"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God." (I Corinthians 11:3)
"For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man." (I Corinthians 11:8-9)
2007-08-27 08:56:45 · 36 answers · asked by Saved by Grace 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If I could read your answers to other questions I might be able to tell you but if you are preaching a misogynistic point of view of Christianity I can tell you that you are labeled a troll because you are incorrect.
Women are called to submit to men only as long as those men are submitted to Christ. Like most men you like the Wives/Women submit but your men but you ignore the requirements listed in that same verse which you must fall in line with to earn that submission.
Ephesians 5
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."[b] 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
2007-08-27 09:12:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
IN this day and age women do not care and they certainly don't want to hear what the Bible has to say about such things. It is a touchy subject that causes many a preacher to sweat profusely! LOL! So it could just be the audience. However, if you preach this message in a condescending manner on top of the fact that it is such a hard lesson to swallow then you are no doubt gonna get called many things and troll is probably one of the nice ones...lol. It is hard for us women, even us christian women, to accept that God says that we are not to wear the pants in the family. I struggle with it daily! But i am slowly learning that i can still honor God and my husband and still be smart, independent and very happy. I would suggest that you pray sincerely and ask God how to help you teach this lesson with a gentle heart and in a way that He can work through you to touch the lives of the ladies that hear you. Because even though we are to respect and honor our husbands the Bible also clearly states that our husbands are to honor and respect us as well. You cannot receive what you are not willing to give. God bless and hope it helps!
2007-08-27 09:09:26 · answer #2 · answered by irishheart28 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when God calls someone to preach, he does not say that the success is in the bag.
Preaching the truth does 2 things. First, it makes the hearer responsible for what they heard
second it acts as an agent to either harden their heart or soften it.
if they harden their heart, that is their choice
if they soften their heart then that too is their choice.
I was amazed at the answers I saw. I hear people talk about getting along, showing a kind attitude to people who have different ideas,
I'm sure not seeing it.
remember, God is not welcome in american society as a whole, and when things like sept 11th come along, the people cry out to god and wonder why he is not forth coming.
god bless america the sticker says, no way
2007-08-27 09:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by magnetic_azimuth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're forgetting the part where man is supposed to love his wife like Christ loves the church.
The lesson is not that women should be slaves to their husbands, but that husbands should be servants like Christ to his children.
We're servants to one another. And out of putting our spouse's needs before our own, all of our needs are met.
There are inherent qualities that make men natural leaders and women the nurters in the relationship, but put together, we have the best of both worlds.
2007-08-27 09:05:37 · answer #4 · answered by samans442 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because you all seem to forget that your head is Christ and that you have special responsibilities to women men like you use Bible verses to justify abusing and abasing women because you are so pathetic you have to knock someone down to make yourself seem bigger. the order goes:women-men-Christ-God. You're third in line-not first. why don't you ever read the Bible verses about love being kind and gentle, not proud or over-bearing?
where have all the heroes gone?
2007-08-27 09:15:31 · answer #5 · answered by sugarbabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many miss the lessons of the Bible by Literal Interpretations; your "self deceptions" are your alone.
1Corintians (11:3) teaches God, Jesus and everyone is the same, we are all of the same Spirituality and seek each.
How so?
You were shown a circle but did not see it and in that I say you read with eyes of the mind and not of your heart; your heart shows, Spiritually where you are at, so, with this is your chance to improve yourself.
No one should judge you as "Troll" as this is not their place, but yours alone.
As the "head" of every man is Christ, Christ is Jesus in Unity with "God"...
As the head of every woman is the man...
and the head of the "Christ is "God"...
Can you see the circle is complete....and "Unbroken"....
Christ, man and woman are equal in "Gods" eyes as mans head represents, symbolicaly, mans "Being" is with Christ as is the being of "woman" and is such both are connected equaly with "God"; the separations made are your interpretations as you wish and in this is freewill.
will the circle be unbroken, by and by...?
Consider that :
Mans head = Christ (christ is Jesus Unity with God, a perfect union)
The head of Woman = Man
The head of Christ= "God".
Can you see the circle Now?
Beware of your Spiritual truths as they speak of your heart and not of the Truth in Jesus.
2007-08-27 09:31:49 · answer #6 · answered by Adonai 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
god's chosen one...
LOL careful, you are talking to not only to some of God's children but therefore to some of the "bride's of Christ"....and, if you are God's child, then you too are a "bride"... :) Have you forgotten that?
In addition to what the others had stated, there is no longer Jew nor Greek, male nor female...all are one :)
On our individual paths, if we treat our earthly spouses as well as our fellow man, as God wants us to, then we would be pleasing God and Jesus by doing so. :)
Peace be with you :)
2007-08-27 09:37:54 · answer #7 · answered by ForeverSet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they can't handle the truth!.........JUST KIDDING LADIES...
You've been fed a lot of dogma. Don't take everything you see as "gospel" or take it literally either. remember these words were written a long time ago AND translated many times, in many languages by men. Who at the time of translation believed all that garbage.
2007-08-27 09:03:19 · answer #8 · answered by tamarack58 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because some of the things people say about women is atrocious! "Women are NOT stand alone people, they need their husbands to survive and to submit to". I saw a video on GodTube.com saying that and I was outraged. And that's just one person. Don't you think that if you agree with the people of 2000 years ago that you'll be ridiculed in today's society? I mean, we didn't even have women's rights here in america until 100 years ago. My god, what could it have been like for women thousands of years ago!?!?
2007-08-27 09:01:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Because in this day and age, treating women as second class citizens, whether it's "spiritual truth" or not, is going to offend them.
2007-08-27 09:05:13 · answer #10 · answered by LifeIsAFreeTripRoundTheSun 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋