How God Sees MEN and WOMEN (Part 1)

A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the LORD your God detests anyone who does this.  Deuteronomy 22:5

God sees your distinction as a man or woman.  He loves this distinction and detests it's negation.  You should embrace and emphasize your distinction as a man or woman to honor your Creator, whose image you reflect.

GOD SEES THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.

In Deuteronomy 22:5, God assumes the Israelites knew what He meant.  No matter what country or culture you are from, you know as God knows that men and women express themselves differently in  how they dress.  I know a girl who deliberately dresses like a boy.  I also know a mother who deliberately dresses her boy in girlish clothes. Even in our American culture that blurs gender specific clothing, we know that the blurring is happening.  We see and know the distinction between masculine and feminine. So does God, the one who made the distinction.

GOD LOVES THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.

It is written,

So God created mankind in his own image,

in the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them. 

Genesis 1:27

The masculine and feminine in creation are a picture of Christ and the His Bride, the church...the mystery of the heavenly and eternal intimacy that will exist between the one true God and those who believe in Him. (See Ephesians 5:32)   This is a sacred picture of what God is like.  The distinction between men and women should be honored because it honors the image of God.


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True Disciples of Christ

“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth."  John 14:15-17

• True disciples of Christ don't follow a doctrine, they follow A Person.
• They follow the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, just as the apostles followed Jesus when He walked on earth.

Jesus Himself said He would send "another advocate."  Notice the word "another."  This means they had an advocate while He spoke to them:  He Himself was their advocate while He was on earth.  Jesus, their first Advocate, was about to leave; He was about to die, rise, and ascend into heaven. So He was going to send them another advocate "to help them and be with them forever."  His Spirit is the other advocate:  A Person, not a doctrine.

When Jesus called His followers, He didn't say, "Follow My doctrine."  He said, "Follow Me."

The Spirit of Christ says the same thing to you and me:
"Follow Me."

If we allow follow the Spirit of Christ, our risen Savior and Lord, we will all agree on The Lord's doctrine, and there would be no need for "denominations."  Our petty disagreements show that we are not following a Person, who knows His own doctrines in every situation.  Jesus is alive!  His Spirit in us and with us give undeniable proof, if we would only follow Him.

• As true disciples of Christ, we don't follow a doctrine, we follow A Person.
• We follow the Spirit of Christ, just as the apostles followed Christ when He walked the earth.