Why Satan chose Eve
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Now at the end, now that od points to motherhood, we can also finally answer the last question:
Why did Satan come to Eve?
Why did Satan come to Eve?
God created men and woman different.
Our biology is different and our psycology is different.
In the single broadest personality strait survey the results came back crystal clear:
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Of all the differences the biggest different was between agreeablness and assertavness.
Let define these terms:
Let define these terms:
Agreeableness describes a person's ability to put other people's needs above their own. For instance, people who are high in agreeableness naturally experience empathy and tend to get tremendous pleasure from serving others and taking care of them
Being assertive shows that you're willing to stand up for your interests and beliefs.
High agreeableness is linked with child development in infants and the results are clear: An infant who’s mother is high in agreeableness develops quicker and is more well rounded.
This is like because the mother will sacrifice her sleep, her rest, her time to be with the child.
Its simple: Higher agreeableness the better the mother.
Assertiveness is the opposite, its not putting others needs above your own, its standing up for yourself, your needs and your beliefs.
This is a strongly masculine trait.
It often manifests as stubbornness.
Which is precisely when it comes to standing up for the faith, what is God’s command?
13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
“Act like men”, what pick your nose and watch rugby?
No, manifest the masculine trait of assertiveness when it comes to your faith.
Strength and weakness
Strength and weakness
Both of these are wonderful, but their strength have equally powerful weaknesses.
Assertiveness weakness is simply not caring about others, specifically their feelings.
Men, by design, are not interested in feelings.
This means that they can neglect the wellbeing of others, specifically their wives.
To counter this God gives the man he never ones gives the woman:
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,
What a strange command the woman reading it think, but for men it hits significantly harder.
But agreeableness also has its weakness.
An agreeable person’s might more likely to be manipulated.
In fact manipulation is the single greatest psychological danger woman face.
Men who manipulate their wives can beat them and still convince the wife that they love them for example.
Reason for the difference
Reason for the difference
Perhaps now is the time to ask why?
Why are woman more agreeable and why are men more assirtavie?
Agreeableness allows a person to avoid confrontation and strife.
Instead of insisting on being right (which is an assertive trait) an agreeable person will willing loose the argument in favour of peace.
Why would anyone do that? Because peace is a better environment for child development.
A woman is willing to sacrifice her right to be right for the child to be calm in a peaceful environment.
Why are men more assertive?
Man stay on direction much earier and more consistantly that woman.
We see this manifesting in careers.
Even acrees whos middle is predomintly woman, men rise to the top at the extreeme.
Who are the best hair stylists? Men
Who are best chefs? Men
A mans stubborness aka asertavness will allow him to tolerate more abuse and “outlast” woman.
This is better for woman because she will be taken out of work by child rearing and in that time she wants a man who is well advanced and stable in his career.
Each of our strengths in at the same time our greatest weakness.
A man strength of assertiveness makes him weak in consciences.
A woman’s strength in agreeableness makes her weak in resisting manipulation.
Can I be angry at God for making me a good leader?
Can a woman be angry at God for making her a good mother?
Conclusion:
Conclusion:
I know why Satan came to Eve.
20 The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
That very quality which makes her an excellent mother, makes her an unqualified pastor.
