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Reclaiming Biblical Families
Strengthening the biblical family in a feminized society.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
The staggering changes for women that have come about over those seven generations in family life, in religion, in government, in employment, in education - these changes did not just happen spontaneously. Women themselves made these changes happen, very deliberately.
“.”By Bonnie Eisenberg and Mary Ruthsdotter, the National
Women's History Project. 1998
Introduction
No one in the Lord desires or purposes to ingest the poison of false doctrine.Mix truth in with error, however, and many undiscerning comfortably swallow what they otherwise would hate.
Introduction
By 1900 the revolution of feminism successfully entrenched itself into the American culture. The overall movement surrounded suffrage of
women’s rights. The next two waves surrounded inequalities in the
political, social, recreational, and religious realms. Undetected within these movements was the
deliberate destruction of God’s pattern for the biblical family: birth control, abortion rights, lesbian rights, environmentalism and witchcraft.
Introduction
In this sermon we look at: How feminism is destroying
the biblical family. The need for Christians to
stop ingesting the poison of feminism by reclaiming biblical families.
The Destroying of the Biblical
Family Through Feminism
Destruction of the Family
Roxanne Dunbar ~ “Ultimately, we want to destroy the three pillars of class and caste society – the family, private property, and the state…”
Female Liberation as the Basis for Social Revolution.
Destruction of the Family
Carolyn Graglia (on Herma Hill Kay): “In order to accomplish her goal, Kay says, it is only necessary for society ‘to withdraw existing legal supports’ for traditional marriage ‘as a cultural norm,’ a goal that she believes-quite accurately-no-fault divorce laws are already accomplishing.” A nonfeminist's perspective of mothers and homemakers
Herma Hill Kay, Berkley Law
The Destruction of Male Headship
Gloria Steinem ~ “We don’t just want to destroy capitalism…. we want to tear down the whole (censored) patriarchy.”
Founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine
Gloria Steinem, (photo AP)
The Destruction of Male Headship
Russ Funk ~ “Patriarchy is a terrible,
violent, vile system that destroys huge pieces of all of us.”
Stopping Rape: A Challenge to Men
Rejecting the male as the primary provider for the
household
Fighting against the “male provider” mentality lead to the “women’s liberation” movement.
Stay-at-home mothers are ridiculed and disdained
Simone de Beauvoir ~ “A parasite sucking out the living strength of
another organism...the housewife's labor does not even tend toward the creation of anything durable.... Woman's work within the home is
not directly useful to society, produces nothing. The housewife is subordinate, secondary, and parasitic. It is for their common welfare that the
situation must be altered by prohibiting marriage as a 'career' for woman.”
The Second Sex (1949).
Stay-at-home mothers are ridiculed and disdained
Hillary Clinton ~“I suppose I could have stayed home and baked
cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was
to fulfill my profession which I entered before my
husband was in public life.”
Nightline, March 26, 1992Hillary Clinton
Women primarily pursuing personal careers
Betty Friedan ~ Referred to stay-at-home wives living in
“comfortable concentration
camps.”
Women primarily pursuing personal careers
Helen Gurley Brown ~ Of the single woman she says “She is engaging because she lives by her wits. She supports herself….She is not a parasite,
a dependent, a scrounger, a sponger, or a bum. She is a
giver, not a taker, a winner and not a loser.”
Helen Gurley BrownFormer editor, Cosmopolitan
The Large Family as a Blessing is no longer Glorified or Honored
Margaret Sanger ~“Greater understanding and
practice of planned parenthood, through the use of
contraceptive measures prescribed by doctors and
clinics, will mean that there will be more strong and healthy children and fewer defective
and handicapped babies unable to find a useful or
happy place in life.”
Margaret Sanger,Founder: Planned
Parenthood
The Large Family as a Blessing is no longer Glorified or Honored
In 1965 married couples in all states could obtain contraceptives legally.In 1973 abortion was legalized: 50 million (reported) abortions have taken place since then.
Reclaiming the Biblical
Family
We are wrestling against the spiritual hosts of wickedness
Our goal: to destroy the fortresses of Satan.
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the
flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of
fortresses. 2 Corinthians 10:4
We are wrestling against the spiritual hosts of wickedness
Our goal: to destroy the fortresses of Satan.Our work: take down every lofty thing against the knowledge of God.
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing
raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking
every thought captive to the
obedience of Christ, 2 Corinthians 10:5
The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family roles
For the husband is the head of the
wife, as Christ also is the head of the
church…. Children, obey your parents
in the Lord, for this is right. Ephesians
5:23; 6:1
The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchy. But I want you to
understand that Christ is the head of every man, and
the man is the head of a woman,
and God is the head of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:3
The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchyMale primary provider
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into
the garden of Eden to cultivate
it and keep it. Genesis 2:15
(see Gen. 3:16-19)
The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchyMale primary providerWives primary caretaker of the home
so that… the young women love their
husbands, love their children,… workers at home, … subject
to their own husbands, so that
the word of God will not be dishonored.
Titus 2:4-5
The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchyMale primary providerWives primary caretaker of the home Wives pursue the caring for her family and those in need
An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels…
She gives food to her household…extends her hand
to the poor.Proverbs 31:10
The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchyMale primary providerWives primary caretaker of the home Wives pursue the caring for her family and those in need Rejoice in God’s sovereignty of the size of your family
The fruit of the womb is a reward. How blessed is the
man whose quiver is full of them; They
will not be ashamed When they speak
with their enemies in the gate. Psalm
127:3-5
Conclusion
Many Christians are shocked, defensive, angered, even shamed by comparing the simple teachings of God’s word to those of the feminists.Their views have chipped away even at the pillars among the Lord’s people.Please search your heart in light of God’s word which is able to make you (and your children) wise unto salvation.