1 Timothy 2:9-15
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The Difference Between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
The Difference Between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
If you don’t believe this, listen to the sermons that are preached on Mother’s Day as opposed to the sermons that are preached on Father’s Day.
On Father’s Day, it seems like men are derailed. They are challenged and normally leave feeling inadequate rather than celebrated.
The similarities of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
on Mother’s Day though, the way of doing things seem to be the opposite.
On both days, the preacher talks junk to the Father.
The Mother is commended for all that she does well, while her sin is avoided because its Mother’s Day. I would suggest this morning, that this understanding and this practice is really waste a valuable opportunity to challenge mothers and women to be the type of women that has called them to be.
On Mother’s Day, we talk about how good Mama was because Daddy wasn’t.
So hear my heart this morning. My heart this morning is not to be abrasive. My heart this morning is to expose you to the Word of God that does cut. Sometimes it wounds. It divides soul and spirit.
On Father’s Day, we tell you statistics about how bad Fathers are.
I don’t think this is intentional, so much.
Before we get started this morning, let me just remind you of what Paul says I am to do as a preacher and what in turn the Scripture does.
Our goal as pastors isn’t to berate Fathers or anyone and to make you feel bad. Whenever I preach a sermon that may be difficult to hear, the goal is not to hurt people, the goal is that we look like Christ.
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
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Honestly, as a pastor, I think the biblical desire is for both fathers and mothers, both men and women, to be faithful and live out their God ordained role in the church and in the world.
We should understand that this doesn’t come natural for either group.
But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
I want to encourage you this morning. If you feel reproved, rebuked, exhorted, and patiently instructed this morning, then the Word is accomplishing what it should be accomplishing in your life.
Holiness and sanctification for fathers or mothers come from looking at what God has called us to be in his Word.
Jesus prayed this for us in
“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
This morning
This morning we come to really one of very few passages in the New Testament that speaks to the role and the responsibility that is specific to women in the church.
I’ve preached through the others the previous three Mother’s Day, so now we come to .
The goal this morning is the be sanctified and for God to show us by His Word, what he desires of Mothers and women in general within the church.
Now before we get started…
Paul in this letter is writing to Timothy, the young pastor at Ephesus, and he is instructing him on how matters and functions in the church should be. He is very careful in all things to include every group within the church, including exhortations to women and their actions within the church. (Here, Paul is having to correct some issues that they were having with the church of Ephesus.
Let me remind you, that just because he is speaking with regard to behavior within the church that this behavior is not limited to the church building. Rather, if you are a woman who claims to be apart of the body of Christ, this is to be your behavior in or outside of the church building.
the type of woman God would have you to be.
Listen to what he says in verse 9.
Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,
The first word he uses is the word likewise. It can be translated, “in like manner.”
Paul has just exhorted men in verse 8 and he will continue to exhort the men in the church through this letter. (Hint at next book we will preach through) and lest the women think that he is leaving them out, he goes on to exhort them. In the same way…
Modesty to the glory of God.
Modesty to the glory of God.
Woman are commanded here to adorn themselves.
The word is here is to arrange, to prepare yourself, and he goes on to define what that means.
Prepare yourselves with proper clothing.
The word here proper is the word for orderly or decent clothing.
The implication here then is that there is a proper way of adorning yourself (proper clothing) and an improper way of adorning yourself (improper clothing)
Thankfully Paul doesn’t leave for room for interpretive gymnastics. He doesn’t leave room for us here to ask the question: Well, What exactly is proper?
He doesn’t leave room for a definition that may or may not be worldly.
He tells us what he means.
He tells what proper is specifically when one is adorning themselves for worship.
Prepare yourself, adorn yourself Modestly and Discreetly (Not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments).
Modestly- here it carry the meaning of humility.
Discreetly- self controlled.
Now he mentions gold pearls, braided hair. Paul’s goal here in being specific with regard to these things is to make a larger point. He isn’t saying that women should just not care about their hair and just let it go. He’s not saying that. He just got through explaining that you are to prepare yourself.
What He is saying is that to bring attention to yourself is problematic.
The women of this day (and I would argue the would of our day) were tempted to do things to draw attention to themselves either by flaunting their bodies through wearing provocative clothing or by flaunting their wealth through their clothes.
Both were unacceptable. drawing attention
Because in both of those cases, the heart of the woman adorning herself improperly, is “Look at me! See me! Worship me!”
When, in reality, all the attention should be on God and His word in worship. Rather we should say “Look at Christ! See Christ! Worship Christ!”
Modestly, discreetly- it means- proper, covered, so that no one will be distracted.
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Hear me Ladies, Men are easily distracted.
So adorning yourself modestly and discreetly will inevitably mean mindfulness in preparation whenever you come to worship.
Don’t hear me wrongly, There is Nothing wrong with wearing jewelry, owning jewelry or looking nice. But when we come for the purpose of worship, the goal is to have the attention solely on Christ.
There are some clothes where there is no time or place where they are appropriate in public. And Ladies, you have to be mindful of this.
I quote here because I don’t think I could say it better. John Macarthur says:
“A woman should examine her motives and goals for the way she dresses. Is her intent to show the grace and beauty of womanhood? Is it to show her love and devotion to her husband and his goodness to her? Is it to reveal a humble heart devoted to worshiping God? Or is it to call attention to herself, and flaunt her wealth and beauty? Or worse, to attempt to allure men sexually? A woman who focuses on worshiping God will consider carefully how she is dressed, because her heart will dictate her wardrobe and appearance.”
but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.
Rather than spending time on appearance (things that don’t matter, distract), Paul urges Ladies to prepare themselves by means of good works that should naturally flow from someone making a claim to godliness.
In other words:
If someone claims to know the Lord, love the Lord, and claims to have submitted in faith to the Lord, there is to be an outworking of that faith by doing the works of God.
Right? This is what Paul meant when he wrote . Summarize.
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Salvation for a lady is not by works, its through Christ, but you are created in Christ for good works. That’s proper and right. This is what Paul is saying here in Timothy. That is the proper adorning. Working for the kingdom.
This is modesty to the glory of God.
Next we find, the second exhortation to women in the church.
Submission to the Glory of God.
Submission to the Glory of God.
Look what he says here in verse number 11. Again keep in mind he is speaking with regard to actions and order within the operations of the church.
A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness.
Submission is today’s culture and society, especially the biblical idea of a woman submitting to the God ordained leadership role that the men are supposed to be occupying is under attack.
The feminist movement would have you believe that the Bible teaches spiritual inequality- that because the roles are different that a woman is less valuable than a man. The Bible does not teach that.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
The Bible does teach the specificity of roles within the two genders.
Men have been given the biblical mandate to lead, to teach, and to love as c
In marriage, there are distinct roles according God’s design of marriage.
Women have been given the
This is why the first thing I do in marriage counseling is make the couple turn to and I make them both write out the roles of each.
The man: He’s the head of his wife and he is to love his wife.
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
Ephesians
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
These are the biblical roles for men.
What about the women?
The woman is to submit to the husband:
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
There are roles in the biblical design of marriage. If there are roles in God’s design of marriage, we should expect for there to be roles in God’s design of His church, and they are going to reflect one another.
In the church,
Men- we are to be elders (pastor, spiritual leadership in the church), deacons (servants of the body), men are to teachers of the congregation. God designed it this way. To do it any other way, is rebellion to God’s design.
We see this in the biblical requirements of elders and deacons in chapter 3 of this same book. We see it all over the New Testament.
We see it in verses 11-12
A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.
This isn’t up for debate for Paul.
It shouldn’t be up for debate for us.
Our cultural norms do not determine what Paul said. God meant what he wrote when he inspired Paul to write 1 Timothy.
It should be noted at this point, that Our job, both men and women, at this point, is one of submission to the Word of God.
Men- submit to God’s plan. Step up. Act Like men. Lead. Teach.
“Well she’s a better teacher than me.” Maybe so, but its your job, and maybe that means we should study more.
Submit to God’s plan.
Ladies- Submit to God’s plan and to His perfect order of the home and the church and trust that he knows best.
So practically, Knowing this, if you are asked to exercise authority or to teach over men in the church, politely refuse and submit to God. Please God not men.
This doesn’t mean women can’t teach at all.
In Titus, we are told that women can and must teach other women.
Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Women can and should teach women and children, but they are not exercise authority or teach over men.
And again, i realize this is so anti-cultural. Culture would condemn probably most everything I have said this morning. The question for us: Who is God?
Culture , you, or Christ.
For Paul, Its Christ,Paul grounds his argument in the Creator not culture.
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I believe Paul is doing this to prevent anyone in his context or our from saying that this was just Paul’s mind speaking here. He is just reflecting his dated cultural view. No. God created it this way. Listen to him:
For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.
For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
This order finds its foundation in how and when God created man and woman.
This order was present even before the fall. Some argue that the gender roles are a result of the fall. That’s false. Gender roles are a result of God’s created and perfect design even before they fell into sin.
God created Adam a helper suitable for him - gender roles are present there
He continuues here in verse 14 to further give foundation to his argument.
Essentially this is his argument- verse 13 this is how God created it. Verse 14 this is what happens when we go contrary to it.
And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
Paul’s argument and my intention here this morning is not to beat up women, but to urge women to submit to God’s design for their lives.
When roles are reversed. When God’s design is not followed, chaos and sin ensues.
Eve took the fruit and
Paul is not excusing Adam from sin. In fact, in , he places the fall (the first sin) squarely on Adam without even mentioning Eve.
Paul’s argument isn’t that Eve sinned and Adam didn’t.
Paul’s argument is that from the very first sin, when God’s order and design is rejected or reversed, we are bound to fail. Look in
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Who’s leading the family there?
Eve is. The perversion of God’s design is evident.
Ladies, I want to encourage you toward modesty to the glory of God, submission to the glory of God, and finally fulfilling your role as a woman to the glory of God.
Fulfilling your role as a woman to the glory of God.
Fulfilling your role as a woman to the glory of God.
In light of what Eve did, how can women live to the glory of God.
By living according to God’s design. Thats the whole argument here.
But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint.
This has been called one of the most difficult verses in the New Testament to interpret. I think thats largely because its taken out of context.
What does it mean by “preserved” here?
your bible may say “saved” here?
Heres What its not saying:
Its not saying that just because you bear a child you are saved. That goes against the rest of Scripture altogether
Its not saying that a woman will always
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
It’s not saying that a woman will always survive childbirth. Tragically, we know that doesn’t happen.
So what does it mean?
In light of the context, I believe its speaking of the preservation or the saving of the woman’s influence and contribution on the world through children.
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Ladies your greatest contribution and influence on this world will come through your nurturing and raising children to the glory of God.
I don’t believe this is speaking in regard to the woman’s salvation from sin, but rather its speaking to her role as a godly woman in light of the salvation she has already experienced.
A woman will find true joy and life not in seeking out and trying to take the man’s role, but in fulfilling her own role to the best of her ability. What does that mean?
Teaching her children
In faith- Showing them Christ, pointing them to Christ, teaching them of Christ in all things. Speak the Gospel to your children.
Now i realize.At the same time, we have to recognize our inability to save our children. But you are to lead them in faith.
In love- She is to be a beacon of love and help. One who nurtures who loves her husband and family and leads her children in that love. Love at times means comfort, other times it means discipline, but it never means neglect them for anything.
Sanctity- holiness. She is to be a woman committed to God’s order and design in all things. a Lady who loves Christ and hates Sin.Ladies, we need holy women.
Self restraint- In order to be leaders in faith, love, sanctity, its going to come and be accomplished through self restraint and self denial. That is, you must resist the urge to step outside of God’s design, and remain faithful and committed fully to Him.
To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you.”
Modesty to the glory of God.
Submission to the glory of God
Fulfilling your role as a woman to the glory of God.