40 min
Titus 2:3-5 Doctrine and Devotion Series week 11 Faith Sermons and Studies
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- Christianity
I have heard it said, and I'm sure you have as well, that behind every great man is an even greater woman. I suspect that this is very much the case. Women make us who we are. They give us life, they give us care, and our lives either are currently or have been dependent on them in one way or another. But women are under attack today. Women are under attack on multiple fronts. On one side, you have the feminist movement which seeks to release women from the bondage of men, seeking, to destroy the institution of marriage and free women from the home and even motherhood. On the other hand, we have the transgender movement, where it seems that anybody can decide to be a woman, and in doing so it only cheapens the uniqueness and value of women and femininity. One side overemphasizes femininity to the extreme, seeking liberation from men and masculine structures, while the other side devalues femininity, making it something that can be pursued and obtained by anyone.
But in our text today, Paul teaches us that God places incredible value on women and that biblical femininity is of extreme importance to God. The role that God gives women as women, as wives, and as mothers is a very special and specific God-given mission that women are innately designed to fulfill. And Paul teaches us that when women embrace their God-given role and design and model biblical femininity, this has an evangelistic effect. Because what better to display the transformational power of the gospel then a changed life? And so, in our text today, Paul addresses expectations for women, for wives, and for mothers, and shows us how women in these roles can find meaning and value by embracing the mission God has for them.
Last week we looked at men in the church, this week we look at God’s plan for women. And as we unpack our text this morning, we come to our big idea for today:
Big Idea: God strategically designed biblical femininity as a compelling witness to unbelievers
I have heard it said, and I'm sure you have as well, that behind every great man is an even greater woman. I suspect that this is very much the case. Women make us who we are. They give us life, they give us care, and our lives either are currently or have been dependent on them in one way or another. But women are under attack today. Women are under attack on multiple fronts. On one side, you have the feminist movement which seeks to release women from the bondage of men, seeking, to destroy the institution of marriage and free women from the home and even motherhood. On the other hand, we have the transgender movement, where it seems that anybody can decide to be a woman, and in doing so it only cheapens the uniqueness and value of women and femininity. One side overemphasizes femininity to the extreme, seeking liberation from men and masculine structures, while the other side devalues femininity, making it something that can be pursued and obtained by anyone.
But in our text today, Paul teaches us that God places incredible value on women and that biblical femininity is of extreme importance to God. The role that God gives women as women, as wives, and as mothers is a very special and specific God-given mission that women are innately designed to fulfill. And Paul teaches us that when women embrace their God-given role and design and model biblical femininity, this has an evangelistic effect. Because what better to display the transformational power of the gospel then a changed life? And so, in our text today, Paul addresses expectations for women, for wives, and for mothers, and shows us how women in these roles can find meaning and value by embracing the mission God has for them.
Last week we looked at men in the church, this week we look at God’s plan for women. And as we unpack our text this morning, we come to our big idea for today:
Big Idea: God strategically designed biblical femininity as a compelling witness to unbelievers
40 min