Eve Raised: Why women think the apostle Paul doesn't like them by Martin Zender

Author:Martin Zender [Zender, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Starke & Hartmann, Inc.
Published: 2019-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

Now our respectable members have no need, but God blends the body together, giving to that which is deficient more exceeding honor, that there may be no schism in the body, but the members may be mutually solicitous for one another.

—1 Corinthians 12:24-25

This is similar to making the class trouble-maker responsible for cleaning the erasers. The boy rises to the occasion and becomes a better person.

Whenever I hear men gloating about being the heads of their homes and receiving more exceeding honor, I happily point out that God gives exceeding honor to that which is deficient. Pharaoh was deficient in every way to Joseph, yet still occupied the throne. “Congratulations on your exceeding honor,” I say to the husbands. “This proves that you are deficient.” It’s true. The husbands walk away sulking. I always pray that they swallow their pride and learn how rewarding it is to serve the superior gender.

I continually marvel at God’s paradoxes. God gives the lesser sex (males) the headship over the greater sex (females) because in God’s odd way of doing business, the deficient (males) get more exceeding honor. And yet, the honor of the deficient (male) is to assume the Christ-like place and serve the more respectable member.

Why didn’t God do it “the right way” in the first place and let women lead men without the power struggle? It’s called exercise of character. God says: Let us see if man is wise enough to discern the proper direction for marriage (his headship), then bold enough to articulate it. Let us see if woman is humble enough to be taught, then bold enough to live the lesson. Let us see if the husband can trust his wife enough to acknowledge her house-managing wisdom, and the wife faithful enough (and, paradoxically, subject enough) to cherish that which has been entrusted to her.

No one can accuse God of doing things the easy way, yet who can match Him in the personal fulfillment department?

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