Womeninthechurch3

Women in the Bible

Lesson Three: by turtle

As I surf the net this morning and was looking into some of the places I go a comment was
made concerning the fact that God created both Adams. The first man that was place in the
garden and did sin and the second that was the only begotten of Son of God and was made a
quickening spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:45 KJV
(45) And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a
quickening spirit.

In other words Christ was made perfect for our benefit, to save us from our sin. We would not
die spiritual if we would believe in Him. Adam was made in the likeness of God, but was not
made equal to God. Christ was however fully God and fully human. Now with this said what
does it have to do with women. Well if you think about God had to create both men, but with
women after the first was created he only had to pick one to carry the second Adam Jesus.
Mary was highly favored of God. Eve was created but she had sinned and blamed the snake.
Mary however was highly favored among women.

Luke 1:28 KJV
(28) And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is
with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Though Mary was favor she still was human and with faults no doubt, but she was a woman of
faith. She was chosen for a particular task, to carry the Messiah. The one that would save us
from our sins. Mary would represent in a sense what would be the future of the church. What
did I loose a few of you with that statement. Last Bible study we talked about how the bride was
the church, How even men and women would be the bride of Christ. Mary is symbolic as well as
actuality. See Christ lives inside each believer. He lives in each of our hearts. The Holy Spirit
indwells in us. We are the temple of the living God for those that believe.

1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV
(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which
ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Now if we are the temple of God. Then we must stop and regroup and realize we can not be
God. Being the temple and being God is to different things. And in todayâ€™s world many
believe they are gods.

John 10:34-35 KJV
(34) Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
(35) If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be
broken;

Many would love to take this scripture out of context and say Jesus even said the laws say we
are gods. The simple fact is the judges and rulers of the land and even our churches are like
mini gods, but they still do not have authority over all things. God has the final say, He entrust
his servants to do his will.

One almost has to do a double take when examining scripture sometimes. This is why studying
and examining is important. Some people have come to look at themselves as God and not
gods. They feel they have all authority to do whatever they want despite the rules and guidelines
set out by God and even our own government. Rules are meant to be followed to protect the
innocent. It keeps society pure and without crime and for a Christian when we follow the word
of God it keeps us pure and holy.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 KJV
(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
(17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy,
which temple ye are.

Romans 12:1-3 KJV
(1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
(2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
(3) For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt
to every man the measure of faith.

Something that seems to be hard in todayâ€™s Christian world is people thinking themselves
more highly then they ought to. New Christians are first taught that they are a temple of God
and then they are taught to live in holiness. Then somewhere in between this time period people
get the idea that they are perfect. They get this huge head of self righteousness instead of godly
righteousness. So what does it mean to be righteous and what does it mean to live holy?

To be righteous is to have faith in God. To live holy is to consecrate your life to the Lord. To
live according to the word of God, understanding that we are not perfect in the since that we are
not without fault often on a daily bases. But perfect in the since we know our sins are washed
away. To live a consecrated life means to live a life given to God. For God paid our sin debit by
sending his Son to die in our place. And for this reason we bow and yield our life to Him. Not
has just a humble servant, but has a child of the King. We can never pay God but we can give
back to him.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which
ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit,
which are God's.

1 Corinthians 7:20-24 KJV
(20) Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
(21) Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it
rather.
(22) For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he
that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
(23) Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
(24) Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

We are freemen. Free from sin, but not from the law of God. See this is where many people fail
to realize we are still responsible to obey God whether we receive the free gift of salvation or
not. See on judgment day, those who are unsaved will face the consequences for sin. Those who
names are written in the Lambs book of life have nothing to fear, but we still need to obey God.

To tie it all together we are the bride of Christ we are to be a living and holy temple unto the
Lord. We are to turn from our sins and be a pure unadulterated bride. Turing from sin and
remembering that when we do sin we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:1-6 KJV
(1) My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
(2) And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world.
(3) And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
(4) He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is
not in him.
(5) But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we
that we are in him.
(6) He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.