Genesis 3:14-15 (NIV) 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
enmity = hostility, anger, resentment, violence.
The Devil Hates Women
Genesis 3:16 Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.”
“It is foolishness to teach the Torah to your daughter”
“They are swathed like a mourner, isolated from people and shut up in prison” - Talmud
Luke 10:38-42 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” 41 And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
01 Jesus Loves Women
Matthew 14:21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
John 11:28 she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.”
Galatians 3:13 (NIV) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.
02 The Cross Broke The Curse
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
“God I thank you that you have not made me a Gentile,
God I thank you that you have not made me a slave,
and I thank you that you have not made me a woman.”
03 Women Are Called
Matthew 28:5-8 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” 8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
It is women who were trusted by God to be the first to share the good news of the gospel!
Jesus protected women. Empowered women. Honored women publicly. Released the voice of women. Confided in women. Was funded by women. Celebrated women by name. Learned from women. Respected women. And spoke of women as examples to follow.
Genesis 1:26 (NKJV) Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
Genesis 1:28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Psalm 121:1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord,
Psalm 89:19 I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
The same word that's used for a wife or a woman is also the same word used for the strength of a warrior and the help of God.