The High Biblical View of Women

A local newspaper columnist recently summed up what he believes to be “Christian teaching” as, “women-are-inferior-and-not-important.” This is a grossly misleading representation of true Biblical Christian teaching.  He is essentially attacking a “strawman” which he has set up in order to justify his attack on what are ultimately the teachings of Christ Jesus Himself, who is the “Word” (John 1:1).  As such, the whole Bible represents His teachings.

The true Christian teaching in Proverbs 31:10-31 demonstrates all by itself the high Biblical view of women.  The woman described there is a wife, mother, business women, virtuous, not lazy, doing good, “extends her hand to the poor” (v.20), is wise, and much more.  “Her worth is far above rubies” (v.10).

Verse 30 is particularly worthy of note: “a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.”

Her fear of God is not characterized by terror, or dread, but is a holy fear, a reverential awe that is the result of acknowledging God as her Creator, who created her for the purpose of not only glorifying Him, but also to enjoy Him.  As such, she loves God and doesn’t rebel against her place, or role in creation as a woman.  She embraces it as a high calling.

Women with this godly holy fear consider themselves to be particularly blessed with the gifts of child-bearing and nurturing.  Interestingly, God has even designed into women at the time of the child’s birth a unique chemical reaction which stimulates those nurturing qualities.  Mothers can testify to this as does “the science.”

This “quest to keep women down” accusation is one more example of the left projecting what they practice onto pro-life adherents.  Biological males in women’s sports, the muddling of the definition of a woman, as displayed when a SCOTUS Justice refused to provide a definition of “woman” during her confirmation hearing, are just a few examples of the left “keep(ing) women down.”  In a ridiculous, nonsensical and insulting attempt to honor women, a liberal US Congressional chaplain not so long ago ended his prayer with the absurd “Amen and Awomen.”  What?