She will be "preserved" by Raising Godly Children

Thoughts for moms who are raising giants...
Today's post is from Chapter 11 of "A Woman's High Calling" by Elizabeth George (page 162):


"1 Timothy 2:15 "She will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control."
This verse is not about the eternal salvation of the soul from sin, which is only through Jesus Christ. Rather it is about the salvation of woman's dignity and honor, which were lost when she was tempted and deceived by the serpent in Genesis 3 (see 1 Timothy 2:14). Actually, "saved" is better translated "preserved." As my pastor puts it, "Paul is teaching that even though a woman bears the stigma of being the initial instrument that led the race into sin, it is women through childbearing who may be preserved or freed from that stigma by raising a generation of godly children...While a woman may have led the human race into sin, women have the privilege of leading many out of sin to godliness." If you are a mother, you have a most wonderful task before you in positively influencing the generations to come from Jesus Christ! Hear how a few familiar stanzas of poetry express this influence:
"They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea,
He wields a mighty scepter
O'er lessor powers than he.

But a mighty power and stronger
Man from His throne has hurled:
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world."
~William Wallace"


(Blogger's Note: The pastor she mentions and quotes here is John MacArthur, from his MacArthur Study Bible. =) This happens to be the very Bible my husband bought me a few years ago for Christmas. I really like this Bible.) ~Hannah