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1 | Does the Bible diminish women? | Bible general Archive 3 | Livingfaith | 183598 | ||
How does the Bible value women? (?)Answered Luke 11:27 Livingfaith Mon 02/5/07, 1:05pm Thank you again for a good answer. The Lord Jesus Christ related to women with grace and without fear. The question that arose had to do more with the historic treatment of women throughout the entire Bible, with an emphasis on the treatment of women by the "people of God", the Jews, the people to whom and amongst whom God first revealed himself, putting His own attitudes on historic display. I find myself wanting to be defensive of the integrity of the Living God in all His dealings with mankind, but women read of the treatment of women in the OT and they come away with an iimpression that women just were not that important to God, whereas God seems to value the men more. (Bathsheeba's experience shows the making whole of David, but says little about the diminishing of Bathsheeba.) My position is that I lack undertanding and the proper anwers have not as of yet been discovered. This ignorance however does not answer the questions. I feel for the women who feel downvalued. I have not done a complete study of all events in the entire Bible as they may have involved women. I have mentioned the high value of the women's ability to give life, but, some women see even that privilege as being burdensome and painful. As you can see, important consideratiions go on in women's minds and hearts. Many women, having few good experiences with the male gender, find themselves in a fix, when they view the Scriptures as being more preoccupied with the deeds of men and, in the women readers' view, less with the imppact of their tender gender. I do not see the Living God as having a "so-called" gender. Women, however, feel sometimes that God has revealed himself as one of the male gender persons. With so few living examples available of male persons having the same attitudes the Lord himself displayed whilst in the world, many a devoted women feels left out and alone. What can be said to women who feel left out in this way? Sincerely, in Christ, Livingfaith |
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2 | Does the Bible diminish women? | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 183599 | ||
Dear Livingfaith, Bury yourself in the Word. Therein is both the answer to your questions, and the antidote for the concerns you've expressed. It is sufficient. Study the lives of Rahab, Deborah, Esther, Ruth, Abigail, Mary, Martha, etc. But most of all, fill you mind the Word and let it transform your own thinking. God will use this to prepare you for the proper time. Then, when you least expect it, God will take this desire of your heart and provide an outlet for it, to His own glory. In Him, Doc |
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