The Man's Not Always the Aggressor (TMF:539)

Thursday, November 17, 2016
Peace to Live By: The Man's Not Always the Aggressor (TMF:539) - Daniel Litton
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       But a woman can put a man in places that make both them vulnerable, just like men can do. It isn’t always the man that’s the aggressor, but really women can wear this hat as well. A woman, through her emotional needs, may lead a man into trying to console her when she isn’t feeling well. This can put a man in a bad situation, especially when the woman is married. Let’s look at a warning in Scripture from Paul in 1 Corinthians. It says: “Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come” (1 Corinthians 10:6-11, ESV). We have to be careful, as men, to only help a woman as much as we can. If the woman is married, it is the responsibility of her husband to care for her feelings, and she needs to look to him for those needs.