Mother’s Day

The Bible says that he created for Adam a “helpmate”

The word for helpmate is ezer kenegdo

• Greek translation means an ally or rescuer

This word is used 21 times in the Old Testament

• Used three ways
• One time used in describing Eve
• Used for nations to whom Israel appealed for military aid
• Used for God as Israel’s helper

Genesis 3:16 “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
    with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.”

Now we know all to well the mess that sin has thrust our world into.

Men and women share the same identity in Christ

Galatians 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”

Ephesians 5:22-24 “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.”

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.”

1 Timothy 2:11-15 “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety”

• Quote from PBS special – Women were expected to be the dignified wife and the good mother and, while these rules could be bent, they couldn’t be broken.

Emperor Daughter Julia (Julius Caesar daughter)

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.”

NO CHURCH IN AMERICA FOLLOWS THIS VERSE

Here is the truth:

• Women have the Holy Spirit in them.
• Women have been given gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Women are God’s princesses

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 “Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. ²⁰ To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. ²¹ To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. ²² To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. ²³ I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.”