God loves women. Women share equally with men the privilege of bearing God's image to the rest of creation (Gen. 1:26) and share equally in redemptive glory (Gal. 3:28.) Given the social norms of first century Palestine, Jesus' associations with women were near scandalous. Christ's conversation with the Samaritan woman, his friendship with Mary and Martha, and the gender that he chose to bear the first witness to his resurrection all testify to God's intense devotion to the fairer sex. And Paul's Spirit-led, frequent acknowledgments and affirmations of the women he considered his partners in ministry were no less astounding, and likewise reveal God's love for his feminine creations.
In our day, "It's a girl" is the deadliest phrase on the planet. In the past year, in China and India alone more girls were eliminated than were born in the United States. And they were all murdered or abandoned simply for the "crime" of being girls. Lord have mercy on us...
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