THE
BIBLICAL ROLE OF WOMEN
I.
Position
A.
Galatians 3:26-28 “For ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put
on Christ. There is neither
Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male
nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”
B.
I Corinthians 11:1-12 “Nevertheless, neither is the man without
the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
For as the woman is of the man,
even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of
God.”
C.
Revelations 1:5-6 “Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our
sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God
and his father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”
D.
Revelation 5:9-10 “Thou has redeemed us to God by thy blood out
of every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation; and hast made us unto
our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.”
E.
Ephesians 2:13-14 “But now in Christ Jesus ye who
sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken
down the middle wall of partition between us;”
II.
Relationship
A.
Ephesians 5:21 “Submitting one to another in the fear of
God.”
B.
I Peter 5:5 “Yea, all of you be subject one to another,
and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the
humble.”
C.
Philippians 2:3 “In lowliness of mind let each esteem
other better than
themselves.”
D.
Ephesians 5:22-24 “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own
husbands, as unto the Lord. For
the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church: and he is the savior of the body.
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the
wives be to their own husbands in everything.”
E.
I Peter 3:1, 5 “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to
your own husbands…After this manner in the old time the holy women also,
who trusted in God, adorned themselves being in subjection unto
their own husbands: Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him
lord:”
F.
Colossians 3:18 “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own
husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
G.
I Corinthians 16:15-16 “I beseech you brethren, (they that have
addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
that ye submit yourselves unto such, and to
everyone that helpeth with us, and laboureth.”
H.
I Timothy 2:12 “But I suffer not a woman to teach,
nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
III.
Role
A.
Role in individual relationship to God
1.
Galatians 3:26-29 “For ye are all the children of God by
faith in Christ Jesus. There
is neither male nor female for ye are all one in Christ
Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on
Christ. And if ye be
Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to
the promise.”
B.
Role in personal spiritual disciplines
1.
Walk in daily repentance and confession
a.
I Corinthians 11:31-32 “If we judge ourselves, we should
not be judged. But when we
are judged we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not
be condemned with the world.”
b.
John 15:3 “Ye are clean through the Word.”
c.
Ephesisans 5:26 “That Christ might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of the water by the Word.”
d.
James 5:16 “Confess your faults one to another.”
e.
I John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.”
2.
Be continually filled with the Spirit
a.
Ephesians 5:18 “Be not drunk with wine wherein is excess; but be
ye filled with the Spirit.”
3.
Be in the Word
a.
Read: Revelation 1:3 “Blessed is he that readeth, heareth
and keepeth those things which are written.”
b.
Hear: Romans 10:17 “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the Word of God.”
c.
Study: II Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
Word of truth.”
d.
Memorize: Psalm 119:11 “Thy Word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.”
e.
Meditate: Psalm 1:2-3 “His delight is in the law of the Lord, and
in his law doth he mediate day and night.”
f.
Obey: I John 1:4 “These things write we unto you, that your joy
may be full.”
4.
Be equipped for spiritual warfare
a.
Ephesians 6:10-18 “Put on the whole armour of God that ye
may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
b.
II Corinthians 10:45- “Pulling down strongholds; casting
down imaginations. Bringing
into captivity every thought to the obedience to Christ.”
c.
Matthew 6:13 “Deliver us from the evil one.”
d.
Philippians 4:4-9 “Jesus stand guard over your hearts and
minds.”
e.
Romans 6:13 “Yield your members as instruments of
righteousness.”
f.
James 4:7 “Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”
g.
Matthew 4:4,7,10 “It is written…”
h.
Romans 12:1-2 “Present your bodies as a living
sacrifice…”
i.
Ephesians 4:18 “Be filled with the Spirit.”
j.
Matthew 8:5-13 “Be under godly authority…”
5.
Pray
a.
Ephesians 6:18 “Praying in the Spirit.”
b.
I Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing.”
6.
Fast
a.
Matthew 9:14-15 “The days will come when the bridegroom shall be
taken from them and they shall fast.”
b.
Acts 13:2-3 “They fasted and prayed…the Holy Spirit
spoke…they fasted and prayed.”
7.
Worship
a.
Acts 13:2 “They ministered unto the Lord.”
b.
John 4:20-24 “Worship in Spirit and in Truth.”
c.
Psalm 100:2 “Come before His presence with singing
and into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.
Be thankful unto Him and bless His Name.”
8.
Witness
a.
Acts 1:8 “Ye shall be witness unto Me…”
C.
Role as Wife
1.
Genesis 2:18-24:“It is not good for man to be alone; I will make
him an help meet for him. And
the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and God
took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib,
which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought
her unto man. And Adam said,
This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man. Therefore
shall a man leave his father and is mother, and shall cleave unto his
wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
2.
Titus 2:4 “Teach women to love their husbands.”
3.
Titus 2:5 “Teach women to be obedient to their own
husbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed.”
D.
Role as Mother
1.
Genesis 3:16 “Unto the woman God said, I will greatly
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;
and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee.”
2.
Titus 2:4 “Teach women to love their children.”
E.
Role as Housekeeper
IV.
Titus 2:4 “Teach women to be keepers at home.”
A.
Role in Business/Vocation
1.
Acts 9:36-42 “There was in Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha,
which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of
good works and alms deeds which she did…widows showed the coats
and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with
them.”
2.
Acts 16:14-15, 40 “And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller
of purple of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard
us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which
were spoken of Paul. And she
was baptized and her household, she besought us, saying, if ye have judged
me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.
And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia:
and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.”
V.
Ministry
A.
Silence
1.
I Corinthians 14:34-35 “Let the women keep silence in
the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak;
but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
And it they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at
home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”
2.
I Timothy 2:11-12 “Let the women learn in silence
with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp
authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
3.
I Peter 3:4 “Even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God
of great price.”
B.
Service
1.
1. Luke 2:36-38
“There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of
Pharnuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was of a great age, and had
lived with an husband
seven years from her virginity. And
she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from
the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers
night and day. And she coming
in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to
all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.”
2.
Acts 1:14 “These all continued with one accord in prayer
and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother
of Jesus, with his brethren.”
3.
Acts 2:17-18 “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith
God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy…and on my
handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and
they shall prophesy:”
4.
Acts 21:8-9 “Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven;
and the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.”
5.
I Corinthians 11:5 “But every woman that prayeth or
prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head:”
6.
Philippians 4:3 “I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those
women which laboured with me in the gospel
7.
Romans 16:1 “I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is
a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: that ye
receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her
in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer
of many, and of myself also.”
8.
I Timothy 3:11 “Even so must women be grave, not
slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.”
9.
Acts 12:12 “Peter came to the house of Mary the
mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered
together praying.”
10.
Acts 16:14-15, 40 “And on the sabbath we went out of the city by
a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake
unto the women which resorted thither.
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple,
of the city of Thyatiria, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the
Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
And she was baptized, and her household, she besought us,
saying, if ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my
house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
And Paul and
Silas entered the house of Lydia: and when they had
seen the brethren, they
comforted them and departed.”
11.
Acts 18:26 “And Apolos began to speak boldly in the synagogue:
whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them,
and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.”
12.
Titus 2:3-5 “The aged women likewise, that they be in
behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers,
not given to much wine, teachers of
good things; that they may teach the young women to be sober,
to love their husbands, to love their children.
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not
blasphemed.”
13.
II Timothy 1:5 “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith
that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy
mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned
and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned
them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,”
14.
I Timothy 5:2, 10, 13-14 “Entreat the elder women as
mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up
children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed
the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if
she have diligently followed every good work. Learn not to be idle,
wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also
and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary
to speak reproachfully.”
15.
I Corinthians 11:5, 6, 13, 15 “But every woman that prayeth
or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: let
her be covered. Is it comely
that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
Her hair is given her for a covering.”
16.
I Timothy 2:9, 10, 15 “In like manner also, that women adorn
themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety
not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or
costly array. But which
becometh women professing godliness with good works…continue
in the faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”
17.
Ephesians 5:1 “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
melody in your heart to the Lord.”
18.
Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in
all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with
grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
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