[0:04]It's interesting in Proverbs 31 verse number 10, the famous question, who can find a virtuous woman.
[0:15]And as the very familiar proverb unfolds, you recognize, if you're familiar with it, what's happening there is basically, a virtuous woman is defined.
[0:23]And it's defined helpfully, um, but we have come to a place in the United States of America where the question is not who can find a virtuous woman, but the question has become, can you define a woman?
[0:42]It was not that long ago where at the time nominee, Supreme Court Justice nominee, uh, Ketanji Brown Jackson was asked the famous question, what is a woman?
[0:57]And her response was something to the effect of, well, I'm not a biologist.
[1:04]I mean, as a female herself, you would sure think she would have a solid answer for such a question, but because of political pressure and because of, uh, frankly carnal influence, she back pedals and stumbles with her words and says, because she's trying to accommodate the woke crowd, says, I am not a biologist.
[1:28]So with the Lord's help this morning, I want to try to answer the question, what is a woman?
[1:36]Now, you say, Pastor Johnson, what are your qualifications? Okay? Uh, they are limited, I will admit. Uh, they are limited to, uh, being, uh, roommates with a woman for the last twenty four years and best friends with Britain.
[1:52]Uh, additionally, having three sisters, I had no brothers, so previous to, uh, Britain and I was, uh, Rebecca, Cassandra and Sarah, my sisters in my life.
[2:00]Of course, I am the product of a woman.
[2:03]My mom has had and still to this day has an influence over my life, but maybe more important than those experiences or qualifications, um, is that the Word of God answers for us this question.
[2:15]And as your pastor, I want to try to give you not a biological answer.
[2:22]She said, well, I'm not a biologist, but I want to give you a theological answer to the question, what is a woman?
[2:30]Certainly, Ketanji Brown Jackson knew the difference between XX and XY chromosomes.
[2:38]She understood and understands basic biology.
[2:41]You can't not understand that and still get to that high level.
[2:44]The issue is not biological, again, I say the issue is theological.
[2:48]And ladies, the world is attempting to redefine femininity.
[2:55]And so, as your pastor, I count it a privilege to, to try to help alleviate some of that pressure.
[3:00]Um, and try to just remind you from a biblical perspective, a theological perspective, what it means to be a woman so that you are now more equipped to avoid the pressures of the society that's all around us.
[3:13]And then you will be further equipped to be strong in all that God has called you to be, um, as a female and as a woman.
[3:22]So, so that's what, um, I would like to do.
[3:25]And a woman, to answer the question, what is a woman?
[3:28]A woman is many things, but I've come up with a top ten list, okay?
[3:34]Now, if you recollect, Linda Wasser, by the way, I several of you told me she did a wonderful job teaching last Sunday morning in Sunday school.
[3:41]A wonderful job, but she had ten points, and I will not be outdone by sister Wasser, so I have ten my top ten ideas in relationship, biblical concepts, in relationship to answering the question, what is a woman?
[3:56]Here's the first of ten. Uh, a woman is an image bearer, an image bearer.
[4:02]You find that in Genesis 1 of course, 26 and 27.
[4:09]Most of you have been here for these Genesis studies and, um, Genesis 1:26 says that God said, let us make man in our image and in our likeness.
[4:19]Um, so you you understand there is a Trinitarian reference there.
[4:24]Uh, so our God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit and, and God is going to make mankind in our image, which carries with it the idea that that that you are image bearers and therefore you are three-part beings as well.
[4:40]It's uh, in First Thessalonians 5:23 where the Bible points out to us among other places that we are spirit, soul and body.
[4:50]You were created in the image of God, and it says in verse 27, so God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female, created he them.
[5:03]So females are certainly three-part beings and they are image bearers.
[5:09]Not only that, what is a woman number two, a woman is a life giver, a life giver.
[5:16]Uh, if you read in Genesis 4, 1 and two there, Adam knew Eve, and she conceived and bare Cain and Abel.
[5:26]Um, and I'm saying a life giver, some of you might might find that, uh, less biblically accurate than you would like it to be.
[5:36]Uh, I understand that God is the giver of life. I I love how Eve said, I have gotten a man from the Lord when she's describing the birth of her son Cain.
[5:44]So we understand God is the giver of life, but ladies, you have a unique aspect, uh, in relationship to birth and the life giving process.
[5:57]Um, if my sons are in a moment where they're a little bit too brash and bold with their mother, and if I observe it, and this does happen.
[6:07]I know all of you think that Mark Andrew and Matthew are just godly and hopefully you think they're adorable, but they have their moments, okay?
[6:14]And so it is my job as the father to help them ratchet that back just a little bit.
[6:45]But but nonetheless, Mrs. Johnson, the boy's mom helped give them life.
[6:55]And we do know that life begins at conception. If you believe that, say amen. I'd like how Genesis 4 mentions Adam knew Eve, and then she conceived.
[7:04]You know, the the conception is important to God, and then she bear Cain, and then she bore Abel.
[7:11]Um, and all along the way, she recognizes that she got the child from the Lord.
[7:17]What a woman does for a baby a man cannot do.
[7:20]No matter what our society continues to tell us, there's no such thing as a breastfeeding man.
[7:27]There is no such thing as a man who gave birth.
[7:31]And any chemical inducement of those things is antigod and displeasing to a perfectly holy God.
[7:38]It's warped is what those things are.
[7:42]There is a uniqueness and a preciousness to a woman's involvement in the giving of life.
[7:49]And so today, I publicly praise God, uh, for ladies, uh, such as yourselves.
[7:55]And I also want to recognize that it's not God's will that every female is a mom.
[8:02]But every female here has had a mom who gave you life, and so you praise God for these things.
[8:08]But a woman is an image bearer, a woman is a life giver, what is a woman?
[8:13]Not only those two, but number three, a woman is a sinner, a woman is a sinner.
[8:19]You were feeling pretty good about yourselves till I got to number three.
[8:24]Um, but yeah, I preached last Sunday morning on Eve and Adam and the fall and the situation in the garden and Eve's part in all of that is on full display.
[8:36]Essentially, Eve was craving things that were prohibited by God.
[8:43]It was clear, God said, you cannot eat of the the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but after the serpent's involvement, the temptation, uh, was manifest strongly, and she craved and then ultimately partook of that which was prohibited.
[9:02]And you know there are many female role models in scripture.
[9:06]And I would defer to many of you to come up with a rather comprehensive list, I'm sure you're familiar with the role models, the the the lady role models in scripture.
[9:16]And and they are role models for the positive. But don't forget there are many examples of females who are sinners in scripture.
[9:25]Eve is one, no doubt, but you think about Jezebel, or maybe you think about the strange woman in the Book of Proverbs.
[9:32]It's interesting to me, and I got to speak at a boy's home a month or so ago, and I covered the first nine chapters of Proverbs because it's a father to his son.
[9:42]And so much of one through nine as the the wise father talks to his son, so much of it is how to deal with women and specifically the strange woman, the sinful woman.
[9:56]What's interesting is, I had never noticed until that study at the boy's home, how the strange woman was the antagonist.
[10:05]You know, the strange woman was the one who was going after the young men.
[10:11]Our society, we I would typically think men are the one going after the women, and they're the one with the smooth talk and the pickup line and on and on.
[10:15]But but there comes a time in a society where where the the culture is so carnal and corrupt that women are the ones out there trying to capture men, uh, by whatever means.
[10:32]And Proverbs 1 through nine illustrates that over and over and over again.
[10:36]Jezebel, an example of a sinner. The strange woman in Proverbs 7, an example of a sinner, uh, similarly, Potiphar's wife, an example of a sinner and many more women are listed in scripture as as sinners.
[10:52]Um, not only these three things, but a woman is also a soul, a soul.
[10:58]It's Genesis 2:7 where the Lord God breathed into the nostrils of of mankind, the breath of life, and mankind, man specifically there Adam, but it includes women for sure, became a living soul.
[11:15]Um, I mentioned already the idea of trichotomy, uh, body, soul and spirit.
[11:21]And I think about redeemed women in scripture, saved souls, you might say, saved female souls in scripture.
[11:31]And um, I think about Lydia in Acts 16.
[11:35]I wonder if any of you are curious to meet this saved soul, Lydia.
[11:40]Uh, the seller of purple, a member of the church at Philippi.
[11:44]Maybe it's because I'm a man, but I am curious to know what Lydia looked like.
[11:50]I guess I kind of envision her to look like Lydia Gibson.
[11:53]I really do. I really do, but uh, but you know, she's a soul, and she's redeemed, and one day you get to meet Lydia in heaven, if you're among the redeemed.
[12:04]I think of Phoebe, the deaconess, her soul was saved and she served the people of God.
[12:10]I think of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
[12:14]Another saved soul. How do you know, Pastor Johnson? Well, because you read in Luke 1 where Mary's soul magnifies the Lord, and her spirit is rejoicing in and these are important words, God her savior.
[12:29]She viewed her son as her savior.
[12:34]Mary is a soul that one day we get to meet in heaven.
[12:39]A female is a soul, a woman is a soul, and there are saved souls among us, and then maybe there are some some damned souls among us.
[12:50]And God forbid. Today is the day of salvation.
[12:55]But you think about Jezebel, I mentioned her already, or you think about the the examples of sinners that I gave, the strange woman in Proverbs 7 or Potiphar's wife.
[13:05]It's very likely that unless there is something that's not canonized about their soul's condition, it's very likely that that those women are in hell like the rich man in Luke 16 and in hell, he lifted up his eyes being in torment, maybe it is true for them.
[13:24]A soul. Not only that, but number five, what is a woman?
[13:30]A woman is a delight.
[13:34]Now you can go home and tell your husbands, Pastor Johnson said, I am a delight, okay?
[13:40]Uh, but really it's a biblical idea, this idea of a delight.
[13:43]Uh, the first occurrence that I found using my Strong's concordance of this idea is Genesis 34 verse number 19 where there a young man is delighting in Jacob's daughter.
[13:54]Uh, more famously is Ezekiel 24:16 where, uh, Ezekiel's wife is the delight, it specifically says the desire of his eyes.
[14:07]Um, and not only that, but more famously than either of those is Esther, Esther chapter 2 verse number 14, the Bible there says that the king delighted in her.
[14:18]Um, and really what all of those references inform us, uh, what they what they tell us is that women are beautiful, okay?
[14:28]So when I talk about this idea of being a delight, I'm telling you that God has made you to be beautiful.
[14:35]And every healthy-hearted man thinks of you as beautiful, okay?
[14:40]Whatever age and stage you are, however you feel about yourself, I promise you that every healthy-hearted man thinks that you are more beautiful than any man sitting in that building over there, okay?
[14:52]Uh, God God created females to be a delight to the eyes of a man.
[15:00]And there's nothing wrong with a man naturally delighting in aspects of femininity.
[15:07]Um, it's the second look for a man that is sinful, but it is natural for a man to see a female and to have a sense of attraction.
[15:16]It's natural for him to think, well, she is beautiful. It is a biblical idea to recognize that she is the fairer sex.
[15:22]It is the feminine figure that is naturally attractive to men.
[15:26]It is the feminine scent that is naturally attracted to a man, a feminine style that is naturally attractive to a man.
[15:37]But there are some things, a few things that are more repulsive to a man than an ugly spirit.
[15:46]So you can have a good feminine look and a feminine way about you, but if you have an ugly spirit, the delight level ratchets down.
[15:57]That's why I really love Proverbs 31, uh, verse number 30 where the Bible helps us put this idea of beauty in perspective.
[16:06]It says, favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
[16:14]I mean, if you have an ugly spirit, but you have a beautiful body, um, you are not the delight that you should be to the men in your life.
[16:24]Um, but if you you say, Pastor, my my body is decaying as I am aging, well, you can still be a delight to the extent that you are fearing the Lord because then you will be praised.
[16:36]Women are beautiful to healthy-hearted men.
[16:40]That's why most men, especially now in the twenty first century, are really, most healthy-hearted men are having a lot of trouble with this whole transgender movement.
[16:51]It's on a pretty much a nightly basis, my wife and I will watch the evening news as we try to fall asleep.
[16:54]Anybody else have that habit? Do you have that habit? Okay, a few of you do. Those of you that don't do that are probably better off, okay?
[17:03]Just because it ends up kind of stressing me out.
[17:06]But but listen, naturally, a man sees a female and he has a sense of delight.
[17:12]And we'll be watching the evening news in the transgender world that we live in, twenty first century America, and there'll be some story about a transgender woman, which of course, means that that's a man.
[17:24]And so the transgender woman is dressed up like, wait, I'm all confused.
[17:30]It's such a confusing thing. But here is a man on TV, but looks like a woman.
[17:35]And at the the, and this is what I tell my wife in the evenings, a lot of times, these stories wear me out because my brain sees a female that there would be a natural attraction to, and then the story, the reporter tells us that that's a man.
[17:49]And then I'm like, ah. It's just, it's, it's it's warped.
[17:55]What our culture is promoting, it's warped. There's a there's supposed to be a natural delight there.
[18:01]Um, again, Ezekiel's wife was the delight of his eyes.
[18:06]Uh, but ladies, sometimes, as I mentioned, that delight level can go down if you adorn yourself with an ugly spirit, so maintain a spirit that fears the Lord.
[18:18]Not only these things, but number six, what is a woman?
[18:21]Biblically speaking, a woman is a difference maker, a difference maker.
[18:26]And you, ladies, again, probably are more familiar than I am with good role models in scripture in this category, but I mentioned Esther already, Esther certainly was a difference maker and specifically a difference maker for her people.
[18:40]Esther was the one who said, if I perish, I perish.
[18:44]She wants to make a difference even if it means her own life.
[18:48]Like Esther lived for something bigger than herself.
[18:54]She had a desire to make a difference. I I think it's no understatement to say that Esther was a courageous lady, she was a purpose driven woman, she was others oriented.
[19:07]And again, maybe it's just because I'm a man, but I kind of wonder what Esther looks like.
[19:13]Um, uh, because again, the the the king delighted in her and, and but the but the reputation of her life, even to this day, all these centuries later, should be in our minds that she was courageous and that she was purpose driven and that she was others oriented.
[19:36]This is her legacy as a difference maker.
[19:40]Not only that, but as you think of difference makers in scripture, uh, Deborah is an example of that.
[19:46]Deborah was a difference maker for her nation.
[19:51]In the days of the judges, she was the only female judge.
[19:56]And at that time men were derelict in their responsibility, so to describe Deborah's legacy, I don't think it's wrong to say that she was an intellectual.
[20:07]Um, there are times in our marriage where it is clear that my wife is smarter than I am.
[20:13]Um, and it's usually when we're playing jeopardy, and uh, she did her home, when we're watching jeopardy, she did her homework much better than I did, uh, when we were in our separate schools.
[20:23]And and there are things, ladies, that you bring to a husband-wife relationship that intellectually may be far superior to your husband.
[20:30]And that's okay.
[20:36]And uh, sometimes husbands, uh, find that to be almost insulting or difficult to deal with, uh, but husbands as they mature and as they become more godly understand the value of a female who is intellectual.
[20:47]I think Deborah's legacy includes that she was also judicious, understanding right from wrong.
[20:54]I mean, as a judge, understanding what is fair and what is not fair.
[20:58]Deborah the difference maker was also, seemingly, a confident individual.
[21:03]As much as you are able to find your confidence in the Lord, you then can become comfortable in your own skin, as they say.
[21:11]And I think these things speak to the difference maker that Deborah was, they speak to her legacy.
[21:19]Um, so ladies, you too can be a difference maker like Esther and Deborah.
[21:23]This is what it means to be a woman.
[21:28]Sometimes people in the Independent Baptist world maybe have the idea that a female should be marginalized or compartmentalized, but you have to take all these feminine examples in scripture as a whole, uh, and understand, uh, the potential, uh, difference maker that a female can be.
[21:46]Here's number seven. What is a woman? She is a hard worker. She is a hard worker. And that's why I had you turn to Proverbs 31 at the outset.
[21:55]Again, the famous question, who can find a virtuous woman?
[22:00]Well, the the chapter, the rest of the chapter goes on to to define really to define what it is to be a woman, and specifically a virtuous woman, a good woman, a woman who is a contributor.
[22:12]But the bulk of the verses and you see on the screen, I've outlined it to be thirteen through twenty four, basically thirteen through twenty four illustrate for us the work ethic of the virtuous woman.
[22:26]She seeketh wool, verse 13 and the flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
[22:30]She is like the merchant ship, she bringeth her food afar off.
[22:34]Verse 15, she riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her maidens.
[22:42]And I won't take time to read the whole text, but but with the exception of maybe one verse, and that's verse 23.
[22:48]I think thirteen through twenty four just illustrate the hard working nature of a virtuous woman.
[22:56]Um, so not only the Proverbs 31 woman as a hard worker, but there are many others in scripture.
[23:00]I read the account of Tabitha this week in preparation for this.
[23:05]That's Acts chapter 9 verse number 36.
[23:08]Tabitha was a hard worker, she was a woman full of good works and and almsteads and and the Bible includes that she produced, she made coats and garments.
[23:19]She was a hard worker.
[23:22]She was a contributor to the society around her.
[23:27]Um, and this is important just to remind, uh, females and even to remind men.
[23:36]I know that there's just a few of us gathered in here right now, but sometimes we, we view females as such a delight that we admire women.
[23:44]And and women are to be admired, but the idea of them being a hard worker is that they are also to be active.
[23:53]Um, and some men will put their female on a pedestal, which sounds good in the beginning.
[23:59]Lady and and until you get sick of it, okay? Yeah, put me on a pedestal and adorn me, and that that's great for a couple of hours.
[24:05]Now I'm bored, now I want to do something, right? And so the idea is not just to be admired, but to be active, and these, uh, these women were definitely hard workers in scripture.
[25:27]And there's a a marginal sense of, I've learned this just being married to Britain for the last twenty four years.
[25:33]I've learned that there is a marginal sense of reward with being adored, but there's a much deeper sense of satisfaction with accomplishing a task.
[25:47]I mean, I can heap praise on Britain all day long.
[25:52]Uh, and my love language, we've talked about love languages in my marriage sermon and and other things.
[25:56]Mine is, mine tends to be more words of affirmation.
[26:00]Britain will say to me, uh, honey, your sermon was a good sermon.
[26:03]Okay, thanks for the words of affirmation. That tends to be my love language. Uh, her love language is different. Hers is, um, more deed oriented, you know.
[26:13]I try to get her a diet coke and bring her a diet coke. She would rather have me bring her a diet coke than roses, okay?
[26:19]Britain would just rather have the Coke. Once in a while, roses, I'm sure are appreciate, but she's more task oriented, or, you know, I can heap words on her.
[26:27]Now, she certainly appreciates that as well, that I think she did something well or that I think she looks pretty.
[26:32]But but the fulfillment that she gets or the satisfaction she gets from that is much smaller than the satisfaction she gets from accomplishing something.
[26:40]Um, or receiving something that took somebody else's work to do.
[26:45]Um, so a woman is a hard worker. Here's number eight. What is a woman? Uh, she is, she is a help meet, she is a help meet.
[26:53]And this is the idea of a completer, a completer.
[27:00]Um, it's in Genesis 2 verse number 18, where the Bible says, it is not good for a man to be alone.
[27:06]It's not good that the man should be alone, and that's why God says, I will make him a help meet.
[27:13]Um, I spent, I think an hour and a half with a fellow this week.
[27:18]And the bulk of the hour and a half was just how lonely he is.
[27:23]He's not a married man, and he's just so lonely, and that's natural in the heart of a man to crave companionship.
[27:32]Or to to say it the way I just did, to crave a completer, and that is what many women are.
[27:40]And again, just like with a life giver, not every woman is called to be a mom, it is true that not every female is called to be a wife, but in general, and some females are called to singleness and they are thankful for singleness because God's wired them to appreciate singleness.
[28:00]I said this before, I say it again, there are days where my wife wish she was called to singleness, uh, but but but many women are called to serve in this role as a help meet, a completer.
[28:10]And it is the idea essentially that men are lost without you.
[28:15]Um, and so I said earlier, you could go home and tell your husband that Pastor Johnson said I was a delight.
[28:20]You could also tell him that he'd be lost without you, that's what Pastor Johnson says.
[28:25]And that's really true, I relate to that, uh, for sure.
[28:30]Uh, a help meet. So, not only these eight, but here's number nine. Number nine is a homemaker, a homemaker.
[28:38]Um, now don't let that be off putting to you.
[28:43]Uh, and if it is off-putting to you, if I say that and that's like nails on a chalk board in your brain, it's probably because the woke agenda, the feminist movement over the last 30 or 40 years has gotten to you.
[28:55]Uh, but in reality, a woman is to be a homemaker.
[28:59]It's it's God's agenda.
[29:02]It's Titus chapter 2 verse number 5, the familiar phrase that women are to be keepers at home.
[29:08]Um, and this doesn't mean that you can't work outside the home.
[29:11]Proverbs 31, I already mentioned what the hard worker that woman was.
[29:18]Um, and so it doesn't mean that you can't work outside the home, but it does mean that your primary responsibilities are domestic responsibilities.
[29:25]It is there where you will find long-term fulfillment.
[29:33]All right, so I've given you nine of these. And before I give you number ten, I want to say that Sunday school is typically dialogue.
[29:38]Um, and most of your classes probably foster some dialogue. I did that in the men's session and I got done over there last week about ten.
[29:43]I'll probably get done over here about ten. So we may have about ten minutes or so for some dialogue.
[29:49]And so as you think about these first nine points I've given you and you'll think about this tenth point, you may want to offer some things.
[29:54]Uh, maybe you'll have questions or maybe you just want to add to this discussion defining what is a woman, so be thinking about that.
[30:02]Uh, but I had to think after I came up with nine, like these first nine were easy for me to come up with.
[30:10]I I, uh, was in my office and I I was praying about what to speak here this morning and I said, uh, Lord, what would you have me communicate to these ladies?
[30:19]And so, I came up with this idea, this controversial question, unfortunately, what is a woman?
[30:25]And I jotted down very quickly these nine ideas.
[30:28]These were all in my head and my heart, top of the list, and then I was like, I only have nine.
[30:35]And this tenth one, I really battled with.
[30:38]And but I had to have ten, because Linda had ten, okay?
[30:42]So there was no way I was coming away without ten. So here's what the Lord directed me to. What is a woman? Here's the tenth idea, and that she is a much needed prayer warrior.
[30:52]That's what you are. When I think of my mom, who I don't get to speak to as much as maybe I should, but I recollect being her son, and my mom is the one who led me to the Lord.
[31:07]My mom is the one who prayed for me when I was in her womb, uh, that I would be a pastor one day.
[31:11]My mom went through a lot with my biological dad and my stepdad, uh, but but ultimately, my mom was the reason that I got into that, uh, instead of public school the first, uh, through six grade, seventh through twelfth grade, I was in that church basement Christian school because my mom was praying for me and my mom was concerned about worldly influences on me.
[31:30]When I think of my mom, when I think of what is a woman, and I go to my mom, I think of a person who's praying for me.
[31:39]Um, and I researched this week a little bit about the the women of prayer in scripture.
[31:45]You can read in Genesis 16:13, Hagar's prayer.
[31:49]She called on the name of the Lord and she said, thou God seest me.
[31:55]In her very negative situation, you see her praying, God, see my situation.
[32:02]First Samuel 2 is famous.
[32:05]It is Hannah's prayer. And Hannah is burdened for a child, and she talks to the Lord.
[32:10]She and this is what prayer is. It is, when it is from your heart, when your heart's disposition is right in prayer, and sometimes a heart disposition is not right in prayer.
[32:20]But when your heart's disposition is right in prayer, prayer is one of the most humble things you can really do.
[32:28]Because prayer is saying, I don't know, God, but you do know, God, so on bended knee or on bended heart, if you will.
[32:36]I say, God, I need you to intervene for my child, or I need you to intervene in my situation.
[32:44]Matthew 15:22 records for us the Canaanite woman's prayer.
[32:50]I mentioned already Mary's, um, song of praise, it's also a prayer in Luke 1:46 through 55.
[32:57]Uh, the the human mother of the Lord Jesus was a prayer warrior.
[33:02]I think also of second Timothy 1 verse number 5, uh, where you read about Grandma Lois and mother Eunice and how they were, they must have been praying women.
[33:16]Timothy was a timid fellow. Timothy was the one who Paul had to say, Timothy got not given us a spirit of fear, but a power of love and of sound mind.
[33:25]I mean, Timothy had his shortcomings, but Timothy ultimately was a great success as he pastored the church at Ephesus and that and as an individual who still ministers to our lives all these centuries later.
[33:36]Timothy was a marvelous success, very likely because of a praying grandmother and a praying mother.
[33:44]And so, what is a woman?
[33:47]She is a prayer warrior among many other things.
[33:51]Um, what is a woman? Just by way of review, if you missed one of these, you can jot these down.
[33:57]What is a woman? Wouldn't it have been amazing if that female Supreme Court Justice when she was asked what is a woman, instead of saying, I'm not a biologist, uh, would have said, well, a woman is an image bearer.
[34:10]A woman is a life giver. A woman is a sinner. A woman is a soul.
[34:17]A woman is a delight. A woman is a difference maker. A woman is a hard worker. A help meet, a homemaker, and a prayer warrior.
[34:27]This is what God wants a woman to be, and these things are different than what your world is trying to pressure you into becoming.
[34:37]This is just my top ten list.
[34:40]I'm sure there are many more things that a woman is.
[34:43]But these are biblical things, theological things, if you will. Let's go ahead and bow our heads and close our eyes for just a few moments.
