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ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF
A CHRISTIAN WOMEN IN A
CHANGING SOCIETY
by: Luella Redfern
Recently, I received an invitation from Pastor Richard Jackson of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Saluda, SC to preach at their Women’s Day Program. I accepted, but when Pastor Jackson said the program was scheduled for their regular Sunday morning service, fear begin to set in. I couldn’t believe how nervous I was. The responsibility of preaching in this rural historical, traditional Baptist church encouraging the women and pleasing my Lord Jesus stressed me out.
With much anxiety and restlessness, I prayed the prayer from Ephesians 6:19 that I always
prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
For many years, the proper place of women in society has been an area of much confusion. Within my lifetime, there has been a sweep- ing revolution of how we, as women, view our role and ourselves in society. There has been a great change in how women view men, our family and how we function in our culture. As Christian women, we should not be in- terested in directing our lives according to the wisdom of men, the course of our culture or an ever-changing society, but according to
“Christian women do not throw out scriptures to show how knowledgeable and spiritual they are, but rather, their key instinct is balancing faith and action on the Word of God.”
pray before preparing to speak “And pray also for me, that God will give me a message when I am ready to speak, so that I may speak boldly and make known the gospel’s secret”. I said to myself as long as you’ve been a Chris- tian Woman, this theme should have been easy.
Later that evening, I received a call from my youngest son Shelton, who is away at college. We talked about his week and midterm ex- ams. Then he said, “mom you sound a little stressed.” I said “well yes I am.” “I have to preach in Saluda on Sunday. I’m just getting the theme and I am struggling with a mes- sage.” Immediately without hesitation he said, “Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may
the wisdom of God as revealed in His Word. As we examine the Biblical role of women in society, we learn that the role and responsibil- ity of Christian women has not changed even in a changing of society.
A changing society promises freedom and fulfillment to those who embrace its philoso- phy. Sadly millions of Christian women have sold out and bought into the lie of personal fulfillment at any cost and have ended up disillusioned, wounded, and in terrible bond- age. Many have given up hope that they will ever be released from their emotional prisons. Thank God, I can declare today that not all Christian women have succumbed to this invitation from Satan himself. There has al- ways been and will always be those special
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