“𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬: “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲. 𝐀 𝐉𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥.”
So what do we do with the 𝑚𝑒𝑛 in the Bible who actually went astray, sinned sexually, or spread false doctrine? I don't hear anyone pointing to them, or men today who commit much more egregious acts than expressing their thoughts, saying,
“𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.” No, our response is usually, "𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚?!"
Sin isn’t gender-specific.
And neither is calling.
So if we’re going to make this about gender, then let’s be consistent—
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧?
Not to mention the long line of men in Scripture who failed, fell, or flat-out rebelled:
𝗛𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘂𝘀: “Their teaching will spread like gangrene” (2 Tim. 2:17).
𝗛𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: “Whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme” (1 Tim. 1:20).
𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗖𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀): “The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray” (Gal. 2:13).
𝟭 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟱:𝟭: “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.”
𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁: Personally chosen by Jesus—yet he betrayed Him (Luke 22:3–6).
𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗹: Anointed by God, later rejected for disobedience (1 Sam. 15).
𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱: A man after God’s own heart—who committed adultery and murder (2 Sam. 11).
𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻: First high priest, but led Israel into idolatry by making the golden calf (Ex. 32:1–6).
𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗻: The wisest man alive, yet turned to idolatry (1 Kings 11:4–11).
𝗘𝗹𝗶’𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗻𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘀): Priests who stole sacrifices and slept with women at the entrance to the tent of meeting (1 Sam. 2:12–25).
𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝘀: Lied to the Holy Spirit and died under judgment (Acts 5:1–5).
𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀: Abandoned Paul because he “loved this present world” (2 Tim. 4:10).
Let’s be honest: the issue isn’t that women are more prone to deception, sin, immorality, or that they were divinely designed to live under male authority.
The real issue is 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵.
We have a real problem with labeling control and power as holiness and obedience.
So, if we’re going to weaponize Scripture against women,
let’s be just as rigorous with men—
but then we'd have no one left standing.
𝑶𝒓...
We could repent for how we’ve mishandled God’s commission.
We could honor the 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 Body of Christ—male and female.
We could submit to the Spirit who anoints whoever He chooses.
We could finally stop defending abusive, misogynistic systems—
and start defending the heart of God for all.”
— Stacey March
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