The Weekly Perspective
by Burke Shade, Associate Pastor
“Male and Female”: where have you heard that phrase before? Well, in Genesis 1 when God creates man and woman, male and female, Adam and Eve. Also, in Matthew 19 when Jesus responds to the hard-hearts of the Pharisees regarding divorce, reminding them that the Creator “from the beginning made them male and female.” The Apostle Paul notes in Galatians 3 that in our baptisms we have “put on Christ” and are all Sons of God such that there is “neither slave nor free, nor male nor female, for you are all one in Christ.” Definitely a biblical phrase!
But this phrase, “Male and Female;” where have you heard that lately? From none other than President Trump when he ended federal support for transgender sports and all the other nonsense uses of transgender ideology. This past week, Health and Human Services revised their definitions: two sexes, male and female.
President Trump said his decision was based on “common sense” and “science.” Which is true because we live in God’s world. Look around, and you only see two sexes: male and female.
But when we as Christians discuss this issue with fellow believers and unbelievers (and our kids), let’s be honest and truthful and witness for Jesus Christ — it’s his Created standard! It’s God’s design for the world, and always has been.
Adam and Eve are just the type; “male and female” picture also Jesus and his bride, the church. Jesus and his love for his bride sets the standard for husbands, males, loving their wives, females (Ephesians 5:25ff). If we equivocate on this, we lose our very salvation: Jesus dying for his bride to save her. Let’s not abandon the Greatest Love Story ever told!