Corrie

“Man is the sun and woman is the moon. She shines not so much with the direct light of God but that derived from man.”???????????????

And he gets this from 1 Cor. 14 where it says that if a woman has a question she is supposed to ask her husband at home?

Because he is the sun and she is the moon and he shines with the direct light of God but she shines with the light of God derived only when she derives it from the man?

I wonder what he would say about the importance of women reading the bible? I wonder what he would say about the many men who couldn’t even begin to answer her question. I wonder what he would say about the scripture that says that we are in need of no teacher because the Holy Spirit is the One who guides us into all truth? I wonder if that verse is talking about a disruption of the Corinthian service where women were asking questions out loud (up until that time they were not allowed to be taught because it was considered a waste of time)?

I do not see that verse having anything to do with the sun and the moon.

Also, if MacArthur wanted to be consistent both the man and the woman are both moons. The moon only reflects light. The sun gives light. Unless he thinks that the man is actually the light of God and the source of His light and women are merely reflectors of man’s glory, then his statement makes no sense. The man is a moon and the woman is a moon and they both get their light from God, the sun. He could have said (not that I would agree) that the man is the greater moon and the woman is the lesser moon and she shines God’s light more dimly than man.

It sounds as if he is confused about what it means to be the glory of man and the glory of God in 1 Cor. 11?

I was considering ordering another John MacArthur study Bible but I think this makes my decision for me.

Isn’t it a great day to be a woman! LOL