Setting: Contemporary Worship
Length: 55:35

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Occasion: This is a sermon at a church where I have a consulting relationship.
The Pastor in the introduction is Ray Causly of Compton, CA
Title: Did God Create the Woman to be Inferior?
Main Scripture: Genesis 2:18
Main Topics: God's design for the woman, creation, "suitable helper", gender differences

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Introduction

One of the most popular topics today revolves around the differences between men and women. 

Among the many important and interesting aspects to this discussion is the topic of the status of the woman. 
-It is commonly believed that the woman is somehow inferior to the man. 

And really, it does not take much effort to survey human history to see that this was a common assumption. 
           
Did God create the woman inferior to the man?

The best place to begin is at the beginning!  To be exact, we should look at the book of “beginnings,” Genesis.  And let’s begin with a simple proposition:

* Genesis chapters 1-2 come before chapter 3!

-and so, before chapter 3, we find that….        
“Man” is created in the image of God
With this in mind, let’s look at Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

So, did God create the woman inferior to the man?
Genesis 2

The woman is called a “helper”, v.18

Psalm 121:1-2

The woman is created out from his rib, vs.21-22
Another attempt to show that a woman is inferior is to propose that because the woman was created out from his rib she is made inferior to the man. 

This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man."

In other words, the rib operation is God’s way of convincing the man that the woman is the only one truly compatible with him. 
A dog may be seen as “man’s best friend.”  But the woman shall be seen as his truly unique companion. 
Simply put, the meaning of the rib does not lead us to believe she is inferior. 
Rather, we are led to believe that she is just like the man – equal to him in essence

So, did God create the woman inferior to the man?

He did not.

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The woman as a mother and a "helper" is also made in the sermon on Psalm 128:3. Click:

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