A MATTER OF THE HEAD (PART 2)

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

A man dishonors his head if he covers his head while praying or prophesying. But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head. Yes, if she refuses to wear a head covering, she should cut off all her hair! But since it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or her head shaved, she should wear a covering.

A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God’s image and reflects God’s glory. And woman reflects man’s glory. For the first man didn’t come from woman, but the first woman came from man. And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man. For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.

1 Corinthians 11:4-10 (NLT)

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

My wife wears a hat with her outfit every Sunday as we worship our Lord at church and she gets loads of compliments from men and women.

But here’s the thing. A majority of those complimenting are doing so for the wrong reason.

I say this because most of the kind comments regarding her hats are grounded in fashion because she makes sure her hats match her outfits and she does look beautiful from head to toe (as her husband, I will always hold this opinion).

But as we see in today’s continuing look at 1 Corinthians 11 and the second message of the series, A Matter of the Head, my wife’s wardrobe addition is completely about being obedient to the scriptures, not making a fashion statement.

As we saw yesterday, the Bible clearly establishes a hierarchy as to authority among all people in society.

First, there is God. He is the head of all, including Jesus.

Speaking of Jesus, God delegated to Him all authority over things in heaven and on earth. He therefore has been appointed the head of mankind and indeed will return one day to judge all people.

Finally, we learned yesterday that man has been made the head of the woman and there is expansion of this truth in today’s passage as the Apostle Paul writes the following:

“For the first man didn’t come from woman, but the first woman came from man. And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.”

God didn’t create a woman first. Rather, it was Adam and then it was after this act that God deemed that a man should not be alone and so He created Eve, using a rib from Adam.

God, the Almighty Head over all created things deemed that man would be the head of the woman and we don’t have any right or place to question this. Our responsibility is to honor his decision with obedience.

To publicly display this obedience, the scriptures command that a woman cover her head when she is praying or prophesying while the man is to leave his head uncovered. Both these acts are completely anchored in acknowledging God’s authority and being compliant with His Word. To do otherwise would be dishonorable, disrespectful to God, and overall shameful.

My wife doesn’t wear her hat because she wants to show off her looks to others. Rather, she wears her hat because the scriptures tell her to and she wants to show God and the angels watching with Him that she is under authority, His authority and the authority of her husband.

In the end translation, we are all subordinate to God. He dictates what we are to do and not do. Our only job is to know His expectations and then meet them in every way.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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