This question is especially important
to the Christian woman. Does the Word of God address feminism? The modern
concept of feminism was not present during the time that the Bible was written.
That does mean that the Bible has nothing to say on the basic issues of
feminism. Even when the Scriptures seem to be silent on something that affects
us today, there are eternal principles that speak to the underlying issue.
What are the issues of feminism?
Feminism is a counterfeit solution to
the real issue of the inequality of women in a sinful society. Feminism
arrogates to itself the right to demand respect and equality in every aspect of
life. Feminism is based on arrogance and it is the opposite of the call to the
born again believer to be a servant. The actions of the modern, militant
feminists of the last decade were geared to cause women to rise up and rebel
against the order that God has given to mankind. That brand of feminism seeks
to impose humanistic solutions that are in direct opposition to the Word of
God. Feminism was originally a positive movement, focused on giving women the
basic rights God intends for every human being to have. Tragically, feminism has
gone past those roots to now focus on destroying any trace of a distinction in
roles between men and women.
What then should be the view of a Christian about feminism?
A believing woman, who is seeking to
obey God and walk in peace and grace, should remember that she has equal access
to all spiritual blessings in Christ. "There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are
all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28). A believing woman should not
allow herself to be a pawn in the worldly agenda of the feminist movement. Men
and women have a God-given privilege to fulfill the plan that God has set for
us. Rebellion against that plan, and arrogance that seeks to put self above
God's Word, results in self-inflicted consequences. We see those consequences
in the destruction of the relationship between husbands and wives, the
destruction of the family, and the loss of respect for human life.
"For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of
the Father, but is of the world" (1 John 2:16). The principles of the fall
are present in this verse. Eve believed the lie that eating the fruit would
bring her wisdom. She lusted and she took or arrogated to herself something
that was forbidden. This is the basis for the movement of feminism. Women have
bought into the lie that feminism will bring them what they want, what they
think that they "deserve." However, the promise is empty for the
premise is based on pride and pride goes before a fall. "Pride goeth
before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18).
In the last decade there has been the
rise of a society that is so concerned with political correctness and so
sensitive to being "offended" that civility has lost its way. However, this is really nothing new for there
has always been inequality in this world. It is sad but true that artificial
barriers that have no basis in God's Word have always divided humanity.
The Race
There is only one race, the human race!
Within that human race we have male and female, different ethnicities,
different colors, and different national origins. However, we are all of the
same God created human race. It is sin in the heart that causes inequality. It
is sin in the heart that causes men to treat women in ways that are meant to
demean. It is sin that sets one person above another. And it is sin that seeks
to use counterfeit solutions to counteract these inequalities. The only true
cure for inequality is obedience to God's Word. If men and women would walk in
obedience to God's word, feminism would be unmasked for what it is, and the
harmony that God has ordained for the relationship between men and women would
be the result. Amen!
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