It’s a very unique book about women. The author offers us a feminine and biblical look at God’s plan in the creation of women. Very well positioned theologically, the author, Kathleen Nielson, teaches the role of women in complementarity with men, with the kindness of those who have already fought many times inwardly. Fights.
Don’t expect a sweet text that will bring fleeting joy, this is not Kathleen’s approach, she writes truths for women who want to free themselves from legalistic prejudices. The text takes us to the top of the mountain where we can see how God created. woman with love. This book is for all women who ask this age-old question: why did God create me?
- Reading what God says about women is enlightening.
- Conflicting.
- And comforting.
- If you want to know more about the role of women according to God’s perfect plan.
- This is an indispensable book.
1. Genesis 1 (and the rest of the scriptures) tells us that humanity is neither arbitrary nor self-determined nor a socially determined part of our identity; is our identity as men or women, according to God’s good plan for our biological sex. The voices of the media, in fact, all the voices around us, however, insist that we have to let people discover and choose sex. where they feel more comfortable, regardless of their biological sex. Gender identity has become a very volatile and politicized issue. Wikipedia, the social media machine in current and cooperative environments, defines gender identity as “the personal experience of the genre itself”. It seems that gender has become something that is defined by each person within it, rather than being a gift from a God who created and governs the universe (p. 34-35).
2. “When we exclaim,” he is a child!” O” It’s a girl!”, We do not impose sexist, arbitrary or authoritarian distinctions on human life, we receive and celebrate the truth that this is how God created us, in his image, man and woman, today it seems radical to affirm the Teaching of the Bible that the male or female sex was a good idea of God, instituted as part of his sovereign ordination of creation , to display your own image. but the truth of the Bible comes to us, in the end, not as a chain to tie us up, but as a light that shows the way when we are in the dark, groping, trying to find our way ( p. 35 to 36)
3. “This history of creation offers us a vision of a creative and universal model that applies to all men and women, so there is a meaning in which all women are called to act as ‘helpers’. But if I take this universal model as meaning, for example, that a woman should not run a business or be dean of a university, or be president of a country, she would confuse biblically defined roles with other roles over which the scriptures. Don’t talk. I would impose non-biblical restrictions on women who bear the image of God. ? (p. 50-51)
It is in the context of the congregations of the local church that I have seen more clearly the beauty of the association between the women who actively help all those around them and the men who receive and appreciate this help, when God’s people serve. works together. ? (p. 51)
5. La first reason for the order of creation of man and woman would be to show the great need of man and the great gift of God to meet this need. There is also a second reason: God wants to restore order in humanity. ( p. 52)
6. We see man walking forward and alone in various responsibilities; God calls man to name animals, thus exercising human dominion over them by demonstrating the image of God, whom we have just seen give a name to all that He has created. Is it the man whom God initially said to leave father and mother to join with his wife?and not the other way around. And just as the sun and moon are not interchangeable, both men and women are also not interchangeable, the man receives instructions and gets to work, then the woman joins him as an assistant (p. 53-54).
7. ? Logically, who would really want to put the role in a human value? We certainly wouldn’t say that a successful CEO is more valuable than a person with a disability or an unemployed person, or that a beautiful 20-something movie star is more valuable than an old woman or a newborn. Although we often live in a way that values people’s roles, basically we humans know that this is not true. Fundamentally, we often want our value to be associated not with the roles in which we operate or the positions that we occupy, but with something that goes far beyond that, is this aspiration fulfilled in the truths of Genesis 1 and 2? in the revelation that our Creator made us in his image, man and woman together, and it is only in your eyes that the true value is measured. ? (p. 55-56)
In Genesis 3: 1-7, we are not witnessing a female failure, but a human failure. The woman may have opened the door to sin, but Adam could and should have closed that door. Eve’s various depictions as stupid The Bad or the Seductive is unfair, but Scripture is not. And isn’t that the God of Scripture? (P. 66)
9. Genesis 3 shows us the origin and nature of our struggles as sinful women and men. No, not all women are manipulative people who try to control men to get what they want. No, not all men are dominators, women are strictly governed. We must be very careful not to judge the actions of others simply in the light of these sinful models. (p. 74)
10. We can easily create a dark god in the image of human beings, rather than relying on the God of light that created us. There is a reason why so many cultures have imaginary gods who demand sexual abuse of girls and women as part of their religious rituals; they made gods in their image, instead of searching for the God in whose image they were created (p. 82).
11. Al to raise Deborah and include this story in his inspired word, God sends an encouraging message about women and their potential to actively serve God, even in the midst of the worst evils. We have already seen that when evil is not limited, women are often the greatest victims of the oppression of cruel men; however, some of the brightest lights appear in these darker places in the history of salvation, coming from women who are called to serve God and who have done so faithfully, playing a crucial role in the history of redemption (p. 105-106)
12. Like every sin, does sexual sin bring sickness to the soul?not only in cases of explicit abuse, but also in the most common and increasingly accepted cases of disrespect for God’s plan in marriage. If we could see this spiritual reality, we would probably tremble as we contemplated the carefree rupture with God’s good and holy purposes for human sexuality. These separations widen to death, although wounds are not always immediately visible. (pages. 135-136)
13. The female body tells the truths about God: first, about God, the Creator. The scriptures reveal that God, in his sovereign goodness, created women who bore his image with bodies ready to conceive and have a new life, even before the Fall Eve was conceived with the ability to give birth to children (Genesis 1:28) Is the female body different , made to complement the male body as a separate and beautiful creation of God?Vividly reflecting God’s power to create life (p. . 146-147)
14. Es important to hear the pain stories of everyone, especially women at different stages of ours; those who have children need to hear the voices of sisters who aspire so much and cannot. I see the world differently from me because I’ve heard the stories of single friends watching the years and cycles of their lives. to pass, putting into practice the discipline of accepting God’s will; they teach me a lot. Do I see my world differently because I have suffered and prayed with friends who have long months of fertility treatment?a moment that puts a lot of pressure on your weddings?and sometimes they fail. I see my world differently because I have waited with friends who want to adopt children and, in many cases, I love them to receive these children in the family of the church, while in other cases I love them in suffering, when these adoptions are not realized. ? (p. 151)
15. La pity can bring us back to God, and that’s often exactly that. Even those who don’t know God, when they suffer, often scream?If not him, against him? they ask why and ask for help. The Word of God illuminates the answer to these calls; In fact, it confirms our groans and cries, telling us that things are not as they were originally supposed to be; listening to the scriptures, we understand that the discomfort and pain that comes a woman preaches the fallen condition of our world, but it also indicates our hope (p. 154).
16. Jesus shows us how God sees women. In Jesus, do we see that God values women as he values every human being?with all the grace and truth emanating from God’s heart. (p. 178)
17. The biblical model of marriage does not lead to abuse; sin leads to abuse. Yes, the biblical model has been misused as an excuse for abuse, and some women have wrongly claimed that the Bible teaches that they should submit to abuse without alternatives. But it is not true that the sinful use of biblical instruction makes this instruction incorrect or wrong. It would be like blaming and rejecting the order to exercise hospitality because there are hosts poisoning the food served to visitors (p. 192).
18. “Writing is full of provocative glances of women who played a crucial and active role with men, in a Church that followed the order established by God, and in that order shared life and mission. Women are in the midst of this struggle: pray?prophesy?learn?teach?much effort in the Lord?to be partners and encourage leaders?serve as missionaries?provide financial support?open their homes?be arrested as mothers? and the list could grow over and over again. The portrait is vibrant and beautiful because it shows the body of Christ. Only by having Christ as our head, the men and women made in his image can we unite to worship and serve our creator God. ?(P. 225)
19. What really corresponds to all that we see in the scriptures is that women must be appreciated as bearers of the image of God, together with men, and that all believers, filled and strengthened by the Spirit of the Risen Christ, serve him. together, until I get back. The order of God, for men and women, in marriage and in the church, is destined to bring unity. Unit for complementarity. Become one, in the end, with Christ and christ. Being God’s united people is our good eternal identity, and we are growing in that identity right now as we reflect Jesus more and more. (p. 234)
20. “Biblical truths about women guide us relentlessly to Jesus. (P. 244)
By: Renata Gandolfo. © Return to the Gospel. Website: voltemosaoevangelho. com. All rights reserved. Original: 20 Quotes from What God Says About Women, by Kathleen Nielson.