IF EVERYTHING GOD CREATED IS GOOD AND TO BE RECEIVED, ACCEPTED, AND GIVES WELCOME WITH GRATITUDE, HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD "PEOPLE" BE RECEIVED IN THIS MANNER? "MEN AND WOMEN ARE GOOD." IF SOMETHING IS GOD CREATED, THEN WE'RE CHARGED NOT TO SNEER AT IT OR THROW IT OUT. TO SNEER MEANS TO SCORN, MOCK, TURN YOUR NOSE UP AT IT, OR LAUGH AT. ALL THESE ACTIONS DEVALUE AN ITEM, PERSON, OR THEIR ROLE AND CONTRIBUTION. ADD THE WORD OUT, WHICH MEANS TO MAKE ABSENT,
AND BOTH GENDERS ALLOW IT IN THE NAME OF SUBMISSION. CONSEQUENTLY BOTH MEN AND WOMEN SUFFER EXTENSIVE LOSS OF VALUE. OBVIOUSLY, MEN RECEIVED HIGHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE CHURCH MORE OFTEN THAN WOMEN ARE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE CRIPPLED BY A LACK OF WOMEN'S INSIGHT. DO WE SEE MEN AS GOD SEES THEM-AS GOOD. OR DO WE SNEER AT THEIR BEHAVIOR? OUR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY REGULARLY DISHONORS MEN AND
SEXUALIZES WOMEN. WE HAVE ALLOWED SEXIST ATTITUDES TO TAKE
US TO A PLACE WHERE WOMEN WHO FEEL DEVALUED RESENT MEN.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH, GOOD! BUT THERE
ARE PRECONDITIONS ( 1TIMOTHY 3:1-2).
NOTICE THE WORD "ANYONE" AND THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION SAYS "SOMEONE."
