March 14, 2021
In our Sunday School study, Unit II was The Call of Women. Unfortunately we missed two weeks of this enlighten study. Women have always contributed significantly to the work of the Kingdom, but have not always received the proper recognition. In fact, in the Baptist Church we have bordered on female discrimination. This, of course, is not the position of our Lord. Jesus raised women from degradation and servitude to fellowship and service.
In Luke 8 we find women accompanying Jesus and the disciples as they travel throughout preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the Kingdom of God. In Jewish culture, women were not supposed to learn from rabbis . By allowing these women to travel with him, Jesus was showing that all people are equal under God. These women not only traveled with Jesus, they supported His ministry with their own money. “And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto Him of their substances.” Luke 8:2-3). Jesus elevated the status of women in the Kingdom, a direct contrast to the customs and mores of the Jewish culture. Jesus recognized the enormous worth of women to the Kingdom and this Pastor certainly shares in that recognition.
As Pastor, I am grateful and appreciative to the Father for the wonderful women of Friendship and for women in general. Lesson five gave us some insight into a certain woman named Lydia, a marvelous person who loved the Lord with all her heart. To this Pastor, Lydia is the personification of the many women of Friendship who love the Lord with all their heart. Women, co-laborers in the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. To God be the glory for His marvelous utilization of Kingdom dwellers, be they bond or free, male or female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
