Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jow@pacbell.com (Jeff Westman) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: women working outside the home. Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 90 05:19:53 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: N/A Lines: 40 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article jcw6@midway.uchicago.edu (joe carl white) writes: | "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are | all one in Christ Jesus." (NIV) Joe, I'm sure your intentions are pure, in that you want to illuminate the rest of us on a Scripture we might have missed, but I think **CONTEXT** is important here. The verse from Galations you have sited has to do with our **POSITION** in Christ, that is, God does not differentiate between mail or female (et al) with respect to our **SPIRITUAL** position -- salvation is available and attainable by all who call on His name. God doesn't play favorites. The verse you quoted has absolutely **NOTHING** to do with a man's responsibility to care and provide for his family (from 2 Tim 3 or 5, I believe, from an earlier posting(s)). This not evade the fact the God commands the man to provide for his family, and puts the responsibility of the home on the woman (same passage -- I wish I had my Bible with me today!). I knew a fellow christian with three kids. He was doing part-time constuc- tion at the time, trying to get on full-time with the local Fire Department (he was number one on the waiting list -- for about a year-and-a-half!). He absolutely **REFUSED** to let his wife work; not because of "mail ego", but because he was doing what God wanted him to do. For a time, he was even working two jobs. Needless to say, he didn't get to see his kids much. Mean- while, his wife took care of the home, again, according to his beliefs. To make a long story short, God has richly blessed his marriage; he also got the job he'd been trying for, which works out great for the whole family because of the way the FD rotates their shifts (24 hrs on/3 days off). We all thought he was crazy. But by his determination and faith, God was faithful. I understand financial hardships. But we must obey God's commands. And then those areas that are not clearly spelled out, that is where Christian liberties take place. -- Jeff