God again.
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Every time you have a baby and that pain is there.
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It's a reminder you did not choose me but I chose you.
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Why would he give us pain during childbearing to teach you.
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He is your identity.
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He is the source of your life.
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And then he says this your desire shall be contrary to your husband but he shall rule
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over you.
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Your desire is to have dominion over your husband.
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But he will rule you.
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In other words in your house if you cannot compliment your husband if you can't partner
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with your husband if your husband can't edify and lift you up and partner with you guess
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what's always there all the time.
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Conflict day after day.
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Day after day there's a fight and an argument over something stupid.
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Why because I am my own woman and the man says no I rule the house.
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No this is my castle.
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Yeah you're right.
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But I rule the house.
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And what happens he sits on his couch and he's this waits.
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How do I know because I do that.
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Even pastor and and my wife we we have debates.
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I'm not I'm not I'm not sure of the curse.
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I live in the curse every day.
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It's the same idea that sin desires to have you but you must master it.
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Sin wants to control you.
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That's what this means.
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But if I willingly submit if you willingly submit to God and the role and the purpose
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he has for you as a woman and you embrace the beauty of the godliness of the feminine
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woman you will experience the amazing blessings that God has for you because you are living
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out the purpose by which God created you.
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Father I want to thank you to you be honor and glory power and might.
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I praise you and I praise you that in your wisdom you have birthed the family and that
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you have allowed even in our brokenness the depth of the truth to be filled in our lives
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that if we if we play the role in part that you have assigned to us to play if we do what
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you've commanded us to do that you will be high enough lifted up glorified that the gospel
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would be proclaimed by the family by which the family of God comes together and proclaims
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the gospel to the communities to the world.
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Lord we praise you and we thank you.
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Help us as a church to be submissive to willingly place ourselves in subjection to you because
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it's your purpose and your role for us and that we would be obedient in those things
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to you be honor and glory power and might forever.
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In Jesus name.
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Amen.