The main function of women is to be helpful: Biblical Manhood and Womanhood P/6

                                                      Read Part One HERE

Having shown in my previous posts that the Bible does not support Professor Wayne A. Grudem's three lists of 83 job descriptions in the church, in this post I will focus on what the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood teaches children and teenagers with regards the essence of being male and female.

They have stated the following:

While God created men to be generally oriented towards work, God created women to be generally oriented towards relationships of helpfulness and companionship.

This is often taught in conjunction with the notion that women stay at home and nurture the children and create an environment that is supportive to the husband's career. The major tasks of women would be to bear and raise children, to cook and clean the house, and see that the family is well supplied with clothes and other good. These clothes and goods are bought with the money earned by the husband, who is "the provider." The main teaching role of the women in this model is to teach younger women to fulfill these tasks.


My Comment:

Genesis 1:26-28 gives us God's Creation Account

Then God said, "Let Us make man (human) in Our image, in Our likeness, and let THEM rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.
So God created man (human) in His own image, in the image of God He created him, MALE AND FEMALE He created THEM.
God blessed THEM and said to THEM, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

From the above words we learn that God gave the task of ruling over creation to the MALE and the FEMALE. Nothing was said about the woman just being helpful by cooking and cleaning the house etc.

In the Book of Judges we find the story of a woman named Deborah, who was a prophetess and a judge as we can read in Judges 4:4-16.

Proverbs 31:10-31 is a picture of a business woman.

The Apostle Paul mentions a number of women in his letters but never in relation to their cooking or cleaning.

He mentions  Lydia who was a business woman, a dealer in purple cloth, as we can read  in Acts 16:14-15.

He mentions Phoebe, who was a deacon in her church in Cenchrea as we can read in Romans 16:1-2.

He mentions Priscilla who, together with her husband,  pastored the church that met in their home as we can read in Romans 16:3-5.

He mentions his co-worker Mary as we can read in Romans 15:6.

He mentions Junia (should not read Junias), who functioned as an apostle together with her husband as we can read in Romans 16:7.

He mentions Trypena, Tryphosa and Persis who were all Paul's co-workers as we can read in Romans 16:12.

These women were not mentioned because they cooked well or cleaned their homes well. They were mentioned because of their work for the Lord. May they be examples to children as well as teenagers today with regards the essence of being female.

 

Read Part Seven HERE