The Value of a Woman
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· 1,039 viewsWhat is the value of a woman? Her value is manifold in Jesus Christ and results in godly behavior.
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Introduction
Introduction
The Value of woman is seen in who she is and what she does.
Generally speaking, by that she is either valuable, or invaluable.
Like men, their value is measured by her righteousness or her unrighteousness.
The world would like there to be no moral judgment on who we are.
It will tell you it does not matter who you are: “You be You.”
But, it does matter.
When your home is on fire, you don’t call and NBA player, you call the firefighter.
When you are getting robbed, you don’t call a movie star, you call the police.
It does matter who we are and what kind of person we are.
Illustration:
A person who want to blur the line between family relationships and any other relationship.
This serves to show the push to dismantle the reality that some people have more particular worth/value than other people.
“We often assume that family relationships, even with second or third degree relatives, have a special kind of value that other intimate relationships, such as friendships with non-family members, lack. I want to challenge this belief and suggest that, ultimately, the value of friendship and kinship alike flows from the same source: that of the love that bounds people.”
Her conclusion:
“Debunking explanations like the one I offer here cannot, as such, settle disagreements. At most, they can pave the way towards a consensus or at least a better understanding of the disagreement. But a debunking explanation does something to shift the burden of proof on those who believe that family relationships do have special value. Until and unless a convincing argument is produced, there is no reason to believe that the family has any special worth which sets it apart from other close, loving relationships. A practical conclusion is that we shouldn’t worry about threats to the (traditional) family unless they are also threats to adults’ ability to build and maintain loving relationships, or to children’s wellbeing. Do emerging institutions such as same-sex marriage or adoption by same-sex parents undermine the family? It remains to be seen, but, even if they do, this is not problematic: it is love, not the family, that makes relationships valuable. If so, then “family” should perhaps become an honorific name for “particularly close loving relationships.”
Another asserts that natural reproduction is inferior to medically assisted reproduction due to the stigma that a society places on motherhood:
“The conceptual ‘maternal body’ is an identity thoroughly constructed to be related literally and figuratively to the family, but most of all to describe gender norms (Albury 1997; Miller 2005; Rich 1995; Young 2005). Biological motherhood surrenders to the natural conceptual relationship between a mother and her child, to define a form of control, delimitation and condemning the order or disorder of the society itself. By perceiving the reproductive body as a site of invoking power to embody patriarchal prescription, motherhood establishes the division between two large conceptions of “good mothers” and “bad mothers.” For an institution that demands stringent requirements, it is quite easy to fall under each category and the stakes considerable. A woman who diverges from the social expectations inscribed in the process of becoming a mother is stigmatized as a bad mother simply because her reproductive decisions do not meet the gendered role criteria (Abrams, 2015, 179).”
Another examines the role of women in housework and that it is simply a religious construct thrust upon them:
“Despite the significant advancement toward more gender equality in most countries around the globe, the division of housework still remains unbalanced, with women doing a significantly greater part of the lion share as compared to men. Although empirical data proves that women’s employment has grown in the last decades in virtually all societies (Wilensky 2005), and people believe more and more in gender equality (Inglehart 2018), at home, women continue to spend more time doing routine work, such as cooking, cleaning, buying groceries, and doing the laundry (Dotti Sani 2014; Geist and Cohen 2011).”
“Thus, religious identity can employ gender and tools related to gender identity to stress an individual’s belonging to a certain religious group. For instance, Islam prescribes domestic roles for women and places them at home as housekeepers, which keeps women from the MENA region outside the labor market. In this case, the women assume a traditional gender role because they want to stress their religious identity (Hayo and Caris 2013). In the same way, people behave at home according to what their religion prescribes regarding gender roles and divide the domestic work accordingly to stress their belonging to a religious community. Thus, one can say that people “do gender” because they “do religion”.
The Crux of a Woman’s Battle:
The Crux of a Woman’s Battle:
Women are assaulted by the enemy of God.
The world is run by Satan.
The world is not our friend.
He is the prince of the power of the air.
1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
He is the “ruler of this world.”
30 “I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”
The Components of a Woman’s Value:
The Components of a Woman’s Value:
Who she is.
Who she is.
Follower of Jesus Christ
14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 17 “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. “And do not touch what is unclean; And I will welcome you. 18 “And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” Says the Lord Almighty.
Fellow heir of Life
7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Fears the Lord
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
What she does.
What she does.
Loves her husband
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
Loves her children
28 Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
Loves her household (relationships)
15 She rises also while it is still night And gives food to her household And portions to her maidens.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household, For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
10An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
31 Give her the product of her hands, And let her works praise her in the gates.
Conclusion
Conclusion
3 Your adornment must not be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; 4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. 5 For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands; 6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear. 7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 8 To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; 9 not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.