The Basic Relationships of Life

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The Basic Relationships of Life

• MALE FEMALE

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Creation of Male and Female

• Genesis 126-27
• At the beginning (Matt. 193-4)
• Both made in the image of God
• Equal in spirituality
• Both given dominion over the earth
• Equal in humanity

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Creation of Male and Female

• Genesis 2
• Man created first and is focal point (vv. 7-24)
• Woman created as helpmeet for male (v. 18)
• Close bond between male and female (woman v.
  23)
• Attraction to one another (v. 24)

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Gender Roles

• Basis not cultural standards, but creation of God
• Headship of male submission of female
• 1 Corinthians 113
• 1 Timothy 213-14
• Not agreeable to many in world, but it is the
  will of the Creator in Scripture

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Gender Roles in Everyday Life

• Marriage
• Fulfillment of sexual needs (1 Cor. 72-4 Heb.
  134)
• Male is head of home female in subjection (Eph.
  522ff 1 Pet. 31, 5-7)
• Compatible where there is love, selflessness,
  godliness
• No dishonor in subjection (1 Cor. 112 Eph. 521)

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Gender Roles in Everyday Life

• Home and Family
• Wives to love husbands and children, makers of
  home (Tit. 24-5)
• Husbands love wives, train and admonish children,
  provide (Eph. 64 1 Tim. 58)

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Gender Roles in Everyday Life

• Church
• Women submissive
• Not teach or have authority over a man (1 Tim.
  211-12 32 1 Cor. 1434)

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Gender Roles in Everyday Life

• Other Times and Circumstances (friendships, work,
  school, etc.)
• Respect and purity between males and females (1
  Tim. 52)
• Man not to lust after a woman (Matt. 528)
• Woman to adorn modestly (1 Tim. 29-10)
• Not battle of sexes, but work together for good
  (Phil. 42-3 Rom. 161)

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In Christ Jesus (Salvation)

• Jesus calls all the lost
• Men and women have equal access to grace of God
  by faith
• Both men and women can be saved (Acts 514 812)
• All are one in Christ (Gal. 326-28)
• Have you been baptized into Christ?

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