Seven Lies#4

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Sat through almost 16 months of chemo… and you know what I learned… women are way tougher than men. Hands down.

 

Lie #4

Women are spiritually inferior and must bow to the 

authority of men.

 

In the days of Christ… women were inferior… what I mean by that is no matter how talented, smart or gifted they were, they were still looked upon as inferior… actually they were property. Just a possession that you could dispose of at will for really any reason. 

 

A woman testimony would not be used in court because they were inferior, not smart enough to know what really happened, what really went on. 

 

Luke 10:39

Jesus let Mary sit at his feet while he taught. This was a huge taboo in Christ time. The fact that Jesus would allow a women to sit at his feet and be taught was the same as drafting a 10 year old to play in the NFL. It was unheard of, not practiced, not smart and would be gossiped about around town… and yet Jesus must have thought she could handle it…. hmmm a woman as a disciple. Strange in deed. 

 

But the real hard evidence is this when we are talking about how god viewed women. If you were to just make up the resurrection story and you wanted it to be believable you would not have had it written up where women find an empty tomb and talk to Jesus. Right there most would say… this is unbelievable. “YOU SAY… Yeah I don’t believe it”… well when the women ran back to the disciples and told him the Messiah had risen… did they believe them? NOPE. Why… probably more because they were women… they are emotional, hyper sensitive and untrustworthy… or so the culture believed. And yet God saw to it that women would make the great discovery first. 

 

All through out scripture God uses women in amazing ways. they are prophetess’s, disciples, leaders and most importantly Jesus inner circle friends. 

 

so let me steer this 2 different ways today. yes women can be spiritual leaders, but they must still be under the authority of their husbands. This is a delicate balance. Many women have strong personalities and they can run over their husbands. They become the leader because they feel like their husband isn’t up to the task. Careful ladies… this is not biblical.

Secondly, many women have sat in my office and told me their husbands are not spiritual leaders when in fact they actually mean one of 2 things: My husband isn’t perfect so I can’t trust him AND OR (this will sound arrogant but let me finish) my husband isn’t a leader… meaning he is not like you. Loud, demonstrative in his faith, healing, witnessing, preaching etc… 

Here is my advice to women. Step out and be a disciple. With that, tell your husband you trust that he will seek God and lead your family… then let him do it. Kindly reminding him every now and then what you need leadership in as a family and as a marriage. Give him time, let him fail, love him and don’t get frustrated and take over…. Not only are you not God, you are not the leader of the household.