In this Sunday’s message, we looked at what it means to be a biblical man and a biblical woman. \u00a0If you haven’t listened to the message, I would encourage you to go to iTunes, and under podcast search “Westlake Baptist Church.” \u00a0The message is titled, “Part 4-Equal Yet Different.” \u00a0Or you can visit our Facebook page and click on the link there. \u00a0in this blog, we want to continue the discussion on gender as given in Scripture.<\/p>\n
One thing that was briefly mentioned in the sermon was on how the two genders can teach us the true biblical truths of equal yet different. \u00a0All three members of the Trinity are equal to each other just as men and women are equal. \u00a0Yet each member of the Trinity has a different role He plays in creation and in redemption. \u00a0The same is true about gender roles for men and women.<\/p>\n
The other aspect that we want to look at here is the difference in God creating mankind from God creating everything else. \u00a0When God created light, the sun, moon, stars, green grass, herbs, and animals; Scripture says that God spoke it into existence. \u00a0However, mankind is different. \u00a0Genesis 2:7 says, “And the LORD God formed man.” \u00a0Then in Genesis 2:22 it says, “And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made He a woman.” \u00a0Both of these words “formed” and “made” indicate a personal creative act of God. \u00a0This shows us that God was intimately involved in our creation, and it reveals His desire to have a relationship with men and women. \u00a0Another clue about the intimacy of our creation is seen in the words Moses uses to describe God in Genesis 1 and 2. \u00a0In Genesis 1, Moses uses the name, God (Elohim). \u00a0In Hebrew, Elohim, refers to the mighty, powerful, and exceedingly great God. \u00a0However, in Genesis 2 Moses uses a different name for God. \u00a0In Genesis 2, Moses uses the name, Yahweh, which is the personal name of God. \u00a0Yahweh is not describing an attribute of God \u00a0like Elohim does. \u00a0Rather, Moses is saying that the all-powerful, all-knowing, and great God of Genesis 1, is also the very personal God that we can know intimately through a relationship with Him. \u00a0As Elohim, God is the Creator and owner of it all, and we are accountable to Him. \u00a0As Yahweh, He wants us to know Him, love Him, and worship Him.<\/p>\n
Do you know Him as Yahweh? \u00a0Do you have the relationship He created you for? \u00a0Or is he simply Elohim, the all-powerful, all-knowing God you are accountable to? \u00a0Jesus came to earth to die on the cross, and He rose from the dead so that we could have a personal, intimate relationship with God not only once we die, but even while we are living. That is why Jesus said in John 10, “I have come to give you life, and have life more abundantly.” As the words of that beloved hymn, Without Him, says, “Jesus, O Jesus, do you know Him today? \u00a0Do not turn Him away. \u00a0O Jesus, O Jesus, without Him, how lost I would be.”<\/p>\n
Pastor Justin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this Sunday’s message, we looked at what it means to be a biblical man and a biblical woman. \u00a0If you haven’t listened to the message, I would encourage you to go to iTunes, and under podcast search “Westlake Baptist … Read More