Biblical Order of the Family - Nate Clarke - The Book of Genesis

"God's Design for Family"
Genesis 1:27-28; 2:18-25
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Nate Clarke
February 16, 2025

Biblical Gender and Sexuality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9TdJKa_bxM
Pastor Nate addresses the cultural perspective on gender, the legal and political changes surrounding gender and sexuality, and the Biblical view on gender and sexuality.

Marriage Myths & Truths: A Biblical Definition of Marriage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR-SZ-c5DMo
Pastor Nate debunks some cultural myths surrounding the idea of marriage, and presents the scriptural definition and purpose for God's design of this foundational human relationship.


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SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 1:27-28
- Genesis 2:18-25
- God’s Design for Family
- God is the creator of the family
- Elements of a biblical wedding and formation of a family:
     - one male & one female
     - Leave and cleave (Genesis 2:24)
     - Oneness 
     - Order 
- Ephesians 5:22-31
- 1 Corinthians 11:3
- Male & Female are separate
- Male & Female are unique
- “In what sense is red equal to blue? They are equal only in the sense that both are colors in the spectrum. Apart from that they are different. In what sense is hot equal to cold? They are both temperatures, but beyond this it is almost meaningless to talk about equity.” Elizabeth Elliot 
- 1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV
- Male & Female are good!
- “Satan’s plan is for men to act like boys, women to act like men, and to make children unwanted.” Dale Partridge
- Feminism 
- First wave feminism (1840s - 1860s)
- “Women are subjected to duties as wives and mothers because the whole force of education enslaves women’s minds to such roles.” John Stuart Mills, 1869
- Second wave feminism (1940s)
- “The woman is a female to the extent that she feels herself as such. Nature does not define women, it is she who defines herself by reclaiming nature for herself in her affectivity.” Simone De Beauvior, 1949
- “No woman should be authorized to stay at home to raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one. It is a way of forcing women in a certain direction.” Simone De Beauvior 1975
- Being a wife and mother is a “comfortable concentration camp.” Berry Friedan
- “Feminism is the muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.” GK Chesterton
- Third wave feminism (1970s - current)
- “The end goal of the feminist revolution is the elimination of the sex distinction itself; genital differences between humans would no longer matter.” Sholamith Firestone
- The “tyranny of the biological family” must end.
- “The future is female.” - Feminist
- “The future is male and female.” - God
- When you start a family, Satan starts a fight.
- Nehemiah 4:14
- The story stated with a wedding, and the story will end with a wedding.
- Revelation 19:6-9

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