Reclaiming Biblical Families

Strengthening the biblical family in a feminized society.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

The staggering changes for women that have come about over those seven generations in family life, in religion, in government, in employment, in education - these changes did not just happen spontaneously. Women themselves made these changes happen, very deliberately.

“.”By Bonnie Eisenberg and Mary Ruthsdotter, the National

Women's History Project. 1998

Introduction

No one in the Lord desires or purposes to ingest the poison of false doctrine.Mix truth in with error, however, and many undiscerning comfortably swallow what they otherwise would hate.

Introduction

By 1900 the revolution of feminism successfully entrenched itself into the American culture. The overall movement surrounded suffrage of

women’s rights. The next two waves surrounded inequalities in the

political, social, recreational, and religious realms. Undetected within these movements was the

deliberate destruction of God’s pattern for the biblical family: birth control, abortion rights, lesbian rights, environmentalism and witchcraft.

Introduction

In this sermon we look at: How feminism is destroying

the biblical family. The need for Christians to

stop ingesting the poison of feminism by reclaiming biblical families.

The Destroying of the Biblical

Family Through Feminism

Destruction of the Family

Roxanne Dunbar ~ “Ultimately, we want to destroy the three pillars of class and caste society – the family, private property, and the state…”

Female Liberation as the Basis for Social Revolution.

Destruction of the Family

Carolyn Graglia (on Herma Hill Kay): “In order to accomplish her goal, Kay says, it is only necessary for society ‘to withdraw existing legal supports’ for traditional marriage ‘as a cultural norm,’ a goal that she believes-quite accurately-no-fault divorce laws are already accomplishing.” A nonfeminist's perspective of mothers and homemakers

Herma Hill Kay, Berkley Law

The Destruction of Male Headship

Gloria Steinem ~ “We don’t just want to destroy capitalism…. we want to tear down the whole (censored) patriarchy.”

Founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine

Gloria Steinem, (photo AP)

The Destruction of Male Headship

Russ Funk ~ “Patriarchy is a terrible,

violent, vile system that destroys huge pieces of all of us.”

Stopping Rape: A Challenge to Men

Rejecting the male as the primary provider for the

household

Fighting against the “male provider” mentality lead to the “women’s liberation” movement.

Stay-at-home mothers are ridiculed and disdained

Simone de Beauvoir ~ “A parasite sucking out the living strength of

another organism...the housewife's labor does not even tend toward the creation of anything durable.... Woman's work within the home is

not directly useful to society, produces nothing. The housewife is subordinate, secondary, and parasitic. It is for their common welfare that the

situation must be altered by prohibiting marriage as a 'career' for woman.”

The Second Sex (1949).

Stay-at-home mothers are ridiculed and disdained

Hillary Clinton ~“I suppose I could have stayed home and baked

cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was

to fulfill my profession which I entered before my

husband was in public life.”

Nightline, March 26, 1992Hillary Clinton

Women primarily pursuing personal careers

Betty Friedan ~ Referred to stay-at-home wives living in

“comfortable concentration

camps.”

Women primarily pursuing personal careers

Helen Gurley Brown ~ Of the single woman she says “She is engaging because she lives by her wits. She supports herself….She is not a parasite,

a dependent, a scrounger, a sponger, or a bum. She is a

giver, not a taker, a winner and not a loser.”

Helen Gurley BrownFormer editor, Cosmopolitan

The Large Family as a Blessing is no longer Glorified or Honored

Margaret Sanger ~“Greater understanding and

practice of planned parenthood, through the use of

contraceptive measures prescribed by doctors and

clinics, will mean that there will be more strong and healthy children and fewer defective

and handicapped babies unable to find a useful or

happy place in life.”

Margaret Sanger,Founder: Planned

Parenthood

The Large Family as a Blessing is no longer Glorified or Honored

In 1965 married couples in all states could obtain contraceptives legally.In 1973 abortion was legalized: 50 million (reported) abortions have taken place since then.

Reclaiming the Biblical

Family

We are wrestling against the spiritual hosts of wickedness

Our goal: to destroy the fortresses of Satan.

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the

flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of

fortresses. 2 Corinthians 10:4

We are wrestling against the spiritual hosts of wickedness

Our goal: to destroy the fortresses of Satan.Our work: take down every lofty thing against the knowledge of God.

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing

raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking

every thought captive to the

obedience of Christ, 2 Corinthians 10:5

The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family roles

For the husband is the head of the

wife, as Christ also is the head of the

church…. Children, obey your parents

in the Lord, for this is right. Ephesians

5:23; 6:1

The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchy. 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. 1 Corinthians 11:3

The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchyMale primary provider

Then the Lord God took the man and put him into

the garden of Eden to cultivate

it and keep it. Genesis 2:15

(see Gen. 3:16-19)

The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchyMale primary providerWives primary caretaker of the home

so that… the young women love their

husbands, love their children,… workers at home, … subject

to their own husbands, so that

the word of God will not be dishonored.

Titus 2:4-5

The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchyMale primary providerWives primary caretaker of the home Wives pursue the caring for her family and those in need

An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels…

She gives food to her household…extends her hand

to the poor.Proverbs 31:10

The biblical family: Love, honor and obey the word of God. Reclaim family rolesHonor God’s hierarchyMale primary providerWives primary caretaker of the home Wives pursue the caring for her family and those in need Rejoice in God’s sovereignty of the size of your family

The fruit of the womb is a reward. How blessed is the

man whose quiver is full of them; They

will not be ashamed When they speak

with their enemies in the gate. Psalm

127:3-5

Conclusion

Many Christians are shocked, defensive, angered, even shamed by comparing the simple teachings of God’s word to those of the feminists.Their views have chipped away even at the pillars among the Lord’s people.Please search your heart in light of God’s word which is able to make you (and your children) wise unto salvation.