In the begin\u00adning, God crea\u00adted human beings as man and woman \u2013 equal and with a com\u00admon mis\u00adsi\u00adon. But the Fall chan\u00adged this situa\u00adti\u00adon. Ins\u00adtead of ruling tog\u00ade\u00adther, from now on men ruled over their wives, a few over all others. But through Jesus the\u00adse rela\u00adti\u00adonships were res\u00adto\u00adred. Jesus Christ show\u00aded a new under\u00adstan\u00adding of domi\u00adni\u00adon. If someone wants to be the lea\u00adder, then he should be the ser\u00advant of all.<\/p>\n
To start today\u2019s ser\u00admon, I would like to take you into our house\u00adhold. And\u00adrei\u00adna and I were pri\u00adma\u00adri\u00adly loo\u00adking for a job for mys\u00adelf and then found what we were loo\u00adking for here at see\u00adtal chi\u00adle. Andreina\u2019s lifel\u00adong dream has always been to be a mother and house\u00adwi\u00adfe. So we agreed that I would go to the mine and bring money home, and in return she would do most of the house\u00adwork. As it tur\u00adned out, this was a huge win-win situa\u00adti\u00adon for both of us. She was very gra\u00adteful to be able to chan\u00adge care\u00aders. I lived alo\u00adne for some time, but never real\u00adly got used to doing laun\u00addry. Be it becau\u00adse of the washing machi\u00adne, which has to be shared with others in a block. Or becau\u00adse in the rush it some\u00adti\u00admes hap\u00adpen\u00aded that I washed a blue wool\u00adlen jum\u00adper tog\u00ade\u00adther with a pair of white trou\u00adsers \u2013 well, lucki\u00adly light blue does\u00adn\u2019t suit me too bad\u00adly. When our son is one year old, my wool\u00adlen jum\u00adper should fit him too. \tPrai\u00adse and recognition The\u00adse are cer\u00adtain\u00adly very hel\u00adpful in a love rela\u00adti\u00adonship. But they can also be used to con\u00advey app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adon when tra\u00advel\u00adling together. \tHow do you under\u00adstand that Eve was a help to Adam? In the begin\u00adning, God crea\u00adted human beings as man and woman \u2013 equal and with a com\u00admon mis\u00adsi\u00adon. But the Fall chan\u00adged this situa\u00adti\u00adon. Ins\u00adtead of ruling tog\u00ade\u00adther, from now on men ruled over their wives, a few over all others. But through Jesus the\u00adse rela\u00adti\u00adonships were res\u00adto\u00adred. Jesus Christ show\u00aded a new under\u00adstan\u00adding of\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[79],"wpfc_sermon_series":[81],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":{"0":"wpfc_preacher-cedric-bruegger","1":"wpfc_sermon_series-creatio","2":"wpfc-sermon-single","3":"post-3956","4":"wpfc_sermon","5":"type-wpfc_sermon","6":"status-publish","7":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"hentry","11":"wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"},"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\nThis mor\u00adning, start\u00ading from God\u2019s good crea\u00adti\u00adon, we want to look at the issue of res\u00adto\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween the sexes. We want to look at how it was inten\u00added by God and what peo\u00adp\u00adle have made of it becau\u00adse of the Fall and how it could be one day. We want to immer\u00adse our\u00adsel\u00adves in this ten\u00adse topic. We will focus on the rela\u00adti\u00adonship bet\u00adween man and woman based on the sto\u00adry of crea\u00adti\u00adon and the mis\u00adsi\u00adon God gave man in the Gar\u00adden of Eden.
\n1. Eve \u2013 the ulti\u00adma\u00adte help for Adam!
\nWhen it comes to the ques\u00adti\u00adon of the rela\u00adti\u00adonship of women to men and vice ver\u00adsa, a snapshot is often taken. The pro\u00adblem is ana\u00adly\u00adsed that often women are trea\u00adted dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly than men. But in the crea\u00adti\u00adon sto\u00adry at the very begin\u00adning of the Bible, we are shown a dif\u00adfe\u00adrent pic\u00adtu\u00adre. Actual\u00adly, it is quite cra\u00adzy. Alt\u00adhough images of hea\u00adven as it was once sup\u00adpo\u00adsed to be appear again and again in the Bible, we only have two who\u00adle chap\u00adters of how it was at the begin\u00adning of huma\u00adni\u00adty. Two chap\u00adters expres\u00adsing God\u2019s good plan for this earth with all its inha\u00adbi\u00adtants. Two chap\u00adters in which peo\u00adp\u00adle live at peace with them\u00adsel\u00adves and with God. Two out of 1189 chap\u00adters in total. But the\u00adse two chap\u00adters are immense\u00adly important for God\u2019s plan for us humans. That is why we are still loo\u00adking at the crea\u00adti\u00adon sto\u00adry now in April. But it is important to say that the Bible was not ori\u00adgi\u00adnal\u00adly divi\u00added into chap\u00adters. A book should the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre always be seen as a com\u00adple\u00adte work.
\nThe enti\u00adre first chap\u00adter revol\u00adves around the crea\u00adti\u00adon of the uni\u00adver\u00adse and the earth. This is all tied into a nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve frame\u00adwork of six days. The first chap\u00adter of the Bible descri\u00adbes that God crea\u00adted human beings as male and fema\u00adle (Gene\u00adsis 1:27). It is only in the 2nd chap\u00adter, from ver\u00adse five onwards, that the crea\u00adti\u00adon of human beings is explai\u00adned in more detail. Here it is descri\u00adbed that first Adam, the man, was crea\u00adted. \u00abAnd the LORD<\/span> God said, It is not good that the man should be alo\u00adne; I will make him an help meet for him\u00bb (Gene\u00adsis 2:18 LUT<\/span>). For Eve, the first woman, it is not her pro\u00adper name here, but it is Ezer. Ezer means help. Adam was all alo\u00adne in the Gar\u00adden of Eden. But God gave him a help. He gave him someone to talk to, someone simi\u00adlar to hims\u00adelf. Someone to reach out to him. Tog\u00ade\u00adther they would make a super team. God\u2019s dream team, so to speak.
\nBut this alre\u00ada\u00addy rai\u00adses the cru\u00adcial ques\u00adti\u00adon of what help means. Help, unders\u00adtood as a labou\u00adrer on the buil\u00adding site who has infe\u00adri\u00ador know\u00adledge and a lower posi\u00adti\u00adon than a skil\u00adled craft\u00adsman, is cer\u00adtain\u00adly not meant here. But it also does not mean help, as I am curr\u00adent\u00adly expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adcing through a trans\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon app. My wife and I have deci\u00added to take in Ukrai\u00adni\u00adan refu\u00adgees. But the lan\u00adguage bar\u00adri\u00ader is so gre\u00adat that we have to rely on trans\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon even for the simp\u00adlest things. The app is a gre\u00adat help, but it often patro\u00adni\u00ads\u00ades us a lot and takes the reins out of our hands when it comes to com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon. A help like the one meant here is a sup\u00adport. Such help helps to bring out the best pos\u00adsi\u00adble. The same word ezer is also used for God hims\u00adelf. \u00abBut God is my hel\u00adper. It is the Lord who sus\u00adta\u00adins my life!\u00bb (Psalm 54:6 NLB<\/span>).
\nEve unders\u00adtood as a help for Adam does not mean that Adam is hig\u00adher. Rather, Adam and Eve are equal and com\u00adple\u00adment each other. This also stands out in the first men\u00adti\u00adon of humans as God\u2019s crea\u00adtures. \u00abSo God crea\u00adted man in his own image, in the image of God he crea\u00adted them, male and fema\u00adle he crea\u00adted them. And God bles\u00adsed them and com\u00adman\u00added them: \u00abBe fruitful and mul\u00adti\u00adply, popu\u00adla\u00adte the earth and pos\u00adsess it. Rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and all the ani\u00admals of the earth\u00bb \u00bb (Gene\u00adsis 1:27\u201328 NLB<\/span>). Here God gives human beings, as male and fema\u00adle, the man\u00adda\u00adte to rule over the world. Exer\u00adcis\u00ading domi\u00adni\u00adon always means taking respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. I can\u00adnot take domi\u00adni\u00adon over my car wit\u00adhout respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. When I dri\u00adve a car, I con\u00adtrol the stee\u00adring wheel, but I also have to ans\u00adwer for any dama\u00adge. Adam and Eve are both given domi\u00adni\u00adon. But this is not meant to be explo\u00adita\u00adti\u00adve, but lovin\u00adg\u00adly caring.
\n2. lonely ins\u00adtead of together!
\nIt was won\u00adderful\u00adly plan\u00adned by God. A won\u00adderful sym\u00adbio\u00adsis of man and woman. But this idyll did not last long. Peo\u00adp\u00adle deci\u00added to rebel against God. Eve play\u00aded a lea\u00adding role in this. She was tempt\u00aded by the ser\u00adpent and then also con\u00advin\u00adced Adam to eat the for\u00adbidden fruit. When Adam is con\u00adfron\u00adted by God, he bla\u00admes Eve, his clo\u00adsest con\u00adfi\u00addant. He bla\u00admes the being who was sup\u00adpo\u00adsed to help him in his task. So Adam and Eve are faced with a heap of ruins of human coexis\u00adtence. A heap of ruins that still exists today. God pulls the rip\u00adcord and puts them both out\u00adside the door. Adam is punis\u00adhed by the fact that the earth is no lon\u00adger only good. No, from now on the\u00adre are also weeds that make the har\u00adve\u00adst more dif\u00adfi\u00adcult. God says some\u00adthing about Eve that can quick\u00adly lead to much misun\u00adderstan\u00adding. \u00abThen he said to the woman: \u00abWith gre\u00adat dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty and pain you will give birth to child\u00adren. You will long for your hus\u00adband, but he will rule over you\u00bb \u00bb (Gene\u00adsis 3:16 NLB<\/span>). One can quick\u00adly draw the short con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon and say that the hus\u00adband has every right to rule over his wife; after all, it is her own fault. But this view lea\u00adves out a num\u00adber of things.
\nJust as the man from now on has a lot of trou\u00adble orga\u00adni\u00ads\u00ading food, child\u00adbea\u00adring for the woman also invol\u00adves a lot of pain. But not only pain came into Eve\u2019s life, but also depri\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. Eva will long for her hus\u00adband, for secu\u00adri\u00adty, accep\u00adtance, but he will not be the\u00adre for her in the way she wants. Ins\u00adtead of stan\u00adding by her, the man is next to hims\u00adelf. He thinks more of hims\u00adelf and needs the woman pri\u00adma\u00adri\u00adly to satis\u00adfy his own desi\u00adres. But the cru\u00adcial thing about this say\u00ading about Eve is whe\u00adther this was done pre\u00adscrip\u00adtively or descrip\u00adtively. A pre\u00adscrip\u00adti\u00adve inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon means that this say\u00ading estab\u00adlishes a norm. This means that God is say\u00ading here about Eve that the man should rule over the woman. This is God\u2019s inten\u00adti\u00adon and the woman\u2019s fate, to which she must bow from now on. If the state\u00adment is inter\u00adpre\u00adted descrip\u00adtively, it means that the con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon of the woman is descri\u00adbed from now on. Howe\u00adver, this is purely descrip\u00adti\u00adve and does not con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adte a rule. From my point of view, this pas\u00adsa\u00adge is to be unders\u00adtood descrip\u00adtively, that is, descrip\u00adtively. Based on the sto\u00adry of crea\u00adti\u00adon and the com\u00admon mis\u00adsi\u00adon con\u00adtai\u00adned the\u00adr\u00adein to pos\u00adsess and rule the earth. The state\u00adment about woman hap\u00adpens in a situa\u00adti\u00adon whe\u00adre men have alre\u00ada\u00addy rebel\u00adled against God, but it is not the norm. Yes, man and woman have dif\u00adfe\u00adrent talents, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly on the bio\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal side, and thus also per\u00adform the task of pre\u00adser\u00adving the earth dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly. But man and woman have the mis\u00adsi\u00adon of domi\u00adni\u00adon in common.
\nBut how should a man and a woman live tog\u00ade\u00adther in a rela\u00adti\u00adonship? Paul descri\u00adbes this as fol\u00adlows: \u00abThe\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre I say again that every hus\u00adband should love his wife as he loves hims\u00adelf, and that the wife should respect and esteem her hus\u00adband\u00bb (Ephe\u00adsi\u00adans 5:33 NLB<\/span>). Hus\u00adband and wife have to take care of two dif\u00adfe\u00adrent things in a rela\u00adti\u00adonship. The hus\u00adband is to love his wife. The Greek word behind this is aga\u00adpe. Aga\u00adpe means love, but it puts a spe\u00adcial empha\u00adsis on it. Aga\u00adpe means sel\u00adfless, self-sacri\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adng love. It means the love that Jesus show\u00aded on the cross when he gave his life. The hus\u00adband is to meet his wife with such love. This may not sound so dra\u00adstic to us any\u00admo\u00adre, but for a man of that time it was a big change.
\nSoci\u00adal\u00adly, women were mar\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adli\u00adsed in the 1st cen\u00adtu\u00adry AD<\/span>. The man was the decisi\u00adve fac\u00adtor and it was quite clear that the woman had to fol\u00adlow the man. But if now the man sud\u00adden\u00adly has to love his wife as hims\u00adelf, then this chan\u00adges a lot about marital coha\u00adbi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. For love shows its\u00adelf wit\u00adhout excep\u00adti\u00adon in deeds. Love wit\u00adhout action does not exist. I can still tell my wife I love her, but tre\u00adat her bad\u00adly. Then my love is not sin\u00adce\u00adre. Love always shows its\u00adelf in behaviour.
\nWomen, on the other hand, are cal\u00adled upon to respect their men. Yes, dear women, we men need you to let us be your heroes. This spurs us on and this is also what is meant. Respect is misun\u00adders\u00adtood if it means that the wife blind\u00adly fol\u00adlows her hus\u00adband and does ever\u00ady\u00adthing he says. Respect and esteem for the hus\u00adband is shown by show\u00ading him sup\u00adport, prai\u00adsing him and not cri\u00adti\u00adcis\u00ading him all the time.
\nI am then also con\u00advin\u00adced that this is an inter\u00adplay, which is writ\u00adten here in Ephe\u00adsi\u00adans. If the woman rea\u00adli\u00adses that the man loves her and this also includes faithful\u00adness towards her, then she is more wil\u00adling to sup\u00adport the man and be a help to him after the exam\u00adp\u00adle of Eve. Long-las\u00adting rela\u00adti\u00adonships are mutual\u00adly deter\u00admi\u00adned, no one domi\u00adna\u00adtes the other.
\n3. ser\u00adving influence!
\nBefo\u00adre And\u00adrei\u00adna and I got mar\u00adried, we did a mar\u00adria\u00adge pre\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon cour\u00adse tog\u00ade\u00adther. Right at the begin\u00adning of the cour\u00adse we were intro\u00addu\u00adced to the five lan\u00adguages of love. The\u00adse were and are very for\u00adma\u00adti\u00adve for our rela\u00adti\u00adonship manage\u00adment. The\u00adre are five love lan\u00adguages in total and each per\u00adson has a favou\u00adri\u00adte. The task now is to find out this favou\u00adri\u00adte and to speak it. It is not a mat\u00adter of doing ever\u00ady\u00adthing, but of doing the right thing. The five lan\u00adguages of love are the following:<\/p>\n
\n\tTog\u00ade\u00adther\u00adness \u2013 the time just for you
\n\tGifts that come from the heart
\n\tHelpfulness
\n\tTenderness<\/p>\n
\nUp to now, I have main\u00adly spo\u00adken about the rela\u00adti\u00adonship of man and woman, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly in a love rela\u00adti\u00adonship. The rebel\u00adli\u00adon of the peo\u00adp\u00adle cau\u00adsed a lot of things to shake and many things are no lon\u00adger as they were plan\u00adned. Through Jesus came a chan\u00adge of times. Not only do you count in the years befo\u00adre and after Christ, but through him res\u00adto\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon hap\u00adpen\u00aded. With Jesus, the gap of equa\u00adli\u00adty bet\u00adween man and woman, but also bet\u00adween all other sup\u00adpo\u00adsedly wea\u00adk\u00ader social groups, is ope\u00adned. Through Jesus we are all pla\u00adced on an equal foo\u00adting. \u00abNow the\u00adre is no lon\u00adger Jew or Gen\u00adti\u00adle, slave or free, male or fema\u00adle. For you are all equal-you are one in Jesus Christ\u00bb (Gala\u00adti\u00adans 3:28 NLB<\/span>). This making equal does not mean era\u00adsing bio\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adces and indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal, cul\u00adtu\u00adral or other pre\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adces. It is about all being equal befo\u00adre God. He loves ever\u00adyo\u00adne exact\u00adly the same.
\nJesus hims\u00adelf is an exam\u00adp\u00adle to us of how we should behave towards others. Befo\u00adre Jesus was cru\u00adci\u00adfied, he washed the feet of his clo\u00adsest fri\u00adends. This was actual\u00adly a job that was only done by slaves, the lowest peo\u00adp\u00adle. But Jesus was not abo\u00adve lea\u00adving his posi\u00adti\u00adon and taking a servant\u2019s atti\u00adtu\u00adde. So fol\u00adlo\u00adwers of Jesus are cal\u00adled to influence in a ser\u00advant way. \u00abIt shall be dif\u00adfe\u00adrent with you. Whoe\u00adver wants to lead you must ser\u00adve you, and whoe\u00adver wants to be first among you must beco\u00adme your slave\u00bb (Matthew 20:26\u201327 NLB<\/span>). This is my wish for your life and espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly for the tog\u00ade\u00adther\u00adness in this church, that it is just dif\u00adfe\u00adrent with us. That it is not about who sets the tone, but that one ser\u00adves the others.
\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small group
\nBible text rea\u00adding: Gene\u00adsis 2:15\u201325, Matthew 20:26\u201327<\/p>\n
\n\tWhat kind of role model do you have? Is your under\u00adstan\u00adding of Gene\u00adsis 3:16 more pre\u00adscrip\u00adti\u00adve (giving the norm) or descrip\u00adti\u00adve (describ\u00ading)?
\n\tWhat do you see as man\u2019s \u00abdomi\u00adni\u00adon\u00bb over the earth?
\n\tHow do you live mutu\u00adal respect in your relationships?
\n\tHave you alre\u00ada\u00addy stu\u00addi\u00aded the five lan\u00adguages of love? If so, which lan\u00adguage do you speak and how does it show?
\n\tDo you find it dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to ser\u00adve others?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"