Originally, Kevin thought he'd preach just from Colossians 3:18 - you know, the good 'ole "Wives, submit..." verse. But somewhere along the way, he said he realized it was pretty tough to preach about this verse in isolation when really it's meant to work in harmony with the next verse addressed to husbands. So, this morning, Kevin preached from the entire Bible starting in Genesis and working through the New Testament... well, maybe not quite, but you get the picture. In considering the Biblical roles of manhood and womanhood, you have to go back to the beginning, when they were created. Kevin talked about how sin has distorted so much about how we perceive manhood and womanhood, resulting in the abuse and subjugation of women for centuries. Even our country, which was founded on Christian principles, hasn't gotten it right.
And in the church there is disagreement as well, between the ends of the spectrum of egalitarianism and complementarianism. Kevin explained why he believes that a complementarian view (that men and women were uniquely created with different roles - men to lead and women to help and submit) lines up best with the whole counsel of the Bible. But, he also pointed out that the way people perceive those roles has more often that not been distorted by sin.
Kevin encouraged us to read and study Colossians 3:18-19, Ephesians 5:21-33, I Corinthians 11:1-3 and 8-9, Titus 2:2-4, and I Peter 1:3-7 this week and examine our own views of our roles in light of those scriptures. And next week, he will address some of the practical working out of the wife's role of submitting and men being called to love. So we have to wait until then!
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