If It Wasn't For The Women, Part 2: When God Uses A Woman’s Hand
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· 10 viewsA Woman of God can be used by the LORD to deliver His people
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Illustration: Pronounced “DOR-ah muh-LAH-jay), meaning “adored ones,” an all-female military group that protects the King and the fictional nation of Wakanda- are perhaps the most obvious example of female strength.
The Dora Milaje are fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are a team of women who serve as special forces for the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
But the strong women of Black Panther are more than just a potential inspiration to women in the audience today. They’re also a window into a true, if oft-forgotten, piece of history.
The Dora Milaje share similarities with the Dahomey Amazons, the all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey,[1] which was located in West Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin.
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But you don’t need a movie to show or tell you that!
And many of us in here today know that our lives have been touched, impacted in a significant way by the hands of a woman...
The Virtuous woman
English Standard Version Chapter 31
The Woman Who Fears the LORD
10 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
They kept on moving like Soul II Soul
Body- A Servant Of The LORD Who Is
Body- A Servant Of The LORD Who Is
And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
A Woman
A Woman
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What remains as noticeable today as in 2005, however, is that much of the impetus for change has come from governments and regulators and, apart from notable efforts of groups like the 30% Club in the United Kingdom or the 30% Coalition in the United States, not from shareholders directly. This is odd, because shareholders are the owners of the company; one might expect they should have the strongest interest in the benefits of more diverse boards.
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The enemy:
Jabin = one who is intelligent, discerning, to understand, see; to pay attention, consider, teach, examine
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
The
For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
Psalm 50:3
God will work through women
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
Especially when men will not step up to the plate
The enemy:
Jabin = one who is intelligent, discerning, to understand, see; to pay attention, consider, teach, examine
A Mediator
A Mediator
Now Deborah:
a prophetess- female who speaks or proclaims the message of a deity
Judges: A Commentary Tales of Deborah and Jael, Warrior Women (Judges 4:1–24)
Deborah is a prophet, that is, one capable of mediating between God and human beings, and is perceived as having gifts of divination and charisma.
A Wife
A Wife
Lappidoth = torch; lightning
Deborah= bee, wasp, speak; converse; talk
Virtuous woman
English Standard Version Chapter 31
The Woman Who Fears the LORD
10 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Do not be a foolish man (husband)
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.
Genesis 2:`8
Virtuous woman
English Standard Version Chapter 31
The Woman Who Fears the LORD
10 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
A Leader
A Leader
of the WORD (of God’s people including the men)
Judging Israel
judgement = act of deciding a legal dispute or case
She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Leads charismatically with and through the Word of God
She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun.
Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
Judges 4:
And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges and Ruth: An Introduction and Commentary Deborah and Barak (4:4–9)
A great man realizes his own inadequacy when called by the Lord to some great task, but the divine call is never alone, it is accompanied by the divine provision.
Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Yes you deserve to be here today, but make no mistake about it, you did not earn a right to be here at 61 Winthrop Street this Sunday morning, it is by the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 3:
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
A Co-laborer
A Co-laborer
And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him.
And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
and as a co-laboror, she shares the glory
there is no I in Team!!!!!
Deborah speaks a word that a woman will get the glory- someone else will get the glory
And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left. But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Judges 4:16
But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died.
saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
Judges
Jael= mountain goat, to ascend; to lead up; to lead out; to bring up; to cause to rise, to profit, benefit; to get profit
Heber= to ally oneself; to be coupled, touch one another; to join together
Transition To Close- Share the glory and let the LORD God Get the Ultimate Glory!
Transition To Close- Share the glory and let the LORD God Get the Ultimate Glory!
You heard it read earlier in the book of
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—
Barak does not make it into the book of Hebrews without Deborah
Ruth doing what’s necessary & pleasing to the LORD GOD to provide for the family
Esther for such a time as this
Abigail in 2 Samuel 25:3- saves the village despite the foolishness of her husband
Widow in Zarephath provides for the prophet & get’s delivered out of poverty
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
Acts 16
And when God the Father wanted to do his greatest deliverance of all time
It was just God a humble girl by the name of Mary
Because Jesus was Mary’s little baby....
Woman at the well gets the village on fire for the LORD
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”
John 4:39
Get know Jesus for yourself!
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
John 16
And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
John 17:1-6
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