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Last Updated on : Saturday, October 11, 2014

 

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Chapter 7

Honorable Women


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Sisters can play an important part in the work of the Truth in the making and unmaking of an ecclesia. Let sisters recognise their power, and use it faithfully. How much sadder and harder would Christ's life have been if women had not used their brains, wisely and kindly. One received him into her house (Luke 10:38). Others "ministered unto him of their substance" (Luke 8:3). The same remark applies to Paul. What grateful allusions to sisters are contained in the apostle's writings - Priscilla, "my helper"; Mary, "who bestowed much labour on us;" Phoebe, "e succourer of many," and others who laboured with him in the gospel (Phil. 4:3). Yes, a woman's influence is great both for good and evil. it always has been so. lt was a woman who led Adam into sin, and a woman who kept David from it (1 Sam. 25:32-33). A woman stiffened the back of Barak, and helped in the matter of Israelês deliverance (Judges 4 & 5), and a woman assisted to make poor Elijah's life unhappy, and bring God's nation to ruin (1 Kings 17). It was a woman, too, who was chosen by God to succour this prophet and preserve his life. Let sisters appreciate their God given power and use it lawfully, not to lead man into wrong-doing, nor to bolster him up in it, but to strengthen him in resisting it, which can invariably be done by a little gentle, loving, commonsense talk. Let sisters remember that their responsibility is commensurate with their ability. Let them think, as a warning, of the outcome of Eve's folly (Gen. 3:16; 1 Tim. 2:1415), and of Jezebers wickedness and its sequel (2 Kings 9:36-37); and, as an encouragement, the commendation ascribed in the Scriptures to Deborah and Abigail, and the honourable mention by Christ of the widow of Sarepta.

 


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