Read Part One HERE
In this post I continue to focus on bible teacher and author Nancy Leigh DeMoss Wolgemuth. She is a member of The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
She has written a True Woman Manifesto. One of the statements of that Manifesto is as follows
Nancy Leigh DeMoss Wolgemuth: "Men and women are both created in the image of God and are equal in value and dignity, but have distinct roles and functions in the home and in the church. We are called as women to affirm and encourage men as they seek to express godly masculinity, and to honour and support God-ordained male leadership in the home and in the church."
My Comment
The term masculinity cannot be found in the Bible but is a cultural term. Therefore, Scripture does not describe what it means to be masculine. Neither does Scripture teach that women are "to affirm and encourage men as they seek to express godly masculinity."When God created the first man and the first woman He gave them the task of ruling over creation together (Genesis 1:26-28). At the time of the Fall the man took it upon himself to begin to rule over the woman (Genesis 3:16d). However, Christ reversed that situation when He died on the Cross. All believers, male and female, are now to be like Him (Philippians 2:1-11), submitting to each other (Ephesians 5:21-22), serving as Christ did who only came to serve (Matthew 20:25-28) whether at home or in the church.
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