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Introduction
We took a small break last week as we celebrated the end of Vacation Bible School having a little fun with our service.
However, today, we are right back on task as we learn about God’s Blueprint for the Local Church.
Today, we are back to 1 Corinthians.
We ended with a study of 1 Corinthians 11:4-10
If you recall the message, the main point was this.
God created us for relationships.
He made us so that we might have a personal relationship with Him.
That is the vertical relationship we often speak of here at Calvary Baptist.
Additionally, God created us to have relationships with others.
He made us both male and female, proclaiming that they should become one flesh, reproduce, and fill the earth.
As He did so, He designed these relationships to teach us some important facts pertinent to relationships.
One of the most essential things we learn from proper relationships is submission.
Note again verses 8 and 9, which are crucial.
Genesis records how God created man (Adam) first.
He formed him from the dust of the ground and breathed into him, making him a living soul.
After creating man and not finding proper help for him, God made a woman from man.
God created woman for men.
Thus, indeed, man is not of the woman, but the woman is of the man.
This leaves us with this principle.
Women are image of God and the glory of men.
Men are the image and glory of God.
Consequently, men are to submit to God.
Women are to submit to men (their husbands).
When both do what God designed them to do, relationships work and glorify God.
Today, the Holy Spirit moves this forward even more in our text.
He distinguishes the roles of men and women, demonstrating what happens when both live in obedience to God’s design.
Here is the first point, and we will read our text.
The Byproduct of Divine Order
One of the most bizarre thoughts to emanate from today’s evil society is that men don’t need women, and women don’t need men.
Biologically impossible for babies to be conceived and born without male and female cooperation.
It is beyond insanity to think or believe anything else.
It is the way God created us.
In these two verses, the Holy Spirit states the obvious.
Men need women.
Women need men.
God does amazing things, does He not?
Take the relationship between men and women.
God created us with inequality.
I mentioned this in my last message.
There is no doubt about the hierarchy God has established.
We will get to an excellent reason for it in a minute.
However, for now, I want you to see how amazing God does things.
Not only is there inequality, but there is also equality.
Now, I know what you are thinking.
How can there be inequality and equality at the same time?
It has to be one or the other.
With God, anything is possible.
Note again that God states the man is not without the woman or the woman without the man; note carefully, IN THE LORD.
Look again at verse 12 and the last clause there.
You see, men and women are on equal footing before the Lord.
In other words, both are born separated from God because of their inherent sinful nature.
We are born sinners.
Both men and women require a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Consequently, women are to submit to men (inequality), but men and women are to submit to Christ as their Lord and Savior (equality).
Note also that men and women are designed for mutual dependence.
God created us in ways by which we complement one another.
This is especially true when both a husband and wife are believers.
I find it interesting when I am dealing with couples how much they are different from each other.
Yet, God uses that positively as He makes them one flesh working together.
The husband’s strengths offset the wife’s weaknesses and vice versa.
As believers, it makes for a powerful dynamic that God can use in a mighty way.
Not only do they learn to serve each other, but they serve alongside each other serving others.
Men and women are to use their talents and abilities for the Lord.
We see this often in Scripture by the many men and women who served the Lord.
A great example of this is found in the New Testament.
Over in Acts 18, we read this.
This couple, Aquila and Priscilla, were great servants of the Lord.
In this particular account, they helped Apollos by taking him into their home and expounding the things of God to him.
Later, we know that Apollos was extensively used by the Lord.
In fact, if you recall, early in our study of 1 Corinthians, how Apollos was named as a spiritual leader who influenced many for Christ.
Apollos became such an outstanding gospel preacher that many came to know the Lord through him.
Additionally, these excellent servants of the Lord became faithful companions to Paul.
Paul noted in Romans 16:3
Over in 1 Corinthians 16:19 we read.
This couple helped guide a young Apollos, assisted the apostle Paul, and even started a church in their own house.
Here is my point!
When a husband and wife follow God’s ordained design of submission and unity, they can accomplish amazing things for Him.
There is harmony and production in that relationship.
By the way, if you fill a church with people who understand this basic principle, you will have a dynamic church strategically positioned for God’s use.
The concept of two people becoming “one flesh” goes way beyond sex and reproduction.
It is about mutual dependence upon God and each other working in harmony to accomplish all that God desires.
It is the same concept God expects in local churches.
Later, as we get into the coming chapters, we will see how God has uniquely designed each local church using people with different abilities and talents.
As they submit to Him and each other following God’s Divine order, each local church becomes a finely tuned machine operating just as He intended.
Yet, the only way that happens is when we empty ourselves of our desires and seek only to follow His will.
Following His will begins with acknowledging and obeying the His determined order.
What then is the byproduct?
The byproduct is a harmonious relationship resulting in God’s will being accomplished as He uses those relationships for Him.
Look at our text and note one important thing before moving to the next point.
Remember when God created man and then woman?
The only time a woman came from a man was at creation.
Since then, it has been through the woman that men are created.
That is the essence of verse 12.
Why did the Holy Spirit give us this verse?
Primarily, it is for the male chauvinist.
Some men would take these verses and use them as unscriptural means to lord over women.
That is not the right attitude, nor is it something promoted in Scripture.
All of us are of God.
Note the phrase “but all things of God.” Yes, men and women have different roles.
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