![]() ![]() ![]() She knew that God was a God of abundant provision, and so she argued that even the dogs receive scraps from under the table (15:26-27). When he declared that it is not right to take the children’s food and throw it to dogs (i.e., to take the blessings of Israel and give them to the gentiles), the woman refused to be silenced. ![]() Jesus at first rebuffed the foreigner, telling her that he had come only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matt. In yet another story, a Canaanite woman approached Jesus to ask for healing for her daughter, who was tormented by a demon. Ultimately the woman became convinced that Jesus was the messiah, and she ran into the village to spread the good news to her neighbors, who believed because of her testimony (4:39). This was not the only time Jesus entered into theological discussions with women his conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well turned into a debate regarding Samaritan and Jewish beliefs (John 4:19-26). This was a stunning affirmation of Mary-rabbis of the day would never let females sit at their feet in discipleship! In the famous argument between the sisters, Jesus commended Mary for choosing the “better part” when she sat at the feet of Jesus to learn from him (Luke 10:38-42). Nonetheless, among the many other disciples who followed Jesus were women such as Mary and Martha. If we are to understand how women are to bear God’s image, then, we must explore the mind of Jesus regarding women.Īlthough Jesus chose twelve men to be his closest disciples, this choice served as a new symbol of the twelve sons of Jacob, whose descendants became the tribes of Israel. In a word, it is that change whereby the earthly, sensual, devilish mind is turned into the ‘mind which was in Christ Jesus’” (“The New Birth,” II.5). John Wesley declared that believers experience the new birth when they are “‘renewed after the image of God, in righteousness and true holiness ’ when the love of the world is changed into the love of God pride into humility passion into meekness hatred, envy, malice, into a sincere, tender, disinterested love for all mankind. If one wishes to consider, however, the best way for women and men to bear the image of God faithfully, then we must look no further than Jesus himself.Ĭolossians describes Jesus as the “image of the invisible God” (1:15) in whom “all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell” (1:19). Yet spiritual leadership in the Old Testament arose from both men and women many female leaders defied the patriarchal culture to demonstrate their obedience to God. 3:16), whose image-bearing was marred deeply. Male hierarchy only occurred as a consequence of the sinful actions of Adam and Eve (Gen. Part one of this article explored how men and women equally bear the image of God and the call to have dominion over the earth (Gen. ![]()
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