Doctrine of Manhood and Womanhood

Was every part of creation made out of nothing? No

What part was made out of something? Woman

Genesis 2:22 ESV

And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

Define

We believe God has created only two genders, male and female

We are called to be good stewards of the imago dei and are called to steward the imago dei in the unique ways God has made us

Let this be a reminder that you do not have to be married to find purpose or to be whole

Manhood and womanhood is not defined by rather or not your married

Genesis Connection

Genesis 1:27 ESV

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Stewarding the image in our God given unique ways

Genesis 2:23 ESV

Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

first recorded words of man

Biblical Manhood

When encouraging men 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 is always one of my favorites to use

1 Corinthians 16:13–14 ESV

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.

What does it mean to act like men? Right here we see several things. One is be watchful. We need to lead the fight in spiritual warfare. That means watching out for spiritual attacks.

When you see spiritual warfare going on or coming you have a responsibility to sound the alarm.

We fail those around us when we fail to sound the alarm. Not only do we need to be watchful, but willing to stand firm. We need to be willing to take the front lines in spiritual warfare. We don’t have the option of sitting idly by. We need to be involved spiritually.

God has called you to be spiritual leaders.

We need to display strength.

What is strength?

Being of good character no matter who is around. Standing on your morals regardless of your surroundings. Strength is realizing your weakness and your need for God. Be done in love. What does that mean? The Greek used here is agape. So we are to love unconditional.

Ephesians 5:22–33 ESV

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

God has designed the spiritual leadership of the family to look like this: God, the husband, the wife, and then the children. Guys that is a lot of responsibility. That means to an extent you will be answering to God for the way you led your wife and kids. If you lead them poorly and they make some destructive choices in relation to your leadership God is going to require you to answer for that. I think of that daily because I want to be the best spiritual leader I can be for Lindsey. You can watch couples and tell most of the time rather or not the man prioritizes God. You will see the change in the Character of the woman.

Lead according to Christ’s desires, not your’s.

As you lead let Christ be your example. Do all you can to encourage and build up your spouse, not to beat them down. Ladies keep your future husband accountable.

Biblical Womanhood

We are going to primarily focus on passages in Proverbs 31 as we talk about Biblical womanhood. To start with we will look at Proverbs 31:11-12

Proverbs 31:11–12 ESV

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.

Be trustworthy, not a gossiper.

Don’t be known as a gossip or someone you cannot tell anything because people know if you know everybody knows. Really though that goes for us all. People should know that if they come to you that what comes to your ears goes no further than that. Also within marriage you should be able to trust one another deeper than you can anyone else. As people come to you with their trust don’t break that trust and use the info to hurt them. To blackmail, etc.

Now let us skip down to Proverbs 31:20

Proverbs 31:20 ESV

She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

We all have a responsibility to pour into others less fortunate than us. Not to make fun of, not to put down, but to reach out and to help.

Next we will go down to Proverbs 31:25-27

Proverbs 31:25–27 ESV

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Ladies your attention should not be gotten from how much skin you can show off or how tight of clothing you can squeeze into or from being a pushover (Letting a guy push you around acting like you a second class citizen or something).

Your heart and personality is what a man should fall in love with, not your body.

And you are all strong women, with feelings that deserve respect. You man should not make you feel dumb, your man should value your wisdom. I will tell y’all right now Lindsey makes me a better youth minister with the feedback she gives me. I always value her words. I value her wise words of encouragement. Your words should be full of kindness not jealousy or hatred. Lindsey is one of the kindest peoples I have ever met. You are called to have good worth ethic, not to be characterized as lazy.

Then lastly in Proverbs 31:30

Proverbs 31:30 ESV

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Outward beauty is fleeting and won’t last, but the state of the heart will last. If you measure your worth on how you look or your dress or pants size or the lack or wrinkles on your face, your worth you see yourself with will diminish with times. But if you learn to take confidence in who you are in your heart no one or time can ever take that worth from you.

Take pride in who you are in Christ.

Your heart will be a thousand times more of a blessing to your future husband than your body will ever be. Base relationships on the heart not the body.

Singleness

You don’t have to be married to fulfill manhood or womanhood

Mark 12:25 ESV

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

Marriage is an earthly thing that wont go into eternity so this lets us know it does not define us as a man or woman

1 Corinthians 7:6–9 ESV

Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Singleness is a gift

Their is a special level of intimacy you can experience with God

Can be more giving with your time