A CURSED EXISTENCE AND ITS DILEMMA

                 

In the beginning there was a rift between man and God. Men ate of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. This act broke man’s direct line of communication with God and emplaced a gulf that left man to his own fate. Ever since that gulf was created they had always been two rules to loyalty and submission which is a man’s loyalty to his leaders and a woman’s loyalty to her husband. A man therefore is obligated to be loyal to his leaders, submit to his leaders, pray always for his leader. So that like Timothy wrote in 1^st Timothy 2:2 we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. A woman is thus expected to be submissive to her husband, to be humble before her husband, to support and pray for her husband so that she may find peace in this life and the next.

Since the establishment of this norm which has stood for thousands of generation. There has been a rift always between men and his leaders, and between women and their husbands. The existence of this rift necessitated the introduction of a third factor to ensure our continued existence. This factor is none but our lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Christ has always been seen as a mediator between man and God, a mender of a relationship that was almost destroyed by man’s ignorance. His introduction into the world opened up a communication line that was since severed. Thus creator and creation became one again through his death and resurrection. This factor thus alters the norm of the curse as we know it, and makes simple a long standing dilemma. In Genesis 3:16b God said unto Eve, thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee.

 Therefore, everything changes. There is no more divided loyalty either to a leader or a husband. This has never been as clear, as it is right now. That there can be only one loyalty, only one through which we must judge our actions and weigh our decisions. That one is our direct line of contact with God, that one is our savior Jesus Christ. So inasmuch as a man must be loyal and faithful to his leaders. He must first be loyal and faithful to God, and so applies for a woman also. Throughout the times of the Disciples of Christ and Apostle Paul, they were constantly at logger heads with the leadership of this world because of a clash of interest. With Christ as our mediator there is no excuse to sin, just because Eve said so, or because Adam said so. There is none what so ever. A door and link has been opened up, granting us access to unlimited resources to enable us lead holy and righteous life. All we need to do is pray always, be in constant communication with God, establish a standing relationship with our heavenly father, whose only mediator is Jesus Christ and on earth other anointed servants of God who preach and live their life in exact replica of Christ. Men as such are rare, and because of the kind of humble living they prefer we hardly have contact with them. A man anointed by God is not given to wealth and worldly pleasures. Their place is with God and their home is in the church.