Part 4
Genesis 2:15-25
Intro: We have
examined the husband – the HEAD of the home. Tonight, we will look at the wife –
the HELP of the home. Solomon said this
about the wife:
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Proverbs
14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her
house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
The wife can be instrumental in BUILDING UP her home, or
BREAKING UP her home.
The world has successfully distorted and perverted the will
of God for the wife.
Hollywood has flourished depicting women as the hero and men
as the villans.
TV shows and movies have reduced men to the role of helpmeet
many times.
It’s barbaric and “stone age” to show a man being a
gentleman.
It’s old fashioned to show a woman as helpless and in need
of a man.
We have women driving dump trucks and men work at the
daycare center.
Women are the detectives solving murder cases and men are
the hair salon and cosmetic experts.
Women are the warriors, and men are running the cooking
shows.
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ILLUSTRATION:
After 19 years on TV, Judge Judy is the highest paid person in TV. With “Judge
Judy” on air for over 16 years, Sheindlin makes $43 million. But if you take
into count that she only works 52 days a year on “Judge Judy,” - Sheindlin
makes roughly $900,000 per episode. Her contract has been extended to 2020.
America is FASCINATED by strong, dominating, sharp-tongued, sassy,
bossy women.
She even owns another company named Queen Bee.
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said, “Nice Women
Don’t Make History”.
They might not make history, but they make God pleased.
I’m not politically correct – and I love it.
It was God’s design for the wife to ASSIST her husband in
making the home complete.
Let’s notice several key facts from our text:
I. The Purpose of
the Wife
·
Genesis
2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not
good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
It is imperative to understand the plan of God when He
created the first wife.
It is clearly stated in the Scriptures that the wife’s role
in the home is to be a HELP MEET.
NOTE: Adam
already had a home, a job, a career and a walk with God when God brought him a
wife. (see Gen. 2:15-17)
The wife wasn’t given to him to tell him what to do, she was
to be his HELP.
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I Timothy
5:14 I will therefore that the
younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the
adversary to speak reproachfully.
This requires that the wife have:
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The
Right Approach to Marriage
We’re not talking about single women.
We are talking to married women.
Their approach to marriage should include a fundamental
understanding of their God-given role in the marriage.
If they are lazy, the marriage will bring nothing but pain
and frustration.
If they are proud and selfish, the marriage will bring
nothing but pain and frustration.
A wife’s role is to HELP – to serve and to minister to the
needs of her husband.
God compares the wife to the church.
God provides for the church, in turn the church serves the
groom.
Our happiness is found in serving God selflessly and
pleasing Him.
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The
Right Attitude toward Marriage
The woman was created with a unique and very specific
purpose in mind.
To help the man achieve success and fulfillment in his life
by helping him.
The man wasn’t put on the earth to fulfill the woman.
She was put on earth to fulfil her man.
The happiest woman in the world is a woman that is doing
what she was created to do.
