Part of my devotional reading this morning was a passage I have read many times, Galatians 3:26-29:
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
It says that whether we are men or women we are all clothed with Christ - equal in God's sight and heirs of the same promise. That clothing is unisex.
The devotional went on to talk about someone who liked watching sport and that triggered something in my mind.
There are not many sports where men and women compete at the same level but equestrian events is one of them – show jumping, dressage, eventing and even on the race track (and women ride in the Grand national). But in all these events they partner with their hoses. Without the horse it would be pointless.
And my thoughts were the only way for men and women to be equal in the Church is to all be relying on Jesus. Without him we would be powerless and get nowhere. There can be no equality of the genders without the Holy Spirit.
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
It says that whether we are men or women we are all clothed with Christ - equal in God's sight and heirs of the same promise. That clothing is unisex.
The devotional went on to talk about someone who liked watching sport and that triggered something in my mind.
There are not many sports where men and women compete at the same level but equestrian events is one of them – show jumping, dressage, eventing and even on the race track (and women ride in the Grand national). But in all these events they partner with their hoses. Without the horse it would be pointless.
And my thoughts were the only way for men and women to be equal in the Church is to all be relying on Jesus. Without him we would be powerless and get nowhere. There can be no equality of the genders without the Holy Spirit.