THE DANGER OF ADDING TO SCRIPTURE

In Revelation 22:18,19, we are given a stern warning about adding or taking anything away from Scripture. Therefore, I try very hard not to do either of these things. I want to teach exactly what God commands that I teach and the way that He commands it. Let’s take the command for women to be “keepers at home” so they don’t blaspheme the word of God in Titus 2:5. Many women want to add onto this command. I don’t and won’t.

Many will use the Proverbs 31 woman to support women in the workforce. The Proverbs 31 woman was NOT a career woman. Everything she did was in or around her home and for her family. There were no career women in the Bible. There were no women who left their homes all day long, their children in the care of others, and worked for a boss. Besides, I don’t look for examples in God’s Word that negate clear commands to us as many these days do.

God wants women to be keepers at home. Godly women should do all they can to obey this command. Divorce has skyrocketed since women left their homes. We can see destruction all around us as women have disobeyed God on this command. Babies and toddlers are being raised in day cares. Children are being raised in a godless school system. Children are more depressed and suicidal than ever before. God’s will for children is for them to have loving mothers and fathers where the fathers work hard to provide and the mothers are home full time caring for their own children.

If you look at all of the commentaries of old, not one supports women leaving their homes for careers, their children in the care of others, and working for a boss. Once a woman is married, she is to submit to her husband’s authority only. Yes, if he asks her to be in the workforce, then he will be accountable for this. Sometimes the woman is responsible for having to work in the workforce, because she accrued a ton of debt from college or credit cards before marriage. Maybe she wants a whole lot more than her husband can afford. It’s always sin that causes us to disobey God’s clear commands to us.

Here’s what a few commentaries of oldwrote about women being keepers at home:

“Home duties, cares, pleasures, sacrifices of self—these God-appointed duties ought to fill the mind and the heart of the young wife.”

“As ‘guardians of the house,’ as the Greek expresses. The oldest manuscripts read, ‘Workers at home’: active in household duties (Proverbs 7:11; 1 Timothy 5:13).”

“House-wives, not spending their time in gadding abroad, but in looking to the affairs of their own families.”

“Keepers at home: minding their own family affairs, not gadding abroad; and inspecting into, and busying themselves about other people’s matters.”

Undoubtedly, women will ask me about single women. The command to single women is to be holy in both body and spirit (1 Corinthians 7:34). Therefore, whatever she does, she must obey this command. She shouldn’t do anything that will harm her possible future marriage and ability to have children and be home full time with them. This includes debt which often hinders young women to have children and be home with them. This is why I don’t believe college is a good idea for women. Plus, they teach everything against biblical womanhood.

What about making money from home? There’s no prohibition against this. The Proverbs 31 woman made money from home. She is still under the authority of her husband. It’s fine as long as it doesn’t take away from her main ministries of being a help meet to her husband, a mother to her children, and a homemaker. It should only be done if money is truly needed. Many women live simply and frugally within their husbands’ income, so they can be home full time and give all of their time, energy, and attention to their home and family.

Women, your worth does NOT come from a career and paycheck. This is a lie that feminism has perpetuated upon women. Your worth comes from Christ alone. He wants your ministry to be to your family. I will not add to God’s command that women be keepers at home, because I know His will is perfect and this is the best place for women to be.

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Revelation 22:18,19

The Danger of Adding to Scripture

CODDLED CHILDREN GROW UP TO BE FEARFUL

Dennis Prager made an interesting observation last Friday on his radio program. He said that coddled children grow up to be fearful. What does coddle mean? It means “to treat in an indulgent or overprotective way.” One woman in the chat room responded, “That makes sense. My siblings and I were extremely coddled growing up, and we’re all pretty fearful. Now, that’s a huge burden I carry with me and have to fight hard to work through. I don’t think I would have made that connection before. I think I tend to coddle my kids. I’ll have to be very diligent to make sure I don’t do that anymore. Luckily, I have a husband who doesn’t coddle them”

We didn’t coddle our children. We loved them deeply. We were affectionate with them. We disciplined, trained, and taught them the ways of the Lord, but we didn’t give them everything they wanted. We taught them self-control. We taught them early in life that the world didn’t revolve around them. We taught them that pain and suffering were a part of life. Yes, we comforted them in their pain and suffering, but we didn’t overly pamper them about every little ouchy.

Parents who coddle their children aren’t doing their children any favors at all. We live in an indulgent culture. Anything anyone wants, they get. They spend money they don’t have. They buy their children a bunch of plastic toys that were made in China. The children play with these toys a few times and then are bored with them. It’s so much wiser to let your children use their own imagination and creativity in their play. They come up with far better things to do than can be manufactured in China.

Many in the gentle parenting movement coddle their children. They never say “no” to them. They never discipline them. The parents’ lives revolve around the children. The children get to decide where to sleep, when to sleep, and what to eat. Instead of telling their children they can’t climb on the highchair, they move the highchair up on the table when not in use. The children rule the roost. They will have a rude awakening when they grow up and are told “no” often. They will be ruled by their emotions and feelings rather than by doing what’s right, since they have no self-control.

If you indulge your children and hover over them constantly, when they grow up and are in the real world, they will be fearful. They will quickly find that life is not all about them and their desires. They will find that life is full of things to be fearful about. They were never taught how to suffer through hard times nor how to handle difficulties. Their parents protected them from all of this. Women, don’t coddle your children. Raise your children to be strong soldiers for the Lord!

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6

Coddled Children Grow Up to Be Fearful