Does God Care about Women?

 

In days gone by, women in the U.K. were not allowed to vote. It is only in recent history that it has been illegal for men to physically abuse their wives. Countless women have or are being treated as inferior to men.

This has led to many women asking the question – does God care about women?

To answer that question, we have to look at the place where God communicates with us – the Bible. If we go to the first chapter of the first book, Genesis, we already see the answer. We discover that God made both men and women in his image. Men and women both are made to, in some sense, be like him.

That raises the question: how come so many women are discriminated against?

We find the answer to that in the third chapter of the same book, Genesis. There we discover that both the man and the woman rebelled against God and chose to do their own thing. One of the many repercussions is that there is tension in relationships. Sometimes this is expressed by men selfishly ruling over women and treating them as inferior. The differences between men and women are now exploited.

Does God care about women now? When we look at Jesus, we see that he does. In John 3:16, we read that because he cares for the world. This obviously includes women. He expressed his love by dying so that people would receive eternal life. In the next chapter, we read about him treating an outcast woman with dignity and respect. This respectful way of relating to women characterized his life on earth.

Another way that we can see that he cares for women is that all people who believe in him, no matter their biological sex or culture of origin, have a relationship of equal standing with him (Galatians 3:28). Furthermore, the transforming work in does in lives is on an equal basis for all people. God cares so much for women that when they become believers in Jesus, he doesn’t leave them as they are, rather he transforms what is not of him and changes them to be like him.

 

How do we know God cares for women?

·        They are made to be like him

·        Jesus died for them

·        Jesus treated them with dignity and respect

·        They are equal to men in their faith before God

·        They are called to be transformed

·        All of his promises are true for them

For this to make a difference in your life, it may be helpful to answer a few questions:

·        How do I see myself?

·        How do I see women?

·        If my views disagree with what the Bible teaches, what beliefs do I need to change so that I am thinking according to life-giving truth?

·        How do I relate to others based on these misperceptions? In what ways can I change so that the way I think and relate is in agreement with life-giving truth?