Monday, November 10, 2014

The Way We Treat Gender/Each Other - God's Logic

The way we treat gender (sexualization) should be based on God's Logic. I have been on the podium about this many times; yet it remains a strong topic for me and for Christians and even non-Christians. In past posts, I have directed readers to the numerous chapters in the Bible whereby we find God's word and his 'logic' concerning gender, gender roles and expectations.  For example, Col 3:18 on "Rules for Christian Households", Ephesians 5:22  "Wives and Husbands", Romans 7, "An Illustration From Marriage /Struggling with Sin, "1 Cor 6:12  "Sexual Immorality", 1 Cor 7 "Marriage" and Titus 2 "What Must Be Taught to Various Groups". What can we gain from scripture? We gain in accepting the social order that God designed; a social order that begged one to leave behind the flesh and seek the greater relationship with the Creator by going into the world, into the social world to be with God's creation. There is a 'best practice' for doing that as we can read in some of the excerpts above and throughout scripture. We gain nothing from living for the flesh. We live for God. 1 Peter 4 "therefore, once Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. For you have spend enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do- living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.... therefore, be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

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