A Christian’s Response to the Women’s March

On January 21st, over 500,000 protestors took to the streets of Washington D.C. in what was called the “Women’s March.” Protestors in cities across the U.S. joined in this cause bringing the claimed total to more than a million.  The organizers of the March claimed “the march’s goal was to stand up for equality for all groups, especially women, LGBT folks, people of color, immigrants, and those with disabilities.”¹  The march championed the cause of abortion and homosexuality.  The rhetoric put forward portrayed women as victims, having their personal rights attacked.  They frame the arguments so it is about control of their own body, rather than murder of an innocent child; or about civil rights rather than moral choices.

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Conservative Christians, who seek to follow the Bible, are often scorned by such protestors and movements in America today. They believe Christians are bigots, racists, totalitarian, and hypocrites.  Let me suggest a few things for Christians to remember and teach our kids about such rhetoric.

  • God created men and women equal (Gen. 1-2).  Paul says that male and female are all one in Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:28). Jesus was revolutionary when it came to his treatment of women.  He valued and esteemed them as precious souls created in the image of God.  He died on the cross for all people (male and female).
  • Just because the argument sounds good, doesn’t make it right.  Abortion and LGBT proponents have carefully framed their arguments to appeal to the masses.  They appeal to our independent spirit and desire for personal freedom. Yet, they are morally flawed and reprehensible before God.  Christians must continue to put forth the truth that abortion stops a beating heart!  It is the willful killing of another human being.  Homosexuality and bi-sexuality are condemned throughout the pages of Scripture as sinful sexual practices (Rom. 1:21-32; 1 Cor. 6:9-20).
  • Women are the crown of God’s creation (Gen. 2:18-25).  God designed a unique and special role for women, which is different and complimentary to the man’s role (1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 5:21-33; Titus 2:3-5).  They reflect the image of God in their nurturing, love, beauty, kindness, and aptitude for relationships.  They are the emotional center of the home. Women, like men, should seek to fulfill God’s purpose for them in Christ!  They are loved!  They have freedom in Christ, but will only find slavery and bondage in the depths of sin (John 8:31-36).  I can’t help but believe so many of these women marching need to look into the loving eyes of Jesus and hear what the woman caught in adultery heard, “Go, and from now on sin no more” (John 8:11).

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¹  http://www.businessinsider.com/womens-march-washington-photos-protestors-stories-2017-1/#on-january-21-half-a-million-people-significantly-more-than-what-organizers-and-the-city-anticipated-came-out-to-washington-dc-for-the-womens-march-on-washington-1

 

 

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