BEING A LADY
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Timothy 2:9-15
• Current
cultural confusions have been particularly unkind to the image of womanhood.
• As we look to
the Bible we see a powerful picture of how beautiful God’s design is for a
lady.
Proverbs 11:16a
A gracious woman attains honor…
Genesis 24:10-27
And she said, “Drink my lord;”… “I will
draw also for your camels…” “We have plenty of both straw and feed and room to
lodge in.”
I Timothy 2:9-15
…I want women to adorn themselves in proper
clothing, modestly and discreetly,…by means of good
works as befits a woman making a claim to godliness.
Let a woman receive instruction with
entire submissiveness.
But I
do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man,
but to remain quiet.
But a woman shall be preserved through
the bearing
of children if they continue in faith and love
and sanctity
with self-restraint.
Titus 2:3-4a
Older women…are to be reverent…not
malicious gossips…teaching what is good,… encouraging
the younger women…
…young women… love their husbands,
to love their children,…sensible, pure, workers at home, kind…
Ephesians 5:22-24, 33
Wives be subject to your own husbands,
as to the Lord. …so also wives ought to be subject to their husbands in
everything.
And let the wife see to it that she respect
her husband.
I Peter 3:3-4
And let not your adornment be external
only, but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the
imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit which is
precious to God.
Proverbs 31:10-31
The heart of her husband trusts her,…She
works
with her hands in delight. She gives food to her household.
She considers a field and buys it;…She
stretches out her hand to the needy. She make linen garments and sells
them,…the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Her children rise up and bless her; her
husband also and he praises her saying: “Many daughters have
done nobly, but you excel them all.” Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but
a
woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
• Being a lady is
more than mere than mere biology.
• Being a lady
involves graciousness, service to others, courage, industry, and kindness.
• Being a lady
will insure that the home and the church thrive!
Edwin
05/27/01
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