Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy approaches Bible teaching with a passion for getting the basic doctrines explained so that the individual can understand them and then apply them to circumstances in their life. These basic and important lessons are nestled in a framework of history and progression of revelation from the Bible so the whole of Scripture can be applied to your physical and spiritual life.
Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
Government - Man-Centered or Man-Ruled?
In the household, is the man the center of the household, the glue that holds it together and provides for the family, or is it ruled by the man where he is the most important part of the household? In this session, Jeremy unpacks differences between Patricentric views and the Patriarchy. The distinction is critical to standing strong as a Christian today.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on Biblical Government. What does the Bible say about Christians' involvement in and support for the government that you are ruled by? Today is just a small taste from tomorrow's full lesson.
Speaker 2:Okay, so there's some implications of the creation of the man and the woman from the man, and that's the unique creation, right. None of the animals were created this way. God just made fish, he made birds, he made animals and so forth. But when it came to man, he created the man first and then he created the woman out of the man. He took the tessella right, the rib or the side of the man, and then he crafted the woman, he built her. She was well built too. Anyway, it's all fun, right.
Speaker 2:That's what it says the guy sang a song on the day that he was created. He brings her here and he says boy, okay, anyway, this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman, for she was created out of man, right? So he sings a song. He's poetic, men. We should be more poetic, okay.
Speaker 2:So there's some implications to the way that God did this. First of all, the man is the leader, the woman is the follower, and this creates the context of an idea that is hopefully going to catch on in Christianity, called patricentrism. So the man is the leader, because what he's the head of the woman, you know she's made out of him. So he's the head of the woman. That makes him the leader. And he is, of course, to love his wife. That's what a woman needs more than anything. She needs real love, sacrificial love, the love like of Jesus Christ type love, sacrificial love, putting her before his own best interest. Number two implication the woman is the follower. That's because the woman's head is her husband. So she's the follower and she is to support and respect her husband. Husband needs to support and respect more than anything else. Sometimes he could care less if you love him. He just wants you to respect him, that's what he?
Speaker 2:wants more than anything and support what he's doing. And then this leads to an idea called patricentrism. So I don't hold to patriarchalism, which is the idea that the man is the ruler, like a dictator. This is an idea that is in Christianity, but it shouldn't be in Christianity because the Bible does not teach this. Rome had this, they had patriarchy, but Rome ain't the Bible.
Speaker 2:So the Bible presents something called patricentrism, and what this means is that the husband is at the center. The husband and father is at the center of the family, the marriage or the family, if he has a family and he's responsible for the well-being of everybody in that sphere, meaning his wife and his children, and so in this context, he's watching everyone. He's making sure their needs are met. He notices if something is not right with someone. How does he notice? Because he's paying attention to everyone. Is not right with someone, how does he notice? Because he's paying attention to everyone and he wants to make sure their needs get met.
Speaker 2:A good example of somebody who's patricentric male in the Bible is Boaz. Boaz is concerned about Naomi, he's concerned about Ruth, he's concerned even about Ruth's dead husband. So he's thinking about inheritance. He's thinking about all sorts of things relative to these people, and he wants to make sure all the right things happen. That's a patricentric male. And Jesus Christ is another one. He came not for his own interests but for ours, didn't he? And that's what a patricentric male does. He's more concerned about everybody else's needs being met than his own. And if he does that, god will take care of his interests, because that's who our God is. So this requires observation, initiation, decision making, and this constitutes a true leader. He's not a dictator. He's a true leader. He's a sacrificial, humble servant. That's patricentrism.
Speaker 1:Thank you for joining us for this episode of Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you'd like more information, you can find us on the web at beyondthewalls-ministrycom. If you're interested in seeing the visuals that go along with the teaching, you can find those on Spokane Bible Church's YouTube and Rumble channels.