God is a God of Order

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God is a God of Order
1 Cor 11.3
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
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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for men and women Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

Genesis 127-28
"God created man in His own image, in the image
of God He created him male and female He created
them. God blessed them and God said to them, Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and
subdue it and rule over the fish of the sea and
over the birds of the sky and over every living
thing that moves on the earth."
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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for men and women Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

Gen 52
He created them male and female, and He blessed
them and named them Man in the day when they were
created.
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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for men and women Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

• Both made in Gods image

• Together they rule the earth

• Combined, they equal man

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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for men and women Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

• Woman is complementary to man -- Gen 218

Gen 2.18
Then the Lord God said, It is not good for the
man to be alone. I will make him a helper
suitable for him
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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for men and women Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

• Woman is complementary to man -- Gen 218

• helper cf. Ps 33.20 46.1

Prov 1822
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And
obtains favor from the LORD.
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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for men and women Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

• Woman is complementary to man -- Gen 218

• helper cf. Ps 33.20 46.1

Prov 1914
House and wealth are an inheritance from
fathers, But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for man and woman Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

• Woman is complementary to man -- Gen 218

• helper cf. Ps 33.20 46.1

• suitable To be in front of, to correspond
  to, to match counterpart, or mate

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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for man and woman Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

• Woman is complementary to man -- Gen 218

• But a Different Position Gen 3.16 Eph 5.22f
  1 Cor 11.3

• As the Law also says -- 1 Cor 14.34

1 Cor 14.34
The women are to keep silent in the churches
for they are not permitted to speak, but are to
subject themselves, just as the Law also says.
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Gods Plan of Order From the Beginning

• Equal Status for man and woman Gen 1.26-28
  5.1-2

• Woman is complementary to man -- Gen 218

• But a Different Position Gen 3.16 Eph 5.22f
  1 Cor 11.3

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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

1 Tim 2.12-13
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise
authority over a man, but to remain quiet. For it
was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• Principle of the firstborn as the preeminent
  -- Ex 13.1-212 22.29 Nu 1.2 3.15 Col 1.18

Col 1.18
He is also head of the body, the church and He
is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so
that He Himself will come to have first place in
everything.
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• Principle of the firstborn as the preeminent
  -- Ex 13.1-212 22.29 Nu 1.2 3.15 Col 1.18

• What about Gen 3.16 1 Tim 2.14?

Gen 3.16
To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring
forth children Yet your desire will be for your
husband, And he will rule over you."
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• Principle of the firstborn as the preeminent
  -- Ex 13.1-212 22.29 Nu 1.2 3.15 Col 1.18

• What about Gen 3.16 1 Tim 2.14?

1 Tim 2.14
And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the
woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• Principle of the firstborn as the preeminent
  -- Ex 13.1-212 22.29 Nu 1.2 3.15 Col 1.18

• What about Gen 3.16 1 Tim 2.14?

• These merely reflect the need not as a
  punishment but as a divine protection.

• Adam gave Eve her name

Gen 3.20
Now the man called his wife's name Eve, because
she was the mother of all the living.
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• The Source of Her Creation Gen 2.21 1 Cor
  11.7-8

1 Cor 11.7-8
For a man ought not to have his head covered,
since he is the image and glory of God but the
woman is the glory of man. For man does not
originate from woman, but woman from man
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• The Source of Her Creation Gen 2.21 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• Man is the image and glory of God

• Woman is image and glory of God, but also of man

• Given the name of her husband

Gen 52
He created them male and female, and He blessed
them and named them Man Adam in the day when
they were created.
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• The Source of Her Creation Gen 2.21 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• Man is the image and glory of God

• Woman is image and glory of God, but also of man

• But man is not to become puffed up over this 1
  Cor 11.11-12

1 Cor 11.11-12
However, in the Lord, neither is woman
independent of man, nor is man independent of
woman. For as the woman originates from the man,
so also the man has his birth through the woman
and all things originate from God.
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• The Source of Her Creation Gen 2.21 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• The Purpose of Her Creation Gen 2.18 1 Cor
  11.7-8

1 Cor 11.7-8
For a man ought not to have his head covered,
since he is the image and glory of God but the
woman is the glory of man. For man does not
originate from woman, but woman from man
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• The Source of Her Creation Gen 2.21 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• The Purpose of Her Creation Gen 2.18 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• As a Reflection of the Headship of Christ 1
  Cor 11.3 Eph 5.32

1 Cor 113
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.
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• The Source of Her Creation Gen 2.21 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• The Purpose of Her Creation Gen 2.18 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• As a Reflection of the Headship of Christ 1
  Cor 11.3 Eph 5.32

Eph 5.32
This mystery is great but I am speaking with
reference to Christ and the church.
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Basis of Mans Headship and Womans Subjection

• The Order of Creation Gen 2 1 Tim 2.12-13

• The Source of Her Creation Gen 2.21 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• The Purpose of Her Creation Gen 2.18 1 Cor
  11.7-8

• As a Reflection of the Headship of Christ 1
  Cor 11.3 Eph 5.32

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Summary of Reasons for Male Headship

• Men are leaders because they need a push

• Women are in subjection because they need a head
  to protect and lead

• This arrangement occurs because mankind needs
  order