Islam versus Christianity: World Religions P/3

                                                     Read Part One HERE

In this post I will focus on Islam, which has greatly influenced the cultures in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi- Arabia to name a few.

The 34th verse of the fourth chapter of the Quran states the following: Men are in charge of women because Allah has made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend their property for the support of women. 

The primary duty of a woman is to obey her husband, not to rebel against him, in things that please Allah and are in accordance with Islamic law.

My Comment:

The above statements are very similar to those of Religious Leaders of today as well as of the past such as

Pastor John MacArthur who has said the following:

Men are in authority and women are in submission in general.

Evangelist Jon R. Rice who has said the following:

God made Adam first. Eve was made second and as his helpmeet subject  to him. For that reason says Paul, women are not to teach men in church, are not to be chief officers in the church. Nor to have authority over men. For women to take such authority is not properly and naturally theirs. From the creation 1 Timothy 2:11-15 says, women are to take the place of subjection, because they were not created to have authority over men to teach men.

Protestant Reformer John Calvin who has said the following:

In Genesis 2:18 Moses shows that the woman was created afterwards in order that she should render obedience to him. Since, therefore, God did not create two chiefs of equal power, but added to he man an inferior aid, in 1 Timothy 2:13 the apostle justly reminds us of that order of creation in which the eternal and inviolable appointment of God is strikingly displayed.

My Comment:

Sadly Pastor John MacArthur's as well as Evangelist John R. Rice's as well as Protestant Reformer John Calvin's understanding of the roles of men and women is more in line with Islam than with the Scriptures. Unfortunately, their views are still very influential in the Church today, which means that many believers, unknowingly, are being taught principles more in line with Islam rather than Biblical Christianity, at least as far as the roles of men and women is concerned.

 

Read Part Four HERE