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Romans 8:5-6
For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things
of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the
Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the
Spirit is life and peace...

Galatians 6:8
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap
corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap
eternal life.

The message revealed throughout all of scripture is that when we seek to live
according to the fallen nature of man, death will result. It is only in dying to self and
the flesh that we enter into life. “There is a way that seems right unto a man, but its
end is the way of death” (Proverbs 14:12, 16:25).

Let us make this very practical. The scriptures reveal that woman was created for
man, not man for woman (I Corinthians 11:9). The scriptures reveal that a woman
should not teach a man, nor in any way seek to be an authority over man for this
would be to usurp the position of man even as Satan tried to usurp authority that was
not his (I Timothy 2:12). The scriptures state that a woman should not correct her
husband even when he is being disobedient to the word of God (I Peter 3:1, 2). The
scriptures reveal that it is the will of God for a woman to submit to her husband and
to maintain a quiet and gentle spirit before man (I Peter 3:3-5, Titus 2:3-5). The
scriptures even reveal that it is the will of Yahweh for a woman to treat her own
husband as her lord (I Peter 3:6).

As an indication of how very difficult these things are for a woman to walk in,
consider how many times you have heard a sermon, read a book or article, or had a
conversation with someone, and the aim of the communication was to convince you
that these scriptures do not mean what they say. To walk in any of these things
requires a dying to self, and crucifixion is not pleasant. Because of this, most women
simply prefer to deny what the scriptures state and to put a false interpretation upon
them. Did you struggle within yourself as you read these things that are recorded in
scripture? Did you think, “But you don’t know my husband, or my father?”

It is often the case when we see something difficult and unpleasant to the flesh
revealed in scripture that we refuse to receive the clear meaning of the words. For
example, we call Yahshua “Lord” all the time. We know what this implies. When we
call Yahshua Lord we are saying that He is supreme over us. We are acknowledging
that His will takes precedence over our will. We know our response to Him is to be
one of obedience. Yahshua also indicated that this was the meaning of being called