Moms 2006
We want to honor the women and mothers in this place this morning!
Ever since the Fall of man there has been a kind of battle of the sexes going on where the men try to one-up women and vice-versa. God never intended that to be. He intended that there be a mutual respect and honor for each other.
SO let’s start some controversy with the question:
We always call God Father, but could we call him mother?
Theologically, yes.
God is not male or female, he is God and male and female came out of him.
Is. 49:14
Is. 49:15
Is. 49:16
God totally gets the “nurturing” “mothering” thing…in fact all the feminine and motherly instincts in women came were first present in and originated with God.
TECHNICALLY: WE COULD PRAY “OUR MOTHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN” -
Whether we like it or not GOD wired men and women DIFFERENT. BUT DIFFERENT DOES NOT MEAN BETTER OR WORSE!
My arms are definitely different from my legs-- but I don’t think one is better than the other -- I wouldn’t want to do without either!
I love what Paul said on this point.
1Cor. 11:11-12
1Cor. 11:12
Before we talk about how men and women are wired differently, we need to say that men and women as husbands, wives and parents are called to work together as co-equals in life.
Watch how Peter talks about this in:
1Pet. 3:7-9
1Pet. 3:8
1Pet. 3:9
To really celebrate this unique part of God’s creation: Let’s talk about moms this morning, but first, as they were created - as women - and then the value God places on them as mothers.
Gen. 2:15-25
Notice the care God had in making woman: formed: squeezed/fashioned: expertly hand crafted! and he brought her to the man. Notice God did not let her roam around until she could figure out a way to approach Adam.
God brought her. She was somebody!
Note Adam’s reaction and prophecy!
Gen. 2:23
Gen. 2:24
HE KNEW THIS BEING WAS WORTH CHANGING HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR.
God created woman to be man’s helper!
Gen. 2:18
1Cor. 11:9
With a western mindset, this sounds fairly dangerous for a woman.
In a sense it implies SLAVERY but nothing could be further from the truth!
The Hebrew word translated “helper” in v. 18 is the word “exer”
It is only used 19 times in the Bible. 14 out of the 19 times it is used in reference to God:
Psa. 46:1
God is our helper!
Does that make Him our slave?
Does that make Him our inferior?
The fact is, God made woman with a little more care so that she could be in a position to HELP man.
IN A NUMBER OF WAYS WOMEN ARE SUPERIOR TO MEN!
One man said it this way:
“if man is dust refined, woman is dust double refined, one step removed from earth and one step closer to the glories of heaven.”
For example, I would rather be friends with a woman in her 60’s who never married than a man in his 60’s who had never married - generally men get weird when they are alone.
Generally women fair better. “It is not good for a man to be alone!” Women are more emotionally astute and connected to what is going on around them than men are. Drive by a field with one flower in the middle: woman will say, o look!
Guy: huh, what, where
From a theological perspective, woman was created to help man - to be man’s strength. The whole “man as the head” thing was NEVER TO BE USED SELFISHLY (anymore than God uses his leadership selfishly) but man was to use his authority to benefit the couple as a unit and to bless humanity at large!
It wasn’t till after the Fall that men began to be the big man on campus.
Adam saw Eve with respect and honor: he said, “This is bone of my bones” -- this gal will give me structure, she will help clarify my purpose, she will keep me from breaking down in life.
Prov. 12:4
Ladies, you have the power to either make or destroy your man!
Now let’s talk about being moms and dads. Though both husbands and wives are challenged in Scripture to be intimately involved with each other and with their children, the reality is men have a harder time raising kids in the rough and tumble of daily life than women do - dads can do it and do it well - it’s just that (with rare exception) we can’t do that plus a lot of other things…
Why?
We see things differently which means: we don’t multitask well. I used to drive Gail crazy when I watched TV.
Gail could always see everything going on around her…
Kid on her hip, laundry, phone conversation and watching a show on tv - all at once.
Throw a woman in a house with kids and she’ll carry on a deeply connecting conversation with another adult while noticing that one of the kids looks a little tired or is not feeling well.
Simply stated (dangerous), a man generally looks at the world in terms of what it can provide for the family and rises to defend against any threats the world brings to the family. He tends to look at the world more in terms of being a provider and a protector. His mind is on his family but his eyes are outward at the world.
Contrarily, a woman generally looks at the family and sees how they are responding to the world around them. She picks up on HOW the world is affecting the family and tends to be involved with the world while constantly balancing HOW that will affect her family. She is more of an empower-er and a nurturer. Her mind is on the world (she’s aware of what is out there) but her eyes are inward at the family.
Because men have abused and trivialized the focus and calling upon women (especially leaders in the western church), many in secular society have worked hard at redefining women.
Instead of women saying to men, you’re confused, there is great value in how women access and approach life. Instead of responding with honoring and celebrating feminine differences, women started tackling traditionally masculine areas just to prove they could do it.
I don’t think anyone should have questioned a woman’s ability to do anything, it is not a question of ability, it’s a question of focus.
Women have proved they can manage businesses, work alongside men in construction jobs, women can fight in the armed service; etc. The one thing women can’t do is play golf at Augusta National-but there is a woman president on the way…
What I am trying to say is there is a new kind of pressure on women that I am not sure is fair, I am not sure it’s biblical, I’m not sure that it isn’t hurting the family: IT’S THE IDEA THAT women and men need to compete with each other.
Dr. Dobson’s quote (years ago).
“Have you noticed, also, that the entertainment industry has created a totally new woman with remarkable capacities? We’ve seen her as Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman and Spider Woman and Charlie’s Angels and a host of other muscular (but sexy) females.
“The image of women now being depicted by the media is a ridiculous combination of wide-eyed fantasy and feminist propaganda. Today’s woman is always shown as gorgeous, of course, but she is more -- much more.
“She roars around the countryside in a racy sports car, while her male companion sits on the other side of the front seat anxiously biting his nails. She exudes self-confidence from the very tips of her fingers, and for good reason; she could dismantle any man alive with her karate chops and flying kicks to the teeth.
“She is deadly accurate with a pistol and she plays tennis (or football) like a pro. She speaks in perfectly organized sentences, as though her spontaneous remarks were being panned and written by a team of tiny English professors sitting in the back of her pretty little head.
“She is a sexual gourmet, to be sure, but she wouldn’t be caught dead in a wedding ceremony. She has the grand good fortune of being perpetually young and she never becomes ill, nor does she ever make a mistake or appear foolish.
“In short, she is virtually omniscient, except for a curious inability to do anything traditionally feminine, such as cook, sew, or raise children.
“Truly, today’s screen heroine is a remarkable specimen, standing proud and uncompromising, with side stance and hands to her hips. Oh, yeah! This baby has come a long, long way, no doubt about that!”
Of course WOMEN can be anything THEY want to be, but just make sure you are not trying to prove something.
For that past 12 years I have purposely had discussions with high school and college age students about what they feel about love/marriage/children
most speak disparagingly of marriage and childrearing
some shyly admit that they really would like to get married, but it is just not in vogue to talk or dream about it!
Many young ladies think marriage and child rearing is a stupid thing that people with low IQ’s get involved with - UNLESS YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN A CAREER AND DO IT IN YOUR MID/LATE 30’S.
My purpose in saying this is NOT to get women back into traditional roles society makes up for her or to push everyone into marriage and child rearing - my purpose is to say that the role of wife/mother has been severely diminished and we should NOT let that continue.
If anything is true, God places the greatest honor on home life and responsibilities!
He doesn’t call himself the great CEO of Creation.
He is a Dad.
At the crown of creation, God did not make the Church w/Adam as the first pastor and eve the first parishioner.
Made a home.
Luke 12:15
Life is about our families, our friends, our God - those things make life rich!
Marriage and family touch us in a way nothing in creation can.
It is not a put down to be a wife and mom! You may have to work outside the home -- Just keep your focus. Don’t take every promotion if it will hurt your family or marriage! (Same is true FOR men!)
Prov. 14:1
Ladies it is an honorable thing to have your marriage and home on the forefront of your mind. You were given to help here primarily!
Your strength, abilities, and perceptions were given to you primarily to help men and children act in a ways that don’t destroy the family.
Again that is not to say you should not be involved with the world-at-large.
Pr. 31:10-31 DISCLAIMER - THIS IS SUPERWOMAN - SHE DOESN’T EXIST - I SEE IT AS MORE OF A DINNER MENU - YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING HERE, BUT NO ONE WOULD TRY TO ORDER AND EAT IT ALL!
We want to honor the women and mothers in this place this morning!
Ever since the Fall of man there has been a kind of battle of the sexes going on where the men try to one-up women and vice-versa. God never intended that to be. He intended that there be a mutual respect and honor for each other.
SO let’s start some controversy with the question:
We always call God Father, but could we call him mother?
Theologically, yes.
God is not male or female, he is God and male and female came out of him.
Is. 49:14
Is. 49:15
Is. 49:16
God totally gets the “nurturing” “mothering” thing…in fact all the feminine and motherly instincts in women came were first present in and originated with God.
TECHNICALLY: WE COULD PRAY “OUR MOTHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN” -
Whether we like it or not GOD wired men and women DIFFERENT. BUT DIFFERENT DOES NOT MEAN BETTER OR WORSE!
My arms are definitely different from my legs-- but I don’t think one is better than the other -- I wouldn’t want to do without either!
I love what Paul said on this point.
1Cor. 11:11-12
1Cor. 11:12
Before we talk about how men and women are wired differently, we need to say that men and women as husbands, wives and parents are called to work together as co-equals in life.
Watch how Peter talks about this in:
1Pet. 3:7-9
1Pet. 3:8
1Pet. 3:9
To really celebrate this unique part of God’s creation: Let’s talk about moms this morning, but first, as they were created - as women - and then the value God places on them as mothers.
Gen. 2:15-25
Notice the care God had in making woman: formed: squeezed/fashioned: expertly hand crafted! and he brought her to the man. Notice God did not let her roam around until she could figure out a way to approach Adam.
God brought her. She was somebody!
Note Adam’s reaction and prophecy!
Gen. 2:23
Gen. 2:24
HE KNEW THIS BEING WAS WORTH CHANGING HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR.
God created woman to be man’s helper!
Gen. 2:18
1Cor. 11:9
With a western mindset, this sounds fairly dangerous for a woman.
In a sense it implies SLAVERY but nothing could be further from the truth!
The Hebrew word translated “helper” in v. 18 is the word “exer”
It is only used 19 times in the Bible. 14 out of the 19 times it is used in reference to God:
Psa. 46:1
God is our helper!
Does that make Him our slave?
Does that make Him our inferior?
The fact is, God made woman with a little more care so that she could be in a position to HELP man.
IN A NUMBER OF WAYS WOMEN ARE SUPERIOR TO MEN!
One man said it this way:
“if man is dust refined, woman is dust double refined, one step removed from earth and one step closer to the glories of heaven.”
For example, I would rather be friends with a woman in her 60’s who never married than a man in his 60’s who had never married - generally men get weird when they are alone.
Generally women fair better. “It is not good for a man to be alone!” Women are more emotionally astute and connected to what is going on around them than men are. Drive by a field with one flower in the middle: woman will say, o look!
Guy: huh, what, where
From a theological perspective, woman was created to help man - to be man’s strength. The whole “man as the head” thing was NEVER TO BE USED SELFISHLY (anymore than God uses his leadership selfishly) but man was to use his authority to benefit the couple as a unit and to bless humanity at large!
It wasn’t till after the Fall that men began to be the big man on campus.
Adam saw Eve with respect and honor: he said, “This is bone of my bones” -- this gal will give me structure, she will help clarify my purpose, she will keep me from breaking down in life.
Prov. 12:4
Ladies, you have the power to either make or destroy your man!
Now let’s talk about being moms and dads. Though both husbands and wives are challenged in Scripture to be intimately involved with each other and with their children, the reality is men have a harder time raising kids in the rough and tumble of daily life than women do - dads can do it and do it well - it’s just that (with rare exception) we can’t do that plus a lot of other things…
Why?
We see things differently which means: we don’t multitask well. I used to drive Gail crazy when I watched TV.
Gail could always see everything going on around her…
Kid on her hip, laundry, phone conversation and watching a show on tv - all at once.
Throw a woman in a house with kids and she’ll carry on a deeply connecting conversation with another adult while noticing that one of the kids looks a little tired or is not feeling well.
Simply stated (dangerous), a man generally looks at the world in terms of what it can provide for the family and rises to defend against any threats the world brings to the family. He tends to look at the world more in terms of being a provider and a protector. His mind is on his family but his eyes are outward at the world.
Contrarily, a woman generally looks at the family and sees how they are responding to the world around them. She picks up on HOW the world is affecting the family and tends to be involved with the world while constantly balancing HOW that will affect her family. She is more of an empower-er and a nurturer. Her mind is on the world (she’s aware of what is out there) but her eyes are inward at the family.
Because men have abused and trivialized the focus and calling upon women (especially leaders in the western church), many in secular society have worked hard at redefining women.
Instead of women saying to men, you’re confused, there is great value in how women access and approach life. Instead of responding with honoring and celebrating feminine differences, women started tackling traditionally masculine areas just to prove they could do it.
I don’t think anyone should have questioned a woman’s ability to do anything, it is not a question of ability, it’s a question of focus.
Women have proved they can manage businesses, work alongside men in construction jobs, women can fight in the armed service; etc. The one thing women can’t do is play golf at Augusta National-but there is a woman president on the way…
What I am trying to say is there is a new kind of pressure on women that I am not sure is fair, I am not sure it’s biblical, I’m not sure that it isn’t hurting the family: IT’S THE IDEA THAT women and men need to compete with each other.
Dr. Dobson’s quote (years ago).
“Have you noticed, also, that the entertainment industry has created a totally new woman with remarkable capacities? We’ve seen her as Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman and Spider Woman and Charlie’s Angels and a host of other muscular (but sexy) females.
“The image of women now being depicted by the media is a ridiculous combination of wide-eyed fantasy and feminist propaganda. Today’s woman is always shown as gorgeous, of course, but she is more -- much more.
“She roars around the countryside in a racy sports car, while her male companion sits on the other side of the front seat anxiously biting his nails. She exudes self-confidence from the very tips of her fingers, and for good reason; she could dismantle any man alive with her karate chops and flying kicks to the teeth.
“She is deadly accurate with a pistol and she plays tennis (or football) like a pro. She speaks in perfectly organized sentences, as though her spontaneous remarks were being panned and written by a team of tiny English professors sitting in the back of her pretty little head.
“She is a sexual gourmet, to be sure, but she wouldn’t be caught dead in a wedding ceremony. She has the grand good fortune of being perpetually young and she never becomes ill, nor does she ever make a mistake or appear foolish.
“In short, she is virtually omniscient, except for a curious inability to do anything traditionally feminine, such as cook, sew, or raise children.
“Truly, today’s screen heroine is a remarkable specimen, standing proud and uncompromising, with side stance and hands to her hips. Oh, yeah! This baby has come a long, long way, no doubt about that!”
Of course WOMEN can be anything THEY want to be, but just make sure you are not trying to prove something.
For that past 12 years I have purposely had discussions with high school and college age students about what they feel about love/marriage/children
most speak disparagingly of marriage and childrearing
some shyly admit that they really would like to get married, but it is just not in vogue to talk or dream about it!
Many young ladies think marriage and child rearing is a stupid thing that people with low IQ’s get involved with - UNLESS YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN A CAREER AND DO IT IN YOUR MID/LATE 30’S.
My purpose in saying this is NOT to get women back into traditional roles society makes up for her or to push everyone into marriage and child rearing - my purpose is to say that the role of wife/mother has been severely diminished and we should NOT let that continue.
If anything is true, God places the greatest honor on home life and responsibilities!
He doesn’t call himself the great CEO of Creation.
He is a Dad.
At the crown of creation, God did not make the Church w/Adam as the first pastor and eve the first parishioner.
Made a home.
Luke 12:15
Life is about our families, our friends, our God - those things make life rich!
Marriage and family touch us in a way nothing in creation can.
It is not a put down to be a wife and mom! You may have to work outside the home -- Just keep your focus. Don’t take every promotion if it will hurt your family or marriage! (Same is true FOR men!)
Prov. 14:1
Ladies it is an honorable thing to have your marriage and home on the forefront of your mind. You were given to help here primarily!
Your strength, abilities, and perceptions were given to you primarily to help men and children act in a ways that don’t destroy the family.
Again that is not to say you should not be involved with the world-at-large.
Pr. 31:10-31 DISCLAIMER - THIS IS SUPERWOMAN - SHE DOESN’T EXIST - I SEE IT AS MORE OF A DINNER MENU - YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING HERE, BUT NO ONE WOULD TRY TO ORDER AND EAT IT ALL!
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