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Does the Gospel Need a Feminist Rescue?
by:
Rosaria Butterfield
God’s Glory in Woman
Genesis 1 builds and progresses with an urgent sense of harmony and power. The prose is terse until you get to the crowning achievement of the magnificent creation of man and woman. That paragraph is long and liquid. Rather than tip the artistic balance, the glorious creation of man and woman is the great literary crescendo displaying the highpoint of creation. And man and woman are created for a purpose: to glorify God by reigning in His name and stewarding the earth. Adam and Eve’s marriage points first to the God who made them and, after the fall, to the God who promises to redeem them. No more garden after the fall, so marriage reflects Christ and the church. Both in the Old Testament and the New, godly marriage is not self-referential—it never finds its meaning in itself. The institution of marriage is God’s first government, and as such, marriage points to God’s purpose in the world and the church.
Kevin DeYoung recounts five patterns that set us up for either grace or condemnation:
- Male leadership (also known, from a biblical perspective, as patriarchy).
- Godly women arrayed with heroic characteristics.
- Godly women helping men.
- Ungodly women influencing men for evil, while ungodly men abuse women.
- Women finding meaning, grace, and suffering in bearing and caring for children.
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."
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Proverbs 14:34
“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.”
Proverbs 14:34
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Perfection in God’s promises
Exodus 33:14 AMP
“And the LORD said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest .”
Deutoronomy 3:20
“The process of a promise”
A: When God promises you something, you can bet your socks on it that He will deliver. The problem is mostly God’s timing, which throws off our plans and expectations. His plans and thoughts are much more integrated, and there is much more detail than we can comprehend.
When you get your promise fulfilled, it is not just you who benefits from it. Your lifeline crosses with so many others; by God fulfilling His promise or something you prayed for so long, others also benefit from this. If God just gives us what we need and want instantly, others won’t get their promises fulfilled or postponed.
Let me explain: In your waiting period, God will send souls into your sphere of influence who need to meet you, get inspired, or teach them something so that they can get a bit closer to their promise(s). God will also send people on your path you need to meet, which will help you come closer to your promises being delivered. There is no skipping any step; if you trust God, you wait! You let the process of completing a promise flow freely, and you let God work through you while you wait in full expectation!
Waiting is like a preparation phase so that when you do get those promises fulfilled, you might actually get why you got them in the first place and not mess things up.
You’re Magnetic
Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?
Mark 2:16
God loves us—just as we are, right now. Wow. That’s kind of difficult to accept, isn’t it? I mean, it’s hard to feel worthy of that love, with all our mistakes, our imperfections. Don’t we need to be perfect and holy too, just as he is, before he can love us? No, brother, he loves us—just as we are, right now. If we’re ever going to understand God, if we’re ever going to understand ourselves, in relation to God, we’re going to have to bend our minds toward that truth.
He is perfect and holy; we are not. True. What’s not true is that, because of his perfection, he’s drawn only to more perfection. What’s not true is that, because of his holiness, he demands our holiness before he’ll love us, accept us, want anything to do with us.
God knows our mistakes, every imperfection. Nothing is hidden from him (Hebrews 4:13). And, actually, precisely because he knows, he executed the ultimate act of love: he sent his son, Jesus Christ, to be our King and to save us from our mistakes and imperfections (Romans 5:8). So, the truth is—like a doctor to the sick—he’s actually drawn to imperfection and sin (Mark 2:17). Our relationships with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, begin to work when we accept and welcome that love.
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You’re Designed for Extremes
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot.
I wish you were either one or the other!
Revelation 3:15
There are three approaches to life with God: All In; All Out; and, in the middle, between those, a third approach. This third approach is actually a range—it encompasses every approach between the two extremes. Many of us take the third approach. I mean, we do believe life is better with God—but, our belief is more theoretical than not. We get busy with careers, families, finances, and rarely think about actually applying the life and truth of our King, Jesus Christ, to our own, complicated lives. And so, they become indistinguishable from the lives of men All Out.
Jesus calls takers of the third approach “lukewarm,” and is particularly frustrated by us: “because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth” (Revelation 3:16). We third-approachers mistakenly presume we’re doing okay faith-wise—not as well as we could maybe, but okay nonetheless. Therefore, Jesus’ words are startling and challenging—and force us to consider All In.
So, what does All In require? The world tells us, too much. But, that’s wrong. It doesn’t require more than we can give. Brother, we’re designed for All In. Jesus isn’t some out-of-touch “high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses” (Hebrews 4:15). He understands our lives. He knows what he’s asking. All In doesn’t require we be perfect; we couldn’t.
Luke 11:13
“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Luke 11:13
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