#equalinGodseyes
"Now, sisters, while your input is significant and welcome in effective councils, you need to be careful not to assume a role that is not yours. The most successful ward and stake councils are those in which priesthood leaders trust their sister leaders and encourage them to contribute to the discussions and in which sister leaders fully respect and sustain the decisions of the council made under the direction of priesthood leaders who hold keys." Elder Ballard. September 2014 Ensign.
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." (Genesis 1:27)
(What is the image of God?)
"And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an helpmeet for him." (Genesis 2:18)
(What is the role of an helpmeet? Is this limited in scope?)
"Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God." (1 Corinthians 11:11-12)
(What is being said here? Woman is of man, all things of God, man by the woman. Men come into this world by the woman.)
"And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God. And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient. And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God, and they made all things known unto their sons and their daughters." (Moses 5: 10-12)
(What was Eve's role here?)
"And it came to pass that after I, the Lord God, had driven them out, that Adam began to till the earth, and to have dominion over all the beasts of the field, and to eat his bread by the sweat of his brow, as I the Lord had commanded him. And Eve, also, his wife, did labor with him." (Moses 5:1)
(Eve was an equal partner in the labor.)
Since the days of Adam, the greatest single event was the Lord's resurrection. A woman was the first to witness the risen Lord.
"Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils." (Mark 16:9)
(How significant is this?)
"And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou has laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God." (John 20:14-17)
Christ rebuked His apostles for not believing Mary when she came to them.
"Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen." (Mark 16:14)
From the close of the New Testament, the greatest event has been the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Again, the Lord chose a woman to be a primary witness.
"Whitmer later recounted that during their journey to Fayette, he Cowdery, and JS briefly encountered a 'pleasant, nice looking old man' whom JS identified by revelation as a heavenly messenger transporting the plates. Whitmer also recalled that soon after their arrival in Fayette, his mother, Mary Mussleman Whitmer, was met 'by the same old man, who showed her the plates.'" (Joseph Smith Papers, Documents Vol. 1: July 1828-June 1831, p. 67.)
"Though he did not become a witness of the plates for weeks, he (David Whitmer) reported years later that soon after their arrival, his mother was shown the plates by a heavenly messenger." (Id. at p. 83) (Published by the Church Historian's Press)
(Things to think about.)
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." (Genesis 1:27)
(What is the image of God?)
"And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an helpmeet for him." (Genesis 2:18)
(What is the role of an helpmeet? Is this limited in scope?)
"Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God." (1 Corinthians 11:11-12)
(What is being said here? Woman is of man, all things of God, man by the woman. Men come into this world by the woman.)
"And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God. And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient. And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God, and they made all things known unto their sons and their daughters." (Moses 5: 10-12)
(What was Eve's role here?)
"And it came to pass that after I, the Lord God, had driven them out, that Adam began to till the earth, and to have dominion over all the beasts of the field, and to eat his bread by the sweat of his brow, as I the Lord had commanded him. And Eve, also, his wife, did labor with him." (Moses 5:1)
(Eve was an equal partner in the labor.)
Since the days of Adam, the greatest single event was the Lord's resurrection. A woman was the first to witness the risen Lord.
"Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils." (Mark 16:9)
(How significant is this?)
"And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou has laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God." (John 20:14-17)
Christ rebuked His apostles for not believing Mary when she came to them.
"Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen." (Mark 16:14)
From the close of the New Testament, the greatest event has been the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Again, the Lord chose a woman to be a primary witness.
"Whitmer later recounted that during their journey to Fayette, he Cowdery, and JS briefly encountered a 'pleasant, nice looking old man' whom JS identified by revelation as a heavenly messenger transporting the plates. Whitmer also recalled that soon after their arrival in Fayette, his mother, Mary Mussleman Whitmer, was met 'by the same old man, who showed her the plates.'" (Joseph Smith Papers, Documents Vol. 1: July 1828-June 1831, p. 67.)
"Though he did not become a witness of the plates for weeks, he (David Whitmer) reported years later that soon after their arrival, his mother was shown the plates by a heavenly messenger." (Id. at p. 83) (Published by the Church Historian's Press)
(Things to think about.)
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