ALIEN ON EARTH — Ch 7
Christian Feminist…Not A Swear Word?!
Oh it is definitely not a swear word but it is redundant don’t you think? Just like “Woke Christian.”
And this “Feminism” and “Wokism” can be said the silliest reason as to what prevents us from living as Alien on Earth.
So a Christian should not respect women and their rights? So a Christian should not stand up for discrimination and crimes? No!
I am really sorry but if you have to add these prefixes and suffixes then, I am not sure you even know what a Christian is!
Feminism is a solution created by the world for a problem that was created by the world, why then does a Christian who Is asked to have nothing to do with this world and its ways in need of this title?
“Jesus was a feminist” “Only Paul hates women” “Jewish men at that time wrote things based on those scenarios” “You shouldn’t read it literally”
Well, some of you may already be well acquainted with these excuses or even used some of them when you saw people call Christians “Non-Woke” or called you “Anti-Feminist.”
I am sorry but being called anti-feminist may be the best thing that can happen to you. This kind of accusation works against you only because you haven’t read the Bible fully yourself with the understanding that is given by the Holy Spirit.
No, I am not telling it to you, this includes me! I was once giving these excuses I was once using these lines to defend my faith.
All this until I got to know the Bible for what it truly stands for. I definitely would encourage you to find the secrets of the Bible yourself but in this case, let me shed some light so you can take a deeper dive and find more about it yourself.
What is Feminism? Women who want to have equal say and rights like men and who want to be respected and this applies to workplace, families and everywhere else.
What does that really have to do with us as Christians?
Let me remind you this you got two commands from Jesus that sum up all the 10 commandments that were received by Moses.
That is,
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22: 37–40
So here the neighbour is not given a gender and the neighbour is not given religious specifications here the neighbour is not given race specifications here the neighbour is not given status specification and as to who your neighbour is Jesus already explained that with the Good Samaritan story.
So now, let me ask you now, what is love?
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
1 Corinthians 13: 4–8
So a Christian’s duty and foremost command is to love your neighbour and the definition of love is this, doesn’t this cover more than what modern-day Feminism asks from men or anyone?
Oh and FYI, the above definition of Love was written by Paul through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the most deemed “Women Hater” by many of the woke people.
Here it says “Love does not dishonour….it is not self-seeking” Doesn’t that fix the whole feminism issue? Because as long as you have respect for someone even if you don’t necessarily love them, you will not be able to ignore their opinion or rights or say in anything.
Given that everyone is your neighbor in one way or the other do you need feminism when you already follow Christ’s command?
And for the whole woke thing, “love is kind, it does not boast, it is not proud” these should fix the whole woke issues don’t you think?
If you do not boast and are not proud of your race or your background, how can discrimination even originate?
If you follow what your Lord commanded and know that and believe every race was created by your Lord, you won’t need to be woke, you just need to be “Christian.”
No, I am not done yet it is too early to celebrate. Next comes the most hated word by many “Submission.”
This word is hated by many so ardently that they give up God and their entire faith and everything because the “I am the Boss” mentality is stuck with us and being able to say “I did it by my strength” “I am an Independent Being” comes as a priority than leaning on God.
Leaning on God or giving credit to God is seen as a symbol of weakness these days or a symbol of someone brainwashed, some who know a little about God because of their family and have no relationship with him or know him say that “God never lets me be myself only the world lets me be who I truly am.”
Let me ask you something if God doesn’t want you to be yourself why would he give you “Free Will”???? Why would he give you the option to choose after giving up his only son to bear all your sins on the cross and pay for your ransom?
Sometimes we are so full of ourselves that logical thinking no longer works and even after knowing who God is we tend to throw him under the bus because it ain’t making sense for someone who doesn’t know God.
“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.”
Ephesians 5:22
Ah, the bitter verse many of us hate! When I tell you to read the Bible fully, you will know soon why because if you did this verse won’t bother you.
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy…”
Ephesians 5:25
“However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
Ephesians 5:33
I am sorry if a husband is asked to love his wife like “Christ loved the Church” that person in terms of today’s pop culture would be the biggest largest “Green Flag” “Green Forest” oh wait a bigger “Green Ecosystem.”
Have you read how Christ loves the Church? Read from Mathew to John you will know how Christ Loved the Church.
So, when God asks you to submit to your husband, he asks you to submit to someone like this, let me ask you something, why wouldn’t you submit to a person who is “Loving, loyal, respectful, kind, faithful”?
If it is the term “Submission” that pricks you then I am sorry this verse wasn’t the problem you have in the Bible you were never really with God from the beginning.
Because one thing you are asked by God is to come to him as you are and humble yourself. A person who is able to humble themselves before God and submit themselves before God will not be bothered with submitting themselves to a God-fearing husband.
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Because guess what?
But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians 11:3
Now I don’t know about you but, If Christ The son of Almighty God through whom the world was created and for whom the world was created seated at the right hand of the Father, submits to the Father, then what are we even arguing about?
This is the humility of Christ, this is what your saviour did:
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death — even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:6–8
Here’s the thing God does not ask you to go and submit to every man you see. God does not leave your fate to a man. No, when he died on the cross he died for all of us he did not die only for men and asked them to take care of our sins.
God asks women to submit to their husbands as she does to the Lord! And husbands are asked to submit to Christ.
There is no verse which says otherwise. And that is why it is important to be equally yoked and important to wait at the Lord’s feet and receive your partner.
Do not find your partner without God’s will and then complain, this applies to both men and women.
Another part about the Bible being deemed anti-feminist is because the women can’t preach debacle.
If the Holy Spirit leads you, do what he says, if it’s God’s will for you to preach or to do something no human can stop you.
Just because you read a poorly explained blog about how women should not preach, do not stop preaching or doing what God wants you to do.
We have prophetesses and leaders and Judges who went to war or changed the course of war by listening to God’s instruction in the Old Testament who were women who were chosen and anointed by God.
And when you read Proverbs 31 see the description for Wife of Noble Character. From trading to managing the household to buying and selling to giving to the poor there is not anything this wife of noble character does not do.
She gets up while it is still night;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her female servants.
She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
People really think women in the Bible are said to be weak useless vessels but no:
She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
We are so wrapped around the thought that asking for help from God is so weak that we forget that is the mindset of this world which is still in the darkness and has never seen the light.
If God just wanted weak puppets then he would’ve never given us our own free will. The strength, dignity, wisdom and knowledge that come from leaning on God for a woman and from fearing God is more beautiful than any beauty standards could ever rank.
That’s why I said If you have ever read the Bible fully you would never call yourself Woke Christian or Christian Feminist.
Because these terms are as redundant as “Stand Up.” the world woke up in the 1800s and decided women should have rights, but as per God she was given rights from the beginning.
If you find something that does not sit well with you, read more, it is as simple as that.
Not so that you can be brainwashed, no because every single word in the Bible is written for a reason and that is why we should not go around giving excuses that “Paul was a typical male in a women oppressive society.”
Even though Paul’s hand wrote the words, it was because God’s hand was on him and the Holy Spirit guided him, so ask the one who knows better what it means instead of drawing your own conclusion.
Many a time my answers were given just by reading more, when you know how unadulterated, reckless, unending and eternal God’s love is you will question everything else other than thinking he is wrong.
He will never ever be wrong, that is why he is God! And he asks you to seek him, he is open to answering all your questions, his ego is not fragile, and he patiently answers and clears every doubt there is no secret he will hide from you, he wants you to come and learn everything from him.
And my dear men, helping your wife in taking care of your kids, helping her while she prepares them for school or helping her with chores does not apply to “feminist men.”
It is your duty as a husband and as a father to help your wife and kids earning money alone does not end your duty. And that is why you are asked to submit to Christ and when you submit to him you will no longer need an explanation of why you should help but will do it voluntarily.
