The Role of the Woman

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The Role of the Woman


The Woman Is a Helper

  1. God made it a man’s world, and Eve was created to be his helping companion (Gen 2:18-25).
  2. Therefore, a woman should not be looking for her glory in life, but rather for her husband’s.
  3. She should not be looking to find her own fulfillment apart from her husband’s, but in his!
  4. There is no such thing as a helpmeet – God made a helper appropriate, fit, meet, or suitable
  5. for Adam. This distinction is important, so women cannot escape the obvious – be a helper!
  6. Remember that the woman was made for the man, not the other way around; though a man
  7. may do many things for his wife, yet the primary relationship should be upheld (I Cor 11:9).
  8. The order of creation is important, for it indicates her subordinate role in life (I Tim 2:11-13).
  9. There are four ways a woman can help a man – praise, support, comfort, defend (Ec 4:9-12).
  10. Abigail, one of the most desirable women in the Bible, understood helping (I Sam 25:39-42).
  11. Though without formal office in the church, they can be very useful helpers (Rom 16:1-2).
  12. Therefore, women should plan, prepare, and perform as helpers to their husbands’ lives.
  13. Girls must be taught this role for their future; wives must rise each day to fulfill this role.


The Woman Is a Subject

  1. Because of Eve’s folly with the devil, she was demoted to subjection to Adam, which God
  2. declares to be the subordination of her desires to his desires and his rule over her (Gen 3:16).
  3. God’s order of authority in life is God, Christ, the man, and then the woman (I Cor 11:3).
  4. Her duty to be silent in subjection is based on her failure in the Garden (I Timothy 2:11-14).
  5. God clearly defined a wife’s relationship as one of reverent subjection in fear, in which role
  6. she exalts a meek and quiet spirit over all the outward adorning of other women (I Pet 3:1-6).
  7. She is to submit to her husband in everything short of sinning, and she is to do this as unto
  8. the Lord, and because it is fit in the Lord (Ephesians 5:22-24,33; Colossians 3:18).
  9. No matter what the world does to wedding vows, a wife is to obey her husband (Titus 2:5).
  10. Therefore, women are to be modest, shamefaced, meek, and quiet (I Tim 2:9-10; I Pet 3:3-4)
  11. When she chafes or rebels against this role, she becomes odious and unbearable to humanity,
  12. and especially her husband (Pr 12:4; 19:13; 21:9,19; 25:24; 27:15-16; 30:21-23).
  13. Subjection is no more demeaning or onerous than children being subject to their parents,
  14. servants being subject to their masters, and citizens being subject to their political rulers.
  15. Every husband is just as bound to submit to his parents, his master, and his government.
  16. Girls must be taught this role for their future; wives must rise each day to fulfill this role.


The Woman Is a Follower

  1. As a submissive helper, the woman is clearly the follower of the man, who leads her in life.
  2. Paul described marriage as a brother leading about a sister, which is a good thing (I Cor 9:5).
  3. She is to have a meek and quiet spirit, which precludes contention (Pr 27:15-16; I Pet 3:3-4).
  4. When she is confused by teaching in an assembly, she follows her husband (I Cor 14:34-35).
  5. When Abraham moved to unknown places, Sarah went with him as his submissive helper.
  6. When Noah built a big boat in the backyard, Mrs. Noah got in it with him, as his follower.
  7. Should a woman take the name of her husband? By all means! Look at Eve, who was first
  8. called Adam (Gen 5:1-2)! Only later did he give her the personal name of Eve (Gen 3:20).
  9. Should a woman leave her family for her husband? Yes! Look at Rebecca (Gen 24:54-67)!
  10. When any relationship has too many chiefs and not enough Indians, there will be trouble.
  11. A godly woman will follow her husband and always direct her children to follow their father.
  12. However, a woman never follows her husband into sin (I Sam 25:19; Acts 5:29; I Pet 3:6).


The Woman Is a Lover

  1. The book of Song of Solomon is a love story of a very aggressive and erotic woman, which
  2. is both an example of a virtuous Christian wife and the love of Jesus Christ by His saints.
  3. The Bible is plain about a wife giving due benevolence to her husband, which is lovemaking
  4. he desires and needs: when, where, how, and how often he wants it; she does not have the
  5. rights, claim, or authority of her own body; he has the right to her body (I Corinthians 7:1-5).
  6. A man’s safety from fornication and adultery is a loving and erotic wife, which requires her
  7. to show some of the strange woman’s knowledge, skill, and creativity (Pr 5:19; Heb 13:4).
  8. How did Abimelech know Isaac and Rebekah were married by sporting in a field (Ge 26:8)?
  9. Sex is a very good thing; it should not be despised at all; it should just be limited to marriage.
  10. Godly women dress modestly before all other men (Is 3:16-26; I Tim 2:9-10; I Peter 3:1-4).


The Woman Is a Mother

  1. Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of our human race (Gen 3:20).
  2. Consider the wise and loving blessing of the parents and family to Rebekah (Genesis 24:60).
  3. Before thinking about her motherly duties, every woman must realize she is a wife first.
  4. A woman that dotes on her children and not her husband is no woman at all: she will pay.
  5. A godly woman knows that children she bears are her husband’s first, as every genealogy in
  6. the Bible clearly indicates, and as Hagar, Bilhah, and Zilpah indicate (Pr 5:16-18; Ps 128:3).
  7. However, a mother does love her children from the nursing stage to the adult stage with near
  8. unconditional affection that makes them tender and only beloved in her sight (Prov 4:3).
  9. God expects women to bear children and to love their children (I Timothy 5:14; Titus 2:4-5).
  10. A barren womb, or a selfish husband, is a painful thing to a woman; and though a wife must
  11. submit to her husband, even in this matter, he should be mercifully considerate (Pr 30:15-16).
  12. It is a shame when choleric or otherwise untaught women take on an overbearing, critical,
  13. suggesting role in the lives of their children, especially married, that drive them away.


The Woman Is a Domestic

  1. A domestic is a household servant – we mean that a woman is the overseer of the home.
  2. Husbands were charged with business and war away from home, but not wives (Deut 24:5).
  3. The chief trait of a virtuous woman is her varied household and family duties (Pr 31:10-31).
  4. Paul exalted her role as guide over domestic aspects of a family (I Tim 5:14; Titus 2:3-5).
  5. The words, “keepers at home,” from Titus 2:5, are defined by comparing to I Timothy 5:13.

  • These words do not mean she has to stay at home all the time, as even extremists admit.
  • These words do not mean she cannot work outside the home, as Prov 31:10-31 shows.
  • However, a husband may want his wife to stay at home, which then becomes her duty.
  • These words condemn being an idle wanderer, busybody, and tattler (I Timothy 5:13).


The Woman Is a Worker

  1. If the woman was created to be a helper, she is obviously a worker doing things (Gen 2:18).
  2. The obvious and most important trait of the virtuous woman is hard work; and if the Bible is
  3. true, then this character trait should be promoted to girls and sought by men (Prov 31:10-31).
  4. This chapter deals the deathblow to that Catholic, Victorian, Dobson, or other perversion of
  5. the truth that treats women like decorative ornaments having a life of leisure and recreation.
  6. This chapter deals the deathblow to the women who stay at home and surf the Internet, etc.
  7. The virtuous woman was active outside in real estate development and manufacturing.
  8. Of course, it is the husband’s will that dictates if and when and how a woman works outside.
  9. It is the curse of a nation when its daughters – young women – are idle (Ezekiel 16:49).


The Woman Is a Teacher

  1. She does more than have sex, conceive, give birth, nurse, cook, clothe, dust, and do laundry.
  2. Solomon, though having no wife close to his ability, included a mother’s rules (Pr 1:8; 6:20).
  3. Lois and Eunice were two women who fulfilled their teaching role well (II Tim 1:5; 3:15).
  4. Hannah had young Samuel worshipping the Lord around 5 years of age (I Samuel 1:28).
  5. Abigail taught the man after God’s heart, and he appreciated the lesson (I Samuel 25:32-35).
  6. Priscilla helped instruct mighty Apollos in the way of God more perfectly (Acts 18:24-28).
  7. The aged women with experience and maturity should teach younger women (Titus 2:3-5).
  8. Of course, a woman must increase efforts, if her husband is lazy, carnal, or unconverted.


The Woman Is an Heir

  1. There is no sexual difference in Jesus Christ eternally, legally, vitally, practically, or finally;
  2. there is only a difference in office and relationship while here on earth (Gal 3:28).
  3. Husbands had better recognize it, remember it, and consider it well (Mal 2:10-16; I Pet 3:7).
  4. Mary and other women, who were devoted to Jesus Christ, were superior to most of the men.
  5. Anna and Dorcas were superior to many of the men by their servant spirits and spirituality.
  6. As an heir, she must exalt her spirit over her body (Isaiah 3:16-26; I Tim 2:9-10; I Pet 3:3-4).
  7. Every woman must have a personal relationship with God unaffected by her husband: it is
  8. only by this relationship that she will have spiritual grace and strength to be a great woman


The Woman Is a Glory

  1. God’s greatest creation is not the Milky Way, the stars, our own sun and moon, the oceans,
  2. mountain grandeur, flowing brooks, gentle breezes, the lion, the flamingo, or pretty flowers!
  3. What in the world did Adam think after viewing all of creation and then meeting naked Eve!
  4. The woman is the glorious object of desire and pleasure and pride of a man, as the man is the
  5. comparable glory of God by his role of dominion in the world (I Cor 11:7 cp Esther 1:10-11).
  6. The woman adds to her visible glory by adorning herself with long hair (I Corinthians 11:15).
  7. A man is greatly blessed by God, when he finds one of these fantastic gifts (Pr 18:22; 19:14).A wise man will cherish and nurture his wife to make her the most glorifying wife possible


Conclusion:

  1. No matter what the world thinks or says, God has spoken; and like every other subjects, that settles it!
  2. How can some of the happiest women be those with bad marriages or situations? Because they love the Lord their God with all their hearts, minds, souls, and strength, and they love their husbands also.
  3. You can never protect yourself from emotional damage by reserving or withdrawing your love or
  4. obedience; you protect yourself from emotional damage by trusting in the Lord entirely (Is 26:3-4).
  5. Women should remember that subordinate role to their husbands as “unto the Lord” (Ephesians 5:22).
  6. Fathers must keep these things in mind to provide husbands for his daughters that will make it easier.

http://www.letgodbetrue.com/pdf/role-of-the-woman.pdf
 

CWJ

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Hello Mary96,

Thank you for such a thorough investigation into the role of the woman.
I am going to print it off and study it in detail.

In Christ Jesus
Chris
 
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Mary Anne. Sister I cant support everything you said. I just don't see it as my role to be subordinate to anyone. If I marry I see it as a partnership. I'm definitely not any expert only matters of sex but I see both partners having responsibilities. I know enough about sex to know a lot of men have a lot of work to do in being good sexual partners. But my main thing about women subordination and obedience is that withdrawing love from a husband is natural and even right where the husband is abusive either physically or verbally. There can be no such thing as the dutiful wife in those circumstances and her priority is to her own safety and the safety of her children.
 
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There are many fully committed Christian men who follow God's will with respect to who they are and what they do. Mary's post speaks well to a godly woman in relationship to a godly man.

But maybe you don't know any zoii. You speak of sex. Godly men do not have sex before marriage. They are fully committed to God and His design for sexuality not the world's, not liberal television talk show hosts, not entertainers and musicians, and not yours.

If they'll have sex with you before marriage, then they are not following God's will for their life and His design for human sexuality and family. And if you'll have sex with him before marriage: neither are you.

It's no accident that immoral young women are birthing about half the children born in the U.S. presently into single mother homes where no father is present. Every statistical study to date shows these children's behavior and performance is substandard, on average, to children born into nuclear families where the mother and father are both married and present.

Mary's post is entirely relevant to godly women in absolute monogamy with godly men.

Obviously, a relationship built on a codependent spouse to an abusive and/or manipulative marriage partner is not God's design but then neither is sexual immorality. It shouldn't surprise anyone that people who fail morally don't make good "life partners" or whatever the liberals call it nowadays.
 
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God did not make it a mans world, the woman was not put under the man until the fall
 

Agricola

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So then, the role of the woman is to have babies , cook dinner and keep the house.
 
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There are many fully committed Christian men who follow God's will with respect to who they are and what they do. Mary's post speaks well to a godly woman in relationship to a godly man.

But maybe you don't know any zoii. You speak of sex. Godly men do not have sex before marriage. They are fully committed to God and His design for sexuality not the world's, not liberal television talk show hosts, not entertainers and musicians, and not yours.

If they'll have sex with you before marriage, then they are not following God's will for their life and His design for human sexuality and family. And if you'll have sex with him before marriage: neither are you.

It's no accident that immoral young women are birthing about half the children born in the U.S. presently into single mother homes where no father is present. Every statistical study to date shows these children's behavior and performance is substandard, on average, to children born into nuclear families where the mother and father are both married and present.

Mary's post is entirely relevant to godly women in absolute monogamy with godly men.

Obviously, a relationship built on a codependent spouse to an abusive and/or manipulative marriage partner is not God's design but then neither is sexual immorality. It shouldn't surprise anyone that people who fail morally don't make good "life partners" or whatever the liberals call it nowadays.
Why are you talking to me about immorality or sex. I have nothing to do with that - and it wasn't the point of my post. The effect of your post is suggesting something that I hope I'm misinterpreting. If its no misinterpretation you BETTER TAKE IT BACK.
 
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God made it a man’s world
book, chapter and verse please

God made the world and he took one of Adam's ribs and created Eve...he didn't take a toe bone...He took a rib...meaning
to be by his side

Further, the earth is the Lord's...does not belong to man...

Frankly, I am far more than a helper...far more...we discuss things in our marriage but if there is a final decision to be made, my husband will take the lead and I do not always agree with him

But make no mistake...my husband has learned to listen to me rather than just do whatever (as he was brought up)...all I have ever asked for, is input and respect and it goes both ways

  1. Remember that the woman was made for the man, not the other way around; though a man
They were made for each other...do you think Eve was an afterthought when God told everything else He made to reproduce?

I'll stop here because I find your post outrageous with cherry picked verse to subordinate women and make them less than a human being
 
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So then, the role of the woman is to have babies , cook dinner and keep the house.
you forgot the apron and the lack of shoes

proverbs 31 is a nice refute to this op
 
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OK well actually I will have another goThe Woman Is a Subject ....perhaps object would be closer to the op?

  1. When she chafes or rebels against this role, she becomes odious and unbearable to humanity,
I rebel against stupidity and ignorance and those who think they have the God given right to make women less than the family dog

I better stop now


 
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well, this op is garnered from Brother Jonathan Crosby of the Church of Greenville

they are independant...and are perfect according to the website

We are strictly an independent congregation of saints without a denominational label or obligation. We are not tied to any association, convention, denomination, fellowship, organization, or university. We are a simple group of believers with a serving pastor striving to obey and worship Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Without denominational bondage or influence, we are free to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit through His preserved Word.
If you must give us a label, we are Baptists. We baptize the same way John the Baptist baptized our Lord Jesus Christ. We baptize the same way the apostles baptized their converts. We require repentance and faith before baptism, and we baptize by immersion in water. We have a simple church government without popes, cardinals, archbishops, priests, or other manmade offices. Neither do we have apostles or prophets, as those Scriptural offices went away after the implementation of the New Testament order among Christ's disciples.
Are there other Baptist churches like us? A few. We have similarities with the Primitive Baptists, the Particular Baptists, the Sovereign Grace Baptists, and the Reformed Baptists, among others.
Are there any established church creeds to which you hold? We hold to the Bible, as the Holy Spirit leads us to understand it. But if you want to see some historical Baptist creeds with which we find much agreement, we recommend you look at these two:
The First London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1646 (Second Edition)
The Midlands Baptist Confession of Faith of 1655
 

JFSurvivor

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The Role of the Woman


The Woman Is a Helper

  1. God made it a man’s world, and Eve was created to be his helping companion (Gen 2:18-25).
  2. Therefore, a woman should not be looking for her glory in life, but rather for her husband’s.
  3. She should not be looking to find her own fulfillment apart from her husband’s, but in his!
  4. There is no such thing as a helpmeet – God made a helper appropriate, fit, meet, or suitable
  5. for Adam. This distinction is important, so women cannot escape the obvious – be a helper!
  6. Remember that the woman was made for the man, not the other way around; though a man
  7. may do many things for his wife, yet the primary relationship should be upheld (I Cor 11:9).
  8. The order of creation is important, for it indicates her subordinate role in life (I Tim 2:11-13).
  9. There are four ways a woman can help a man – praise, support, comfort, defend (Ec 4:9-12).
  10. Abigail, one of the most desirable women in the Bible, understood helping (I Sam 25:39-42).
  11. Though without formal office in the church, they can be very useful helpers (Rom 16:1-2).
  12. Therefore, women should plan, prepare, and perform as helpers to their husbands’ lives.
  13. Girls must be taught this role for their future; wives must rise each day to fulfill this role.


The Woman Is a Subject

  1. Because of Eve’s folly with the devil, she was demoted to subjection to Adam, which God
  2. declares to be the subordination of her desires to his desires and his rule over her (Gen 3:16).
  3. God’s order of authority in life is God, Christ, the man, and then the woman (I Cor 11:3).
  4. Her duty to be silent in subjection is based on her failure in the Garden (I Timothy 2:11-14).
  5. God clearly defined a wife’s relationship as one of reverent subjection in fear, in which role
  6. she exalts a meek and quiet spirit over all the outward adorning of other women (I Pet 3:1-6).
  7. She is to submit to her husband in everything short of sinning, and she is to do this as unto
  8. the Lord, and because it is fit in the Lord (Ephesians 5:22-24,33; Colossians 3:18).
  9. No matter what the world does to wedding vows, a wife is to obey her husband (Titus 2:5).
  10. Therefore, women are to be modest, shamefaced, meek, and quiet (I Tim 2:9-10; I Pet 3:3-4)
  11. When she chafes or rebels against this role, she becomes odious and unbearable to humanity,
  12. and especially her husband (Pr 12:4; 19:13; 21:9,19; 25:24; 27:15-16; 30:21-23).
  13. Subjection is no more demeaning or onerous than children being subject to their parents,
  14. servants being subject to their masters, and citizens being subject to their political rulers.
  15. Every husband is just as bound to submit to his parents, his master, and his government.
  16. Girls must be taught this role for their future; wives must rise each day to fulfill this role.


The Woman Is a Follower

  1. As a submissive helper, the woman is clearly the follower of the man, who leads her in life.
  2. Paul described marriage as a brother leading about a sister, which is a good thing (I Cor 9:5).
  3. She is to have a meek and quiet spirit, which precludes contention (Pr 27:15-16; I Pet 3:3-4).
  4. When she is confused by teaching in an assembly, she follows her husband (I Cor 14:34-35).
  5. When Abraham moved to unknown places, Sarah went with him as his submissive helper.
  6. When Noah built a big boat in the backyard, Mrs. Noah got in it with him, as his follower.
  7. Should a woman take the name of her husband? By all means! Look at Eve, who was first
  8. called Adam (Gen 5:1-2)! Only later did he give her the personal name of Eve (Gen 3:20).
  9. Should a woman leave her family for her husband? Yes! Look at Rebecca (Gen 24:54-67)!
  10. When any relationship has too many chiefs and not enough Indians, there will be trouble.
  11. A godly woman will follow her husband and always direct her children to follow their father.
  12. However, a woman never follows her husband into sin (I Sam 25:19; Acts 5:29; I Pet 3:6).


The Woman Is a Lover

  1. The book of Song of Solomon is a love story of a very aggressive and erotic woman, which
  2. is both an example of a virtuous Christian wife and the love of Jesus Christ by His saints.
  3. The Bible is plain about a wife giving due benevolence to her husband, which is lovemaking
  4. he desires and needs: when, where, how, and how often he wants it; she does not have the
  5. rights, claim, or authority of her own body; he has the right to her body (I Corinthians 7:1-5).
  6. A man’s safety from fornication and adultery is a loving and erotic wife, which requires her
  7. to show some of the strange woman’s knowledge, skill, and creativity (Pr 5:19; Heb 13:4).
  8. How did Abimelech know Isaac and Rebekah were married by sporting in a field (Ge 26:8)?
  9. Sex is a very good thing; it should not be despised at all; it should just be limited to marriage.
  10. Godly women dress modestly before all other men (Is 3:16-26; I Tim 2:9-10; I Peter 3:1-4).


The Woman Is a Mother

  1. Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of our human race (Gen 3:20).
  2. Consider the wise and loving blessing of the parents and family to Rebekah (Genesis 24:60).
  3. Before thinking about her motherly duties, every woman must realize she is a wife first.
  4. A woman that dotes on her children and not her husband is no woman at all: she will pay.
  5. A godly woman knows that children she bears are her husband’s first, as every genealogy in
  6. the Bible clearly indicates, and as Hagar, Bilhah, and Zilpah indicate (Pr 5:16-18; Ps 128:3).
  7. However, a mother does love her children from the nursing stage to the adult stage with near
  8. unconditional affection that makes them tender and only beloved in her sight (Prov 4:3).
  9. God expects women to bear children and to love their children (I Timothy 5:14; Titus 2:4-5).
  10. A barren womb, or a selfish husband, is a painful thing to a woman; and though a wife must
  11. submit to her husband, even in this matter, he should be mercifully considerate (Pr 30:15-16).
  12. It is a shame when choleric or otherwise untaught women take on an overbearing, critical,
  13. suggesting role in the lives of their children, especially married, that drive them away.


The Woman Is a Domestic

  1. A domestic is a household servant – we mean that a woman is the overseer of the home.
  2. Husbands were charged with business and war away from home, but not wives (Deut 24:5).
  3. The chief trait of a virtuous woman is her varied household and family duties (Pr 31:10-31).
  4. Paul exalted her role as guide over domestic aspects of a family (I Tim 5:14; Titus 2:3-5).
  5. The words, “keepers at home,” from Titus 2:5, are defined by comparing to I Timothy 5:13.

  • These words do not mean she has to stay at home all the time, as even extremists admit.
  • These words do not mean she cannot work outside the home, as Prov 31:10-31 shows.
  • However, a husband may want his wife to stay at home, which then becomes her duty.
  • These words condemn being an idle wanderer, busybody, and tattler (I Timothy 5:13).


The Woman Is a Worker

  1. If the woman was created to be a helper, she is obviously a worker doing things (Gen 2:18).
  2. The obvious and most important trait of the virtuous woman is hard work; and if the Bible is
  3. true, then this character trait should be promoted to girls and sought by men (Prov 31:10-31).
  4. This chapter deals the deathblow to that Catholic, Victorian, Dobson, or other perversion of
  5. the truth that treats women like decorative ornaments having a life of leisure and recreation.
  6. This chapter deals the deathblow to the women who stay at home and surf the Internet, etc.
  7. The virtuous woman was active outside in real estate development and manufacturing.
  8. Of course, it is the husband’s will that dictates if and when and how a woman works outside.
  9. It is the curse of a nation when its daughters – young women – are idle (Ezekiel 16:49).


The Woman Is a Teacher

  1. She does more than have sex, conceive, give birth, nurse, cook, clothe, dust, and do laundry.
  2. Solomon, though having no wife close to his ability, included a mother’s rules (Pr 1:8; 6:20).
  3. Lois and Eunice were two women who fulfilled their teaching role well (II Tim 1:5; 3:15).
  4. Hannah had young Samuel worshipping the Lord around 5 years of age (I Samuel 1:28).
  5. Abigail taught the man after God’s heart, and he appreciated the lesson (I Samuel 25:32-35).
  6. Priscilla helped instruct mighty Apollos in the way of God more perfectly (Acts 18:24-28).
  7. The aged women with experience and maturity should teach younger women (Titus 2:3-5).
  8. Of course, a woman must increase efforts, if her husband is lazy, carnal, or unconverted.


The Woman Is an Heir

  1. There is no sexual difference in Jesus Christ eternally, legally, vitally, practically, or finally;
  2. there is only a difference in office and relationship while here on earth (Gal 3:28).
  3. Husbands had better recognize it, remember it, and consider it well (Mal 2:10-16; I Pet 3:7).
  4. Mary and other women, who were devoted to Jesus Christ, were superior to most of the men.
  5. Anna and Dorcas were superior to many of the men by their servant spirits and spirituality.
  6. As an heir, she must exalt her spirit over her body (Isaiah 3:16-26; I Tim 2:9-10; I Pet 3:3-4).
  7. Every woman must have a personal relationship with God unaffected by her husband: it is
  8. only by this relationship that she will have spiritual grace and strength to be a great woman


The Woman Is a Glory

  1. God’s greatest creation is not the Milky Way, the stars, our own sun and moon, the oceans,
  2. mountain grandeur, flowing brooks, gentle breezes, the lion, the flamingo, or pretty flowers!
  3. What in the world did Adam think after viewing all of creation and then meeting naked Eve!
  4. The woman is the glorious object of desire and pleasure and pride of a man, as the man is the
  5. comparable glory of God by his role of dominion in the world (I Cor 11:7 cp Esther 1:10-11).
  6. The woman adds to her visible glory by adorning herself with long hair (I Corinthians 11:15).
  7. A man is greatly blessed by God, when he finds one of these fantastic gifts (Pr 18:22; 19:14).A wise man will cherish and nurture his wife to make her the most glorifying wife possible


Conclusion:

  1. No matter what the world thinks or says, God has spoken; and like every other subjects, that settles it!
  2. How can some of the happiest women be those with bad marriages or situations? Because they love the Lord their God with all their hearts, minds, souls, and strength, and they love their husbands also.
  3. You can never protect yourself from emotional damage by reserving or withdrawing your love or
  4. obedience; you protect yourself from emotional damage by trusting in the Lord entirely (Is 26:3-4).
  5. Women should remember that subordinate role to their husbands as “unto the Lord” (Ephesians 5:22).
  6. Fathers must keep these things in mind to provide husbands for his daughters that will make it easier.

http://www.letgodbetrue.com/pdf/role-of-the-woman.pdf
So women are stupid and incapable of independent thought? I feel so loved by God!
 
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oldthennew

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I wonder how many are given the honor and thankfulness they deserve
after cleaning and dis-infecting the toilet when all of the others get through?
 
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easy there JF....hugs...verses have been selected to support a view that the Bible does not actually support

God held Adam responsible for the sin in the garden...not Eve...and that is something men would do well to remember...but you know, nothing has changed....men still love to blame women...

Marriage can be hell or it can be heaven...but more realistically, it is neither...a man and a woman must recognize their worth before God as equal

Marriage is a partnership...it is not subordination
 
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I wonder how many are given the honor and thankfulness they deserve
after cleaning and dis-infecting the toilet when all of the others get through?
I have to say my husband almost always says thank you for things I do...but I say thank you too!

and don't get me wrong...we have our moments...marriage is work...but you have to SEE the other person, not take them for granted

If someone wants to get my dander up (love that ole expression), just use the Bible as an excuse to treat women badly and I will point you to Jesus who got down at eye level with the woman thrown at His feet as an adulterous

He looked her in the eye and said 'Where are your accusers?'

Verily...where are my accusers?

Jesus is Lord...He is the only one worthy of my worship...I do not worship any man

The op is suggestive of worshipping ones husband IMO
 
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Why are you talking to me about immorality or sex. I have nothing to do with that - and it wasn't the point of my post. The effect of your post is suggesting something that I hope I'm misinterpreting. If its no misinterpretation you BETTER TAKE IT BACK.
He's not misinterpreting, Zoii. I also thought you were focusing on sex and AgeofKnowledge is correct with what he shared believing sex was the point of your post. Let's start over, share and learn from one another. :)
 

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Gen. 2:24 "They shall become ONE flesh". Says God. Sounds like a partnership to me.
 
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It is a partnership but with different roles and I agree with the op but also that you must find a Godly man who you can respect and look up to and not to rush.
 

Joidevivre

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Who determines the roles in a marriage are the husband and wife in that marriage. You need to be married for awhile to really understand that.

Both are to cherish each other, submit to each other, consider the others needs, and have Jesus Christ as the third partner in that marriage. He is the example each follows. It is HIS guidance that the couple prays and listens for.
 
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