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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
1 Corinthians 11:11-12
This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.
In regard to headwear during times of engagement with the Lord, the Bible has guidance, guidance which is either unknown or ignored today.
As we saw in yesterday’s message, the scriptures in this eleventh chapter of 1 Corinthians provide pretty clear direction to both men and women. You’ll recall that the men were to remain uncovered while the wife was to cover her head. Both actions would be done to honor God first and foremost because when it comes right down to it, that’s what we should do. The Lord deserves our deepest, reverent respect and we need to be willing to do what He asks of us, even if it is drastically different from the world’s ways.
One of those worldly approaches to the matter of a woman having to cover her head might be that she has the right and freedom to dress as she pleases and no one has the place to dictate what she does and doesn’t wear.
But God reigns over the world and everything in the world is under His subordinate. Period. He is the head of all living things and so if He says a person is to cover their head then they need to do it without resistance or reservation.
God has the ultimate say in everything.
This is the point Paul continues to drive home in our two verses today in the third message of a four part series. Look again at his words here:
Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. 1 Corinthians 11:11-12
Given that there was very different guidance given as to how a man and woman should cover their head, there was maybe a danger in society treating each as individual entities, separate from one another. But that wasn’t the way God’s word established when He created man and woman. Go back to the second chapter of Genesis and you find proclaiming this:
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. V. 24
Man and woman were never intended to avoid interaction. Women were not designed to be independent of man anymore than man was designed to be independent of women. Women wouldn’t exist if God had not removed a rib from a man to create her. Likewise, men wouldn’t exist if women were unable to reproduce and give birth to them
Women came from a man but men are born of a woman with Adam being the only exception. These are truths but they only are so because God paved the way for them to be true. Ultimately, everything comes from Him because He is the Head over all creation.
Tomorrow, we’ll close this series by seeing how God made the way for a woman’s head to be covered naturally and how that marries up with covering with a man-made adornment.
Amen.
In Christ,
Mark
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