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HOW JESUS MADE A BETTER WORLD FOR WOMEN
It’s common for people today to assume that religion in general, and Christianity in particular, restricts and represses women. In reality, nothing and no one has done more to advance the equality and dignity of women than the Bible, and the life and teaching of Jesus.
 
History shows us that gender equality hasn’t always been high on humanity’s radar. So how did we come to assume that everyone, particularly the genders are equal? Biologically speaking, men and women are not equal in structure. Men are almost always physically stronger, so on what grounds do we say women are equal to men?
 
Tom Holland in “Dominion”
That every human being possessed an equal dignity was not remotely a self-evident truth. A Roman would have laughed at it … The origins of this principle . . . lay not in the French Revolution, nor in the Declaration of Independence, nor in the Enlightenment, but in the Bible.
 
From the very first page, the Bible upholds the dignity and value of men and women.
 
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
 
God’s creation ideal is unmistakably clear, that women possess the same inherent value. Both are image bearers of God and are representations of God’s own nature.
 
Genesis 1:27 explains why the book of Exodus commands honour be given to both mother and father (Exodus 20:12).
 
In the ancient world, it was typical that prophets would speak only to kings and adult males. But when Moses, the first prophet, assembles the people on Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim in Deuteronomy 27-28, and reads them a list of blessings for faithfulness and curses for disobedience, he includes women, children and foreigners also.
 
Deuteronomy 29:10–12
“You are standing today, all of you, before the LORD your God: the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel, your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water, so that you may enter into the sworn covenant of the LORD your God, which the LORD your God is making with you today…”
 
For thousands of years the Bible has honoured women with a variety of significant roles. Old Testament examples include Esther, Ruth and Deborah.
 
If you were to read the accounts of Jesus’ life, through first century eyes, you’d be shocked at how Jesus’ treated women.
 
Rodney Stark in “The Rise of Christianity”
“… women were in relative short supply owing to female infanticide, practiced by all classes, and to the additional deaths caused by abortion. The status of women was very low. Girls received little or no education [and] were married at puberty and often before. Under Athenian law a woman was classified as a child, regardless of age, and therefore was the legal property of some man at all stages of her life. Males could divorce by simply ordering a wife out of the household.”
 
At a time when most men viewed women as inferior and weak, Jesus was revolutionary in the value he placed upon women.
 
· His longest recorded conversation with any individual was with a Samaritan woman of ill repute (John 4:7-30).
 
· Dining at a Pharisee’s house, he allowed a “sinful woman” to gate-crash, and she preceded to anoint his feet with perfume and wipe them with her hair. When the host objected, Jesus used the opportunity to commend and defend the woman and rebuke the Pharisee who’d dismissed her.
 
· Jesus taught women, in a culture where most went uneducated.
 
 
· When Jesus was met by a woman with a bleeding disorder, He was tender with her, calling h

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This weekend we celebrated 100 years of Calvary Christian Church! 
As part of our special weekend, we welcome guest speakers Ps Andre and Wilma Olivier from Rivers Church. As senior pastors of Rivers, a multisite church of 15,000 in five locations, Ps Andre will bring encouraging wisdom that will inspire and equip you.
Also available to watch on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCawPSukNNh4PcTvkAfspb0A

This weekend we celebrated 100 years of Calvary Christian Church! 
As part of our special weekend, we welcome guest speakers Ps Andre and Wilma Olivier from Rivers Church. As senior pastors of Rivers, a multisite church of 15,000 in five locations, Ps Andre will bring encouraging wisdom that will inspire and equip you.
Also available to watch on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCawPSukNNh4PcTvkAfspb0A

Also available to watch on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCawPSukNNh4PcTvkAfspb0A