Biblical Response to Feminism – Part 2 & Feminine Friday Link-Up Party!

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This article is part 2 of a 3 part series on the Biblical Response to Feminism.

Last week in my series “A Biblical Response to Feminism“, I covered the first of the three most common beliefs of feminism, “A Woman’s Right to Be Equally Treated as Men“. This week I will be discussing “A Woman’s Right to Personal Freedom”.

I want to state upfront that not all those who call themselves feminists believe in all or even any of these three most common beliefs. But, from personal experience and research, these seem to be the most commonly held beliefs by the majority of feminists. Again, I ask that you respect my views and that disagree with them then please do so respectfully. Respectful comments are always appreciated.

A Woman’s Right to Personal Freedom

I have no argument–we as women do have a right to our own personal freedom.  We live in a free country where women have the right to do pretty much whatever we choose.  God also gave us the freedom to make choices as well.  While the Lord did give us personal freedom, that does not mean that He approves of all our choices.  There is a difference between living in a godly personal freedom and worldly personal freedom…that difference is sin.  In this article we will be taking a look at two of the “personal freedoms” that most feminists believe in.  Let’s start with one of the most “hot” topics–reproductive rights.

Reproductive Rights and Abortion

Most feminists believe that a woman should have complete control  over her reproductive rights.  This includes choosing if and how they may want to prevent pregnancy and whether it’s acceptable to them to get an abortion if they find themselves in an undesirable pregnancy.  Yes, God gave us the free will t0 decide on these issues for ourselves,but that doesn’t mean that he approves of our choices.  Sometimes our choices are sinful.   Unrepentant sin separates us from God.  Abortion is murder, plain and simple.  The Lord makes it clear in Scripture that murder is a sin.

There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,  A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.  Proverbs 6:16 – 19 NASB

I think it’s safe to say that the unborn counts as innocent blood.  This Scripture clearly shows us that the Lord hates the murder of innocents.  God is the creator of life and he is the only one who should decide when a life should end.  Abortion is murder, plain and simple, and as such it should be punishable just as any other murder.

Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.  Psalms 119:73 NASB

For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.  I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.  Psalms 139:13-14 NASB

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”  Jeremiah 1:5 NASB

These Scriptures clearly show that from the moment of conception that God formed us and consecrated us.  Abortion is contrary to Scripture, and as such, is not part of a woman’s “personal freedom”–it is sin and should be a crime

Sexual Freedom

Another “personal freedom” that many feminist promote is sexual freedom.  Many feminists extol the virtues of choosing as many sexual partners as they want and extend that right to also include same-sex relationships.  In the world, that may be alright, but not so according to the Word of God.  From the beginning of time the Lord intended for marriages to be between a man and a woman and men and women should keep themselves pure until their marriage.  We are not to have sex outside of marriage (fornication).  Nor are we to have sex with anyone other than our spouse (adultery).  Homosexual relationships are also contrary to Scripture.  God has a name for these three “sexual freedoms”–sin.  Sexual sins would include fornication (sex outside of marriage), adultery, and homosexuality.

From the very beginning the model for marriage was between a man and woman.

The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.  The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.  Genesis 2:22-24 NASB

A sexual relationship outside of marriage is also prohibited.  In the Bible this sort of relationship is called fornication.  Fornication is sexual intercourse between partners who are not married to each other.

“But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.  Matthew 15:18-19 NASB

Scripture lists fornication as one of the things that defile a person. Defile means to make filthy or dirty or to pollute.

But because of immoralities (fornication in KJV), each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.  I Corinthians 7:2 NASB

Even here, Scripture points to marriage being between a man and woman.  Each man should have his own wife and each woman should have her own husband.  The reason for this is because God knew and understood how immoral we are and that we are easily tempted by sex.  The best way to avoid the temptation to fornicate is to be in a marriage where we are free to express ourselves sexually.

Flee immorality (fornication in KJV). Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.   Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.  I Corinthians 6:18-20

Sexual sins are sins against the Lord and our own bodies.  Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, sexual sins would be like going into the local church and having sex on the altar.  Can you imagine how offensive that would be to the Lord?

The Lord called fornication, or sex outside of marriage a sin.  What’s truly sad is how accepted it has become in modern churches.  Fornication is one of the sins that more and more churches are turning a blind eye to.

Adultery is another sexual sin that many feminists claim as sexual freedom.  Scripture has made it abundantly clear that this is a sinful action.

“You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14 NASB

Adultery is actually one of the Ten Commandments.

The one who commits adultery  with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.  Proverbs 6:32 NASB

Scripture tells us that a person who commits adultery lacks sense and destroys themselves

but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with  lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his  heart.  Matthew 5:28 NASB

Jesus goes as far as to say that to even LOOK at a woman with lust is the same as actually committing adultery.  The Lord makes is clear that adultery is a sexual sin and as such is offensive to Him

Homosexuality is another sexual sin that is believed to fall under the “sexual freedom” banner of feminism.  Many feminists believe that it’s perfectly alright and acceptable to have sexual relationships with other women and that homosexuality is is normal and even healthy.  Again, Scripture disagrees. Sexual sin, well actually ALL sin is unacceptable to God.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,  I Corinthians 6:9 NASB

Homosexuality is considered unrighteous and deceiving.

You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.  Leviticus 18:22 NASB

Homosexuality is an abomination.

For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.  Romans 1:26-27  NASB

Homosexuality conflicts with the Word of God and it is an unnatural act.  It is not how God planned sex to occur.  Scripture makes it abundantly clear that sex should only occur between a man and woman who are married to each other.  All other sexual activity is sinful and offensive to Him.  We live in a fallen world and because of that the views of the “world” have been skewed and sexual sins have now become the norm.

I know that these teachings are not popular, but if you are going to live as a Christian, you have to live according to what is right in Scripture.  You don’t have the luxury to pick and choose what you want.  What was sin in Jesus’ time is STILL sin today.  Sin is what separates us from God.  That doesn’t mean that we can’t gain forgiveness for our sins, but we MUST honestly repent from them as well.  If you continue fornicating, committing adultery or having homosexual relationships, you are not repenting, but continuing in the sin.  If you still support abortion, you are not repenting.  To repent means to feel such regret for past conduct as to change one’s mind regarding it.  If you are continuing in the  the sin you certainly aren’t changing your mind regarding it.

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