A sober and humble treatise Against that Blasphemous and antichristian Doctrine of Feminism, which is Utterly Repugnant to the Word of God, the Light of Nature, and All Sound Doctrine
Intro.
1. The Definition of Feminism.
2. The Theological Source of Feminism.
3. The Principle of Authority. (From Rom. 13)
4. Feminism as witchcraft. (From 1 Sam. 15)
I. The Culture of Feminism.
1. Feminist corruption in the world.
2. Feminist corruption in the church.
II. The Kinds of Feminism.
1.Governmental.
a. Civil authority.
b. Law.
c. Voting.
d. Military.
2. Social.
a. Sports and athletics.
b. College.
3. Personal.
a. (Selfish)
b. Opinionated.
c. Disobedient.
d. Wanderlust.
III. The Blasphemy of Feminism.
1. It is against the order of creation.
2. It is against God’s law. Equity/justice.
3. It is against nature.
IV. The Effects of Feminism.
1. The destruction of the Family.
a. The role of the husband.
b. The role of the wife.
c. The example of the parents to their children.
d. (The duty of children to their parents, and ultimately to God.)
2. The destruction of the Nation.
a. The evil of Abortion and birth control.
b. The abomination of Sodomy/Gender identity.
c. The tolerance of false religion, namely Islam.
d. The wickedness of Globalism.
V. The Final End of Feminism.
1. The end of feminism foretold by the overthrow of Jezebel.
2. The end of feminism foretold by the destruction of Babylon the great whore.
Conclusion.
Introduction.
A deadly and destructive movement is sweeping across America, laying waste to persons, families, churches, and governments. Since its birth from hell and rise to power in this land, it has accomplished many of its commissions—unchecked by law and unbridled by restraint. This movement is known as feminism, and it has brought untold havoc upon the world since the early 20th century (though the seed was doubtless planted long before then).
We must first establish that its astonishingly rapid ascent, and now almost universal acceptance is due not to the strength of women, but to the weakness of men—yea, not to the weaker vessel obtaining dominion, but to the original head conceding and deferring to it.
For undoubtedly womankind lacks the strength, conviction, and resolve to lead a successful revolt against man. We must therefore conclude then that for women to have any authority at all it must be derived from men. And if their liberty and power comes from men it is not liberty and authority in the truest sense but borrowed and derived. Truly, then all women exercising authority outside of their sphere is a mockery of the very office they occupy and a contempt of power and the concept of authority. It is therefore a perversion of authority and we conclude that it is idolatry. A false opinion which has been accepted and elevated by the pride and vain opinion of man.
And who would be so willfully blind as to imagine that the strength of idolatry lies in the carved wood itself receiving homage? The fact that it has gained wide acceptance and is so prevalent in American cultural philosophy is not because it is a viable and rational policy. Men by reason of their fall are become spiritually mad, averse to wisdom, and wholly inclined to all error. Sin is any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God. Sinners therefore by reason of their natural corruption are wholly bent on accumulating to themselves and resting in without any divine authority or validation false opinions, presumptuous and fatuous notions, and once they have accepted it, it is now a part of their pride and being unable to repent and perform that which is good they rather enforce it, pretending that their word is law and their doctrine comes from the highest power. They have invented a form of disobedience and seek to promote it, not because it is wise, right, prudent, or beneficial to a people or nation, but because it has been passed down to them. The elevation of any principle which is not set down and authorized in the word of God is idolatry, regardless of who is promoting it, how many are promoting it or how it is promoted. It is not therefore for the strength of the cause that it remains entrenched in the highest places of culture and society but because of the weakness of men who are subject to delusion and willingly make themselves the habitation of devils and every hateful opinion.
Idolatry is the work of error: men paying homage to, and willingly subjecting themselves before a lifeless thing. So it is with feminism.
The idea, in itself, is void of merit—easily refuted, rationally dismantled, and rightly scorned by natural prudence and common sense. Even the ancient Romans cast contempt on the prospect. Yet in recent history it has gained acceptance, even dominion over the minds of men, not by the might of argument, but by guile, deceit, and presumption. They made for themselves idols, and now they will not let them go. It is the duty of godly ministers and magistrates therefore to burn these detestable things before their eyes. Ministers by the word of God. Magistrates by making and enforcing good laws. As it is written, “The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.” (Deut. 7:25) Mankind, ensnared by the gold of pride and the praise of men (in this case women) and the silver of liberty have taken this idol into their pantheon and therewith have defiled themselves.
But it is not as if women have never lusted after rule or nursed wanton fantasies of authority, but rather that such aspirations were once restrained by lawful government—by men of character, integrity, and principle, who understood that the rule of women signals the end of true justice and equity, the collapse of moral order, and the rise of emotional and sentimental terror. The modern woman’s demand to rule, speak, lead, and govern is nothing new—it was declared in Eden. *“Thy desire shall be to thy husband”—*a desire not of affection, but of dominion. And God’s response is just as enduring: “He shall rule over thee.” The feminist impulse, then, is not a new movement, but an ancient rebellion, and those who defend it are not pioneers, but children of the Fall. Feminism takes what is holy and makes it profane. It calls male headship “toxic,” female submission “slavery,” and feminine modesty “oppression.” It trades virtue for vice and replaces truth with utter delusion. “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil…”
And although it be so strange and unnerving a thing to even imagine that man would raise up an idolatrous tradition which places woman above her lawful station—seeing that there is nothing more beautiful than a woman in her God-ordained place within the covenant home—yet beholding multitudes of depraved and deluded men rallying to a doctrine so plainly repugnant to reason, so abhorrent to philosophy, and so openly contradictory to the Word of God, we are therefore behooved and compelled by the authority of God to oppose and utterly confute this vile and accursed doctrine, in faithfulness to Christ’s word, for the sake of His church and kingdom. We aim in this treatise to strike a blow at this monstrous witch with the golden sword of antithesis, and to show that—since the Holy Scripture speaks so expressly and unequivocally concerning what principles we are to believe and how a woman ought to behave, and live (as one who fears God)—it must necessarily follow that feminism which is so contrary to that holy and perfect rule of God is thereby to be utterly detested and condemned along with every other idolatrous practice and opinion. And all who do not take up this cause with zeal and devotion deny the fear of God, cast contempt on His word and make war against the king of heaven and Him that said unto woman, “He shall rule over thee.”
as it is written, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” and again, “The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand.”
Therefore, as God gives grace by His Holy Spirit—filling us with zeal for His truth and contempt for every unholy ambition—we will, in firm belief that Scripture is the very Word of God, submit to that Word humbly, defend its doctrine zealously, and being much grieved, saddened, yea, even stirred to righteous anger by the apostasy of what is falsely called the church, and the rebellion of the people and princes alike, raise a banner against this madness until it lies in the dust at our feet. [see Mal. 4:3]
We will confront it point by point—first in defining what we oppose, then in proving by the Word of God that it is contrary to nature, obnoxious to His law, antithetical to piety, and therefore utterly unjustifiable and worthy of detestation. And as this grace has been mercifully given to us by God—to raise voice and pen against such impudent lawlessness—so we shall do, in meekness and in submission to His revealed will.
John Knox before us, that Scottish Reformer and lion of the pulpit, wrote a famous treatise against the reign of Queen Mary entitled The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. He intended to augment it with a second and third blast, but it was not the Lord’s will, and these were never completed. Nevertheless, the original work remains a marvellous testimony to Knox’s faithfulness to the Word of God, despite fierce opposition, persecution, and the shameful silence of those in the English church who refused to suffer alongside him in the fire.
In that treatise, Knox mourns the gross cowardice of bishops and churchmen unwilling to stand against the prevailing corruption and tyranny. He argues from Scripture and sound reason that it is repugnant to holiness, and a monstrosity in nature, for a woman to bear rule over a man. He opens with fire and conviction, full of courage and the Spirit of God:
“Wonder it is, that amongst so many pregnant wits as the isle of Great Britain has produced, so many godly and zealous preachers as England did sometime nourish, and amongst so many learned, and men of grave judgment, as this day by Jezebel are exiled, none is found so stout of courage, so faithful to God, nor loving to their native country, that they dare admonish the inhabitants of that isle, how abominable before God is the empire or rule of a wicked woman (yea, of a traitress and bastard); and what may a people or nation, left destitute of a lawful head, do by the authority of God’s word in electing and appointing common rulers and magistrates.”
Here Knox, with clarity, boldness, and righteous justice, rebukes the Queen of England—Mary I, “Bloody Mary”—for her spiritual whoredoms and her high wickedness. With impiety and impunity, she persecuted the true church of God, banishing and burning those who held fast to the gospel of justification by faith alone. And by consequence, Knox lays the charge also upon all who approved of or permitted such an abomination to take place.
This opening passage remains a beacon of courage for us, an exhortation to raise up the banner of godliness without fear of princes or mobs. We must not fall prey to the vain traditions of men—whether ceremonial, personal, or political. As it is written: “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong” (1 Cor. 16:13).
So then, just as Knox and also the prophets of the LORD wept bitterly over the widespread abuse and contempt of God’s law, we likewise lament: both over the transgression committed by the ignorant masses, and by consequence, the unfaithfulness and apostasy of those modern pastors who bear that holy title falsely, and the utter cowardice of men in public office who tolerate so great an abomination as the rule and dominion of women.
It is a doctrine to be abhorred—a vile opinion, spawned in the pit of hell, planted in men’s minds by the father of lies, that old serpent, that great dragon, called Satan—whom the Lord shall destroy on the last day, along with all those who belong to him.
For truly, though wicked women rise to power by craft and deceit, and though they build their Amazonian empire as high as the heavens—filling the land with their connivery, errors, whoredoms, and witchcraft—yet the land, which is the LORD’s and ruled by Jehovah the King, will not abide them. It shall vomit them out, and they shall fall suddenly—with a great and terrible fall—from which they shall never rise again.
As the Scripture saith: “he shall break them with a rod of iron.” and again, “I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.” and “she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets” (Mic. 7:10).
And such shall be the consternation and terror of her fall—even the fall of the whole empire of rebellious women and the men who were enslaved to them—that they shall look upon her from afar, fearing to draw near, and shall say: “Alas! what great city is this, that in one moment is brought to nothing?” She shall be consumed by the breath of God’s mouth, and destroyed by the brightness of His coming.
The great day of the LORD is approaching, and who will abide His judgment?
Both men and women who submit to lies shall, on the Last Day, be destroyed—as it is written: “Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not” (Isa. 2:8–9) and again, “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.” (Rev. 22:14,15, cf. Rev. 21:27) and again, “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (2 Thess. 2:11-12)
We aim in this treatise, therefore, to topple this idolatrous empire of feminism by simple and practical arguments and to make it plain to every reader that the scripture assuredly teaches that all feminists being enemies of God’s created order and His most holy law shall be destroyed by God with fire on the Day of Judgment.
This treatise is not aimed against flesh and blood, but is spiritual in nature, aimed at a kingdom or city of false philosophy and demonic ideology. It is for the benefit of the church and the defense of true Christian doctrine in a world of iniquity in the spirit of Augustine and Knox.
Augustine writes, “The glorious city of God is my theme in this work, which you, my dearest son Marcellinus, suggested, and which is due to you by my promise. I have undertaken its defense against those who prefer their own gods to the Founder of this city — a city surpassingly glorious, whether we view it as it still lives by faith in this fleeting course of time, and sojourns as a stranger in the midst of the ungodly, or as it shall dwell in the fixed stability of its eternal seat, which it now patiently waits for, expecting until righteousness shall return unto judgment,
Psalm 94:15 and it obtains, by virtue of its excellence, final victory and perfect peace. This is a great and arduous work, but God is my helper. For I am aware what ability is requisite to persuade the proud how great is the virtue of humility, which raises us, not by a quite human arrogance, but by a divine grace, above all earthly dignities that totter on this shifting scene. For the King and Founder of this city of which we speak, has in Scripture uttered to His people a dictum of the divine law in these words: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
James 4:6 and 1 Peter 5:5 But this, which is God’s prerogative, the inflated ambition of a proud spirit also affects, and dearly loves that this be numbered among its attributes, to “Show pity to the humbled soul, And crush the sons of pride.” Virgil, Æneid, 6-854.
And therefore, as the plan of this work we have undertaken requires, and as occasion offers, we must speak also of the earthly city, which, though it be mistress of the nations, is itself ruled by its lust of rule.”
As the once great Roman Empire was ruled by lust of rule which in itself is not rule, but slavery to lust, so shall we take up the sword of our lips against this never once great empire of women, whose rule is not rule, but comes to them from weak and effeminate men who have given them unnatural and unlawful authority to make and enforce laws based on their crazed and emotional frenzy, from which cometh forth even in our day every conceivable mischief as the murder of unborn children, transgender confusion, open borders, the invasion of foreign nations, and the continuation of financial instability through debt in the country and its people. As women are more inclined to live by lust and wanton sentiment, forsaking law, order, justice and sound reason, so they have by their weakness opened the door to an innumerable plague of worthless ideas and notions which are better to be whipped out of the unlearned than to have a seat in the highest places of public office. As it is written, “Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.” and again, “As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.”
Feminism is a newly formed head of the great dragon, an idol in the city of wickedness and it is to be combatted only by spiritual weapons, as Paul writes: “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds); casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor. 10:3–5).
As feminism is the product of demonic influence so there is no earthly power that can dissolve it. As Augustine rightly attributed the idolatry of Rome to the work of demons, so we attribute America’s unnatural obsession with unlawful liberties to the devil and his horde. Augustine writes, “But when they make to themselves gods of such as are not even demons, by praying to unclean spirits, they are possessed by such as are not gods, but demons.” So when men uphold and promote ideas, not even given to them from whom they call gods, and make much ado by that which is not even called by them divine, they plainly show themselves worse than the Romans given over to the spirit of derisory idolatry, captivated by a base and contemptible spirit. For the Romans by their gods attempted to teach the people fear and virtue, but the Americans by theirs teach the people profligacy and rebellion. Judge then how advanced we are into the 21st century!
Feminism is a monstrous plague—a vile and accursed doctrine of error—fueled by pride and self-righteousness, the mother of all lies. It turns its back on order, scoffs at justice, embraces treachery, lies down with cruelty, and by propagating its unnatural brood, it corrupts entire civilizations and societies. It tears down political institutions and marriages and destroys the sacred fabric of public, social and family life. It seizes unlawful dominion over reproduction, misidentifies God’s appointed gender, slaughters the unborn, perverts the truth, undermines peace and order, and lays waste to the church. It deceives both men and women, infecting their minds with its poison, holding them captive in bondage to the devil. Feminism promises women liberty—freedom from home, husband, and child—but makes them slaves to vanity, sin, and fear. “They promise them liberty, but they themselves are servants of corruption.” The woman, designed to nurture, now demands to dominate. The womb becomes the grave; the voice meant to sing becomes a shrill cry of resistance. “God gave them up unto vile affections…and they changed their natural use.”
For that woman who exalts herself above male headship, and that wife who rebels against her husband’s God-given authority, is a vile and vicious rebel. She does not merely oppose her husband—she opposes the law of God and the order of creation. In seeking her own path to that demonic “liberty” so foolishly praised, she marches against heaven, despising the ordinance of the Lord.
And what is her end?
As Jezebel was cast down from her high tower, so shall she fall from her pedestal of pride. Her head, bloated with delusion, shall be dashed to the ground, and the body she pampered and adorned shall be left for the dogs. Nothing shall remain to bury but the skull, the hands, and the feet. And all who look upon her mutilated corpse shall tremble, and say: “This is the end of that woman who sought dominion over man. This is the end of that woman who rebelled against the law of God. This is the end of that woman who set herself against the Lord and against His Christ.”
As it is written: “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God” (1 Cor. 11:3); and again: “The kings of the earth set themselves… against the LORD and against His Christ… He shall break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel” (Psalm 2).
Therefore, let it be known and firmly established: any woman who desires headship over man is antichrist. Though it be natural to her fallen condition to desire rule, as it is written—“Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” (Gen. 3:16) yet the command is set down as an everlasting and invincible principle. Woman shall by sin seek dominion, but he shall rule. Calvin says on the verse, “It is of the same force as if he had said that she should not be free and at her own command, but subject to the authority of her husband and dependent upon his will; or as if he had said, ‘Thou shalt desire nothing but what thy husband wishes.’ As it is declared afterwards, Unto thee shall be his desire, (Genesis 4:7.) Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been subject to her husband, but that was a liberal and gentle subjection; now, however, she is cast into servitude.”
Every female preacher, judge, magistrate, and law officer therefore—or even the wife or mother who, though in her proper domestic sphere, seeks dominion over her husband in opinion or force of words— and the men who placed them there and allow it by unnatural forbearance— is thereby striving with all their might to overthrow the good and righteous order that God Himself has placed in His creation by immutable decree for the benefit of the creature.
As it is written: “And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day” (Deut. 6:24). and again, “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” (Ecc. 8:11) The laws of God are not arbitrary—they are for our good, and those who oppose them or allow others in their midst to sin with impunity, oppose not man, but God (cf. 1 Thess. 4:8). Here is the sentence for the prevention of the plague. Here is the word to stay back the Lord’s hand from destroying the city.
The end of the Lord’s second coming shall be the establishment of His everlasting kingdom, foretold by the prophets. In that day He shall sit as ruler over all and reign in righteousness by His law. The faithful shall willingly abide under His rule, joyfully submitted to His ordinances.
Now then, if only they who uphold, keep, and promote the Word of God are counted as his sheep—“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments… shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:19)—and all the wicked shall be cast into hell— what shall be said of those who rejected not only the revealed law of Scripture, but also the more rudimentary ordinances written into nature? Light and dark, male and female, warm and cold, taste, smell, parental authority, patriarchy—all these are known even by those who do not possess the Word. Have we not proved that America is more detestable than Rome, who taught monstrous things passed down to them by their gods? There will be a final judgment against both cities, and it will be far worse for those who revolt against God’s law and nature, who has heard the moral voice of the prophets crying against sin and chose vanity and corruption over the fear of God. As it is written, “But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.” and again, “Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.”
What shall we then say of those who rebel against both law and nature? of those who have rejected not only the light of Augustine, but Calvin and the Reformers? Shall it be said on the last day that they are in the favour of God? Shall they be accounted righteous? God forbid! All those who resist His order, whether the word of his lips or the law of nature, shall be cast into outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. If God has written a law in the hearts of men so distinct and transparent that not only the scholars and the philosophers, but even the most base and unlearned among all men may see, truly their judgment shall be great who reject this light and cast it aside as a vain thing. Can a man take coals of fire in his bosom, and not be burned? How shall men deny that which is plain and simple and not be harmed by it? The mind is the seat of reason, and when it is subject to base appetite and lust it becomes less than vile and more than contemptable.
We who are God’s church, the bride of Christ, His chosen possession, are willingly ruled by God’s holy law. We are taught sound doctrine by Christ as Prophet, we worship as justified saints through Him as Priest, and by His Spirit we obey His laws joyfully under His Kingly Mediation.
The Westminster Shorter Catechism rightly declares:
“Christ executeth the office of a king in subduing us to Himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all His and our enemies.”
So then, just as the true church, comprised of all who profess the true religion, submits to God in Christ, so also must the God-fearing woman submit with reverence and fidelity to her husband. She will not cavil or contend, nor bark, rage, or dispute—but will cheerfully submit to his counsel and wait upon his word.
There is, therefore, a striking antithesis between a woman who fears the Lord and a woman who loves the world. Between a Christian woman and a feminist.
Feminism is the cursed offspring of self-love, the fear of man, and all that which is, in the sight of God, an abomination (Luke 16:15). It is one of the great idols of this age which, according to the prophets, shall be utterly destroyed. And the carcasses of all those men who bowed in homage before it shall be thrown before its lifeless gaze—there to be devoured by the fiery worm of a guilty conscience, tormenting them through all eternity with the cry:
“Was this the idol you gave yourself to? This emasculating impotence? This stupefying vanity? O, what an everlasting fool art thou!”
As it is written: “And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot” (Mic. 1:7). And again: “Their land also is full of idols… therefore forgive them not” (Isa. 2:8–9). And yet again: “As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths” (Isa. 3:12). And finally: “And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you” (Lev. 26:30).
Therefore bewail, O men, if ever you allowed the slightest tincture of feminism to lodge itself in your mind, there to find habitation. This degrading plague, which presents itself under the guise of freedom and liberty, makes the heart fertile with all manner of folly, irreverence, licentiousness, perverseness, and rebellion against God.
Man was created upright and endowed with natural reason. But when he yields his members to iniquity, it brings forth a most unnatural offspring—a generation of vile filth and moral degradation. O, what an empty husk man has become—to surrender himself to such worthless ideas, or to be so feeble as to endure such intellectual rape.
God has written in His Word that He will destroy the idols of men. Therefore He has commanded plainly: “Flee from idolatry” (1 Cor. 10:14). Flee from this rotting carcass of an idol, if ever you value your soul.
The proverb saith: “He that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death” (Prov. 8:36).
The Word of the Lord is sure and unchanging. What He has spoken, He shall surely perform. All who give themselves to the pursuit of idols—whether of wood, silver, theory, or philosophy—shall be utterly destroyed and abhorred forever.
So then, here in this discourse, our aim is to reveal—by the testimony of faithful guides and by the authority of Holy Scripture—what a horrible and detestable doctrine feminism truly is. It is an accursed idol, which by deceit has corrupted the world, and which God has promised to destroy along with every other false and vain imagination of men.
This is not a matter of small consequence. We do not speak against subtle variations of opinion among sincere brethren. We do not divide over secondary matters of practice or ideal. We wage open war against a doctrine which turns the world upside down, which mocks God, spits upon His law, and transforms freemen into slaves.
Feminism is not a minor error. A feminist is not a Christian. All who are entangled in her web are enemies of the Most High God. And thus, by the power of the Spirit of God, we go forth to pull down this stronghold, to declare its end, and to pronounce its doom:
“None shall escape the fire of the Lord.”
1. The Definition of Feminism.
Before we can successfully strike at the root of a disease to remove it, we must first identify where the malady lies, what it is, and wherein its vitality consists. Without this, we labour in vain. Feminism is not a person. It is not Hillary Clinton. It is not Planned Parenthood. It is not a political party, nor is it the Democrats. Feminism is a doctrine, an idea, a belief—with definable characteristics reaching into every major domain of philosophy and society.
Google defines feminism as “the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.” But this definition is unsatisfactory, for it begins with advocacy, while feminism in fact precedes it. Nor does it limit itself to rights. Britannica offers a clearer description: “the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes.” These are the three fortresses of error which we intend to bombard—social, economic, and political equality—and to these we must add a fourth: liberty. When these are rightly defined and set in their godly and natural bounds, the feminist philosophy collapses under its own weight.
Far from advocating liberty, feminism promotes slavery. For liberty must rest on judicial authority—true rights derive from divine law. Feminism, having no such warrant from Scripture, and contradicting nature, promotes not liberty but licentiousness and idolatry. Neither men nor women have any divine right to advocate for “women’s rights” in rebellion against the order of God. Scripture never permits the woman to depart from her domestical role, but rather condemns it. God made man from the dust to rule, and woman from the man to help—not to contend, but to complete, and she is not lesser because she submits, any more than Christ was lesser for obeying the Father. Thus, this will be our ground of engagement: What is liberty? And where is the stability of a nation found, if not in obedience to divine authority? “Not as I will, but as thou wilt.” (Matt. 26:39)
Feminism, defined as the belief that women are equal in the social, economic, and political realm, is a monstrous plague and a doctrine worthy of utter abhorrence. It is not merely the belief in equal value (a point we will address), but the notion that women ought to forsake their domestic sphere—assigned to them by nature—and invade the spheres of male authority, where throughout history men have held prominence almost universally.
Notably, modern definitions exclude intellectual and physical equality—for these would be too easily disproven. But if feminism demands total equality, should we not first ask whether women are, in fact, equal absolutely? Otherwise, we build upon a lie, and our society collapses under the weight of its own self-deception. Are not women the weaker vessel? (1 Pet. 3:7)
Suppose feminism claims physical equality. Am I not a fool if I expect a woman to lift an eighty-pound container necessary for operational success, when I or another man could have done so with ease? Studies show that men possess over 90% greater upper body strength than women. If I delegate such work based on ideological equality rather than prudence, I imperil the task and hinder success. And is not America guilty of just such asinine imprudence? To assign the same task to those not equally fitted for it is not justice, but sabotage. Such equality is not the measure of righteousness, but of blindness; for only a blind judge weighs a crying infant and a warrior by the same scale.
So then, if women are to be considered equal in all spheres, they must demonstrate equality in each. Failing that, feminism is exposed—not as a doctrine of equity, but of madness. If it cannot be supported by biology, Scripture, or reason, then those who hold to it are blind and deluded hypocrites.
Even before the discussion begins, the position is already crumbling. For even the blind mole-rat can discern the difference in physiology between the sexes. They are distinct, and therefore not equal absolutely.
Now, if not equal, they must be either lesser or greater. Yet we do not refer here to absolute value, for we uphold the equal spiritual worth of men and women before God. As it is written: “There is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). This equality pertains to salvation, covenant grace, and spiritual inheritance, not political governance or natural function. Not all inequality is injustice; for the stars differ in glory, and the members of the body in strength.
The value in question is statistical or categorical. For example, the average height of a man is 5’8″; for a woman, 5’6″. The average value in this sphere is greater in men. So too with strength, stamina, risk tolerance, and leadership under pressure. On these principles, we will build the case.
The Roman statesman Cato wisely observed: “As soon as they begin to be your equals, they will have become your superiors.”
i. Feminism as social equality.
As these are particular branches of the greater error of feminism, I will now define what I call domestic egalitarianism, and in doing so hope to alleviate any confusion regarding its meaning and application.
Domestic egalitarianism is the belief that women are equal to men in all social fields. This is frankly absurd. Women are not fashioned by God as primarily rational, but emotional—and this, we must remember, is a gift, not a flaw. Their emotional richness is necessary for the nurture of children and the preservation of human sympathy. Without such tenderness, the care of infants would fall by the wayside, and society would rot from the roots.
As stated earlier, this treatise is not an attack on women as women, nor on their created worth, but rather on poisonous ideas concerning their role. Our aim is to refute the illogical belief that women have no fixed station given them by their Creator. In doing so, we also affirm those truths which every well-ordered society ignores to its peril.
In the case of social feminism, we are speaking particularly about human relationships in general, and marriage and family in particular. At its root, social feminism undermines the very idea of authority in the household. For if a woman is the equal of her husband in authority, then there can be no final word in moments of disagreement. Neither can there be unity in consequence, for two equal voices in conflict make resolution impossible.
Even in our modern, feminist-saturated culture, the average conversation still tends to defer to the opinions of men—and rightly so. This is due to the nature of the sexes: men are more direct, more assertive, and more willing to confront. Women, being less comfortable with conflict, tend to defer or avoid open disagreement. This is not oppression, but nature.
Social feminism is irrational, then, because it expects women to assume a posture of leadership and finality which their temperament does not sustain. This is not to say that women should never be heard—indeed, a wise man listens to his wife, and confesses his fault when she is in the right. But in matters requiring finality, the man must be the final authority.
In all relationships, we must consider the principles of superiors, inferiors, and equals, and know our station. Feminism encourages a man of lower estate to believe himself equal to one above him—not by merit, wisdom, or office, but by ideological fiat. As though a farmer should correct the mathematician, or a doctor silence the preacher. Every man has his place, his gifts, his measure. And let no man think more highly of himself than he ought. All pride is abomination in the sight of God.
Social feminism seeks to flatten all distinctions between men and women in relationships. But to do so is to destroy order in the household, and stability in the fabric of daily life.
ii. Feminism as economic equality.
As we have previously defined, domestic egalitarianism is the belief that women are equal absolutely in the realm of household authority—an error we reject utterly. While we affirm the woman’s equal essential value in the image of God, we deny that she holds equal function or authority in the covenant home or broader society.
Having addressed the household, we now proceed to the economic sphere, to examine the full extent of this plague. Just as feminism seeks to unseat God’s order in the home, so it labours to expand its diabolical empire into commerce, career, and finance.
But first, let it be declared unequivocally and authoritatively, by the Word of God, that the will of God for women is not to pursue careers, worldly advancement, or academic acclaim, but rather:
“To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed” (Titus 2:5).
We are not pleading with the world to accept Christian doctrine. We are declaring divine truth. Whether the nations hear, or whether they rebel, we stand with the Word. It shall profit a soul nothing to abandon one sin while clutching ten thousand others. Yet the wrath of God already burns against these abominations, and every godly minister is bound by duty to cry aloud against them.
Women could not be “equal” in wages if they had remained in their homes, as Scripture commands. This is not to say that women must have no dealings with money, nor that they may not manage household finances, nor earn what is due. The error lies in the doctrine—that it is unjust to pay men and women differently for unequal labor.
A company ought to have the freedom to pay less when a worker does less. Where a woman, due to natural limitation or lack of stamina, cannot perform the same task with the same consistency, it is folly and tyranny to demand she be paid equally. Nor are we ignorant that, due to feminism, many modern men have become effeminate and equally unfit for labor. Yet the standard must be productivity, not sentimentality.
It is feminism that compels companies to bow to the selfish delusions of weak workers—paying them twice what they are worth, raising minimum wages not in justice, but in vain appeasement. We do not argue that women must earn less always, but rather that equal pay without equal output is theft, institutionalized.
Let us remember the tragedy of Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, who went out to wander the land alone—and the evil that came upon her and the city for that sin (Gen. 34). This is the end of wandering daughters. It begins not in tragedy, but in fathers failing to teach their daughters to be women, not men.
We therefore conclude two things. First, it is contrary to godliness and womanly virtue for women to roam freely and aspire to the spheres of man. Second, it is an economic abomination to pay man or woman by abstract equality, rather than by actual merit and output. Equal wages by default are unjust wages by design.
Equality, in the absolute, is the undoing of society. It is not liberty—it is Marxism, baptized in sentiment and enforced by tyranny. It is a plague upon this nation and upon the world.
iii. Feminism as political equality.
Although social and economic feminism are destructive in themselves, political feminism is arguably the most grievous of all its manifestations—both in consequence and in principle. It is also the most recent, having taken real form in the last century, especially in America.
Politics and civil governance belong to men. The state exists to enact righteous laws, to reward the good and industrious, to punish evildoers, to protect its borders, and to defend its people from the threat of foreign powers. It is the state’s duty to uphold justice, suppress heresy, promote true religion, and preserve the stability of its institutions under God’s revealed law.
But since the rise of feminism, we have seen the toleration—and even celebration—of abominations: abortion, sodomy, gender confusion, and illegal immigration. These things would never be tolerated by wise and sober-minded men. Yet they abound, because government has opened its gates to those unfit to bear the weight of rule.
Women, by nature, are emotional, empathetic, and nurturing. These qualities are not curses, but gifts—suited for their ordained station in the home, where children are shaped and households preserved. But when these qualities are placed in the courts, in law enforcement, or in the halls of civil authority, they corrupt the sword of justice and turn order into confusion.
As John Knox wrote in his treatise The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women:
“To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature, a contempt of God, contrary to His revealed will and approved ordinance, and finally the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice.”
Observe carefully: Knox’s words are not directed at social squabbles, but at the political reign of women. To elevate woman into dominion is to mock her created form, to insult God who fashioned her for gentleness and submission, and to overthrow the hierarchy He has established.
Her first sin was not in taking power—but in seeking freedom outside the home. What a monstrous inversion of nature it is to see women abandoning their children, forsaking their families, and seeking occupation in strange fields! And not only this, but to then climb further into authority—as officers of the law, attorneys, judges, and civil rulers.
Woe unto this nation that has dared to offend God by placing women in power. “He repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack… Therefore keep the commandments and statutes and judgments which I command thee this day” (Deut. 7:10–11).
IV. Submission to the Biblical definition.
Inasmuch as we have defined and refuted the idea of feminism as political and social equality, it is incumbent upon us to dig deeper into its true definition, that we neither inadvertently join with our adversaries who accidentally agree with us, nor waste our blows upon branches while leaving the root untouched.
Therefore, in order to define feminism properly, we must uncover its spiritual source—and that from the Holy Scriptures. In a large part, we have already done so; yet it is essential that we also deal with it formally, as the prophets dealt with the sins of their day—not in vague condemnation, but with clear, divine warrant.
For as David was separate from the wicked and would not sit with them, yea, hated their congregation (Ps. 26), so we likewise must separate—not only from the feminists themselves, but also from those who, whether consciously or unknowingly, aid their cause. For the devil goeth not about openly to slay, but first to deceive. His power is restrained, and God doth not allow him to ravage the world directly, but by subtlety, manipulation, craft, lies, and deceit.
Thus there are many in the churches today—conservative or otherwise—who, without realizing it, are feminists. They may voice opinions contrary to some secular extremes of feminism from the pulpit or from their social media platforms, but without pronouncing an anathema against all ungodly and idolatrous opinions, they miss the mark, fall short of the Biblical duty, and will be joined with the feminists in hell.
It is therefore of the utmost importance that we define and identify feminism by the Holy Scriptures, which are our rule, our guide, our sword, that we may faithfully approve what God approves and condemn what He condemns. For to be a Christian is to be of one mind with the Lord and to desire what He desires. As it is written of David, he was “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Sam. 13:14). And again: “The desire of the righteous is only good” (Prov. 11:23). If, therefore, we can suitably demonstrate that feminism is evil—which will not be difficult—we can easily conclude that the righteous do not rejoice in it; for being full of love and the Spirit of God, they rejoice in the truth (1 Cor. 13:6).
We therefore oppose not merely the liberal, the activist, or the silly and stupefied women who are caught up in it, but all who dissent from the Scripture’s record and rule concerning it. If any man say, “Feminism is disagreeable and disadvantageous to society,” it is but a half-truth and unworthy of our consent. We mean to say what God says—that feminism is a filthy abomination worthy of utter abhorrence—and that all who follow after this lie shall have their part in the lake of fire.
“And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not” (Isa. 2:9). Here the foolish Israelites were promised no mercy, because they bowed to their idols and humbled themselves under their abominations. Their worship belonged to the LORD alone; yet, forsaking His Word, they crafted idols for themselves—which the apostle calls devils, saying, “they sacrifice to devils, and not to God” (1 Cor. 10:20).
Thus, to worship that which is not God—whether it be an image of wood or a construct of man’s wicked imagination—is to worship devils and, by that token, Satan himself. For there is no mean between the two. God has declared in His Word the manner in which He is to be served and worshipped, and moreover how we are to behave toward our neighbor.
And inasmuch as women’s “rights” are condemned, rather than approved, in Scripture, it is plain to see that those who hold to them, believe them, live according to them, tolerate them, and do not consider them accursed excrement from Satan, walk contrary to the law of God. For the Word of God saith: “Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” (Gen. 3:16). This is as much to say that women will indeed seek dominion, but are commanded rather to defer and submit to their husband’s desire. This was commanded to Eve, not only as a mother in the Church, but as a public person, the mother of all living.
Those women, therefore, who do not follow the example of Scripture—pursuing their own opinions, pursuits, careers, goals, and desires, and not submitting to the desires of their husbands—are under the same curse as thieves, adulterers, and murderers. For it is written: “Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law” (James 2:10–11).
Therefore, it is not sufficient that we define feminism rightly in its social and political contagion, if we do not also agree with Scripture that the voice of the LORD alone is to be obeyed, and what He curses is indeed cursed. “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isa. 8:20).
V. The social consequence of Feminism.
As we have hitherto spoken biblically, it remains to speak politically and socially, that the mouths of the insolent may be stopped, and the rebellious reminded that their grievances are the fruit of their own folly. For as sin is ever the mother of misery, so repentance is the only path to harmony. If women complain of burdens, pressures, or dissatisfaction, let them know that these maladies are the direct offspring of their revolt against God’s order, and not the oppression of men. Much more might be said, yet a few words will suffice to summarize the many complaints of modern women in this feminist age, and to lay the blame where it belongs—at the feet of feminism itself.
Feminism is, as it were, another forbidden fruit which men have offered unto women. In Eden, Eve was beguiled by the serpent and tempted Adam, and by his fall the world was plunged into sin and death. Now the tables are turned: man has deceived woman, and offered her again the knowledge of good and evil (domestication and industrial occupation)—again, under the guise of liberty, clothed with the label of feminism. And as Adam’s disobedience once corrupted the world, so now this doctrine of rebellion has corrupted the order of nature and society. Every sin has consequences. Let none imagine, therefore, that there is a harmless kind of feminism, any more than there is a harmless kind of poison. All doctrine contrary to Scripture is contrary also to sense, reason, and nature itself, and is to be rejected—whether or not we yet see its bitter fruits, or taste of its dreadful end. For it is written, ‘Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding’ (Prov. 3:5), and again, ‘If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them’ (Isa. 8:20).
Since, due almost exclusively to feminism, women in the modern age have refused to be women—leaving their natural and domestic sphere in the home, and taking up in utility and function the roles of men by joining the workforce, as was the goal of feminism in the first place—it should not now surprise us at all that they are being treated by men as men, and therefore are not considered “wife material,” nor pursued for long-term relationships. It seems almost astounding that anyone would be surprised that someone who cannot now possibly function as a wife and mother, due to a philosophy that has pushed them out of that sphere, would not be considered apt for the role they so willingly left behind. If you want to be treated like a woman, fragile, vulnerable, beautiful, you must play the role of the woman, and abstain from competing with men, and attempting to gain success by merit. As so eloquently put by Shakepeare, “A woman moved is like a fountain troubled,
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty,
And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty
Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.
Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,
Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee,
And for thy maintenance commits his body
To painful labor both by sea and land,
To watch the night in storms, the day in cold,
Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe,
And craves no other tribute at thy hands
But love, fair looks, and true obedience—
Too little payment for so great a debt.
Such duty as the subject owes the prince,
Even such a woman oweth to her husband;
And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour,
And not obedient to his honest will,
What is she but a foul contending rebel
And graceless traitor to her loving lord?
I am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for peace,
Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway
When they are bound to serve, love, and obey.”
Let us be realistic. Historically, women were encouraged toward that role to which they are best suited as women. The absence of feminism was not the oppression of women, but their protection. Because they lacked the ability and drive to bear high-stakes decision making—and, for the most part, did not desire such responsibility—men did not “gatekeep” for their own pleasure, but shielded women from the pressures that come with it. But now, instead of admitting that such burdens are ill-fitted, women blame men for them. And, in a most extraordinary and bizarre twist, they blame most of all the patriarchal system—a system which, to their eternal shame, no longer even exists, having been destroyed and replaced by feminism itself.
In the modern world, women are not only permitted but encouraged to leave their homes, pursue higher education at secular universities, and chase careers outside of housekeeping and child-rearing. This is not (and it’s almost embarrassing that this needs saying in the first place), this is *not* the vision of a Biblical patriarchal order. So when modern women complain of beauty standards, career pressures, social drama, or rejection, and then, in a bold and incoherent frenzy, turn to accuse “traditionalists” as though we were the cause, they are in truth listing maladies which are the direct and exclusive fruits of feminism, or at the very least of modern secularism. When women complain they are not as beautiful as models—who told them they needed to be? Not fathers or husbands trained by the Word of God (which says beauty is vain), but society, peers, and worldly men. From a Reformed perspective, it is the duty of fathers and husbands to instruct daughters and wives in their God-given place. It is not theirs to decide, nor the world’s to determine. When women, left unguarded, expose themselves to worldly standards, they will naturally feel doubt and shame. But this is not because patriarchy failed them—it is because feminism removed them from the shield of their rightful guardianship.
This unveils another inherent problem aggravated by feminism: the refusal of accountability. If you want to be equal, face it. If you don’t want to face it, leave feminism far behind, say farewell and return to your domestic sphere, where the fathers and husbands make all the decisions. No one forced women to leave the home. No man of sense commanded them to go to college or to chase careers. If they were encouraged at all, it was by feminism and secular humanism—not by the patriarchy. Thus, women in the modern world have been betrayed: left helpless and hopeless by the very movement that promised them freedom. Feminism, while claiming to liberate, has instead left them caged—surrounded by doubt, fear, danger, violence, and the crushing burden of autonomy. And let it be well noted: autonomy is not liberty. Pagan humanism deceives the world with this lie. True liberty is found in submission and obedience to the truth; autonomy is slavery—slavery to ignorance, lust, and despair. [2 Pet. 2:19]
With right knowledge comes confidence and joy—but right knowledge is found only in the authoritative Word of God. Thus the duty falls to fathers and husbands to teach their households covenantal purpose, that wives and daughters may live in peace and dignity under the protection of a patriarchal order. So, bad news for feminists, your ideology is now found (big surprise) to be destructive to society, mutual companionship, and yes, women. And bad news, women, feminism has let you out of what you thought was a cage to enslave you, only to find a beast with a gaping jaw ready to swallow you whole, called the world. So it is made abundantly clear that none of these problems that modern women complain about exist outside the domestic sphere. So, get back to your kitchens and let men do *all* the decision making. It was kept from you for your good, and now that you’ve made decisions and influenced the world, you can see the wholesale destruction you’ve caused, of workforce production, law and justice, government, art, music, literature, cinema, and everything you’ve put your dirty fingers into. Feminism has done no favors to women and certainly no favors to society. It has led them from the safety of their homes to the devouring mouth of the world. And men, who once protected them, will not do so now—not because men have changed, but because women told them not to. “We are strong and independent,” they said. Then be strong indeed—defend yourselves, and cease complaining at men for your troubles. But know this: by casting off God’s order, you have ceased to function as women, and thus you are of no worth or value at all to men who still seek one.
2. The Theological Source of Feminism.
As an introductory note, I aim to show what theological movements and errors have contributed to the rise of feminism, and how it has taken root not only in the pagan world—(which, even in its madness, has at times recoiled from such absurdity)—but also in the professing church, which, while claiming to be the bride of Christ, becomes doubly vile when she rises in pride against His headship.
For what is feminism, but weakness exalting itself against strength? And what is strength, but a reflection—though but a faint one—of the Almighty power of Christ?
Therefore, let us first consider a few aspects of true strength, that silly women may be humbled and brought to repentance; that beholding the beauty of the Lord Christ, they may be ashamed, abhor themselves, and never again boast in their own voice or power. And let foolish men also—who follow after such rebellion—be likewise ashamed, for having bowed their heads to the rule of vanity and cast off the authority of their Head, which is Christ.
A revolt against Divine Sovereignty.
We must look closely at the prevailing theological trends of the modern age—even those which preceded the formal rise of feminism—to discern the connection between what the Church believes and the actions and practices that necessarily follow. For feminism, though a great evil and surely one of the many monstrous heads of the Dragon (that is, the devil), is not a spontaneous eruption. Being a corrupt practice, it is founded upon corrupt principle. Therefore, we must understand that it does not spring from itself, but has a definable source.
As unbelief is the mother of all evils—giving birth to pride, vanity, selfishness, lust, greed, covetousness, and every vice which characterises feminism—we may rightly conclude that feminism itself proceeds from unbelief. These vices, born in the corrupt nature of woman, burst forth and burn within her heart, and when society gives liberty to act without fear of God or the restraint of law, they are enacted without shame.
We must here distinguish between natural lusts and unnatural—which, if God permit, we will address again in fuller measure.
A natural lust is a human affection or inclination toward a lawful object, but in an inordinate or sinful measure. It is not the object that is sinful, but the disorder of the affections. For instance, to delight in the good gifts of God and to thank Him for His goodness is no sin; but when these delights exceed their proper bounds—when godly principle is overthrown, or the conscience is ruled by carnal indulgence—then the very motion becomes sin. This is natural lust: when the passions of the body usurp the rule of reason, and the appetite becomes immoderate toward a lawful thing.
Thus, it is not sinful to eat and drink, but it is sin to be ruled by them. A Christian may partake with thanksgiving what, in a heathen, becomes condemnation. As it is written, “Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.” (Proverbs 13:6)
But an unnatural lust is exceedingly more sinful, because it not only shares in the disorder of natural lust, but adds to it the rebellion of overturning God’s created order. It is to love what is a lie, to trust in the flesh, to leave one’s appointed station, or to become what one is not by nature. Thus, to place one’s confidence in free will, for men to lust after men, or for women to usurp male authority—these are not merely corruptions, but perversions, unnatural in their very essence and damnable in their exercise.
Such transgressions are more grievous than natural lusts, and for them God sent fire from heaven. As the Scripture testifies, “And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly.” (2 Peter 2:6)
William Gurnall writes: “Take heed of showing thy wit in inventing new sins, lest thou stir up God in inventing new punishments. ‘Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?’ Job 31:3. Sodom sinned after a new mode, and God destroys them after a new way—sends hell from above upon them.”
Chrysostom likewise declares:
“These [Sodomites] I say are even worse than murderers: since to die even is better than to live under such insolency. For the murderer dissevers the soul from the body, but this man ruins the soul with the body. And name what sin you will, none will you mention equal to this lawlessness…
For I should not only say that you have become a woman, but that you have lost your manhood, and hast neither changed into that nature nor kept that which you had, but you have been a traitor to both of them at once…
If any one were to come and assure you that he would make you a dog instead of being a man, would you not flee from him as a plague? But, lo! You have not made yourself a dog out of a man, but an animal more disgraceful than this… How many hells shall be enough for such?
But if you scoff at hearing of hell and believest not that fire, remember Sodom… For since many would utterly disbelieve the things to come after the resurrection, hearing now of an unquenchable fire, God brings them to a right mind by things present. For such is the burning of Sodom, and that conflagration!”
Luther also speaks with piercing clarity:
“Now hereof spring all these mischiefs, that this cursed hypocrisy will not be justified by the divine blessing, nor formed by God the creator… Therefore it maketh itself a creator and a justifier through its own works… so that every hypocrite is both the matter and the worker…
No man therefore can express with words, how execrable and horrible it is to seek righteousness in the law by works, without the blessing. For it is the abomination standing in the holy place, which denieth God, and setteth up the creature in the place of the creator.”
Therefore, it is vital that we learn to distinguish between that which is natural—that is, the sins into which a Christian may fall through weakness or temptation, being as yet imperfect and unable to “do the things that he would”—and those principles and practices of the heathen which are so utterly repugnant to sound doctrine that no person may be said to abide in them and yet be in a state of grace. The former are the failings of the regenerate, ever at war with the flesh; the latter are the settled paths of the reprobate.
These are they whom Scripture calls “ungodly”, who are given over to a “reprobate mind”—execrable persons whom the Church is commanded to cast out from her assemblies, lest great wrath fall upon the whole body for tolerating their wickedness. As the Apostle testifies, “And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.” (1 Corinthians 5:2) And again: “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14) And again: “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” (Revelation 18:4)
Therefore, it is evident that mankind lies under the dreadful and holy wrath of God for the invention of these new modes of madness—even that women should usurp the authority of men and take to themselves that which God never gave. Such rebellion is not only disobedience but open defiance of the Creator’s ordinance, and shall not go unpunished.
Now, there may be many causes which have allowed for the rise of this monstrous activity, but one stands above the rest as the theological midwife of this rebellion: that is, the pestilent and abominable doctrine of the Arminians. This doctrine denies the sovereignty of God in election and raises up in its place that accursed idol of free will. And what is this, if not the first link in a long chain of treason? For when the creature dares to rival the Creator, when man dares assert his will over God’s, is it any wonder that woman should rise to usurp man also?
What else can we expect to see in a land where divine sovereignty is denied but confusion, pride, and lawlessness? If men seek to cast down the throne of God, shall not all lesser thrones be overturned also? Shall strength be toppled to give way to weakness? Shall order yield to chaos? Shall men reign over God? Isaiah cries out against such blasphemy:
“Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.” (Isaiah 40:13–15)
Even righteous Job, beholding the majesty of God and His sovereign dominion over all creation—yea, even over Job’s affliction—was silenced in awe:
“Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.” (Job 40:4–5)
Then the Lord answered him:
“Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?” (v. 7–8)
What then shall we say to those who persist in asserting the sovereignty of man over the decrees of God? They are no different than those who say to the potter, “Why hast thou made me thus?” They are like worms who raise themselves against the burning sun, like specks of chaff who boast against the whirlwind. Shall man’s free will be honoured on the day when the Lord executes His judgments? Does such teaching not rob God of His deity? Is this not the very marrow of all false religion—that man is independent of God?
And as man dares assert his independence from God, so woman, emboldened by the same lie, asserts her independence from man. Arminianism, with its gospel of autonomy, is the mother of feminism. For if man is sovereign over God, then why not woman over man? Weakness over strength? If the pulpit today exalts human will, then why should the household not follow? The fault therefore, lies first in the wicked preachers spewing lies and false doctrine in the church, where these ministers of Satan preach rebellion each Lord’s Day, undermining God’s divine authority, and thereby prepare the people to receive the next lie.
The rise of Arminianism in America is the fuel that has fed the fires of feminism, and until this doctrine is utterly abolished—root and branch, principle and fruit—feminism will only grow more bold. It will not rest until dissent is crushed and every man who still possesses sense and reason is cast out as an enemy of progress. For where the doctrine of man’s sovereignty over God is preached, there also shall woman reign over man. Weakness will exalt itself against strength, and madness will mock wisdom.
God hath verily in His word pronounced all men dead in sin—not sick, not asleep, not wounded—but dead. “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins” (Eph. 2:1). “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). “There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God… destruction and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known” (Rom. 3:10–17).
This condition therefore requires not encouragement, nor opportunity, nor education, but omnipotent power—the same power that said, “Let there be light,” must speak again to the soul of man, or he shall never rise from death. But let none imagine this death to be passive, still, or reluctant. No, it is a malignant death, an active hatred of God. It is a death with eyes—but they behold vanity; hands—but they are swift to shed blood; feet—but they make haste toward mischief; hearts—but they are stony and impenitent. It is a death full of voice, full of passion, full of pride.
“The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be” (Rom. 8:7). Therefore, it were better never to have been born, than to enter this world as a rebel already condemned, for such is the state of all men by nature—“children of wrath, even as others” (Eph. 2:3).
Those who propagate outside the church, outside the covenant, and raise up their seed not unto the Lord but unto themselves, are not building the kingdom of Christ, but fortifying the dominion of Satan. For Satan is a father too—“Ye are of your father the devil,” saith Christ (John 8:44)—and he too has a seed, and they are many.
It is the rankest idolatry, therefore, to suppose that man, who is in need of redemption, is able by his own power to take hold of redemption. For what man is this who can climb up into heaven by his own ladder? What sinner is this who can raise himself from the pit of corruption? If a man be dead, shall we expect him to give himself life? If he be blind, shall he give himself sight? If he be bound, shall he be his own deliverer? This is folly, and worse than folly—it is blasphemy.
Yet we are not unaware of the subtle language of hypocrites. They speak much of grace, and forgiveness, and the righteousness of Christ—but in the same breath they speak of man’s free will, his choice, his part, his power. And thus they overturn the very gospel they pretend to preach. For if grace depends upon man’s working, then grace is no more grace. And if Christ died for all, but not all are saved, then His death is a potentiality and not a power, a plea and not a purchase, a false hope and not a glorious victory. “It is finished.”
What then is left of “mighty to save” (Isa. 63:1) if He be not mighty enough without man’s permission? What glory is left to Christ if man must first open the door? Is this not the very essence of the rebellion of Babel—man reaching upward to heaven, that he might make a name for himself?
And do we not see this very spirit alive again in feminism? For what is feminism but woman exalting herself against the law of God, lifting herself up out of her appointed place? As it is written, “The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever” (Mic. 2:9). That “pleasant house” was her place of honour, peace, and fruitfulness. It was God’s glory to give her such a calling, and man’s joy to dwell with her in it. But feminism has cast her out.
And would it be so offensive, if not for this—that place is not determined by culture, but by the law of God? And this is the issue: Arminianism puts the power of salvation into the hand of man, just as feminism puts the power of authority into the hand of woman. In both, the principle is the same: weakness usurps the place of strength. In both, the glory is stolen from God and given to frail flesh.
For if the death of Christ be not effectual—if it doth not actually and certainly redeem—then it is not the will of God that saves, but the will of man. And if the husband’s headship be not effectual, then it is not the order of creation that governs, but the ambition of woman. In both cases, authority is reversed, power is inverted, and confusion is enthroned.
Thus you see how deeply these doctrines are joined: Arminianism prepares the way for feminism, for once God is dethroned, man rises. And when man rises against his maker, woman is not far behind.
Now, we are confidently assured by the Word of God that if Christ’s blood be not shed to save you, then God’s wrath must be poured out to destroy you. For there remaineth no third path. “He that believeth not shall be damned” (Mark 16:16). “Without shedding of blood is no remission” (Heb. 9:22). Either Christ is your substitute, or you shall bear your own iniquity. Either His blood covers you, or His wrath consumes you. There is no other mediator, no other name, no other hope (Acts 4:12).
But if it be said that Christ intended to save others and did not—yea, that He stretched forth His arms in earnest desire to redeem them, and they would not—then we are no longer speaking of salvation by grace, but of righteousness by the will of man. For if Christ’s desire may be thwarted, then salvation depends not upon His power but upon man’s consent. And if man’s consent is the decisive factor, then it is man’s will, not Christ’s work, that saves.
This makes the blood of Christ a common thing, and man’s decision the special thing. It profanes the Cross and exalts the sinner. It places the chief act of salvation in the hands of one who is by nature “enmity against God” (Rom. 8:7). It is as if God had built a ladder to heaven, but left the last rung to sinful man. It is the exaltation of self-love—the enthronement of the creature above the Creator. And what but unbelief and wretched pride could dream of raising such an idol? What but a heart hardened against truth would bow before it?
As hath been said before, this is the very folly condemned by the prophet: “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil… that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!” (Isa. 5:20–21). And again: “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Rom. 1:22). For if men will raise their fists against heaven, asserting that their own power can save them, then let them be ready to stand beneath the terrible power of the Almighty, when He rises to shake terribly the earth. “Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.” (Job 40:9-14)
“Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts” (Isa. 3:17). He will tear their confidences to pieces. He will strip away their imagined righteousness, show them to be blind and naked, and punish them with His own hand. “For judgment must begin at the house of God” (1 Pet. 4:17). And why? Because they stumbled at the stone of offence—Christ—“being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed” (1 Pet. 2:8). They believed not that they were dead, but imagined some glimmer of hope in themselves, and so rejected Christ. They would have none of Him.
“The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his anointed… He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure” (Psalm 2:2–5). And again: “They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way” (Prov. 1:30–31). And again: “Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved” (Isa. 57:10).
So then, we see clearly that the root and pillar of feminism is not some abstract philosophical folly evolved in the universities of men, but rather the theological idol which the world has been bowing to since Adam’s revolt—that idol called free will. Cain, having gone out from the presence of the Lord, built a city. So too have these men, exiled from truth, built their own system: a city of rebellion, a tower of confusion, a doctrine of devils.
It is shameful enough that such deranged doctrines are vomited forth by the world. But a thousand woes upon those who name the name of Christ and yet uphold this accursed system! They sing of grace but preach of self. They speak of the cross but boast in choice. They speak of righteousness, yet destroy the need for it. They call themselves Christians but have made shipwreck of the faith. “Oh foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you?” (Gal. 3:1)
O impudent and adulterous church! Departing from the Lord, bowing down before free will and worshipping that cursed thing called feminism! You have played the harlot, setting up strange gods in the house of the Lord. You have broken covenant. You have exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the image of fallen man and rebellious woman. You have called rebellion “liberty” and apostasy “progress.” “How is the faithful city become an harlot!” (Isa. 1:21)
How shall you plead when God arises to avenge His honour? What shall you say when the fire of His jealousy is kindled? “The Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Ex. 34:14). And when He comes to judge, He will not spare. He will overturn every refuge of lies, tear down every altar of human pride, and reveal every hidden thing. For He is a God of truth and not of compromise, of justice and not of flattery. And those who have rejected His sovereignty shall drink deeply of His wrath.
But consider also the madness and delusion of the synergist—that deceived wretch who perverts the doctrine of God’s will and says, without shame, that “God desires all men to be saved.” Aye, and if a truly righteous and omnipotent God desires a thing, shall He not do it? Is His arm shortened, or His purpose frustrated? Let the Scripture answer: “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure” (Isa. 46:10). Again, “My words and my statutes… did they not take hold of your fathers?” (Zech. 1:6). And again, “The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly” (Jer. 23:20, 30:24). The prophet speaketh plainly: “Like as… so.” As God thinks, so He works; and what He works, He finishes.
Let it also be remembered that many things in this present world appear out of joint—the prosperity of the wicked, the afflictions of the righteous. But we do not walk by sight, but by faith. And faith clings to this: that the will of God is never idle, never suspended, never thwarted.
So then, as much as God wills that men be saved, those whom He intends to save, He does save—and saves them fully. “No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him” (John 6:44). “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me” (John 6:37). “My sheep hear my voice… and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish” (John 10:27–28). “Having loved his own… he loved them unto the end” (John 13:1). “They could not believe, because… he hath blinded their eyes” (John 12:39–40). “Ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep” (John 10:26).
Then is it not clear? As sure as Scripture threatens wrath, and proclaims the everlasting torment of the wicked, so is it evident that it is not God’s desire, nor His design, nor His decree to save all men—but rather to destroy many. “Narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it” (Matt. 7:14). And if God had willed more than a few to be saved, then this word would not come to pass. Can His word fail? Can His will falter? Does His power prove insufficient?
God forbid! The fault lies not in the power of the Saviour, but in the impotence of the sinner. Yet the Arminian, deceived by his father the devil, imagines God to be a mere wisher, a beggar, a weak suitor hoping man will condescend to be saved. This God of theirs—this idol of human will—is not the LORD of Glory, but a caricature, a golden calf clothed in evangelical language. And through this breach have crept all the abominations we now witness—the tide of feminism and rebellion flooding even “conservative” churches.
For what is this doctrine of divine “desire,” if not a contradiction of His holy law which demands perfection? Shall God wait upon the will of man? Shall He offer salvation, and leave its success to human response? “Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?” (Jer. 23:29). “Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?” (Mic. 2:7). And again, “The voice of the Lord is powerful… The Lord will bless his people with peace” (Psalm 29:4,11). Therefore all of God’s commands to His elect are enablings, and His call is effectual. He brings to life what He commands, and sustains what He begins.
So then, let this idol of divine “desire” be cast down and dashed in pieces. Let it be ground to powder and scattered upon the waters, that no man may rebuild it. And let us see clearly—this very principle, that God is not Lord but a longing voice in the dark, is the root by which feminism has grown up into a great tree of poison, its branches covering the land and its fruit rotting the soul.
For in the doctrine of the Arminian, God is dethroned. He no longer rules with majesty, but pleads like a widow. He does not decree, but invites. He does not command, but wishes. Behold the blasphemy! A weeping deity! A God who cannot save! A feminine god, made in man’s image, “sitting in the corner and hoping for the light of day.” “Oh, when will man respond to my offer!” Away with such an accursed thing!
Therefore, if we are to understand this hideous doctrine of feminism, and tear it up by the roots, we must first see its true parentage. It is the monstrous offspring of two heresies: Arminianism and Antinomianism. It is contrary to the Gospel itself, which is the chief and principal doctrine we defend and establish. And it proceeds from that old serpent’s breath—from unbelief, pride, and rebellion, now thick in the air of the church.
For Arminianism is the back door to Rome, and Rome is the mother of abominations. And Antinomianism is the back door to Sodom, for he that abandons the law soon wallows in lawlessness. The man who trusts in his own works, failing to see their worthlessness, quickly falls beneath the weight of his own failure. Being propped up by mere social custom and habit, he is soon overthrown by temptation, and plunges from self-righteousness into unrighteousness, from Pharisee to prodigal.
And is not this precisely what we see today? You cannot expose your eyes to the least degree of public media without confronting vile and detestable filth, more worthy of execution than of sight. “They declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not” (Isa. 3:9). These are the fruits of a church that has lost her salt and her lampstand. She has tolerated feminism because she has forsaken the Gospel. She has turned away from the doctrine of God, and therefore cannot stand against the doctrines of devils.
Therefore no man may rightly oppose feminism who is not first firmly grounded in the law of God. For unless the standard be fixed, what can be measured? Unless the line be straight, how can the crooked be reproved? Let all things be tested by the Word of God, which is tried, true, and sure. “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isa. 8:20).
Since we have thus far spoken of the immutability of the decrees of God, and how impossible it is for God to wish that His own decrees—especially that of reprobation—be overthrown, let us now speak plainly. For as election is the very foundation of belief in Christ—inasmuch as apart from election, we can neither be redeemed nor brought into the flock of God, and moreover that no man truly believes the gospel apart from a hearty assent to this blessed doctrine—so also the damnation of the sinner springs from the immutable decree of reprobation.
Why are men damned? For sin, you say. Yes, well. But why are they not delivered from sin, and effectually brought into an estate of salvation? The answer lies in the unchanging counsel of God—namely, His decree of reprobation. And reprobation is so closely and intimately joined to election, that to deny the one is to overthrow the other. They stand together, or fall together. Therefore, inasmuch as we have utterly confuted the Arminian position—showing it to be madness and their god a frail idol of their own making (as all the idols of the world are, specially formed to approve their sin)—let us now consider a passage which our opponents often wrest from its proper meaning: Matthew 23:37.
In that text it is written:
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
This verse, they say, proves that Christ desired the salvation of all men, and that God wills the salvation of even those who perish. But such an interpretation is violent and ignorant. As all Scripture is one, and no passage contradicts another, we know that Romans 9 and Ephesians 1 speak unequivocally of election and reprobation. These cannot be overturned by a single verse, nor do the words of Christ here intend to do so. “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” “Not one of my words shall fall to the ground.” And again, “Few be saved.” These statements must be upheld together. If all men were meant to be saved, then it would not be few that are saved. And if Christ desired that which the Father did not decree, then there would be division in the Godhead. But this cannot be.
Moreover, as Christ is Jehovah made flesh, God and man in one person, many of His declarations are spoken not as the divine Judge, but as the Son of Man, fulfilling His mediatorial office. As He saith, “My Father is greater than I”—not because He is less in essence, but because He humbled Himself to serve as our Redeemer. For His divine nature cannot die, yet Christ died. And God’s blood was shed—yes, for the Church. Again He saith, “No man knoweth the day nor the hour… not the angels, nor the Son, but the Father only,” to show that His mission as our Advocate involved the real experience of human limitation.
Therefore, when Jesus “loved the young man” or “wept over Jerusalem,” He was not acting as divine Judge pronouncing decrees, but as compassionate Shepherd and true King, lamenting their unbelief. He sets the example for us to follow: to weep over the unbelief of men, and to preach earnestly and sincerely, for “the Son of Man came not to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” Yet, though we preach, only those elected by the Father will come. As Christ said in John 17, “I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me.” And again, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me… and I will raise him up at the last day.”
The Spirit then quickens those whom the Son was sent to redeem. And ministers of the gospel go forth not to lie, but to declare the truth—fully, sincerely, boldly. As Paul saith, “if by any means I might save some.” So we act in accord with the means which God uses for the salvation of His elect, and we weep for those who will not come. But this is not because we desire to overthrow God’s decree, but because their unbelief is a thing most grievous and worthy of lamentation.
Therefore Christ wept over Jerusalem not because His will was thwarted, but because He had bestowed upon that nation every favour: He raised them from nothing, gave Abraham a son, brought Rebekah to Isaac, preserved Jacob, rebuked Laban, kept Joseph, raised up Moses, led them by cloud and fire, gave them water from the rock, manna from heaven, laws, cities, an inheritance. And they repaid Him by stoning the prophets and crucifying their King. Thus the words: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that stonest the prophets…” are a sentence of judgment, not a wistful hope.
“How often would I have gathered” is not an expression of divine frustration, but a covenantal lament, expressing the longsuffering of God through many generations and the true compassion of Christ, Israel’s rightful King. The division is clear: “thy children” refers to those within Israel who would be saved—Paul himself among them. “Ye would not” refers to the rulers, the Pharisees, the hardened masses whose ears were dull and whose hearts were closed.
Let ministers then take this same disposition: to preach, to call, to compel, and to weep over unbelief, yet never to imagine that God’s eternal counsel can be changed. The damnation of the reprobate is fixed. But the means by which the elect are brought in includes the sincere and compassionate preaching of the gospel. And nothing is more bitter, more heartbreaking, more worthy of rivers of tears than that men reject Christ—inasmuch as He is worthy of all glory, praise, honor, and belief, and men submit not unto it.
So we see, once more, that the theological roots of feminism lie not in secular philosophy alone, but in doctrinal error—errors that crept into the Church through Arminianism, Papism, synergism, which are ultimately a rejection of divine sovereignty. For if God is imagined to be pleading and hoping, then surely man may do as he pleases, and woman as well. If the doctrine of election be denied, then reprobation is thrown out with it, and pride is enthroned in mans conscience. But if God is sovereign, and man is nothing (as the scripture teaches), then all things must be ordered according to His word—both in doctrine and in life. Thus, feminism is not only rebellion against the order of creation, but assuredly it is rebellion against the gospel itself.
3. The Principle of Authority.
Inasmuch as we have taken in hand to write on behalf of the word of God, defining feminism as it is used in both the secular and ecclesiastical world—not to weaken its arguments for the sake of feigned superiority, but to set them forth in their true and proper light—we might the more ably, effectively, and valiantly destroy them with the mighty power and authority of the word of God.
So then, to return to our main purpose, which is to exposit the word of God and prove how utterly contrary feminism is to it, we must remind you of the general points we have undertaken to demonstrate throughout this treatise.
First, that feminism is contrary to the word of God.
Secondly, that it is contrary to the laws of nature and creation, so that even unbelievers may perceive its folly.
Thirdly, that those who hold to this accursed doctrine are not Christians but members of the kingdom of Antichrist.
Moreover, according to the principles of logic and sound doctrine, one thing cannot be both agreeable and disagreeable to Scripture. Since the word of God is eternal and abides forever—“For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven” (Ps. 119:89); “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand for ever” (Isa. 40:8)—it cannot condemn in one age what it permits or justifies in another.
The doctrines of free will, antinomianism, and, in this case, feminism, are everywhere condemned in Scripture—in principle, in the positive, and in the negative. For example, the principle of feminism, which is rebellion against authority, is condemned in Romans 13, where it is written:
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God.”
It is condemned also in the positive, by the explicit approval of the contrary virtue, as in 1 Peter 3:
“Wives, be in subjection to your own husbands… even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord.”
And again in Ephesians 5: “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord… and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
It is condemned likewise in the negative, by the express forbidding of that which is unlawful, as when the apostle writes:
“I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” (1 Tim. 2:12)
Therefore, there are clear lines in Scripture between what is permitted and what is forbidden. Female authority is everywhere spoken against, and in its place is commended the precious virtue of female submission.
We must further bear in mind that Scripture is coherent and indivisible. What the word of God teaches in any particular is in perfect harmony with divine revelation as a whole. Female authority, being contrary to both law and nature, is therefore contrary also to the gospel, which is the rule of man’s salvation from sin. To cling to doctrines of men and fall prey to seducing spirits repugnant to Scripture is proof that such a one is still in bondage to sin—from which those who are in Christ are set free.
Therefore it will do no good to say, “It is but one small difference,” when that difference stands betwixt us and God. Will the Almighty count an offense against His divine majesty and sovereign authority a small thing? On the contrary, He will come and destroy those who would not have Him reign over them, and appoint their portion with the hypocrites.
Having therefore established the principle of the rule of faith, and shown openly that those doctrines which stand opposed to the doctrine taught in Scripture cannot bring the assurance of salvation but rather the certainty of damnation, we shall now set forth the principle of authority from the holy scripture and especially Romans 13—that we may the more powerfully enforce our argument and silence every proud imagination that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
i. What is authority?
The word authority comes from the Latin auctor, meaning “leader” or “master.” A suitable definition of authority is, “the right to command or give orders.” Now, this very principle drives at the root and substance of our argument, which is simply that women do not have the right to command or give orders, and therefore have no authority. Might and power belong to God, and He alone distributes authority as He wills. So it is said in the Scripture that He appoints kings and turns their hearts where He will: “He changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings, and setteth up kings” (Dan. 2:21), and again, “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will” (Prov. 21:1). Therefore those who have authority have it from God, and those who are denied it are so denied according to His infinite wisdom.
So a woman may respond, “So just because I’m a woman means I don’t have authority?” But this answer is simplistic and incoherent. It is as if a lion or a horse, noble creatures in their sphere, should say, “Because I am such, may I not fly?” The answer, of course, is yes—because they were not made for that. Even so, woman was created for a very specific purpose: “to be an help meet for man.” Power, rule, and authority are utterly forbidden her. Let no one complain that what he has is not to his taste. God distributes His gifts as He pleases, and too often we look too closely at the shining gifts of others when instead we should look to our own, endeavoring in thanksgiving to make the most of them.
Rather than striving to gain authority and usurp the power God has given to men, women should look to themselves and labor to benefit mankind in that which they were created for. Imagine the absurdity of the modern woman who seeks sexual freedom and autonomy, when her very physical and emotional constitution in itself declares that she was created to bear and nurture children. What brave and bold absurdity has formed such a radical notion in women—and in men, to tolerate it! Such is the madness of a degenerate society. But the Christian is free from such delusion, having the knowledge of God: “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32)
By this then comes a paradox. If female authority is to be rejected as a doctrine, what of female government? Truly, this was the cause of that most excellent, sober, and noble treatise The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, penned by that holy man of God John Knox, even upon the occasion of that wicked and idolatrous woman Mary I being raised to power in England. So then there is a question: God has truly forbidden dominion and power to women, and yet, according to providence, they are sometimes raised up as queens and magistrates. How comes it to pass? And does God approve of it?
We answer: God does not approve of it according to His revealed will, yet He permits it according to His secret decree, as with all other offenses against Him committed in this world. He does it to shame men and to humble them—sometimes by incompetent or wicked queens (Jezebel, Athaliah, Mary I)—to show the vanity and disorder of this world, so that the righteous will long for the final judgment. “As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.” (Isa. 3:12) Truly a prophetic remark of mockery and divine condescension!
At times He raises up competent or godly women to shame men and bring them to repentance, because they have not governed as they ought—as Deborah, Huldah, and Elizabeth. It is truly a miracle of grace that more was accomplished in the service of Christ’s church during the reign of Elizabeth than in many of the ages before her. Let us therefore have wisdom and know how we ought to respond to each case in its own kind.
Therefore our conclusion is that God oftentimes permits what He does not approve of, that men might seek His face and await His judgment on the last day. For all things in this life are disordered through the fall of man and the bringing of sin, death, and misery into the world against God’s will. Yet He has brought salvation through it, as we are taught in Scripture. Therefore, if we are beset by wicked rulers and froward magistrates, let us have good hope that even these monstrous acts of confusion and egregious errors will be turned to the benefit of the church through Jesus Christ, our dear and blessed Saviour and Lord, whom alone we serve. “O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.” (Isa. 26:13)
ii. The source of Authority.
Romans 13:1; 1 Corinthians 11:3
Inasmuch as we have argued with sobriety and reverence to the word of God that power and authority are utterly denied unto women, we now mean to show the principles attending it and annexed to it, the more to enforce the point.
In Romans 13:1 the Scripture says, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” In context, Paul is exhorting the Roman church to submit to their rulers; for Christianity, springing out of Judaism and fulfilling it, required clarification as to how a Christian should live in the world, even as the law taught the Jews how to live within their covenant community, separate from the nations.
We must remember that the people of God were no longer to be separate from the world in the same manner that they were under the Old Covenant. As it is written, “When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou—and when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: neither shalt thou make marriages with them… For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods.” (Deut. 7:1–4)
Although this was certainly a religious command, it was also a national command. Israel as a nation was not permitted to make friends or alliances with the pagan nations surrounding them. Spiritually applied, this now refers to false religion and heresy. Christians are not to invite into their religious fellowship the heretics and sectaries—Papists, Baptists, synergists, antinomians, dispensationalists, Pentecostals, and such like. These are the godless nations whose idols we are commanded to break down, as the prophets so often proclaim, and even as we aim to do in this treatise by the authority and grace of God.
But Israel was commanded particularly to smite and destroy these nations, and to offer the sword of violence against their people—a commandment which Christians are not to follow in the combative, militaristic sense. For Christians are called to be at peace with their enemies and to do good unto their neighbors. As Christ Himself says, “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.” (Matt. 5:43–44)
Thus the command for Christians is not that of separation in the former, carnal sense, but of separation in spirit and in practice; for we dwell among the heathen. As Paul says, “I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators; yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.” (1 Cor. 5:9–10)
It was therefore essential to remind Christians, as Paul does in Romans 13, that inasmuch as they dwell among the heathen and under the rule of heathen kings, they are commanded by Christ their true King to obey and submit to them—in good conscience and in all things lawful. For these rulers and kings, though they be among the reprobate and destined for hell, were nevertheless placed in power by God for the punishment of evil and the reward of good. If they fail in this duty, judgment will surely find them, either in this life or the next. Yet let us take heed that we are not guilty of resisting them and so heap that same judgment upon ourselves; for Paul adds immediately, “Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.” (Rom. 13:2)
We ought also to note that the kings and emperors we are commanded to submit to are not always morally sound or godly, but are often lustful, vengeful, petty, and enemies to the church. And while we are certainly, as the apostles say, “to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29), we must also remember the words of Christ: “For this cause pay ye tribute.” (Matt. 22:21) and again, “My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight.” (John 18:36). These words imply that we are not to resist the powers that be.
Thus we are commanded to obey not the good and gentle only—those maintainers and advancers of true religion—but also, in all things lawful and not directly sinful, those magistrates who are obnoxious and hateful, a curse and a scourge upon the nation. Christians are called to be a people of peace; and the basis for removing authority from women is this same rule—that all authority flows downward from God, not upward from man, and that the word and ordinance of God alone determine who is fit to rule and who is commanded to obey.
a. The subjection of the soul to God.
We should note here, by way of exposition, the form of words and the living principle which applies to our current discourse. For the Scripture says, “Let every soul be subject.” This shows that God holds those guilty who are not subject. For the Scripture is not full of suggestions or opinions, but of commands—absolute and veracious.
As it is written, “If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” And again, “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 again, “What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.” And again, “Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.”
Therefore let every soul be subject—not to men as fallen creatures, but to God, and to men for His sake, knowing that there shall be a judgment, and rewards according to every man’s work.
Mark well: it does not say merely, “let every man be subject,” or “every woman,” but “let every soul be subject.” This shows that the bare mimicry of subjection is not acceptable with God, but only the full obedience of the soul unto the higher power for the sake of God’s ordinance.
It is not obedience, therefore,
– to submit without the heart,
– or to submit in some things only,
– or to submit while giving undue credit, praise, or glory to man,
– or to attribute honour to oneself for the act of submission.
But let every soul be subject to the higher power, giving all glory unto God, not worshiping or serving the creature, nor attributing undue honour to it or to self, but offering your obedience as a living sacrifice, that God may be pleased with the work and have no reason to reject it and destroy you. For all commandments improperly performed shall be counted as the non-fulfilling of them; but he that performs with love and for the glory of God doeth well.
This, then, is truly the only safe way for the soul to “be subject unto the higher powers.”
Now, we should consider well how this principle applies to our current discourse on feminism. For if the soul is subject to the higher power, and if the Scripture hath put women in subjection to the man, as in:
– “Wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.”
– “The head of the woman is the man.”
– “Thy desire shall be unto thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”
—then to break this ordinance and reject the authority of the husband is not to despise man, but God.
For God does not take the rejection or trampling of His law lightly, as it is written, “He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy.” And this refers even to the ceremonies which were only for a time, until the better covenant should appear. But we speak here of the moral law, that law which “is perfect, converting the soul,” “true and righteous altogether,” “a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path,” and which Christ came “not to destroy, but to fulfil.”
Verily, the despising of the ordinance and word of God is no light sin, but rebellion against the heavens, and a rejecting of the authority of God. Thus feminism is not a trifling or forgivable offense, but is accompanied by the flames and torments of hell; as the next verse saith, “He that resisteth shall receive to himself damnation.”
Thus we have proved that as the soul is subject to the king, so is the woman to the man.
b. The Higher powers.**
There is also a brief point to be made on the definition and nature of “subjection.” For, as we have previously stated in part, subjection does not necessitate devaluation. That is, because something or someone is in subjection to another—although it is a humiliation in class—yet it is not necessarily annexed to a lack of favour before God. A perfect example of this is the incarnation and humiliation of the Lord Jesus Christ, which condition the Catechism expresses thus:
“The estate of Christ’s humiliation was that low condition, wherein He, for our sakes, emptying Himself of His glory, took upon Him the form of a servant, in His conception and birth, life, death, and after His death, until His resurrection.”
And the same Catechism witnesses also of His exaltation and subsequent glory. Therefore it is groundless to suppose that because one is subjected, therefore one is displeasing to God.
We know and readily admit that subjection, as it stands in this fallen world, is an evil condition—necessitated by sin, contrary to the pride of man, and despised by the favour of men. Yet this is precisely why we must argue it. For our argument against feminism is but one part of a much larger theological and doctrinal system founded upon the glory of God and the subjection of man unto Him.
Christ made Himself a partaker of this condition voluntarily, taking the form of a servant,, for the sake of His elect—for their salvation, encouragement, comfort, consolation, and example. And as we look unto Him for grace and guidance, we learn to submit and to be subject even as He was.
It will not do to say,
– “I do not want to,”
– “My husband is cruel,”
– “He does not mind that I have strong opinions,”
when Scripture is so decidedly in support of female silence and submission and so decidedly against rebellion against subjection. Christ Himself before Pilate submitted Himself unto death. Let us, therefore, have that same mind in us: to bear patiently with the evils of this world, and to await vindication at the Last Day from God Himself, not minding the delusions of self-justification nor the praise of men.
Subjection is necessitated both by the order of creation and the order of the fall, as the Scripture saith:
“For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression.”
Therefore let all women submit to this ordinance in all reverence and obedience. And those who resist shall receive their punishment in the life to come.
But there is another point to be made for the subjection of pious women to their husbands—and the condemnation of the rest—on the grounds of the very nature of the body. For as there are many parts to the body, and none without signification, the limbs and joints are set in motion by a control tower—the head. They are supplied with blood and nutrients from the heart, but they are governed by the head. Even so Paul says in Corinthians, “the head of the woman is the man,” and again, “wives, obey your husbands in everything.”
So then, the degree of authority over the wife is absolute. It is not so much, “the head controls the body, unless the head is wrong,” but rather: “the head controls the body so absolutely that a limb cannot at any time usurp the proper order and mode of function God has established.” Therefore, whatever evils the body suffers due to the poor decision-making of the head, the head is responsible—yet the whole body suffers. Such is the man and the wife.
Men are not perfect, and may fail to reach agreement with the heart, yet the rest of the body cannot revolt against this ordinance without procuring great guilt. It is upon this account most foolish and detrimental to the health and fabric of society, church, and government for the limbs to be reigning over the head. It is a foolishness and madness to be ridiculed and profoundly detested. And yet it is wondrously common in both world and church for women, and those like women, to rule—while the men of authority are silenced, because they pose a threat to the corrupt systems in place.
Such was one chief cause why our Lord was crucified. He came not to applaud the Jews, nor to flatter them in their sins, nor to permit them to continue their hypocrisy and will-worship, but to bring in a New Covenant by His blood—sealed and secured by His death, and realized by the gift of faith and repentance. This was an overturning of the old world, and therefore highly offensive to the Jews, who glorified men and not God, and who would hear none of Christ’s rebukes against them.
But to return to the discourse at hand: suffice it to say that the head ought to be the head, and the body in subjection to it. If the limbs should refuse obedience to the head, what confusion in society would abound!—and that is exactly what we see, and why feminism is greatly to be abhorred.
c. The Ordination of God.
Conclusion.
Women are denied authority on a proper and solid ground.
4. Feminism as Witchcraft.
Now, inasmuch as we have discussed the theological origin of this cursed movement, we ought also to consider its central matter—not merely as it pertains to politics, philosophy, or social disorder, nor even as it affects most immediately the home and family, but as it stands before the knowledge and law of Almighty God. For what does it profit if we oppose feminism with our mouths, yet agree not with the Lord, who “looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek God” (Psalm 14:2), and found them altogether become filthy? (Genesis 6:5; Ecclesiastes 7:29)
If our opposition to feminism be only political, or practical, or cultural, and not grounded upon the holy character and unchanging justice of God, then our righteousness is but rebellion clothed in borrowed truth. It is but enmity veiled in propriety. For “the Lord seeth not as man seeth” (1 Sam. 16:7), and though we may call evil ‘foolishness’ or ‘unwise,’ unless we call it sin—yea, rebellion—our voice is not united with His.
Let us therefore be warned: it is no great virtue to be right by accident, or to stumble into agreement with Scripture without heart, faith, or the new birth. Many shall be condemned who held to fragments of the truth, but never bowed to the whole counsel of God. They may have opposed feminism on the basis of statistics or sentiment, yet being without the Spirit, they opposed one idol only to set up another. The talent was in their hand, but they did not trade with it. The sword was in their mouth, but they struck not at the root. Therefore shall they be judged not only for their silence, but for their cowardly consent.
You may denounce feminism from a conservative pulpit or a senator’s dais—but if your judgment springs not from Him who “commanded light to shine out of darkness,” then your lamp is false, and your fire is strange. For the carnal mind, even when it mimics virtue, “is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be” (Rom. 8:7), and therefore “they that are in the flesh cannot please God” (Rom. 8:8).
Let it be understood, then, that this treatise, while containing political, social, and familial considerations, is above all things religious and spiritual. For our aim is not to ‘make the world a better place,’ seeing that “the whole world lieth in wickedness” (1 John 5:19), but rather to bear witness against its madness, to unmask its idols, and to exhort the Church to be separate, as a virgin bride to her Lord. If we declare what feminism is politically (“equal rights”) or practically (“women should not vote”) or domestically (“a contentious wife destroyeth the home”), but do not declare what it is in the sight of God—namely, rebellion, idolatry, and enmity—then we have not yet begun to speak as prophets.
And if we speak not as prophets, then let us not expect the blessing of the Lord, nor His Spirit to accompany our words. Therefore, before we proceed to classify and expound upon the several kinds of feminism, its demonic origins, and its manifold corruptions, let us begin with the Word of the Lord, that our foundation may be sure.
The text which we will now expound is 1 Samuel 15:22–23. In it, the holy prophet Samuel delivers a withering rebuke to Saul, Israel’s king, who presumed to offer sacrifice in place of obedience. But the Lord delights not in sacrifice without submission, nor in burnt offerings offered upon the altar of rebellion. As the prophet saith:
“And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”
Let us now lay down the necessary context. First, observe the speaker: Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, in a time when “the word of the Lord was precious; there was no open vision” (1 Sam. 3:1). He was no mere teacher of moral principles, but a chosen instrument of divine judgment—one of those sacred men whom God anoints not to entertain sinners, but to confront them. He was a prophet in the fullest sense, one to whom the people trembled to approach, and kings dared not gainsay.
And as it was with Samuel, so it was with Jeremiah and Ezekiel—men sent not to the crowds, but to the leaders of men. Jeremiah was sent to the king, and Ezekiel to the elders. One to rebuke political apostasy, the other to cast down ecclesiastical corruption. None were spared, for the word of the Lord reaches from the throne to the temple, and from the crown to the ephod. As the Lord said to Jeremiah:
“See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms,
to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down,
to build, and to plant” (Jer. 1:10).
And again:
“Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee:
be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city,
and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land,
against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof,
and against the people of the land.
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee;
for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee” (Jer. 1:17–19).
This is the mantle of the prophet—not merely to declare mercy to the penitent, but to pronounce judgment to the rebels, and to cast down every high thing that exalteth itself against God. Those towers that are raised like Babel, built upon the proud opinions of foolish mortals will be reduced to rubble like Sodom, under the authority and judgment of the living God. Therefore if we will be faithful, we must take up this same mantle, and set our faces against them like flint.
Ezekiel, likewise, was not sent to pagans, but to the elders of Israel, those who presumed to hold the law of God while walking in rebellion. As the Lord said: “Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me:
they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day…
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear:
for they are most rebellious” (Ezek. 2:3,7).
And again:
“Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart,
and hear with thine ears.
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people,
and speak unto them, and tell them,
Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear” (Ezek. 3:10–11).
And again:
“Set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart;
and prophesy thou against them…
And I will set my face against that woman, and will cut her off from the midst of my people” (Ezek. 13:17,21).
Observe carefully how none are spared: kings, princes, priests, elders, daughters—all alike judged by the word of the Lord. For rebellion defiles all ranks and must be cast down from all heights. If the prophet flinches before the crown or the veil, he is no prophet but a hireling. For, “if I please men…I am not the servant of Christ.”
So let it be said of us. We preach not against feminism merely as a social disorder of the people, but as a rebellion among rulers and leaders, both civil and spiritual. For it has entered the palace and the pulpit, the school and the sanctuary. It is a plague upon the world, and a cancer within the Church. Therefore, we must speak as prophets, and not as politicians. We must declare not only what is wrong, but what God hath said. For “he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully” (Jer. 23:28).
Next, observe the subject of his rebuke: Saul, king of Israel, anointed and appointed by God Himself. The prophet did not spare him for his title, nor show partiality for his crown. For God is no respecter of persons. The higher the position, the greater the sin; and so too must be the severity of the correction.
What then was Saul’s fault? The Lord had commanded, “Smite Amalek, and utterly destroy.” But Saul spared what seemed good to his eyes, and justified it with pious pretense: “to sacrifice unto the Lord.” But God desires not pious rebellion, nor religious innovation, but humble submission to His word. Therefore the prophet struck him down—not with sword, but with the judgment of the Most High—and declared him rejected.
God will be taken at His word, and not suffer His word to be taken from. Those who reduce scripture to only those principles their sinful conscience can bear and subtract those holy laws which condemn what they love, shall themselves be subtracted from the book of life, and they will be reduced to nothing. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words shall never pass away.”
So too is feminism today rejected by the Lord as Saul was. It is not a new sin, but the age-old rebellion clothed in modern garb. It is the sinful curiosity of Eve, the pride of Jezebel, and the sorcery of Babylon. The Church that tolerates such impudent behavior is not merely misguided, but bewitched. “Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.”
Therefore, let this text stand as our banner, our judgment, and our foundation for all that follows. For we speak not to flatter kings, nor to please fools, but to declare with trembling the Word of the living God.
a. The word of the prophet, “and Samuel said”.
Here are powerful words against all impotent rebels, and presumptuous independents. If God would deliver a message to a people, doth He not send a prophet? “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7) “It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” (1 Cor. 1:21) “How shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Rom. 10:14)
And if He send a prophet, is it not to proclaim the iniquity of the people and denounce their error? “I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.” (Hos. 5:15)
Then hear ye the word of the LORD from the mouth of Samuel to wicked king Saul: Rebellion is as witchcraft. Disobedience is devil-worship.
Do not add to his words with poisonous opinions, lest the noxious plagues of the word be added to you! Knowest thou not that Egypt was destroyed? Do not take away the curse which is necessary for the humbling and bruising of men lest the blessing be removed with it! He who slights God’s word, removing the curse of hell, God will slight him into hell. Those who add to the word, and invent new idolatries from the furnace of their wicked imagination, God will invent plagues for them, taking from the holy treasury of His infinite wrath. He will show them his furnace. You conjured a new modes of worship, which he did not command, and he will invent a new way to torment you, which you did not wish!
Or do you imagine, because we are but men, that we do not speak with power? Behold—God is with us. (Isa. 8:10) Who shall withstand our words or gainsay our doctrine, when every line is drawn from the eternal Word and tendeth wholly to His glory?
Shall God be pleased with that worship which is done without the authority of His word (though it be done in His name), when He has magnified His word above His name! (Ps. 138:2) That worship and service which has the name of God without the word of God will be rejected by the decree of God. “What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.” The righteous have ever the Lord and His word before them, but the wicked cast it behind them. It is beneath them to submit to a higher authority; therefore they will be thrown from the highest dignity. “Before honor is humility.” “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up.” “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
Doth God change? Doth His Word fail? Then let no man say that He willed patriarchy in the days of Abraham and Moses, but approves of feminism now that the calendar reads twenty twenty and beyond. Doth God require fresh opinions with every new moon? O fools and blind! This is not liberty, but lawlessness. “My words shall never pass away.”
Damnable pride and militant ignorance to suppose that God’s law is now slacked! Shameful contempt of the everlasting God!
“Thou art weighed in the balances, and found wanting.” We, His ministers, do speak only what we have received. Those who reject the doctrine of the prophets who are sent by God reject the God who sent them! “He that heareth you, heareth me.” (Luke 10:16) We come in God’s stead—not with new inventions, but with that old word which is able to convert, and condemn, reprove, and restore, rebuke and reform. “These things I speak unto you are for your good.” (Deut. 10:13) Therefore, those who reject the simple and wholesome words that proceed from the wooden pulpit reject the rich and saving lifeblood that flows from the wooden cross. “My words are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63) “He that heareth my word, and believeth… hath everlasting life.” (John 5:24)
Though the world reject our message, yet will we preach to the world. Though we preach as dead men to dead men and see not the fruit, yet shall they know a prophet hath been among them. A prophet sent to root up false doctrine, to cast down strongholds, to build up what is stable and true and cast down what is false and spurious—and they would have none of it. The prelude to their destruction is written in the declaration of the prophet. For thus it was in Ezekiel, the prophet fell upon his face. Then the Spirit entered into him and set him upon his feet. And the voice said, “Son of man, I send thee to a rebellious house… whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, yet shall they know that there hath been a prophet among them.” (Ezek. 2:3–5)
So too in the Proverbs, Wisdom crieth in the streets—lifteth up her voice in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates. She calleth, “Turn you at my reproof!” but they refused. “They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.” Therefore, saith the Lord, “I also will laugh at your calamity… When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind… then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer.” (Prov. 1:24–28)
Thus the message remains the same: Thus saith the LORD.
And what saith the LORD here? “And Samuel said.”
God ever vindicateth His servants. Those who slander the prophets of the Lord shall be slain by the Lord of the prophets. Though they have nothing to fear from us, who are called to be meek as lambs, yet they have everything to fear from Him, who is called a Lion—and who teareth in pieces that none may deliver. (Ps. 50:22) “Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell!” (Matt. 10:28)
O therefore, it is wise, it is safe for the precious soul, to hear the word of the Lord from the mouth of His prophets. “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life.” (Prov. 10:11) We have drunk deeply from the fountain of life (Ps. 36:9) and do now point men to the stream. Hear us, that your soul may live.
b. The offended party, “the LORD”
The verse in our consideration reads: “And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD?” (1 Sam. 15:22).
God is known only by His Word, which He hath declared, and our course of duty is set down therein so that none may excuse himself from service or plead ignorance. It is God Himself who is offended by this accursed idol, feminism.
We do not speak as angry men, venting against the impudence and stupidity of a fallen world, but as humble servants of the Most High God, who hath said in His Word that women are to be “discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed” (Titus 2:5). Hath not God exalted His Word above His name? (Ps. 138:2). Does He not highly prize His Word, and curse those who rebel against it? Is not His Word a reflection of His own divine character? And does not the Word speak chiefly of the things pertaining to the Lord Jesus Christ, whom the Father loveth dearly?
Then when His Word is blasphemed, contemned, or lightly esteemed, He takes great offence, inasmuch as it is an insult to the majesty, holiness, and truth of the Author thereof. Therefore, we are offended as God is offended.
We do not speak of feminism uncertainly, as philosophers seeking a better order of life, who, observing much discord, social inconvenience, and unrest arising from feminism, aim merely to ameliorate the social atmosphere. Nay—we are men well convinced that “the whole world lieth in wickedness” (1 John 5:19), that it shall be purged with fire, and that Christ shall return to bring again His kingdom of righteousness, destroying all these miserable sinners.
Why, then, take the trouble of all this writing and rebuke? Because it is our bounden duty, and we are undoubtedly called of God to do so. The minister may relinquish his service only upon his death, and not before. We are commanded to blow the trumpet and declare unto men their sins (Isa. 58:1). Therefore, because it is commanded of God, and because He is greatly offended by this wickedness, we come forth and make our case.
Inasmuch as wives are commanded to submit to their husbands, even so we submit to Christ our Head, proclaiming to you the message we have received of Him, in full agreement with His Word, His doctrine, and the faithful servants He hath called and sent by His own almighty power.
And if you would be further acquainted with the uniformity of the Reformed Church on this subject, see John Knox’s treatise The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, which we have before cited and recommended—“that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established” (2 Cor. 13:1).
c. The cause of the offense (disobedience), “to obey is better”
Here we must once again argue on the basis of Holy Scripture, even that doctrine which is directly related to hearkening to its holy commands and trembling at its threatenings. For the Scripture says, “The fear of the LORD, that is wisdom” (Job 28:28), and again, “Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man” (Eccl. 12:13)—which is as much as to say that to believe God and to do His will is the whole of true religion, the summary of the law and the gospel, yea, of all Holy Scripture. For it is impossible to obey—really obey from the heart—without faith; “without faith it is impossible to please him” (Heb. 11:6), and “whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Rom. 14:23). Nor can any be possessed of true faith (the gift of God) apart from a willingness to do His will: “Faith without works is dead” (Jas. 2:26), and “faith which worketh by love” (Gal. 5:6).
So here, when the Scripture says, “to obey is better,” the substance of the argument is this: to hear His Word and do His will—believing the doctrine He teaches and applying it to everyday life—is better than to offer Him sacrifices devoid of faith, understanding, and covenant love. Mark well the sign of Saul’s apostasy: he saith “thy God” and not “my God”—for he stood outside the bond of covenant, a disobedient and impudent rebel. So also with our generation: many mouth God’s name while contradicting His order. They seize offices not given them, and justify their theft with pious pretense. Thus the feminist, taking to herself the office of a man—preacher, magistrate, law-officer—will say, “He would not; therefore I must.” The contentious wife will bite her husband and murmur, “He deserved it.” Yet the Scripture answers simply and finally: “To obey is better.”
So we come full circle to our original complaint: by this abomination of feminism the Word of God is broken and His law transgressed. Did not God command, “Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” (Gen. 3:16)? And again, “After this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement” (1 Pet. 3:5–6). Therefore we frame our arguments from the Word of God and protest against this wicked people that “we ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).
Will we be vilified for refusing to bow to this Dagon? Hunted as outcasts for refusing homage to this Baal? Be it so. Yet even those beastly gods were not so base and worthless as this sordid doctrine of feminism. It were less absurd to worship a stone, or a rock, or a fish—things with some weight and use—than to adore that which overthrows sense and reason and personifies weakness. A stone is heavy and keeps its place; wood builds houses and warms the cold; but “a continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike” (Prov. 27:15). A rebellious woman is the dry rot of the home and a plague upon the polis. To exalt her is to promote weakness above strength; to serve her leisure is to become the slave of the basest lusts. Well might men who obey this harpy be called simpletons: they forfeit sense for a moment of sensuality; they substitute logic for lust.
We therefore choose the narrower path: it is better to obey God and bear the world’s contempt than to yield one iota on this point of doctrine. Woman’s place is where Scripture has placed her—and not beyond. Therefore, it is better to obey: “He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him” (Heb. 5:9). “Those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me” (Luke 19:27). “Depart from me, ye that work iniquity”—anomia, that is, lawlessness (Matt. 7:23).
d. The cause for stumbling, “than sacrifice”
What meaneth the prophet, when he crieth, “To obey is better than sacrifice”? (1 Sam. 15:22) Did not God command sacrifice? Was not the law full of altars and blood, of feasts and oblations? And yet, again and again, God disdains the very offerings He prescribed. Why?
“Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.” (Mal. 1:10)
“Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts.” (Mal. 2:3)
“Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.” (Jer. 7:4)
These were not idol feasts. They were not pagan rituals. They were the very ordinances of Jehovah, performed by the covenant people in the appointed place. Yet God rejected them. Not because the sacrifices were unlawful—but because the hearts that offered them were. Not because they were uncircumcised, but uncircumcised in heart.
The attendance was performed, without the affection. They honoured God with their lips, without their heart. (Isa. 29:13) Thus, their religion turned from piety to provocation, and all their pompous and pretentious service was utterly repudiated. They offered a stench rather than a savour.
For no work is holy unless it bears all three marks:
1. It must be commanded by God.
2. It must be done in faith.
3. It must be directed to the glory of God.
If it lack any one of these, it will not be counted for currency, but cast out as counterfeit. Even if the act be noble, even if it be seemingly useful to men, even if it appear outwardly religious—without these, it is but “the sacrifice of fools” (Eccl. 5:1). God will not have His holy name yoked together with rebellion, even when it comes clothed in professed piety.
Behold then, the sin of Saul. He transgressed by offering what was only lawful for the priest. Well might he have lost his crown, for laying it aside! He left the bounds of his office, stepped beyond the express commandment of God, and justified his vanity with pretended devotion. He thought to pacify God with the filthy works of his hands, while disobeying His voice. He took upon himself the office of the priest, looking for double honor, and instead lost his office of kingship, bringing upon himself double shame.
Even so is the sin of feminism.
For as Saul left his proper office and usurped the priesthood, so feminist doctrine calls women to leave theirs and usurp the authority given only to men. It is the same spirit: pride masked as principle, rebellion under the pretense of righteousness.
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.” (1 Sam. 15:23)
Feminism is witchcraft—for it charms the heart against God’s order, and teaches women to conjure a new law and a new gospel from their own lusts. It is idolatry—for it exalts the self above the Scriptures, man’s rights above God’s rule, and fashions a god after their own image who allows them these. It is treason—for it seeks to overthrow the natural and God-ordained harmony which He has provided for the house, the church, and the world. Feminism seeks to overthrow the most High God, and establish a lie in His place.
And though they offer many supposed good works—as teaching, building, writing, nurturing—if they be offered in rebellion, they are not holy. Even if the deed in itself be commendable, if the order is perverted, the whole is polluted.
Let them take heed to the holy scripture and know: when we sin, it is still an offer. But rather than righteousness which we owe, a spotless lamb which was commanded, we offer the lame, the blind, the blemished—sacrifices which God hath expressly forbidden. (Mal. 1:8) And shall He accept this at our hand?
No—“present your bodies a living sacrifice” (Rom. 12:1), saith the apostle. Which is to say: let every member, thought, and action be offered to God in its proper place, with its proper spirit, by His appointed rule. There is no neutrality in any part of worship. Every deed is either sweet smelling incense or a noisome and abominable stench.
God hath set order in the household: the man as head, the woman as helper. He calleth her a “weaker vessel” not in value and virtue, but in office, function and design; for she was formed not from dust like the man, but from his side, as one made for him. (Gen. 2:22; 1 Pet. 3:7) And Adam was not deceived by Satan, but the woman was deceived, and Adam by her. Therefore was this singular judgment passed on women for her sake, as sin was passed on mankind for Adam’s.
Let her not leave that domain God has placed her in. Even if her husband err—even if men fall short—she is not justified in overstepping her bounds. Presumption in the name of order is still disorder. Uzzah stretched forth his hand to steady the ark and was struck dead. He meant well—but he died because he did not fear the Lord, and regard the strict commandments pertaining to the proper transportation of the ark. (2 Sam. 6:6–7)
So too when women seize authority, even to “do good,” they commit sacrilege and God standeth ever ready to strike. They defy the created order, and think to bring peace by rebellion. But God saith: “Let all things be done decently and in order.” (1 Cor. 14:40) and, “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean thing? Not one.”
Say not, then, “We are in Christ; the law is no more.” The law is no longer our condemner, but it is still our compass. The law is not dead; it is fulfilled. And those who love Christ keep His commandments—not as bondsmen under the yoke of Sinai, but as sons walking in the light of His holiness.
“Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.” (1 Cor. 7:19)
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15)
“Walk not as other Gentiles walk… but be renewed in the spirit of your mind.” (Eph. 4:17,23)
To be in Christ is to keep the law and not break it. It is to serve God with a willing heart and a ready mind. It is to walk lawfully—under grace—and under God. The old covenant is fulfilled, and the moral order remains. The Spirit writes the law no more on tablets, but on the hearts of His people. “I shall be their God and they shall be my people.”
Therefore, you cannot be a feminist and a Christian. The two are as contrary as light and darkness, Christ and Belial. For feminism is a rival gospel, a counterfeit creed. It denies the roles God hath expressly ordained, the authority He hath divinely established, and the submission He hath undoubtedly required.
Let those who name the name of Christ depart from iniquity—and that includes this iniquity which hath swallowed the world whole as of late. (2 Tim. 2:19)
As Saul was stripped of his kingdom for one act of proud disobedience, so shall the feminist be stripped of every crown she thinks to earn. For “to obey is better than sacrifice,” and to submit unto righteousness is better than to lead into darkness.
Now, although we have briefly shown in what way feminism may be likened to sacrifice without obedience, we spoke so chiefly because our text demands it; yet we must also speak of feminism in this text, and by this text. For the Word saith, “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams” (1 Sam. 15:22). In one sense, feminism pretends to “sacrifice”—that is, it attempts to do good without the express commandment of God; but looked at more closely as a social cancer, it proves not sacrifice at all, but the refusal of sacrifice: not the form of religion without the heart, but wholesale rebellion of the heart against the form. Therefore, as we used the likeness, we must also press the difference, that our judgment be righteous and our indictment exact. When Saul sacrificed sheep and oxen, he violated the command and excused himself by appealing to another command—the ceremonial sacrifices—which in their own place were pleasing to God. But the Lord is pleased with things abiding in their place: sacrifices where sacrifices belong (always subordinate to His moral law and present command), kings where kings belong (not usurping the priest’s office), and women where women belong (not usurping the man’s authority). “God is not the author of confusion, but of peace” (1 Cor. 14:33), and “let all things be done decently and in order” (v. 40).
Accordingly, feminism is not merely “sacrifice without obedience” (as with Saul, who lied about his motive while keeping what God had cursed); rather, it is the non-sacrifice of the heathen, the doctrine of devils, the rule of disorder, and an open invitation to emotional frenzy and social ruin. Saul at least pretended, “to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God” (1 Sam. 15:15, 21); the feminist has no lawful pretext at all. Filled with the same greed, lust, ambition, and spirit of defiance, she not only refuses to obey and revolts against the express Word, but also abandons the very altar on which she ought to lay herself—as Scripture requires of every believer: “present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God” (Rom. 12:1). What is taken out of its God-appointed sphere is no fit offering. “Bring no more vain oblations” (Isa. 1:13). “To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice” (Prov. 21:3). “I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings” (Hos. 6:6; cf. Matt. 9:13; 12:7).
Mark the contrast. Saul still had something outward to lay upon the altar, though it made his worship abominable; the feminist, by transgressing order itself, has nothing to lay there that God will receive. For every acceptable work bears three marks: (1) it is commanded by God; (2) it is done in faith (because He commanded it); and (3) it is aimed at His glory (Ps. 115:1). Lacking any one, it is counterfeit coin and “the sacrifice of fools” (Eccl. 5:1). Hence the Lord rejected even His own ordinances when severed from obedience: “This people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me” (Isa. 29:13). “I will take no bullock out of thy house” (Ps. 50:9). “Who hath required this at your hand?” (Isa. 1:12). So too here: if the order is perverted, the whole is polluted (Mal. 1:8).
Let us, then, remember creation and command. “The head of the woman is the man” (1 Cor. 11:3); “Adam was first formed, then Eve” (1 Tim. 2:13); “I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man” (v. 12); “Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” (Gen. 3:16); “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord” (Eph. 5:22–24; Col. 3:18); “keepers at home… that the word of God be not blasphemed” (Tit. 2:5); “even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord” (1 Pet. 3:5–6). Presumption “for good” remains presumption. Uzzah stretched out his hand “to steady” the ark and was struck dead (2 Sam. 6:6–7). He meant well, but he did not fear the command. So when women seize authority—“to set things straight”—they defy the order by which things are set straight. “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.” (Job 14:4).
Say not, “We are in Christ; the law is no more.” The law no longer condemns the believer (Rom. 8:1), yet it still instructs him; it is not Sinai’s chain, but Zion’s compass. “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15). “Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God” (1 Cor. 7:19). “Walk not as other Gentiles walk… but be renewed in the spirit of your mind” (Eph. 4:17, 23). Christian liberty is not license: “Use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh” (Gal. 5:13); “as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness” (1 Pet. 2:16). Christ did not abolish the law, but fulfilled it (Matt. 5:17–19), and the Spirit now writes that law upon the heart (Jer. 31:33; Heb. 8:10). Therefore, whatever liberty God hath not expressly given is theft; whatever authority He hath not clearly assigned is usurpation; and whatever office He hath not plainly ordained is witchcraft. “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.” (1 Sam. 15:23)
Away, then, with the vain pretense of “virtue” and the dark arts of a liberty uncommanded. God will have obedience and not sacrifice. And what He hath not granted in His Word is no part of Christian service, but revolt. “What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.” (Deut. 12:32)
e. The root of obedience (the hearing of faith), “to hearken”
Let us now return to a proper and sober definition of that heresy which has so plagued our generation—feminism—that we may rightly show its opposition to the most precious of all graces, namely, faith.
Feminism, according to the common definitions of our time, is “the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes,” or, as another source has it, “the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.” These definitions are not biased interpretations—they are the very self-descriptions of the movement itself. Thus, we take feminism at its word, and by its own profession, feminism is nothing less than a revolt against God’s ordained order of nature, law, and society.
At the heart of feminism is a claim of injustice: that women have been deprived of something that belongs to them by right, and that this deprivation must be rectified by reordering society, family, and power. But this very claim presupposes that the creature may judge the Creator. For who made them male and female? Who determined the roles, distinctions, and purposes of men and women in the covenantal order of creation? It was not the state. It was not man. It was not the woman. It was the Lord of Hosts. And what He has decreed, let no man—or woman—presume to alter. To assert that women have been historically denied “rights” that belong to them by divine justice is to accuse God of injustice, and to exalt man’s sentiment above God’s law.
Scripture teaches no such doctrine of human equality in function or office. Rather, it teaches divine purpose in all things. God hath appointed to each his station, calling, and burden, and hath done so with wisdom, not cruelty. Feminism, in its essence, denies this divine appointment and substitutes for it a man-made theory of interchangeable sexes—a flat, sterile, soulless vision that denies the beauty of distinction and the harmony of God’s order.
This is why feminism cannot coexist with faith. It is not merely an error in sociology; it is a sin against the first commandment. It introduces another law, another righteousness, another god. For faith, properly considered, is that grace whereby the soul receives and rests upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and glory. But it is also, in its active fruit, the obedient response to God’s every word: “Faith worketh by love.” It believes what He says, and submits to it. It does not quarrel with His commandments, nor seek to improve upon them.
Therefore, the feminist cannot truly believe in Christ. For faith requires submission and feminism is by definition rebellion.”
Where the one says, “Thy will be done,” the other says, “My voice must be heard.” Where faith says, “Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth,” feminism demands, “Listen, for we will decide what is best for us.”
Let us go further. Feminism is not only a denial of faith in the practical sense—it also obscures and denies the gospel itself. For the gospel is not a message of equality, but of mercy. It does not tell us that all men and women are equally suited to the same tasks, or that each may choose their own path without consequence. It tells us that we are sinners, and that Christ alone is righteous. And it commands all to repent, believe, and obey—according to the order God hath established. That order includes, without ambiguity, the submission of the wife to her husband, the modesty and silence of the woman in the congregation, and the distinct calling of men to public authority and teaching in the church and home.
To reject this is to reject not merely Paul, or Peter, or Moses—but Christ, whose word it is. As it is written, “He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me.” Therefore, let no one claim to follow Christ while despising the roles He has commanded and the structures He has built.
The effect of feminism, then, is not joy but judgment. It promises liberty, but brings confusion. It boasts of progress, but ends in perversion. It multiplies grievances, stirs up discontent, undermines the family, pollutes the church, and dishonours the gospel. And though it may offer women a fleeting sense of empowerment, it cannot give peace, for there is no peace apart from submission to God.
Only the truth brings joy. And the truth is this: that God’s law is good; that His wisdom is unsearchable; and that His order is not bondage, but beauty. Let women believe this, and they shall be happy. Let them deny it, and they shall undoubtedly be miserable—though they be applauded by the whole world.
On the Nature of Civil Rights and the Feminist Distortion Thereof being antithetical to True Faith in the Word of God.
The modern concept of “civil rights” or “social liberties” is grounded in the Enlightenment dogma that men possess an inherent value which obligates governments to guarantee their liberties. Chief among these—according to the American creed—are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet this trinity of carnal idealism is itself a monster, a grotesque idol, whose vague and unbounded nature renders it susceptible to the most barbarous and depraved interpretations.
What if a man’s idea of life includes defiling the innocent?
What if liberty is used to poison the minds of children, to mock God, and overturn the natural affections?
What if a woman’s “pursuit of happiness” is found in abandoning her household, despising her husband, snuffing the life of her unborn child, and exalting herself over men?
Shall we still call these rights “sacred”? Shall we defend them under the guise of freedom, when their fruit is clearly anarchy, misery, and moral suicide?
It is evident that such “rights” must be restrained, defined, and subjugated to the law of God, else society will be swallowed whole by villainy and debauchery. Indeed, this has already come to pass. America, in her recent history, has utterly failed to define rights according to the light of nature and the standard of Scripture. Consequently, the gates of hell have been flung open, and into the streets have poured every vile thing—abortion, sodomy, transgenderism, pedophilia, and the fuel of many of these woes: feminism.
Among these abominations, feminism occupies a unique seat, for it is not merely a moral failing or perverse practice—it is a political doctrine aimed at dismantling the entire framework of created order. It removes the woman from the station to which God appointed her and thrusts her into places she was never meant to be: the university, the courtroom, the boardroom, the laboratory, the army, the pulpit, the judge’s bench, the political throne. This is monstrous.
But it is not simply the woman who has done this. The rebellion was not accomplished by her strength—for she had none to do it alone. Rather, she has been aided by the apostate church and the effeminate state. The one surrendered its theology to devils (when Reformed pulpits gave place to Arminians), and the other surrendered its duty to govern to atheists and cowards who fear man more than God.
By what madness do men now exalt women to places of dominion—fragile, panicked, emotionally governed creatures—placing them over households, corporations, and nations? Can she, whose strength is in her womb and nurture, now bear the sword, adjudicate disputes, and legislate justice? Shall she who was made to bear children now bear rule over men?
Let it not be named. For in doing so, we have not elevated woman—we have degraded man. Indeed, the rule of woman is not the advancement of female liberty, but the deprivation of male duty. It is a crime against the order of creation, a theft of God’s design. As surely as God cannot remain sovereign if man is free, neither can man remain sovereign if woman is loosed from her place and enthroned as his equal.
But some will say: “Is not the woman equal in value, and thus equal in right?” We answer: Her person is not her office. Her dignity as a human bearing a personal and unique soul does not imply her fitness for governance. Her usefulness in childbearing is not her qualification for ruling. Equality of being does not entail equality of function. God never approved of women in authority—not once in all of Scripture. And creation itself renders her unfit: physically weaker, emotionally governed, and innately fashioned for a different glory.
Let it be known: we are not attempting to persuade the world. The world is mad, and its conscience seared. The sycophants, the mobs, the politicians, the influencers—they cannot be convinced. But our task is not to convert the mob, but to demolish the strongholds of falsehood with the weapons of righteousness.
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God…” (2 Corinthians 10:5)
And feminism is such a high thing. It is a lie. A deceit. A rebellion against God. It is the religion of the Whore of Babylon, repackaged with smiling faces and talk-show sermons. It is the philosophy of hell—cloaked in glitter and victimhood. It is irrational, unnatural, unbiblical. It is the injection of death into the bloodstream of a nation.
And this we say not alone. John Knox thundered the same truth centuries ago in The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, rebuking with holy violence the wicked reign of Mary Tudor and others like her. We now echo that trumpet blast in our day, not against a queen, but against a movement—a global whoredom whose tentacles reach into every home, school, and pulpit.
Let our words then be as swords, and let the axe be laid to the root of the tree.
Feminism is antithetical to faith.
Feminism is irrational.
Feminism is against nature and against God.
Let it be cast down and burned with all other idols of men.
2. The nature of faith.
Now that we have shown the definition of feminism in its true light, let us also define the faith of Scripture and set forth its temper, its fruits, and the behavior it produces—so that faith, brought into the noon-day, may put impudent rebels to shame. Faith has many characteristics and operations. In a practical sense, it trusts God’s providence: “I will not fear what man shall do unto me” (Ps. 56:4; Heb. 13:6). In the theological sense, it receives Christ for righteousness: “Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom. 5:1; cf. Phil. 3:9). In this present argument, however, we speak of faith as believing God’s Word and humbly submitting to His will in all things. Thus it is written of the patriarch: “By faith Abraham obeyed, when he was called to go out… and he went out, not knowing whither he went” (Heb. 11:8). Luther rightly says, “We are justified by faith alone, not by a faith that is alone.” And James Nalton, that Westminster divine: “Although faith alone doth justify, yet that faith that is alone doth not justify… the faith that is a justifying faith is a working faith.” In sum, faith hears, hearkens, and obeys—“the obedience of faith” (Rom. 1:5). It “worketh by love” (Gal. 5:6), “is the substance of things hoped for” (Heb. 11:1), and “is made perfect by works” (Jas. 2:22).
This faith stands in perfect antithesis to the temper of modern feminism, which would be free from law and order, and at liberty to usurp offices not given—consuming the world through lust. Of the women of faith, Scripture speaks thus: “Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed” (Heb. 11:11); and again, “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives… whose adorning… let it be the hidden man of the heart… even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price… even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, while ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement” (1 Pet. 3:1–6). Here God’s imprimatur is stamped upon a definite mind and a definite manner of life. The coin that passes in the kingdom must be of the golden mint of holiness; all else is counterfeit.
The world, however, runs by its own appetites, contrary to God’s law and sound reason; hence, in our time, women take to themselves unnatural offices (that is, offices not belonging to their sphere) and impose themselves as persons in authority. This is unseemly and, in the sight of God, an abomination; for “God is not the author of confusion, but of peace” (1 Cor. 14:33). The very nature of faith is to act in love according to God’s holy character and law; rebellion against His commandments is not faith but sin, for “whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Rom. 14:23), and “sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4). Therefore that which is of faith is—by definition—in obedience to the commandments (1 John 5:3).
In these passages the Spirit commends female piety, not female authority. Instances of women appearing in public roles (Deborah, Huldah) do not overturn the rule; narrative is not norm. “Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.” Hence the apostolic order: “I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man” (1 Tim. 2:12–14). The histories are full of the patriarchs’ faults—Samson, Jephthah, David, Solomon—by which God yet wrought good; but these were written “for our admonition” (1 Cor. 10:11), that we might discern what is right and what is sin. Likewise, God overruled female prominence at times for good, but never gave it as the pattern for the church or the home. “Let your women keep silence in the churches… as also saith the law.” (1 Cor. 14:34) “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord… for the husband is the head of the wife.” (Eph. 5:22–24) “…adorned with shamefacedness and sobriety… but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.” (1 Tim. 2:9–10) “…keepers at home… that the word of God be not blasphemed.” (Tit. 2:5)
Faith, then, seeks the order God appointed; feminism seeks offices God forbade. Faith loves the law and finds liberty in obedience (Ps. 119:45, 165); feminism cries “liberty” and finds bondage in revolt (2 Pet. 2:19). However the world lives, let it live and be judged; but the godly are called not to stumble into the errors of the age, but to knowledge, virtue, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, charity (2 Pet. 1:5–7). This is the life of faith: quiet submission to His commandments, diligent holiness in one’s appointed place, and a meek and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is of great price. Let all who possess this grace bear witness to the truth.
f. The nature of the offense, “rebellion is as witchcraft”
We now aim to establish the true definition of witchcraft, to unfold its nature, to demonstrate its inseparable link with disobedience, and to expose its living spirit in the ideology of feminism. And having set it forth by the light of holy Scripture, we shall confute it plainly, that the reader may be enlightened as to the truth and discern the substance of our argument.
Contrary to common opinion, witchcraft is not confined to the grotesque and sensational—spells, séances, black candles, pentagrams, or open pacts with devils. These are, indeed, the more ostensible and abominable forms of witchcraft. But this is not the full extent of it, nor are we free from guilt merely because we do not indulge in such overt wickedness. Scripture teaches a broader and more terrifying definition.
Which, then, is worse—to speak with devils, and know it? Or to be possessed by their doctrine, and believe you are righteous, even as your soul is black with sin and your nature utterly corrupted? Is it worse to be a devil, or a deceived devil? The first is a damnable sin, certainly. But the second is both damnable sin and hypocrisy.
Shall God judge your works by your own mouth? Are we justified because we say we are? Nay, we are judged by the word of the Lord. If we do not walk in His commandments, according to the rule of faith, then it matters not whether we bow at the devil’s altar or merely do his will. It is all the same. For witchcraft, in its essence, is the attempt to channel power that belongs only to God—to seize divine prerogative by human means, and to establish our will upon the earth in opposition to His.
Whether this manifests in divination, incantation, disobedience, or rebellion—it is all the same in kind. For sovereignty belongs to the LORD, and any challenge to His rightful dominion is treason and witchcraft.
Now let us be clear: we do not, as some slander, seek to crush women underfoot, to wound their conscience, or to exploit their weakness. Our intent, as godly men, is to rule with tenderness, knowledge, fidelity, and love, for the command is, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” (Eph. 5:25). Yet as women are commanded to submit to their husbands, so we are commanded to submit to God. Shall He be pleased if we abuse the authority He has lent us, using it for selfishness and cruelty? No—for the parable warns us of the servant forgiven much who then seized his fellow by the throat (Matt. 18:28–35). Such a man will be judged with the same severity.
But feminism has no such humility. It is not content with obedience, but clamors for dominion. It calls God’s order unjust, and seeks to overthrow it. This is witchcraft, for it is the very attempt to void God’s decree and exalt the creature above the Creator. “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.” (Job 14:4).
Therefore, as Samuel condemned Saul for offering sacrifice without the commandment of God, so we condemn feminism for demanding liberty where God has imposed subjection. Both sins are alike: they dethrone God in order to enthrone the will of man. Both sins are rebellion, both are witchcraft, both are treason against the Most High.
Let all who name the name of Christ tremble at this word. If any man or woman will not submit to God’s order, let them know they are not free but bewitched. Let them know they stand not in the fellowship of the saints but in the company of devils. “They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.” (Prov. 28:4). Let us, then, contend with this wickedness. Let us cleave to the Word of God, the scepter of His holy providence, and the order He hath set from the beginning. For only that people shall be blessed who fear the LORD and keep His commandments.
g. The aggravation of the offense, “stubbornness”
As we have touched upon the relationship of faith and obedience, we now proceed to the nature of stubbornness, that accursed vice which aggravates the guilt of sinners and heaps judgment upon their heads.
“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy” (Prov. 29:1). This is no idle threat. Though there is but one end for all idolaters and rebels—hell and damnation—yet the paths that lead thereto are many, and their torment shall be in proportion to the hardness of their hearts and the stubbornness of their rebellion. “He will render to every man according to his deeds” (Rom. 2:6).
Disobedience may be defined as any transgression of the express Word of God, or want of conformity thereto, as the Westminster divines rightly taught. But stubbornness is something greater still. It is the continuance in disobedience, after reproof. It is when a sinner, being admonished, warned, and exhorted, persists in evil with a high hand. Thus the proverb says, “He, that being often reproved…” It is not the sin alone, but the response to rebuke, that determines the depth of guilt.
God does not judge all transgressors equally, but according to what they have received. “That servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes” (Luke 12:47). Those who sin in ignorance shall be judged as such, but those who hear the truth and reject it are doubly guilty. They crucify the Son of God afresh (Heb. 6:6).
Even in our own day—though there is no open vision, and few true prophets walking among us—the witness of the past remains. The Scriptures are not silent. The testimony of godly men, of faithful reformers, and of ancient paths still calls out. “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein” (Jer. 6:16). This is the spirit of our age: stubborn rejection of the good way, and bold defiance of the call to repentance.
The modern Church bears much of the blame. She is silent where she should speak. She fears man more than God. She either embraces feminism outright, or else is ignorant, ill-equipped, sympathetic, or cowardly. She has ceased to be the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15), and instead has become a den of compromise. Her pastors are but dumb dogs that cannot bark (Isa. 56:10).
Yet whenever one man dares to speak—armed not with novelty but with common prudence, the testimony of scripture, and the judgments of history—he is met not with thoughtful rebuttal, but with frothing rage. These women, and their male enablers, do not answer with scripture or logic, but with slander, reviling, and mischief. They invent labels, call evil good and good evil, and bark like mad dogs at the gates of righteousness. “They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly” (Amos 5:10).
So great is their wickedness, that even worldly men, ungodly in doctrine but sensible in nature, sometimes rebuke them. For feminism is not only disobedient—it is stubborn. It resists even natural reason and order. It is void of all equity and justice. It cannot be defended by scripture, by logic, or by nature. It is the frantic terror of those who know they cannot rule by truth, and so seek to rule by force.
Recommend a feminist to read John Knox’s First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. Recommend her to read this treatise. Will she repent? Nay—she will gnash her teeth in furious rage, for the Word of the Lord has no place in her. “They refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone…” (Zech. 7:11–12).
This is the spirit of the age: stubborn, implacable, unteachable. Therefore the Lord has said, “Because I have called, and ye refused… I also will laugh at your calamity… Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer” (Prov. 1:24–28). They would not hear the Word of the Lord—therefore He will not hear them.
Let us be content to have spoken, that they may have no cloak for their sin. “And they shall know that there hath been a prophet among them” (Ezek. 2:5). Though they rage and resist, yet the Word of the Lord shall not return void.
h. The scope of the offense, “iniquity and idolatry”
The way of the Lord is perfect; His judgments are true and righteous altogether. “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul… the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart” (Ps. 19:7–8). God has not dealt unjustly with woman, neither has He deprived her of her portion. Rather, He has ordained for her a station of honour, delight, and sanctity: to be a wife, a mother, a keeper at home, and a helper meet for man. These things are not chains but adornments, not burdens but blessings. Therefore, the prescription of woman’s role by the mouth of God is not only just and holy, but suited to her very nature, for “His commandments are not grievous” (1 John 5:3).
But feminism is rebellion. It is not only contrary to God’s word—which is to say, religiously false—but also contrary to nature itself, and therefore, scientifically irrational. It wars against reason, custom, experience, and the very order which God has impressed upon creation. Thus iniquity becomes idolatry: for iniquity is lawlessness, and idolatry is to serve that which is not God. The one always leads to the other.
It is written: “Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry” (1 Sam. 15:23). This is not hyperbole, but divine truth. For rebellion removes God from His throne in the heart, and sets up a new idol—whether man, woman, pleasure, or ideology. As it is written, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Ex. 20:3), and again, “Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands… therefore forgive them not” (Isa. 2:8–9).
Feminism is precisely this: an idol of man’s own making, forged in the heart, nurtured by sin, and exalted in the public square. It proclaims liberty but births bondage. It promises enlightenment but leads to darkness. It declares justice while sowing sedition. It is not only a false doctrine, but a false god—another Baal among the nations.
And let no one say that feminism may be baptized and sanctified, for there is no good kind of poison. All that is contrary to Scripture is also contrary to reason, prudence, and the light of nature. As it is written, “If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isa. 8:20). And again, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding” (Prov. 3:5).
Now as to the fruit of this idolatry, it is manifold and monstrous: the defence of sodomy, the affirmation of transgender delusion, the embrace of witchcraft, the confusion of borders, the cry of globalism, the enthronement of self, and the redefinition of all moral absolutes. All these are the spawn of feminism’s womb. It is written, “They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them” (Ps. 106:28–29).
Therefore we affirm with full authority of Scripture: no feminist, properly so called, is justified before God. “She shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety” (1 Tim. 2:15). But feminism rejects this word. Hence, feminism rejects salvation.
Let all such idolaters know that their sorrows shall be multiplied. “Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god” (Ps. 16:4). “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived… idolaters… shall not inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor. 6:9–10). The Lord shall arise to judge the world in righteousness. “The Lord shall roar from on high… he shall mightily roar upon his habitation… he shall give them that are wicked to the sword” (Jer. 25:30–31). Those who worship at the altar of feminism and bow to its gods shall be destroyed.
Feminism is a doctrine of devils. It is iniquity and idolatry, and it will receive its due reward.
i. The rule of the offense, “the word of the LORD”
We now come full circle to the final authority and source of that divine wisdom by which we speak. For we do not, as so many in our day, belch out the noisome and odious machinations of our own brain, but speak according to the word of the LORD (let the reader take careful heed) and by His authority. Therefore, as the very nature of feminism cannot be said to spring from the doctrine taught in Scripture—“wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands” (Eph. 5:22), “he shall rule over thee” (Gen. 3:16), “as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord” (1 Pet. 3:6), “I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence” (1 Tim. 2:12) it is on that account antithetical to the gospel, the rule of faith, and the good pleasure of God—Moreover, all of these passages here listed are so decidedly against the corrupt doctrine of feminism that no elaborate exposition is needed; the plain and simple word is enough.
Our point here, then, is not only to show that feminism is against the Scripture, but to show that every man-made doctrine, idea, philosophy—whatever creeps into man’s mind according to his blind and ignorant nature—is witchcraft, and no better than open rebellion against God. William Tyndale writes in his most excellent treatise, The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528): “Now there is no other division or heresy in the world save man’s wisdom, and when man’s foolish wisdom interpreteth the Scripture. God is but his word, as Christ saith (John 8), ‘I am that I say unto you’; that is to say, That which I preach am I; my words are spirit and life. God is that only which he testifieth of himself; and to imagine any other thing of God than that, is damnable idolatry.” Now, while in that context he aptly applies his words to the false gospel of the Papists and their abominable horde of idols, it is no less applicable to any and all doctrines that proceed from man’s wisdom. Tyndale therefore states two things of extreme importance—which we also aim to declare: (1) that the Papists (and in our case the feminists) do not have the authority of God for their doctrine; and (2) that we, in fact, do. And that we reason from Scripture to assert and maintain our points is manifold proof.
It is said in the word, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed” (Gen. 3:15), spoken to the serpent—the enemy of Christ and of all righteousness. Therefore the devil’s kingdom is not manifest only by occultism, necromancy, and spirit-worship, but by all works of mankind not certified and authorized by the Word of God. The Word is often likened in Scripture to seed, and the church to a new creation. Christ Himself saith, “The seed is the word of God” (Luke 8:11); and again, “Being born again… by the word of God” (1 Pet. 1:23); and James no less confidently declares, “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth” (Jas. 1:18). Therefore the seed of the woman—which is the church, also called “the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15), sanctified and cleansed by the word (Eph. 5:26)—no doubt has her doctrine from God Himself, as it is written, “They shall be all taught of God” (John 6:45), and, “If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isa. 8:20).
Note well: it is not enough merely to “speak the word,” nor are we restricted in speech to the bare recitation of the word (for that would leave no room for exposition—the practice of prophets and apostles); but we must speak “according to this word.” For as Jerome said, “The gospel is not in the words of the Scriptures, but in the sense; not on the surface, but in the marrow; not in the leaves of words, but in the root of reason.” Therefore let no one reject this word for his own opinion. Those who do so are not the seed of the woman, walking the road to eternal life, but the seed of the serpent—of Satan, of the kingdom of darkness, of rebellion and disobedience—and will assuredly perish with him and his angels.
j. The condition of the offenders, “because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee.”
I. The Culture of Feminism.
We ought to begin by carefully observing the doctrine and principle of antithesis, and remember that all things must be judged by Holy Scripture and the pure and perfect rules that are found therein. The prophet says, “And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” (Isa. 8:19-20) We do not look for truth in man, nor do we seek the manner by which we ought to live in manuals written by corrupt mortals, but we looking unto Christ by faith behold the truth in His word, and receive nothing except it come from His mouth. That which cometh from God is truth, because God is truth, and that which cometh forth out of man is a lie, because man is born into this world a bondslave of Satan who is the father of lies. Therefore, we cannot hope to find the answers in the “conservative” media, but only in the book of the law which declares to man God’s character, and our duty to Him as creatures under His dominion. As the Psalm says, “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.” (Ps. 19:7)
And the apostle also witnesses saying, “Yea, let God be true and every man a liar.” (Rom. 3:4) And so, judging all things by the holy word of God we judge feminism to be a wicked and vile doctrine which hath no place in the world, and ought not even to be seen in the church, seeing it is contrary to the express word of God, and is opposed to that doctrine which God hath established, even male authority, and the doctrine of the covenant family. We are certainly no chauvinists, and are by no means stating that women are of lesser value. We [that is the church] believe what the scripture says, and therefore believe women are of equal value, with specific roles that God has intended. For the soul of man, and the soul of woman is immortal, and at the resurrection we all shall be made subject under the Son of God. But this is the primary point of this discourse, even that as the church is subject to Christ, so the wife is subject to her husband, because that woman was made subject to man. What is truly disgusting in the church today is the rejection, refusal, and reversal of these God-given roles. It is to be bewailed and lamented that feminism which is the rejection of the role God has given women and therefore is no more than a vain dream has corrupted both the world, and the church. And therefore we ought to discern these things and divide them one from another, seeing the false for what it is, and clinging to the right, that we might be led to truth and uprightness. On the one hand, there is the view of feminism, which has all but completely overwhelmed the liberal, and “progressive” party, which believe that women are free to pursue whatsoever their evil heart desires, outside of the home and outside of God’s law, and what kind of behavior does it result in? Surely we can see easily enough, that feminist men are of the most narcissistic, oppressive and cruel abusers of women. Liberal Hollywood, and the socialist democratic party is full of these perverts who prey on women, and succeed in destroying them. For by raising up woman’s expectations for greatness, they do no more than place them on an exceeding high mountain, only to see them fall, and be dashed to pieces on the rocks. For example, let us suppose that there was a feminist so radically deluded in her mind as to think that she was as strong as men. Let’s suppose she came to this false conclusion by watching such feminist propaganda films like Wonder Woman, and Captain Marvel, and became persuaded that women could do what men could. Then suppose she was so brave and brash as to challenge a male champion boxer to a match, and fight him. Then afterwards the vain principles in her mind would soon vanish into nothing, because she would be crushed and easily defeated. And why, but because women are not made for the same purpose as men, and to feed them with such vile principles as will cause her to depart from that purpose is to live according to a lie, and therefore ultimately it is the destruction of women, and not to their benefit. We see then that Feminism is the devaluing of women, for it is the replacement of woman’s created purpose with a lie. Then, on the other hand there is the Biblical view which is taught in holy scripture that women have a specific role, and ought never to subvert that role. For it is one and the same to depart from the purpose which God hath given, and to cast the whole law behind your back in contempt against God. As the catechism says, “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever” and “The word of God which is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him.” and again, “The duty which God requires of man is the moral law.” And so for a woman to leave the natural order and seek dominion over a man is the same as if a common citizen should tell the king what the law should be. A man who was born with a certain class has a certain role. A baker does not tell the ironsmith how to craft weapons, and the doctor does not tell the pastor how to prepare for sermons. Every man a purpose, and every man a station which he ought to be faithful in. And so, it is not that we think of women as lesser beings, but simply as a person in a station that hath a particular calling. And what is the behavioral result of holding the Biblical view? Making sport of women? Lording authority over them? By no means, but rather the defending of their dignity with respect, the honoring of their person with carefulness, the bearing of their infirmities with understanding, the quelling of their emotional breakdowns with support, and to be a tower and a refuge for them, for that we know that woman when she fell into sin became subject to diverse maladies which require patience, knowledge, sympathy and gentleness in bearing. So it is vitally important to note that feminism leads to wickedness and cruelty towards women, while the patriarchal view leads to their honor, care and protection…
Therefore, it is a most astonishing thing that almost nothing is being said on this issue.
In almost all of my conversations with professing Christians, they are aghast at what Knox says in his treatise, and distance themselves from it. Now, although this issue is not one of the 5 solas of the Reformation, neither is it included in the well-known Calvinistic acronym TULIP, it is nevertheless a vital issue, and I fully believe that if you are soft on this issue, you have no right nor reason to call yourself Reformed because it strikes at God’s authority and the structure He has ordained by divine right as we will see in later points. Today’s Reformed folk are really last century’s broad evangelicals. They call themselves Calvinist and even write movies about themselves in order to harden themselves in their antinomian lifestyle, but in truth are completely ingrained into the feminist culture, and mindset. This issue is not something you can hide from. It’s everywhere. It’s promoted on television, seen in the marketplace, practiced in Christian homes, and infiltrating the even the church. Don’t think just because you call yourself “Reformed”, it means you aren’t affected by feminism. Most Christians today I wager don’t even know the depths of feminism or how much it has already corrupted society. One of the great problems of feminism is how subtly it has crept in and how that many Christians do not know how much it has already affected them and the way they view scripture and the world.
They believe feminism to be simply women directly ruling over men, or women being ordained as ministers. This is hardly the case. Feminism is much more than just a few issues, but is a corrupting influence, a subtle poison, and a quiet blade that has cut, bled out, and killed many professors of the faith, dragging them into the world, where they are secularized, and then damned. Make no mistake. This is not a small issue that we should just learn to get along with. That is called compromise, and you won’t find any scriptures that allow for it. We are to ‘speak the truth in love’ [Eph. 4:15], and “have no part with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them.’ [Eph. 5:11]
Ignorance is darkness, and only by the light of the Word are we set free from our natural delusions.
That is my intent here. To break down the idols of the mind that promote, and allow for feminist ideals, and plant the good seed of the word which is able to save your souls.
This is the major issue of the day, and I believe to be one of the chief means that Satan is using to establish his kingdom, and obscure the kingdom of Christ. Just as the woman wandering from man’s counsel and authority was the cause for the first apostasy and the fall of man into sin, so the world of women wandering from man’s authority will be the cause for the final apostasy and the fall of Babylon the great whore into eternal hellfire.
The prophecy of the rise of feminism is found in Rev. 17:4-5,
“The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written:
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.“
What follows after feminism but fornication, sexual perversion, and all kinds of abominations? And what do we see in these our days since the rise of feminism in America in the early 20th century? Within the span of about a hundred years, we see sexual revolution, the rise of homosexuality, abortion, progressive liberal ideals and all kinds of perversity, and filth being promoted and propagated in the land, as if women being quite discontent with raising a family are now pregnant with sin and diverse abominations, ready to give birth, and bear a generation of rebellion and villainy.
As James says in his epistle, “When lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is full-grown bringeth forth death.” [Jam.1:15] Rather than killing sin and giving birth to their children, this perverse and abortionist culture kills its children and gives birth to sin, diverse iniquity and a multitude of abominations. Yet justice falls upon their own head; and with the death of their children comes the death of their legacy. The wicked can only destroy themselves. God’s kingdom will prevail and the meek will inherit the earth. We must understand the nature of Satan’s craftiness if we are to understand the dangers, and threat of feminism. Therefore let us not be ignorant of Satan’s devices. [2 Cor. 2:11]
We do not wrestle with flesh and blood here, but with spiritual hosts of wickedness in high places. We must be clad with the armor of God, and take courage in order to do battle, and prevail against this great evil which has all but swallowed up the nation in villainy and terror.
1. It has corrupted the world.
Here, I hope to explain what damage has been done, why this is not a small issue, and how it has crept into society, as like a Trojan horse, with the promise of liberty, and equality and a gift of progressive values, but inside are a thousand untold evils ready to pillage and destroy the country that harbors it.
Feminism has corrupted the world in many ways. Our society blindly chews on many radical ideas that should rather be hastily spewed out. Feminism is one of these radical ideals.
It has so been ingrained into people’s minds, that now when conservative commentators talk about feminism, they are really only talking about the smaller manifestations, and some points of hypocrisy which obviously manifest when a lie is accepted for so long.
One example being that I recently heard a conservative pundit talking about feminism, and how the wage gap is really based on what jobs men and women have, rather than earning the same amount per hour; but either unwilling to say, or completely blind to the notion that women actually produce less work than men. Are we completely unwilling to use facts anymore? Maybe we should finally be honest and say that there should be a wage gap, because women don’t do the same amount of work that men do. The feminist slogan “equal pay for equal work” if actually followed would be appropriate. If women were really paid by their results and not by their hours, the wage gap, I can assure you would be much larger. This brings us to the point on feminism in the workplace.
I have no problem at all with an employer hiring an associate based on their work ethic, and abilities, but often the case is simply that they are being hired because they are a woman, and the establishment is forced by government regulations to have a certain amount of female workers. Do they not have regulations that force companies to do what’s most efficacious, or beneficial, or what furthers America’s economy? No, they simply have to hire women because they’re women. This is a curse to America.
Women are now encouraged to work, companies are encouraged to hire them, and the home is left in disorder, the children left to secular school, or daycare, and the liberal government wins the day. Women should not be encouraged to work, but in the home and the fact that they have left their homes to pursue careers is manifest evidence of the prevailing evils of feminism.
Another evidence of feminism being blindly accepted is the amount of women allowed and permitted to voice their useless or wicked opinions on the news media. Oh, how wrong, and how vile it is to see wicked women arguing and debating politics, and critical political issues with men. There is of course the flipside to this where in many cases a conservative woman debates a liberal in which case the man is most certainly more in the wrong. But it is still not their role to speak publicly on political matters. This is to be an authority. Public debate, opinion, and the explanation of the political climate is the realm of men, of which we will talk more in a later point on government. If to rule is given only to men, then right and reason will lead us to say that all matters of rule, law and authority is given to men, and women should not dictate in any of these, nor voice her opinion of the same.
Men have given women too much power, and they have greatly degenerated society, and in turn man is feminized, and left unable to speak up, and remove it. This is the beginning of the cycle of sin leading to more sin. Feminism has led to men losing their voice, which leads to feminism in more women who before were content to be silent, which leads to them speaking out, adding more and more sin, ad infinitum.
So, women feel that because men aren’t doing it, they are obliged to. This is not what the Bible says. The Bible gives the voice of authority to the prophets. They declare the will of God, and both men and women are to take heed and listen. Amos 3:7 says, “Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.”
Therefore whether you are a man or a woman, if God has not called you to speak, keep silent.
If a woman, you are assuredly not called by God to speak publicly in an authoritative manner, but to be silent.
“I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.” (1 Tim. 2:12)
The testimony of scripture is abundantly clear on this. Women were never allowed, permitted or promoted to such a practice. It is devised in the mind of a man who is devoid of godliness.
One of the most despicable of all feminist means by which society is being destroyed is how women are portrayed in movies and video games. Women are certainly not capable of outmatching men in sports, or combat, but you see in movies frequently and unabashedly where a woman beats the guy up, or shows herself stronger than man. It’s almost as if film-makers hate the fact that women are naturally weaker, and want to twist the truth as much as they possibly can to deceive the world in order to push their feminist liberal agenda. They’ve traded heroism for blatant stupidity.
Culture is believing the lie, and worshiping the creature. They’ve given up objective standards and torn down the bar of success, so that all can be equal. It’s all a lie, and the faster that Christians realize this, and wake up from their sleep, the more likely we are to see biblical ethics and morality in society again. Unfortunately, I believe Christians have been asleep for too long, and have corrupted themselves by enjoying many of these feminist films without even thinking about whether or not it is glorifying to God.
It may be far too late, and many perhaps will remain asleep, but whether or not others will wake up and hear, this blast of the trumpet will be sounded.
2. It has corrupted the church.
Feminism has also greatly corrupted the church. This is the primary reason I am compelled, and constrained to speak about it. It is a horrible and astonishing thing that feminism has so corrupted the world, but it is far more grieving and saddening that it has corrupted the church. Should the devil pervert the whole world, it should not so much affect me, and draw me to preach, but insomuch as men and women alike who profess Christ give their assent to feminist ideals, my heart makes a noise within me, and my soul is filled with anguish and anger. The sin and wickedness of the world is worth our prayers, but the apostasy of the church is worth rivers of tears. It is not blindly that I weep for her, but knowing assuredly her confusion, and the nature of her backsliding. With David, Paul and many godly before me, I lament the church’s unwillingness to resist the ‘vain philosophies’ of the world of which the apostles warned of, and therefore I must, yes am compelled by the love of Christ to speak plainly, and boldly, as I ought to speak.
The greatest effect that feminism has had on the church itself is the corruption and defilement of the chief means by which God sanctifies His people: the preaching of the word. You might be thinking that I am going to tell you what an abomination female pastors are. While that is true, that mostly affects apostates, and not genuine Christians. The feminization of Christian ministers is the greatest threat to the church. Pastors today (and I mean most pastors) are unfit for the ministry. They are not bold enough. If you do not believe me, compare modern preaching with the preaching of the prophets. Compare it to the Reformers, Puritans, and those who have labored diligently to preach the word faithfully. Is there any comparison? Are pastors today preaching as they ought to preach? Do they have the voice of the prophets, or the voice of silly women?
Do they preach like men, or like pansies? Like lions, or like lambs? Like the apostles, and Christ or like motivational speakers? Let me be blunt, and honest. Most pastors I’ve listened to from Reformed denominations today, especially from the OPC are geeky, effeminate, and in no wise convicting, commanding, authoritative, or manly in their speech. And are not all these what God commands preachers to be?
I do believe that modern seminaries do a great discredit to true religion when they put men who aren’t leaders into the office of shepherd and guide. This is the terrible effect that feminism has on the church. Pastors today preach more like women to women than like ‘dying men to dying men.’ (Baxter) They neither preach with conviction nor lift up their voices with zeal. The prophet Isaiah says, “Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” The scripture says in Matt. 7:28-29, “And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” One might say, “He taught them with authority, and not as the OPC.” The standard for preaching is lower than it has ever been in the history of the church. This is directly related to feminism, and I hope you can see what destruction it can cause both outside and inside the church. If pastors aren’t loudly and courageously setting forth men’s sins in the light of scripture, rebuking hypocrisy and iniquity, exposing the evils of the nation, and declaring the whole counsel of God, the church will not grow. At least they will not grow from their pastors, which is the reason why they are sent to the pulpit. Not to be pansies, but to be men: to boldly declare the word of God, and faithfully proclaim the gospel of the kingdom. I do not believe there can be a perfect pastor, but I do believe in upholding standards, and seminaries inadvertently promote feminism by ordaining men who are weak and feminized.
The remedy to this disease is to return to the Biblical standard for preaching. Preachers ought to be training men to be preachers rather than what we have in the modern seminaries where academy professors teach men to blunt their edge, and tamper their courage and conviction. There needs to be a return to Puritan preaching, where the scriptures are drawn out and preached to the people with the message of how to apply it in a sinful, backwards world. Unfortunately, I don’t think many churches see the danger, and so they let down their guard, and allow feminism and other cultural ideas change their ministry rather than changing hearts and lives by the faithful preaching of the gospel. There should be no compromise on this issue, and no softening it by fair speeches. Feminism is a key ingredient in apostasy.
Feminism has also greatly corrupted the laity, and made fools of those who otherwise would be esteemed as wise and noble. Mimicking the serpent instead of mimicking Christ, they squirm and doubt those clear and perfect scriptures which expose and rebuke feminism. Instead of bowing the knee to the Word, they try to slither around it making any excuse possible as to why they should not be obliged to follow it, or change their minds regarding it. One of the chief ways the devil keeps men in bondage to their ignorance of the word is their limited understanding but frequent use of the word “context.” Feminists have all sorts of tricks and gimmicks they use to try to dodge and avoid the truth of the Word. Howsoever loudly they cry, “Sola Scriptura” or “I believe in the infallibility of God’s word” they hardly put it into practice, and are more experts in avoiding truth than submitting to it, and overcoming their error. So please, do not be deceived either by the feminist agenda, or by a sense of security from a carnal profession. Inasmuch as the vast majority of people in America who call themselves Christians do make but an empty profession, so in the church itself many profess to be Reformed but are far from it, and are closer to the world, to Rome and to pagans than to the doctrine and practice of those godly men who laid the foundation for a Reformed church.
Feminism has also corrupted the mainline churches sealing them into their backsliding and apostasy by promoting women to office in the ministry. For the most part, these churches are heretical and by no means suitable places for worship where Bible believing Christians are even found, but if it was not enough that they should live in rebellion against Christ, they profane His name by making profession of faith in Christ, and these wicked women led away by wantonness and an unnatural lust for power make a mockery of the office and become a scandal and an embarrassment by seeking promotion and leadership in the church. Woe to these pitiful souls. They are deluded and deceived by the devil just as Eve was, and because they refuse to submit to the Word of God, they will be burned with fire, and suffer the eternal punishments that await those who live in rebellion to God’s commandments.
There is no such thing as a female pastor. It is a vain imagination in the minds of wicked souls who have not the Spirit of God and are bent on doing the devil’s will.
I think it is important to note that there was recently a film/documentary done by a professing Christian supposedly based off of Knox’s treatise, called, “The first blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women.”
However, contrary to Biblical values, the film is full of women speakers rather than preachers of the word, even featuring a woman historian! (What…?) John Knox would be appalled that his treatise has been contemned in such a fashion, and I do believe that this was the intent of the film-maker. The maker of this film I believe has little to no regard for John Knox, or what he wrote in his treatise, but wanted to make a modern replacement, in order than men and women should not know the whole truth of the matter or believe what Knox taught. This is exactly how modern preachers are too. They hide the truth by presenting a half truth, quarter truth, or tenth truth (or present a tiny piece of the truth in a 30 minute sermon) which is no truth at all and does not edify the hearers or honor God. If his goal was to honor John Knox, why would the film be comprised of female speakers, and not of ministers preaching full of Bible passages and quotes from Knox? This film is a dishonor therefore to the Christian ministry, and exactly the reason why this treatise and Knox’s as well is necessary for the church. The modern world is so corrupted by feminism, even a film against feminism is corrupted by it. It should be asked, “Why was a documentary on feminism done rather than a sermon or a compilation of sermons? Why was it necessary?” In regards to moral and spiritual issues as well as political and social, the preaching of the word is the effectual means by which truth is established in the heart. Hearing a bunch of women talk about feminism does not establish this truth. The Westminster Catechism states, “The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching, of the word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation.” God has not made the speaking of women in a documentary an effectual means, and therefore it is a dishonor to God to promote it, and assert that it is.
The film may be helpful to other women, and may have some truth in it, but in no wise should it be promoted as a faithful defense against feminism. Anymore than theistic evolution can be considered a defense of the faith, seeing that it compromises with rather than fully combats Darwinian evolution. I am in full agreement with conservative, family values, but to take the title of a treatise against feminism written by a Reformer, and use it in a feminist way, (of which the Bible directly forbids women from teaching in such a way) is not the way to promote Reformation in the nation and world, but will only prove to be either useless, or promote the contrary. We cannot combat the dark forces of feminism unless we fight it as a whole, and not just the outward and easy to see liberal, progressive feminism, but also the subtle, and seductive feminism that infects modern Christianity which would rather hear a bunch of women in a documentary, than hear/preach a faithful sermon on the same subject. The primary fault therefore belongs to pastors and Christian leaders who have not loudly sounded the trumpet as Knox did so many years ago, and have allowed this to boil and fester into the problems we face today. If Christian ministers were faithful in the last century to teach, preach and counsel regarding this issue, you can be sure that female government, abortion and the like would still be counted as an abomination, and such a documentary would never need to be thought of.
II. The Kinds of Feminism.
After briefly explaining the culture of feminism, and that men and women alike are both ingrained into it and in many ways already corrupted by it, I’m going to explain some of the kinds of feminism, and the extent of them, and how in each case, the modern world has overthrown the authority of scripture, and put the counsel of woman in its place. The beginning of the rule of women in the world is the beginning of the kingdom of anti-Christ, and it has already made ground in each of these battle grounds. May the church build up godly courage, rise up and expel such ideas both from the church and the world.
1.Government.
Here we will see how the devil has acted maliciously against the church, and tempted woman again with the same temptations in the garden, installing her into offices which were not assigned to her by God. The aim of this discourse is to set forth the Biblical view, and expose the evils of these our days, which evils universally work in subtlety and deception, in the cover of the night, and in many ways remain hidden from the eyes of men. Feminism is Anti-Christ, and God will surely curse both the women who usurp the authority of men, and the men who allow and promote it.
1 Corinthians 11:3 says, “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”
Romans 1:28-32 also says, “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.”
She who rebels against man and usurps his authority rebels directly against God and is under His wrath and curse. Here in Romans Paul shows in detail how the reprobate mind seeks and delights in those things which God detests and hates. Notice especially in this case, “full of envy” in this case envious of another’s position and status; “strife” because there comes much unnecessary strife and debate from woman’s envy and rebellion; “deceit” for in order for her to be established in the place of man, the lie must be believed that women are both capable and competent to lead, and that it is allowable in the sight of God; “haters of God” because they hate the order which God has given, and the law which keeps her from ruling; “proud” in that she must be of an exceedingly haughty mind to put herself both above men, and God’s law; “inventors of evil things” in that she seeks new ways in which to establish her own kingdom of progressive liberal ideas, and uproot the Christian, conservative values that make a country truly successful; and “knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them” because not only is the breaking of God’s law, and the defiling of His natural order a sin, but also the approving of it. Men are guilty of feminism for promoting it and will be damned for it just the same.
Civil authority.
The world is covered in a shroud of darkness, and under the delusion that men and women have the same capabilities, and uses. In these our times, women are elected to all sorts of public office that they were never meant to be in. Both nature and the law of God find women in authority to be abhorrent and perverse.
Women were never in any portion or passage in scripture given permission to rule over men in civil government. Those who painstakingly try to insert it, or hope to promote it are as likely to find it as getting to the moon by rope. We are not only here to expose the imbecility of feminism, but more so how it is entirely opposed to the Holy scriptures which are the only rule of moral conduct.
When God called Abraham out of his native land, and into the land of Canaan, it was the first time in scripture that God called His people to be distinct and separate from the world as Jonathan Edwards observes. The church was at that time a kingdom in building, with Abraham as prophet, priest and king, being that he led his people as God instructed, was responsible for the sacrifices, and governed and protected them. And we see that Peter gives divine command that wives ought to submit to their husbands as Sarah did to Abraham, calling him “Lord” or “Adonai” in the Hebrew. As the first queen of God’s elected household, Sarah certainly was no feminist and therefore she is commended by the apostle of the Lord, and it is commanded that women follow her example. We need to see the historical significance of Sarah’s example, and Peter’s commendation. We never see Deborah, and Hulda commended, and praised in scripture. (The instances of female prophetesses found in scripture) ‘Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord’ says the apostle. She did not seek office as a priestess, a judge, or a prophetess. She simply obeyed her husband. Even when put under compromising circumstances by her husband in his weakness, she remained silent, and was delivered from it by God’s providence. [Gen. 12:11-20, 20:2-14]
Another proof is in the calling of Israel out of Egypt. When God brought Israel out with a mighty hand, with great signs and wonders, He raised Moses up to be a deliverer and judge to His people, and both spoke to him, and gave him authority. When Moses’ sister Miriam and Aaron his brother contested this authority God dealt harshly with both of them, but more so with Miriam, because she was given over to this feminist mindset of which we are speaking of in this treatise. Observe in the Holy Scriptures how God speaks to such a woman, and how He deals with women who rebel against His word and authority. The account is found in Numbers chapter 12.
“Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. So they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it. (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)
Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out. Then the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. Then He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak to him in a dream.
Not so with My servant Moses;
He is faithful in all My house.
I speak with him face to face,
Even plainly, and not in dark sayings;
And he sees the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?”
So the anger of the Lord was aroused against them, and He departed. And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper. So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. Please do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb!”
So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “Please heal her, O God, I pray!”
Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.” So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.”
Here we see both Miriam, and Aaron complaining at Moses, and God striking Miriam with leprosy because of it. Notice that God did not plague Aaron, though he also sinned. He struck Miriam with leprosy so that she would be a warning to all women in the future not to speak out in such a manner against those put in authority over her. Therefore how much worse will God deal with her who altogether rejects the law of God, and sets herself above man? If God plagued Miriam who was a member of the church with leprosy for speaking against a man in authority, what great curses will God bring upon her who speaks and acts in defiance against God and usurps this authority?
The truth of this argument is proved by the way the LORD treats Miriam. He says, “if her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days?’ Therefore, as a rebellious daughter of Israel was spit upon by her father and shunned for seven days, so the LORD spat upon Miriam and cursed her with leprosy, that she might be repentant, humble, and obedient.
It is also argued by feminists and weaker Christians that the case of Deborah and Hulda is evidence that God allows women to be ordained in leadership. This we must reprove. In the book of Judges it is recorded that Deborah judged Israel. Yet it never says that the LORD raised Deborah up to judge Israel. It says that ‘the LORD raised up judges’ [Jug. 2:18], ‘the LORD raised up Othniel’ [Jug. 3:9], ‘The LORD raised up Ehud’ [Jug. 3:15], but in Judges 4 where it is written, ‘the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.’ It says, ‘And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.’ But it never says that the LORD raised her up, approved of her appointment, or commended her for it. In fact, it says that the LORD sold them into the hand of their enemies, one of these being a reprobate feminist mind, and although we see clearly that Barak was very timid and cowardly, and was reminded by Deborah that the LORD commanded him to fight against Sisera with his men, he is the one commended as a man of faith in Hebrews 11, along with Gideon and Samson while Deborah is not. Women are indeed commended in this chapter to the Hebrews, as Paul the apostle mentions Sarah, making mention of her child-bearing, and the other mention is of ‘women receiving their dead raised to life again.’
However no mention is made of Deborah’s faith. (Although I believe she was saved, she was not mentioned in this chapter for a reason.) This is very important to note. For we see the perfection of scripture in both in what is said, and what is not. The latter I will briefly prove by pointing out that when Paul is speaking of Melchizedek being a type of Christ he says in Heb. 7:3, “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life” showing that this is typical of Christ in that a genealogy is not given, neither is his birth, or death recorded. However, the other patriarchs who also were types and figures of Christ, had their genealogies recorded in Genesis, and their deaths and burials were also mentioned. This is therefore typical of Christ’s eternal Sonship [Prov. 8], and His eternal Priesthood. He was without father according to the flesh, and without mother according to the spirit. Therefore we must see that there is much truth revealed in what is not said in scripture, that although Deborah judged Israel for a time, she was not commended or given praise in Hebrews 11, but Barak was. Samson and Gideon were also mentioned as men of faith, yet we see in the book of Judges that Samson was weak, and loved foreign women (a fault mentioned early in Genesis, and spoken against by Abraham, and Isaac [Gen. 24:3-4, 29:1-2), and Gideon built an idol and Israel worshiped it. “Then Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot with it there. It became a snare to Gideon and to his house.” (Jug. 8:27)
These faults I mention to highlight that although they had faults and weakness, and even grievous sins, they are mentioned as men of faith, and Deborah is not. The testimony of scripture being clear: feminism is a more detestable sin than those committed by the judges, and therefore Barak, Gideon, and Samson are mentioned, and Deborah is blotted out. Therefore let no Christian mention Deborah as an example, for a time when God allowed feminism, but let us discern scripture properly and soberly, and see the truth that the times of the Judges were times of apostasy. ‘In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.’ [Jug. 17:6, 21:25] This is repeated twice the more forcefully to declare that what the judges did, and what Israel did during those times was not according to the law of God, or the will of God, but was what was ‘right in his own eyes’ or in her eyes. John Knox also says of Deborah and Hulda in his treatise, “To the first I answer, that particular examples do establish no common law. The causes were known to God alone, why he took the spirit of wisdom and force from all men of those ages; and did so mightily assist women against nature, and against his ordinary course; that the one he made a deliverer to his afflicted people Israel, and to the other he gave not only perseverance in the true religion, when the most part of men had declined from the same, but also to her he gave the spirit of prophecy, to assure King Josiah of the things which were to come. With these women, I say, did God work potently and miraculously; yea, to them he gave most singular grace and privilege. But who has commanded that a public, yea, a tyrannical and most wicked law be established upon these examples? The men that object the same are not altogether ignorant that examples have no strength when the question is of law. As if I should ask, “What marriage is lawful?” And it should be answered, “that lawful it is to man not only to have many wives at once, but also it is lawful to marry two sisters, and to enjoy them both living at once, because David, Jacob, and Solomon, servants of God, did the same.” I trust that no man would justify the vanity of this reason. Or if the question were demanded, if a Christian, with a good conscience, may defraud, steal, or deceive? And answer were made, that so he might, by the example of the Israelites, who, at God’s commandment, deceived the Egyptians, and spoiled them of their garments, gold, and silver: I think likewise this reason should be mocked. And what greater force, I pray you, has the former argument: Deborah did rule Israel, and Huldah spoke prophecy in Judah; ergo, it is lawful for women to reign above realms and nations, or to teach in the presence of men. The consequent is vain, and of none effect. For of examples, as is before declared, we may establish no law; but we are always bound to the written law, and to the commandment expressed in the same. And the law written and pronounced by God forbids no less that any woman reign over man, than it forbids man to take plurality of wives, to marry two sisters living at once, to steal, to rob, to murder, or to lie.”
Therefore we conclude that it is not right nor reasonable, nor allowable in any way for a woman to be appointed to an office of public authority, or any station whereby she rules over men.
Law.
Therefore since the law of God binds not only in exteriors, but stretches and applies to every area, capacity, and function of life, so that although a man only so much as hate his brother, or conceive in his mind of murder, he is nonetheless guilty before God, and is a transgressor of the law, we must also affirm that the Lord has prohibited women from all aspects of law and court order, for these are the foundations of equity and justice in a nation. Women are not to be appointed as lawyers, judges, senators, lawmakers, or anything that pertains to the administration of justice and equity in the country. Is there much we can do to change such mass rebellion, seeing it is so widespread in America? Perhaps not, but we are accountable to God to speak the truth nonetheless. John Knox says, “Seeing that it is impossible, but that either I shall offend God, daily calling to my conscience that I ought to manifest the known verity; or else that I shall displease the world for doing the same; I have determined to obey God, notwithstanding that the world shall rage thereat.”
When the LORD wrought a great deliverance, and brought Israel out of Egypt, He declared His law to them, and it was Moses that spoke to the people. When Jethro gave advice concerning judgments and counsel, he wisely advised Moses to appoint able men to help him in the work. The account is recorded in Exodus 18:13-23,
“And so it was, on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening. So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”
And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God. When they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”
So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself. Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you: Stand before God for the people, so that you may bring the difficulties to God. And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do. Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you. If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace.”
Notice closely that no women were appointed judges over Israel to counsel them according to God’s law (which also is the standard for civil law). Not one. Moses was not instructed to allow his wife to counsel them, or to allow women to instruct them. Neither nature nor common sense, nor the verity of God’s law allows for the promotion of women to any station of authority in any realm or form of government. Therefore we must conclude that God does not permit nor allow women to be attorneys, lawyers, or anything related to the interpretation of civil, or moral law. It is un-Biblical, unnatural, and tends to the destruction of moral equity, and the stability of the nation. John Knox said again, “Where women reign or be in authority, there must needs vanity be preferred to virtue, ambition and pride to temperance and modesty; and finally, that avarice, the mother of all mischief, must needs devour equity and justice.” And do we not see the evidence of this in our country? I say, that you must be blind if you cannot see the mass moral corruption of the people of the nation, a large portion of which must be necessarily attributed (if we believe the scriptures, and the testimony of faithful men) to the promotion of female government and the wholesale allowance of them to dictate law and order.
Voting.
Since voting is an aspect of electing authority, it is a subtle form but an equally dangerous form of feminism. Inasmuch as it is rank foolishness to elect a woman to public office, it is just as foolish to let women elect their own candidate. To permit a woman to bear authority is the very same as allowing her to vote. Both hold an amount of power that is given to men only.
For how has this great deluge of madness (transgender tolerance, and gender identity crisis) engrossed the country in such a short time, but that little by little men have surrendered common sense for sentimentality? When once we were a Puritan colony, we are now in these days sliding into secularism and complete apostasy, and though it has been gradual, the slide into darkness has accelerated immensely in the last century since feminism began to gain ground. Socialist, and communist ideals in America are the direct result of allowing women to vote. For those that read and believe the Bible, we can say with ease that women are more easily deceived, which is good reason why God would not allow them to dictate public policy. There was a revolution in Russia that led to the rule of tyrannical communist dictators. Likewise there was a revolution in America, but in America though it was not with clash of arms, there were battles and marches: marches of suffrage for women. In 1920 America surrendered its liberty, justice, and equity, and passed the nineteenth amendment, allowing women the right to vote. From that point on America could never maintain its freedom.
Slowly and surely conservatives are giving more and more ground to destructive, and outright abominable policy that would simply not exist if it were not for women’s right to vote. Progressive liberal ideals like gun control, gay rights, transgender tolerance, and abortion itself is a direct result of women being allowed to vote. As the nation becomes more and more feminist, the nation becomes more and more corrupt, and perverse, departing from the right ways of the Lord, and turning their backs to serve other gods.
Every election, when the polls are released, it’s astounding to see that if it were not for women voting, a Democrat would never have gained the presidency since the 1950s. I do believe we can prevent great wrath and judgment from coming upon America if the leaders of the nation repent from their feminism, and find ways to overthrow the voting rights, and candidacy rights that have been so used and abused by liberal women. What are they going to do? Fight? If we do not overthrow their wicked rule, we ourselves as a nation will be overthrown into apostasy and moral degeneracy.
Military.
Another aspect of perversity and grave foolishness is the tolerance and promotion of women in the military. Now, although I have great respect for our veterans, and salute those who have fought and died to protect this country, I have no respect for women in the armed forces. It is a noble thing indeed to sacrifice one’s life to protect the freedoms we enjoy here, but it is neither noble nor right for a woman to do so. Normally when I mention this to people, they’ll immediately become incensed, and say things like, “you can’t say anything since you’ve never served” or “they’re braver than you are.” Or some other such imbecilic and idiotic words that only display their own lack of courage and bravery to speak the truth. But I will demonstrate here how it is not only wrong, but absurd to allow women to serve in the armed forces, and also how it is not scripturally warranted.
It is vain and foolish for America to allow and promote women in the armed forces because they must greatly lower the standards in order for a single woman to be able to pass. What the liberals tell you is that women have equal capabilities (which is manifest evidence enough of their Satanic delusion, and profound ability to have no sense at all)
but what they don’t tell you is that women simply cannot pass the physical requirements necessary for combat. Instead standards must be lowered, or women must be hurt in the attempt to prove themselves. There are countless stories of women being crushed, and their bodies compromised, and damaged beyond repair because of what goes on in basic training, whether running long distances, carrying heavy weights, or other strenuous activities that women were not built for. If only the nation’s leaders would wake up, and stop being such feather-brained pansies, maybe they would see that there’s a perfect reason why God says, “woman shall be saved in child-bearing”. Maybe it really is God’s purpose for woman to be a wife and mother, and not a soldier. I speak rhetorically knowing perfectly that it is the case. It is madness of the highest order to promote women to serve in armed combat. They are categorically weaker than men, are prone to emotional frenzy, have times when their bodies are greatly weakened by a monthly period, and many other such reasons why it is worse than barbarous to dress them up in a uniform and call them soldiers. (Not to mention the sexual problems that also arise from it which are manifold.) The allowance and promotion of female involvement in combat is an embarrassment to the nation, and anyone who has ever approved of such a practice should be ashamed.
It is also disgraceful in God’s eyes. He has never approved of it, nor was it ever practiced in Israel, even when they were given to other idolatries like goddess worship, and having a queen sit on the throne. I will briefly recount the times when God’s people went to make war with other nations and who it was that He sent.
When the Lord commanded Moses to number the congregation of Israel, he numbered it by the men who were able to go to war, and it is expressly declared that only men twenty years of age and older were able. Numbers 1:2-3 says, ““Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.”
Matthew Henry writes, “None were to be numbered but the males, and those only such as were fit for war. None under twenty years old; for, though some such might have bulk and strength enough for military service, yet, in compassion to their tender years, God would not have them put upon it to bear arms.”
God shows Himself to be much wiser than these fools who think it permissible for a woman to bear arms when she lacks the strength required. When Lot and his family was captured by the pagan kings in Genesis 14, Abraham took 318 trained men, and rescued Lot, his family, and also as the text says, “as well as the women and the people.”
So, contrary to liberal thought women are the ones who need rescuing, and it is the duty of soldiers both to protect and defend the women of their country, for if the women be in danger, the family is in danger, and if the family is in danger, society is in danger.
The force of this treatise therefore is against women against themselves. It is not an attack on women, but on feminism. Women are a vital part of society, and if they maintain their respective roles, theyare an incomparable blessing to society, especially their husbands and children.
Likewise when David numbered his armies, no women were found among them.
When the exploits of David’s mighty men in 2 Samuel 23, and 1 Chronicles 11 are recorded, each captain is mentioned by name, acknowledged as man of great strength and ability, and honored in that he fought the Lord’s battles. Even a Moabite, and an Ammonite are mentioned among the honorable soldiers in David’s ranks, but no women. Therefore it may be said of great captains in God’s army as it was said of moral integrity by King Solomon,
“One man among a thousand I have found (to be upright), but a woman among all these I have not found.” [Ecc. 7:28]
The women and children are what the military is supposed to be defending and protecting, so how backwards have we made it by allowing women to fight?
As Deut. 3:18-19 says, “Then I commanded you at that time, saying: ‘The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. All you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel. But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall stay in your cities which I have given you.”
The command of the Lord is that the women and children be left at home while the battle is waged. Therefore we are in direct rebellion if we do not heed the word and obey.
2. Social.
There are also diverse kinds of feminism creeping into society, and making wreck and ruin of households, and women’s lives. This treatise therefore is a defense of women in the Biblical sense. I desire that men and women alike serve and obey God with all diligence, and readiness, and when I see such flagrant disregard for God’s law and all natural order it emboldens me and invigorates me to preach more forcefully and clearly, so that those whom God grants the ears to hear may turn quickly from such sinful madness.
These kinds of social feminism are a grave threat to Christians, and are widespread and prevalent even in the church. “My brethren, these things ought not to be so.” [Jam. 3:10] The devil will not be content only to cast his shrouds of darkness over the world in order to keep men from seeing the light of the glory of Christ, but he will likewise make war with the church, and seek to destroy it. Therefore when Christ says to Peter, “On this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” He is assuring us of two things, namely that the forces of darkness will seek to prevail against it, and that they will fail in their endeavors. Therefore the Christian life is a battle on multiple fronts. We must not only beware of sinful patterns in life, but sinful beliefs and ideas like feminism. We ought to submit to scripture, and order our hearts and lives according to what is spoken by God. Hopefully through reading this, you are much more aware of what feminism is, and how deep it goes; that it is not simply a small issue, or something to overlook, but something to confront, and root out of our thoughts and lives, and if God is merciful out of the country. For when the Lord comes in the brightness of His glory with all His holy angels on the last day, He will surely punish those given over to it, and destroy those who heartily assent to it, as we will discuss later in this treatise.
Sports and athletics.
To allow or promote a female to be involved in sports programs, and athletics is a great evil, and it has brought untold ruin to families, and their daughters. The scriptures are abundantly clear as to the duties and responsibilities of mothers and daughters, being that they are expressly commanded to, ‘love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.’ [Titus 2:4-5] And it is equally clear that sports do not promote this meek and submissive lifestyle, but quite the contrary. In sports and athletics boys are trained to be men, and learn how to compete, work hard, strive for success, obey the rules, as well as accepting loss and defeat. Now while many of these are general life lessons not restricted to men only, the way they are taught in sports is certainly contrary to how one ought to train young ladies. Parents ought to seek to train their boys to be men, and their daughters to be ladies. Certainly common sense can see that that sports do not in any wise teach girls to be lady-like, and although it is most uncommon to see girls raised to be genteel and lady-like, it is all the same most natural, most right and the way God intended women to be. It is clear that the parent who encourages their daughter to compete in sports is not interested in discipling them to be godly young ladies, but for them to be accepted in the world, and for them to experience life. But when has the Lord commanded or approved of this? I say with confidence that if anyone truly wants to live according to the scripture he will allow no such thing in his household. Being actively involved in sports, even recreational sports are destructive to the female body and have been the cause of many permanent and life-changing injuries. Again, there is a distinct purpose to every command, and a reason for every law in scripture. For what is the reason for parents to allow their daughters to participate in sports, but that it is encouraged by pagan, secular society? And what is the purpose of it? Can they say that there is a God-centered reason at the heart of their doing so? Not in any wise. But there is an express reason for forbidding the same- even the training of young ladies to grow to be godly wives and mothers, which is clearly the design and purpose that God has for women. God never in His word encourages women to play sports, but He does command them to be meek, quiet, to love their husbands, and their children, and to be keepers at home, and since God has so commanded, saying, ‘they shall be saved in childbearing’ we must have a reverence for these words, and contest when they are disregarded and disobeyed.
College.
Another prevailing evil which Christians in my own community have given themselves to is permitting, encouraging, and even to their shame and confusion forcing their daughters to go to college and pursue a career. It brings me to great grief, even to tears and great anger to think of how perverse and twisted many Christians have become. As if it is not enough for Satan to have the women of the world, he has in these our days made assaults on families and Christian homes, and has dragged Christian daughters into the world where they are filled with damnable and perverse ideas regarding professional careers and life outside the home, without man, against the will of God. I use the word Christian in this area to refer to those who profess the faith, but are perhaps no true Christians. For how can one, I say, who loves the Lord Jesus Christ, and believes His glorious gospel be so deceived in their mind even to send their daughter out of the very home they are commanded to keep to be taught in a secular university by the children of the devil? Where in Holy Scripture do you see such a practice? Giving their children and especially their daughters up to secular education is more likened to the Canaanites who sacrificed their children to the fires of Molech, than it is to godly parenting. I truly wish Christians could see the weight of their error, and know the subtly of Satan. “For we” says Paul, “are not ignorant of his devices.” And yet some are so blatantly ignorant of this, and don’t even seem to care that they are promoting the devil’s work.
In the gospel of John, it is recorded that the Pharisees brought a woman to Jesus who was caught in adultery. After accusing her and demanding that according to the law, she should be stoned, although the Jews were not permitted by the state to put anyone to death, they asked Jesus what should be done, not in any wise asking in humility, but to catch Jesus in His words that they might accuse Him further. However, Christ being full of Wisdom and divine prudence convicted them all by saying, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” Now He said this knowing their hearts, for they were not righteous men, but sinful, and they being convicted by their own conscience left one by one.
“And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” (John 8:9-11)
And having commanded her to sin no more, she returned to her father’s house, as it is commanded in Leviticus 22:13 saying, “But if the priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth…”
assuming that a woman should not depart from her father’s house except that she is married. For when she is a widow, and has no child, she is to return to her father’s house. We see that this woman was sinning not only in the case of adultery but leaving her father’s house to pursue activities in the world that led to it, and it seems likely that it was not her who was married, which would add impunity to the Pharisee’s hypocritical accusations of her. There is also evidence that this is Mary who was the sister of Martha and Lazarus, and who sat at Jesus’ feet and wept. [Luke 7:36-50] There are others like Gregory who say that this is Mary Magdalene, meaning that the gospels record only two women named Mary. (One the mother of Jesus, and the other one whom Jesus cast seven devils out of, and who followed Him, and who was there at the tomb first at His resurrection)
There is reason to believe that this is Mary Magdalene, for Jesus Himself says in Luke 7:41-43, “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.”And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.”
Either way, even if the woman caught in adultery is not identified as Mary, and Mary Magdalene is not identified as the sister of Martha, the principle remains unchanged being that it is was the law says, and that Mary the sister of Martha is identified in John as she who anointed the Lord’s feet, who being mentioned in Luke as a great sinner, was forgiven and did indeed return to her family. We see this also in the book of Ruth, where although she leaves behind her former country, she stays with her mother-in-law, Naomi until she is married to Boaz.
Therefore reading from the law, and seeing that a woman who is unmarried, and has no children ought to return to her father’s house, we can discern that when Jesus commanded the woman to “go and sin no more’ she returned to her father’s house where Lazarus and Martha also were, and was forgiven, being mentioned many times, and often in reference to ‘being at the feet of Jesus’ whether weeping, learning, or cleaving as after His resurrection when He says, “Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father, but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” [John 20:17]
Another shining example is Christ Himself, who did not leave His father’s house until He was thirty years of age, but remained a carpenter, which was His father’s trade. “Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them.” [Luke 2:51]
Therefore if Christ Himself who was verily the eternal Son of God full of Wisdom, being obedient to the will of God did not leave His father’s house until the beginning of His public ministry as was the custom of the Levitical priesthood, why would someone who professes to know Christ send their daughters out of the home to pursue a career independent of their family? Such is not the practice of godly saints.
Under no circumstances is a father to banish or send his daughter into the oblivion and abyss of secular teaching, and pagan education. This is the work of the devil, and one of the most destructive ways in which the devil tears down and destroys the fabric of society- even the order and structure of the family. How can the devil build his kingdom except that he makes war on Christians, and how can he spread confusion in their ranks but by putting in their minds secular ideas, and their acceptance and tolerance of such?
But since when were Christians so willing to follow the world, refusing to take up the cross?
It is greatly troubling in these days to see Christians so blindly following the works of the devil, and giving their daughters away to be slaughtered and killed by Satan’s wiles.
The apostle warns us saying,
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.” (1 John 2:15-19)
3. Personal.
Feminism can not only be described as, “The desire or pursuit of allowing women to bear rule in a nation” But also as, “The desire or pursuit of female superiority.” Therefore we ought to see that feminism is not just a social problem, but a personal problem. It is a sin of which men and women alike are guilty. They are guilty of conceiving it in their minds, harboring it in their souls, desiring it in their heart, and acting upon it in their lives. This section of the treatise then, I hope to be more like a sermon, for inasmuch as feminism destroys society, female warriors degrades the armed forces, and female authority destroys all natural order, and equity, it has stemmed and spawned from female impiety, and as such, it is necessary for me to sound the trumpet, lest it escape the notice of the hearers.
Before I explain what female impiety is, I think it right to show from the scriptures what female piety is.
Everything in life from the policies of the king to the heart of a confined criminal will be judged by the perfect Word of God. Therefore our duty ought to be to order and conduct our lives according to the Word that we may be found blameless on the last day. When a Christian is spiritually awakened and renewed by the truth of the Word, they immediately see what darkness they were in before. Therefore I hope to shed some light here on how women are to order their lives and conduct to the word of God, and not according to vain or sinful imagination, modern culture, or the liberal progressive agenda we’ve been speaking about. The Holy scriptures therefore are the only rule by which we may know how to glorify God in this manner. What God says regarding female piety is the absolute authority on the matter, and it can never change, though culture change ever so much, and ever so many times.
1 Peter 3:3-5 says, “Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.”
Peter here shows us what God desires in women, and young ladies alike, even quietness, gentleness, meekness, and submission. For wives, it is submission to their husbands, and for daughters it is submission to their fathers. Now, this does present a problem when fathers are sinful. I believe if a father commands his daughter to go off to college, it is right in the sight of God to refuse, and “obey God rather than men.” But, for the most part, it is absolutely necessary for the growth of Christian character and the cultivating of spiritual graces that women conduct themselves in all modesty, chastity, meekness, humility, gravity and submission to the men that God has put over them – not being given to back-talking, back-biting, snapping, nagging, or complaining, but rather giving all their concerns and troubles to God, and should there be a serious problem to be meek and submissive in the request of a solution. Our culture is a feminist culture, and Christian women are tempted to be like the world, and surrender to the feminist mindset which craves and lusts for control. This is one of the major reasons why marriages fail, and fall apart. While certainly not the only reason, it does play a major factor in Christian marriage. If we desire to expel feminism from society (which I do believe it is a right and godly desire to have) we must also seek to expel it from the hearts and minds of our wives and daughters. Husbands, and fathers, this exhortation is for you. If your wife and/or daughter has a rebellious, loud and boisterous spirit, you are responsible. The most loving and endearing thing that a man can do for someone is preach the gospel to them. And in order for a darkened soul to see his misery, he must be broken by the law. Men cannot know the glory of Christ until they see the wretchedness of their own soul. Even so, if you truly love your wife, and daughters, the most loving thing you can do for them, for the promotion of godliness and true beauty in their soul is to rebuke them sharply, even telling them to “be silent” when they are given to a contentious spirit, and show them the truth of scripture, and what God expects of them. It’s not verbal abuse to be commanding, and authoritative, but it is your God-given duty, and if you let feminism prevail in your household, you are failing to do your part as the leader of that household.
Feminism is definitely a problem for men too, for many men have become weak and unstable concerning rebuke, shying away from this vital responsibility.
Howbeit, in no wise is this to be abused, for it is certainly the case that men are oft times overbearing, cruel, and oppressive of their wives and daughters. This ought not to be so. If family, and marital unity is your desire, the Biblical standard must be followed, adhered to and obeyed. It will not do to let rebellion slide without a word, and it will not do to rail and shout in unloving anger. Righteous anger is against sin, and does not seek to revenge itself upon others. This is how you tell the difference between a rebuke done in love, and one done in spite. 1 Cor. 13:5 says, “Love does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil…” Rebuke therefore if it is done in love, cannot regard its own honor but God’s. When women are vociferously nagging, it is natural for men either to roll their eyes and let it go, or become infuriated and angry.
Instead of these carnal reactions to feminism, there ought to be a Biblical one. Men need to firmly rebuke them for Christ’s sake, and for the sake of His grace in their heart. He ought to be more concerned about God’s law being broken than his own honor being contemned. Therefore a man who is concerned about the law of God in the fear of God will not abuse this responsibility, but use it to the glory of God and the benefit of his household.
Fathers, and husbands are to command in love, and wives are to obey in reverence.
Ephesians 5:25-33 says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she reverences her husband.”
Note especially Paul’s ending statement on the relationship between husband and wife. He says, ‘Let the husband so love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she reverences her husband.’ This is the Biblical standard. In no wise are men to be cruel, and abusive, and in no wise are women to be rebellious, and opinionated. But the husband is to nurture, protect, and build his family up in love, rebuking when necessary, giving his wife all his love and affection, and the wife is to manage the house, teach the children, and give her husband complete and total respect. This is the only way a godly household should be built – on the rock of Christ’s Word and doctrine. A house and family built up in grace is the foundation for a godly society.
Jesus says in Matthew 7:24-27, “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Therefore we see that female piety, and the expelling of feminism from the home, and from the hearts and minds of women, (and men also) is necessary to a godly, moral society.
Opinionated.
This brings us to the next point on the opinions of women, and the vociferous manner in which they are often expressed. The Bible describes women who are opinionated and unsubmissive as “contentious”. Four times in the book of Proverbs, Solomon confidently declares that to live in a wilderness is better than to live in a house with a contentious and opinionated woman. In the Holy Scriptures, things are repeated for the express purpose of emphasis. Phrases that seem to be the same, or bear resounding similarities ought to be taken into deep consideration. These things are written for our learning, as the apostle declares, and it is to our shame if we cannot even discern the truth after it is repeated to us so many times. In Proverbs 21:9,19, c. 25:24, c.27:15, King Solomon says,
“Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman.
It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
A continual dripping on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike.”
Notice the way here that Solomon laments his own experiences with contentious women. He of all men would know, since he was king of Israel, and had many foreign wives, many of which were a snare and enticed him to serve their gods. It is the confession of many men that they would much rather be in a desert or wilderness than in a house with an angry, boisterous, and rebellious woman. Matthew Henry comments,
“What many a man is forced to do under such an affliction. He cannot keep up his authority. He finds it to no purpose to contradict the most unreasonable passion, for it is unruly and rages so much the more; and his wisdom and grace will not suffer him to render railing for railing, nor his conjugal affection to use any severity, and therefore he finds it his best way to retire into a corner of the house-top, and sit alone there, out of the hearing of her clamour; and if he employ himself well there, as he may do, it is the wisest course he can take. Better do so than quit the house, and go into bad company, for diversion, as many, who, like Adam, make their wife’s sin the excuse of their own.”
Here the Puritan minister Matthew Henry makes the notable observation that it is better for men often to retire, lest they add fuel to the fire, and combat strife with strife.
As Solomon says in another proverb, “An angry man stirs up strife, And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.” (Prov. 29:22)
The root word used for “contentious” in all four of the previously mentioned verses in Proverbs in the Hebrew is “ןמָדוֹ” (Madon) and generally means strife or contention. This runs in perfect stride with Peter’s admonition for women to be meek and quiet, and as Peter shows what is precious in the sight of God, Solomon shows what is most odious in the sight of God. When we read the book of Proverbs, we are not reading a book of suggestions, opinions, and merely clever sayings, but the very word of God. If Solomon says in Proverbs that it is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a contentious woman, then that is as if God was saying it. What God is saying in His Word therefore is that it is a most hateful thing for a woman to be opinionated and contentious, and to be so sinful and unrestrained as to kindle strife by vexing words, and combative discourse. It is the express duty of a wife to be a joy, and comfort to her husband, to encourage, uplift, comfort, cherish, and honor him as her lord, and the love of her life. It is therefore a dishonor both to her husband, and to God for her to continue in this pattern of sin and rebellion.
Disobedient.
If contention is the kindling of strife, then disobedience is the pouring of fuel into it.
It is not enough for some women to express their opinions in a sinful manner, but they must revolt the more until they are altogether freed from their husband’s authority, and raise up a banner of defiance and rebellion. Many women altogether reject the Biblical principle, even some who profess to be Christian, and refuse to submit to their husbands. This is certainly the work of the devil and does promote diverse kinds of marital problems which break down and corrupt the order and stability of the family. As Samuel says in 1 Sam. 15:23, “Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.”
If rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, then rebellious women are in serious sin, and are in danger of hellfire. Whatever their profession of faith is, if they cannot obey their husbands, they do not obey God, and are under His wrath and curse.
Disobedience to male headship is direct disobedience to the Creator of the world.
Female rebellion therefore is idolatry, and is equal to the serving of other gods.
Matthew Henry writes, “It is as bad to set up other gods as to live in disobedience to the true God.” Feminism is an idol, and one that has led many into eternal damnation.
But feminism as previously stated is not strictly something exterior, something unheard of in Christian circles, something not found in Christian hearts. Sadly, even after conversion, the Christian must struggle against sin while on the earth, and feminism is a sin that has not only corrupted a great number of people, but also has remained unquestioned, and unchecked by a great majority of pastors and Christian leaders.
If Christian men want to uproot idolatry from the land, here is the place to start.
Let us uproot feminism from the households, and see what we can do to correct the contention and rebellion of women. Only when men are in authority in their house and in the government will we see improvement in the land. Then perhaps God will bless this nation with revival. When men become like men, and rule in sacrificial, authoritative love, and women become like women and submit to that rule, then we will have peace in the land. Until then you can only expect strife, division, injustice, scandal, heresy, false doctrine, and every kind of vice and debauchery to run rampant, until it completely destroys us. The key to this nation’s success lies much in female piety.
Godly women performing their motherly duty to raise godly children to be obedient to the Lord, and serve their family and nation with excellence will bring an abundance of peace that will follow generation after generation.
1 Peter 3:5-6 says, “For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.”
The obedience of women to their husbands in opposition to the rise of feminism may even without a word, win over souls, or else correct them and judge them on the last day.
Wanderlust.
Another common form of feminism spawning from the fall, and original sin is called “wanderlust”. It is the want or desire, or supposed need to be away from the home for an extended and inappropriate amount of time. It is expressed in pursuing work away from the home, or anything which pulls them away from the home environment.
The Christian religion is only as strong as our willingness to follow Biblical principles is, and the Christian family and the stability that it brings to a nation cannot be overemphasized. Therefore if our desire is that the Christian religion be established in the nation and the world, and for Christ’s name and doctrine to be vindicated, and honored, we should have particular interest in keeping to Biblical values regarding the family, and keeping the women of our family in the environment that suits their purpose and God-given role. This is not to say that women should never leave the home, simply that the desire to be away from the home is a sinful one. Proverbs 7:10-11 gives a striking picture of what kind of woman seeks this kind of unrestrained freedom.
“And there a woman met him,
With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
She was loud and rebellious,
Her feet would not stay at home.”
Here we see that contention, rebellion and wanderlust are all connected. They are all the preludes to feminism, and every wise and discerning father, and husband should seek to root them from the members of his house. There is no godly reason for a woman to desire to be away from her family, nor is there any scriptural permission for her to do so. Titus 2:4-5 says, “Admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” Here is a clear and concise summary from the Word of God exactly what we are talking about in this treatise: even that women are to be meek, mild, discreet, chaste, good, obedient homemakers. These exhortations are not drawn from carnal imagination, but from the authority of Holy Scripture. These are principles to live by, not suggestions to pass by. John Trapp says, “Now she is without.”[Prov.7:12] Further observe, that the former faults – loudness of language, stubbornness against a husband’s lawful commands and restraints, and this of gadding up and down to see and to be seen – albeit they be not certain signs, yet they are strong presumptions of a whorish disposition.” John Calvin also says, “In short, he wishes women to be restrained, by conjugal love and affection for their children, from giving themselves up to licentious attachments, he wishes them to rule their own house in a sober and orderly manner, forbids them to wander about in public places, bids them be chaste, and at the same time modest, so as to be subject to the dominion of their husbands.”
Matthew Henry also says, “She is loud and stubborn, [Prov 7:11] talkative and self-willed, noisy and troublesome, willful and headstrong, all tongue, and will have her saying, right or wrong, impatient of check and control, and cannot bear to be counseled, much less reproved, by husband or parents, ministers or friends. She is a daughter of Belial that will endure no yoke. Also by her place, being not her own house; she hates the confinement and employment of that; her feet abide not there any longer than needs must. She is all for gadding abroad, changing place and company. Now is she without in the country, under pretence of taking the air, now in the streets of the city, under pretence of seeing how the market goes. She is here, and there, and everywhere but where she should be. She lies in wait at every corner, to pick up such as she can make a prey of. Virtue is a penance to those to whom home is a prison.”
III. The Blasphemy of Feminism.
Having now explained the different kinds of feminism, both in the political, social, and household spectrums, I hope to faithfully explain how feminism as has been explained is blasphemy, and equated in the scripture with casting reproach or evil upon God’s name.
This is expressly why God plagued Miriam with leprosy and put her out of the camp for seven days. God will not tolerate women speaking out in vociferous contestation, and the usurping of male authority without retribution, His anger burning hot, and ready to act with justice upon the offenders. This is why Miriam was put out of the camp, and Deborah was blotted out of the book of Hebrews. God is jealous for His name’s sake and will judge with fury and retribution those who make light of it or even profane and blaspheme His name ‘seeing it is wonderful’. Edmund Calamy once said, “He that slights God, God will slight him.” Another Puritan divine Thomas Adams said, “That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.”
The Westminster Catechism asks,
“What reasons are annexed to the third commandment?”
The reasons annexed to the third commandment, in these words, The LORD thy God, and, For the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain, are, because he is the Lord and our God, therefore his name is not to be profaned, or any way abused by us; especially because he will be so far from acquitting and sparing the transgressors of this commandment, as that he will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment, albeit many such escape the censures and punishments of men.
Exodus 20:7 says, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”
Deuteronomy 28:58-63 says, “If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD, then the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses. Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the Lord bring upon you until you are destroyed. You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God. And it shall be, that just as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.”
Thus are the terrible judgments threatened to those who do not regard God’s name as holy, but do despise, profane and cast contempt upon it. This is particularly relevant to this discourse, because of what Paul says in Titus 2:4-5, “Admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.”
Paul here takes particular care to command that the churches, even the elderly women among them should admonish the young women to do so, that God’s word might not be blasphemed. Psalm 138:2 says, “Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”
And Phil. 2:9 says likewise, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him (that is Christ) and given Him the name which is above every name.”
Therefore if God so said in His word that He will surely punish those who blaspheme His name, and, “Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses… of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?” [Heb. 10:28-29] Therefore we see in these verses, not only the severe threatening of willful rebellion against the New Covenant, but also the terrible judgments that will heap upon those who blaspheme God’s word by a feminist lifestyle.
We take careful heed therefore, brethren in delivering this message to you against feminism, knowing the severity of the justice of God and the abuse of His holy name herein. How can one profess the Christian religion saying, “I know Christ”, or “I love Jesus” if they do so trample upon his name, and take up the banner of the devil by declaring that women ought to be permitted to bear rule over men? I can assuredly say that feminism is such a rank blasphemy that unless hastily repented of, will be certain damnation to those who are given to it. There is no sin so great that cannot be forgiven by the blood of Christ, (as the Confession states), but there is no sin so small but deserves eternal damnation. Therefore if small sins have the weight to drag men to an eternity of misery, what terrible misery awaits those given to blasphemy, and the trampling of God’s name? Therefore we see that feminism is not a small issue, but one that has destroyed the souls of both men and women, dragging them down to hell, where they will receive the just punishment for defiling God’s word and name.
Here I will prove that feminism is blasphemy: In that it is against God’s created order, against His word as a whole which is His most holy and righteous law, and against nature itself. As Knox rightly declared, “To promote a woman to bear rule, is repugnant to nature; contumely [an insult] to God, a thing most contrary to his revealed will and approved ordinance; and finally, it is the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice.”
- It is against the order of creation.
Firstly, God made man. God has a special right of authority being the creator of all things. Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created man in His ownimage; in the image of God He created him; male andfemale He created them.” Here, the scripture repeats three times that God created man and woman. God is man’s Ruler, Judge, Benefactor, and also his Creator. Therefore as man’s Creator, God has the right to determine to man his bounds and freedoms, his rights and privileges, his chief end, and destiny, and his eternal resting place. There is a perfect display of wisdom, and prudence in the creation of the world. God made no mistakes, but authoritatively declared that it was ‘all very good.’ Not some good, not partly good, not almost all very good, but that everything that God created and made was all very good. The argument we are using here is exactly the same which Paul uses in 1 Timothy 2:11-15, when he says by the Spirit, “Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.”
Here we are going to focus on verses 13 and 14.
“For Adam was formed first, then Eve.” (v13)
Here we equate feminism with blasphemy because it is in direct opposition to God’s order of creation. Psalm 94:8-11 says, “Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?
The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are vain.”
Is it not vanity to oppose God by subverting the way in which God made man? Has God not made man first and therefore given him the preeminence over woman? Is it not an insult to God therefore to presumptuously declare that women are indeed permitted to bear rule? Certainly if we believe the scriptures, we will come to the right conclusion that not only is feminism a great sin, but it is Anti-Christ, as Paul also says in 1 Cor. 11:3, 7-9, “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. For man is not from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.”
It is rebellion against God the creator to subvert and oppose this order by allowing or permitting women to usurp this authority. To permit a woman to teach or to bear rule is therefore equal to saying, “man was made for the woman” or “the woman is the head of man” which is directly opposite to what the scriptures teach. How does such ignorance prevail in the church- even such blatant disregard for God’s word and ordinances? Notice how carefully Paul exposits the scripture, and declares that man was given authority and dominion by right of the created order. This is certainly the way we too should approach the scriptures- carefully and meticulously searching for the will of God in all matters of life. Paul argues here that the reason annexed to the command, “I do not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man” is not simply ecclesiastical, but moral, and is derived from the order in which they were created. Paul is saying here, “God made man first; therefore women are not permitted to have authority over men.”
He is not saying (as many ignorantly, and presumptuously declare) that, “I do not permit a woman to teach strictly in a church setting, and only if it’s directly regarding preaching, or shepherding God’s people. As long as she is not their primary source of doctrine, and not stealing them away from the main pastor’s work she is permitted to teach and/or bear rule.” This is blasphemy in and of itself, and sadly is commonly circulated in Christian and even some nominally Reformed circles. This is not what Paul is saying, as he follows up by reasoning according to the order of creation, and adding to it the fact of the woman being deceived first. See here that Paul says, “Man was made first, and woman was deceived first. Therefore she shall not bear rule.” We see then that this command was set in place even before the fall. Even before man fell into apostasy, it was imperative that woman was submissive to man’s authority. However, this submission and subservience to man’s dominion was the more emphatically commanded after our first parents fell into sin, in which God said to the woman, “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.” (Gen. 3:16)
For the woman was deceived first, and she in turn deceived Adam. Therefore we see Paul’s direct reference to this, when he says in the very next verse, “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.” He gives us two solid reasons why we should not think so lightly of this issue, and why it is foolish to think this is only regarding preaching in a church setting. He argues that Adam was formed first, therefore he is given preeminence; this is in place before the fall. But even more so, Eve being formed for Adam’s benefit was deceived first, and fell into transgression first, therefore Adam shall bear rule over her. He puts it beyond all doubting (if we are reasonable creatures) that woman is never in any context or setting to bear rule or teach men. He gives two commands, and two reasons for these commands. He does not permit women either to teach or to have authority over men. We should not group these together as one, but rightly divide the word, and see that in these two commands hold the will of God for women’s submission as is proved in many other passages.
For Paul says, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man.”
He does not make these one, as if to say, “I do not permit a woman to teach in authority over a man.” This is to say that Paul permits a woman to bear rule outside of teaching, outside of church ministry. But contrary to these spurious notions, he says that women are neither to teach over men, nor are they to have authority over men. And the proof of this is in the previously mentioned arguments that he argues from the order of creation and not from a handbook on church order.
The command therefore for women to submit to man’s authority is not reasoned by Paul according to a mere ecclesiastical ordinance and rule, but to exhort Timothy to promote order and godliness in the churches, (which is the congregation of the saints) he says that women are not to teach or bear rule because God made man first, and it is verily blasphemy and a contempt of God’s word and name to subvert or oppose this order. Paul’s command in 1 Timothy (which is the Word of God) is universally applicable for public office, social office, ecclesiastical office, and marital status. Paul is saying that women are not to have authority in government based on the order of creation, they are not to bear authority, teach or preach in the public worship of God based on the order of creation, and they are not to bear rule over, teach or preach to their husbands based on the order of creation. It is a moral imperative, and not restricted to a strictly church context and setting.2. It is against God’s law. Equity/justice.
Feminism is also blasphemy because it is a reproach and derision of God’s law.
(God’s holy and righteous will revealed in His word.)
All Christians ought to be concerned about the keeping of God’s commandments, and when they are twisted and broken with such impunity, and even blasphemed, as they are in these our days by feminists, there ought to be a stand against such villainy, and the faithful speaking out in defense of Biblical ethics and morals. Let’s not forget that Paul says in Titus, “Admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” [Titus 2:4-5]
When Paul is commanding the Corinthian church to be orderly, and not to be unruly, he says,
“Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.” (1 Cor. 14:34-35)
Here Paul in giving divine commandments to the church, the more infallibly to declare that what he is saying comes from God, says, “as the law also says”.
Just as Jesus had all authority in Himself to write new scripture out, makes recourse back to the Old Testament, and replies to the temptations of the devil saying, “It is written.”
For truly we are to believe nothing unless it is revealed to us from scripture, and there are no new teachings in the whole of the New Covenant that were not already prefigured, or previously spoken of in the law and prophets. As John says in his epistle, “Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.” (1 John 2:7)
Therefore we will consider in this point which law Paul is talking about, as well as the key moral imperatives why women are to be silent in the churches, as well as submissive to their husbands, and in no wise seek to bear rule or authority. We do not reason with human wisdom, but by the law of God. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” (Prov. 1:7)
The law that Paul is referring to is from Genesis 3:16 where God directly says to Eve,
“Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
Therefore just as Paul as previously discussed reasons from the order of creation why women ought to be submissive, he here reasons from the law. Therefore, if you as a woman have feminist notions in your head, and think yourself to be permitted by God to teach men, and lead men, here is God saying over again that you are a rebel, and a blasphemer. He has given evidence enough simply at creation, but now much more in a direct command, as if it wasn’t already clear enough. God gives sufficient declaration regarding this topic, and it is simply a matter of stubbornness and rebellion when men and women try to squirm around it, and say that it is merely a suggestion, or that it’s limited to a context that will never apply to them. They’d be more honest if they simply said, “I am in direct disobedience to the Word of God and just don’t want to obey.” The topic that Paul is discussing when giving this command is regarding women speaking in public worship, and contrary to modern forms of explanation (or eisegesis), says that the law regarding Eve’s submission to Adam is perfectly applicable to why both married and single women should not be allowed to speak in church. If single, she is to ask her father. This also is a law against pastors personally counseling women from the church apart from their husband’s presence, and authority. She is not told to ask her pastor, but ask her husband, for the husband is the head of the wife, not the pastor. In disagreements which are bound to occur, she is not to form her own ideas, but submit to her husband’s, and he will be accountable for the errors. This is not to say that women are to believe false doctrine and heresy simply because their husbands are in error. They are simply to submit, and not cause contention over it. Even if her husband is a flaming heretic, if she desires to remain married to him, and he has not given her lawful reason for divorce, she is to submit in silence, and obey, howbeit in doctrine, she is to first submit to the Lord, and believe what the Spirit teaches in scripture. This is what Peter is exhorting women to when he says in his epistle, “Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.” (1 Pet. 3:1-2) Wives therefore if they observe the law, and desire to walk according to the fear of God are not to preach to their husbands by dialogue, debate and discourse, but by a life of silent, humble, and willing submission and obedience (which even the pagans know is right and reasonable). It is said that the ancient Romans permitted Caesar’s wife to speak before the senate, and after impudently babbling and ranting for some time, they bid her cease, and instead instituted a law banning women from speaking in the senate.
John Knox says in his treatise, “Woman in her greatest perfection was made to serve and obey man, not to rule and command him; As St. Paul does reason in these words: “Man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. And man was not created for the cause of the woman, but the woman for the cause of man; and therefore ought the woman to have a power upon her head” [1 Cor. 11:8-10] (that is, a cover in sign of subjection). Of which words it is plain that the apostle means, that woman in her greatest perfection should have known that man was lord above her; and therefore that she should never have pretended any kind of superiority above him, no more than do the angels above God the Creator, or above Christ their head. So I say, that in her greatest perfection, woman was created to be subject to man.”
So we see then that the arguments given in this treatise are in line with Biblical evidence, Biblical ethics, and Reformed tradition. We agree therefore with Knox when he reasons with Paul saying, “Woman was made for man, to be in subjection to him.”
It is equal to saying, “The church was made for Christ to be in subjection to Him.”
The Psalm says, “For He is thy Lord, and worship thou Him.” [Ps. 45:11]
She who rebels against the lawful rule and dominion of her husband or seeks to bear any kind of authority over man doth cast off the rule and dominion of Christ who hath so placed her there, that she might be in subjection to him, as the church is subject to Christ. It is right then to say that the obstinate and disobedient woman is guilty of blasphemy, for she directly contemns God by her willful rebellion against God’s authority, even though He has so carefully put into female nature a subordinate role, and so justly declared to her, “he shall rule over you.”
God directly spoke to Eve full of severity, and majesty, commanding her to be submissive, and obedient to her husband, that she might be fully persuaded not to do so foolishly as before when she left his counsel and authority, wandered in independence, and fell into the transgression which doomed the world in darkness and apostasy.
Peter also uses similar arguments when he says, “Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.” (1 Pet. 3:3-6)
Peter is very courteous, and tender in his exhortations, and encourages women based upon the godly example of Sarah to be submissive and obedient. Yet this is still reference to the law, and is a law of its own. Peter is not in anywise saying, “If you want to, be meek, quiet, and obedient to your husbands.” But as a faithful pastor and shepherd, he exhorts them saying, “Let your true beauty be not merely outward, but let it be shown that you are beautiful in spiritual countenance, even being so lovely as to call your husband lord, and obey quickly and cheerfully as Sarah did when Abraham commanded her to prepare meals for the angels of the Lord, one of which was Christ Himself.” Sarah’s obedience to Abraham we see is directly related to her obedience to Christ. Even as she prepared meals by the command of her husband, she did it for the LORD, who visited Abraham, and revealed His will to him there. God’s law therefore we see universally forbids female authority as is seen from all the godly examples of the Old Testament saints, the judges, the kings of Israel, the command to Eve, and the testimony of the prophets, Christ and the apostles. Christ did not ordain any women to be apostles, and the apostles likewise did not ordain any women to be officers in the church. Female leadership is universally condemned by the law of God, and it is blasphemy, and contempt of God’s name and word to approve of or promote it in any of the ways that have been set forth. “Let God be true and every man a liar.” [Rom. 3:4]3. It is against nature.
Let us also observe how God has created men and women differently, and with specific purposes. God has made all things good with uniformity in nature. He has declared what is, what will be, and what should be. Therefore, some sins are considered more heinous on account of their failure to conform to that basic uniformity. When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah there was a special cause that Jude gives why they were ‘set forth as an example’ even because they ‘went after strange flesh.’ It is obvious here that what is being referred to is homosexuality. It only requires common sense to know that homosexuality is against nature. Therefore their sin is heightened, and will heap additional wrath upon them for not only breaking God’s laws, but being so vile, unrestrained and impudent they defy His natural order. The Westminster catechism says, “Sins receive their aggravations,
1. From the persons offending; if they be of riper age, greater experience or grace, eminent for profession, gifts, place, office, guides to others, and whose example is likely to be followed by others.
2. From the parties offended: if immediately against God, his attributes, and worship; against Christ, and his grace; the Holy Spirit, his witness, and workings; against superiors, men of eminency, and such as we stand especially related and engaged unto; against any of the saints, particularly weak brethren, the souls of them, or any other, and the common good of all or many.
3. From the nature and quality of the offence: if it be against the express letter of the law, break many commandments, contain in it many sins: if not only conceived in the heart, but breaks forth in words and actions, scandalize others, and admit of no reparation: if against means, mercies, judgments, light of nature, conviction of conscience, public or private admonition, censures of the church, civil punishments; and our prayers, purposes, promises, vows, covenants, and engagements to God or men: if done deliberately, willfully, presumptuously, impudently, boastingly, maliciously, frequently, obstinately, with delight, continuance, or relapsing after repentance.
4. From circumstances of time, and place: if on the Lord’s day, or other times of divine worship; or immediately before or after these, or other helps to prevent or remedy such miscarriages: if in public, or in the presence of others, who are thereby likely to be provoked or defiled.”
So we see that there are many factors which can make a sin more or less worthy of God’s hatred and contempt. Now, all sin deserves God’s wrath and curse, but all sins are not equal, as the apostle John says, “If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.” (1 John 5:16-17)
Feminism is the subversion of God’s natural order, both of the order of creation, and the order of authority. Feminism is the desire for women to have rights and office which are not given to them in the word of God. It is also the unwillingness to conform to the Biblical standard of womanhood, and perform the duties that God has imperatively given in His Word. It is both transgression and want of conformity, and it is most unnatural. It is unnatural for women to bear rule over men in ecclesiastical, civil, social, or marital status, and it is unnatural for men to allow it. The point of this treatise is not to blame women for all of the problems and corruptions of society, but to reveal the danger of feminism, of which both men and women are guilty of. There is a real and present danger. God has created both man and woman for His own glory, and it is our express duty as laid down for us in the scriptures to order our lives according to His desire, and will. Anything less than that is considered sin. Not only does feminism set itself against God’s created order, but also against God’s law, and also against nature itself. Paul therefore says in Corinthians, ‘does not even nature itself teach you’? (Referring to men and women’s hair being symbols of their authority, and submission) Men’s hair is to be short as a symbol of his authority and women’s hair ought to be long, as a symbol of her submission. This is expressly why in the modern day we see outspoken feminists shave their heads, and wear their hair short.
It is a symbol that they are rebelling against male headship. Does not even nature itself declare this? Paul is saying this in general as well. He is saying, “Should not these things be clear enough to you? Nature itself teaches women to be submissive.” Our arguments in this point are the same as Paul’s, whose words in this epistle are the very words of God. Nature itself teaches male headship, (as even the pagan nations were scarcely given to such perversion as female headship), and it is contempt of the law of God as well as the uniformity of nature to subvert this perfect order.
IV. The Effects of Feminism.
Now that we are well established in the truth that feminism is blasphemy of the Word, and contempt of God’s authority, let us discuss the terrible effects it has on society, and especially on the family. Earlier we discussed the culture of feminism, and how it has crept in and made ruin of households, and society, but now we are going to look at what kind of effects it has. The effect of sin will always be misery, just as the effect of righteousness will be quietness and peace. Just like any sin, feminism brings with it a curse. Paul says in Galatians 3:10 quoting from Deuteronomy, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.” Likewise in Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin is death.” Although Christ has verily taken away the final curse of the law, that no one who believes in Him should perish, there yet remain various temporal punishments for sin that directly result from it. God has promised not to destroy us, but He has never promised not to chastise us; in fact the scripture says just the opposite. Christ says in Revelation 3:19, “As many as I love I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous, therefore, and repent.” And again, “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor detest His correction;
For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
Just as a father the son in whom he delights.” (Prov. 3:11-12)
God intends to turn His children from their backslidings, and He corrects them by punishing them for their sin. Just as a father uses the rod to correct his erring son, that he might not go the way of the wicked, so God afflicts and chastises us when we turn away from Him to the intent that we might be brought back into the fold. Feminism however since it comes in various forms must be distinguished as what will bring forth what kind of punishment. Light feminism which is anything from personal contentions, to an argumentative attitude, wanderlust, and such things that are common in the Christian life will indeed bring forth God’s anger, but they are not damning sins.
Hard feminism however, depending on how strongly the person believes it, and rejects the counsel of God against themselves such as advocating women’s rights, taking an office of authority, or usurping man’s dominion is a most grievous sin, and depending on the case will bring damnation. Romans 1:32 says, “Knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.” The will that has been brought into the kingdom of Christ submits to Christ’s authority. The will that does not submit to His authority is destroyed and cast into hell. Jesus says in Luke 19:27, “Bring here those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them and slay them before me.”
Those who rebel and remain in disobedience to God’s will will certain bring upon themselves swift judgment, and incur God’s wrath and retribution. God is immutable, and what He detested yesterday, He will detest tomorrow. What made His anger hot in the times of Israel will kindle the same flames of wrath today. Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever.”
Therefore let us trust in His word to be the guide of our life, and let us submit ourselves to Him in meekness and subservience, knowing that it is to our eternal benefit if we do so and our eternal misery if we do not.1. The destruction of the Family.
We are now set to discuss the evil effects that feminism has had on the family, and how liberal, progressive ideals have made havoc of the foundation of society. Truly society cannot even exist in a civil and right manner without the family, and truly God has made nations either flourish or fall based upon the family’s compliance with Biblical standards. The success of America is due largely to the industry and labor of the head of the household. Feminism is a subtle attempt to topple this principle and devil uses it to tempt women with the forbidden fruit of independence from their family and the incentive to work outside the home. As discussed previously, it can come in various forms like sports programs, public schooling, college, and career choices that are not expedient, nor beneficial for the upholding of the Biblical standards for family life.
Psalm 11:3 says, “If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”
Feminism is the uprooting of the foundations of Biblical ethics, and the overthrow of all equity and justice. Knox likens female headship to be a body with no head at all. For man, says the apostle is head of the woman, and Christ is head of man. What is a man that does not obey Christ his head, but a worm ready to be destroyed, or chaff ready to be burned? And what I pray is a woman who does not submit to her head? The household who’s head is a woman, and in which the woman bears authority and preeminence, is considered by all learned theologians to be monstrous. Knox observes the sayings of Chrysostom, Augustine, and Jerome, and they unanimously declare that it is a thing most against God’s revealed will for a woman to bear rule and dominion above man in any realm. There are terrible and disastrous results to these monstrous and vile assaults upon God’s order and will. If God’s laws are not upheld in the household, the household will surely fall by the winds of corrupt culture. Only upon the rock of God’s word will it stand the tide.
The role of the husband.
Feminism has greatly corrupted the role of the husband. Rather than taking the lead, and ruling their house with authority, many men are succumbing to the bad counsel of their wives, and allowing their household to be overrun with idolatry. Feminism would not be possible if men were men, and did their manly duty before God in the home. The hammer therefore must be laid down upon the effeminate and weak-minded men who will not exercise lawful dominion, but give up and give in to diverse sins and abominations.
The role of the husband is to make righteous and just laws and restraints so that his wife and daughters are not given to excessive ornamentations, immodest dress, unnecessary journeys abroad, pagan, secular, irreligious, or idolatrous practices, or anything that would tarnish and corrupt the order of the household or their Christian testimony. Things like Christmass decorations, which plague the mind with idolatrous notions, and steal from the glory of Christ would surely not be tolerated as they are today if men would bear rule as God commands. Women are more easily deceived and more readily given to diverse idolatries, and sentimental trinkets which is why Peter is so clear in exhorting restraint and moderation of “outward adornments”. When Jacob departed from Laban’s house and took his wives and children with him, it is recorded that Rachel stole her father’s gods. During that time, the culture was given to those kinds of vanities, and we can see the contrast between a godly household and a worldly one. Laban pursued and overtook Jacob in search for his accursed wooden idols, although Rachel hid them. Later in Genesis it is said that Jacob commanded his house saying, “Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves.” [Gen. 35:2] Here, Jacob is shown to be full of godly virtue, and gives the command saying, “You shall have no other gods before the LORD.” And truly every Christian husband and father ought to do the same. He ought to say, “Put away the vanity of secular holidays like Christmass and Halloween, put away from yourselves the old man that is not content with the sincerity of simple worship and devotion. Put away from yourselves the love of the world. As a family, we will worship God in spirit and truth. We will serve the LORD.” Men today often hide behind their preconceived notion of “sacrificial love” and do not bear rule responsibly. If men are to love their wives as Christ loved the church, and love their children as the Father loves His own, truly they ought to bear authority, and exercise proper rule and dominion, building up their families according to the law of God with the prime focus being on Christ, and His worship. He fails this directive when he allows his house to be given to idolatry, and worldliness. Now there may be many cases in which the wife is of a sound mind, and the husband is not Reformed, and the order may be reversed, but whether the fault of idolatry be the man’s or his wife’s, it largely stems from feminism, and the subversion of male headship. A man who leads his family with Biblical authority and love will not fall prey to the schemes of the devil, whether they come from the world, or his wife. The husband therefore is responsible to make sound judgment regarding the church they attend, but how common it is that women are the ones who decide, and the church they attend as a family is shallow and weak? There are many churches that hide under the false banner of “Reformed” that do not preach repentance, and obedience to God, but water down the gospel, and soft-pedal the word for the sake of tender consciences. This is common in my own community, and I have seen men led as lambs to the slaughter, and given to worldliness, and vanity who because their wives “cannot handle the preaching’ ‘prefer diversity of fellowship’ or a hundred other vain and sinful excuses why they don’t wish to attend a truly Reformed church, they complain at godly worship, cry to their husbands, and their husbands give way, thinking that this is what “sacrificial love” is. What confusion and madness! The husband ought to build his family up in gospel truth that they might know assuredly that he is the head, and he will lead them into godliness. But in the modern day, we see men being controlled by their wives, and many of them leaving sound churches to sit under weak and effeminate preaching, so that their wives will not be offended. They are more concerned about the feelings of their wives than their sanctification, which is direct disobedience to Christ’s commands in Ephesians 5. It is the opposite of sacrificial love to give in to sin, and compromise with worldliness. Paul commands husbands to “love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.” [Eph. 5:25-27]
The primary duty of the husband and father is the sanctification of his family. Should he at all compromise this principle and give in to his wife’s vain sentiment and desire to be like the world, he is divorcing himself from Christian love, and binding himself in unholy matrimony to selfish gain. Jesus said to His disciples, “What does it profit, should a man gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” All too often men are turned aside into crooked paths by the evil counsel of their wives. Perhaps they are both simply weak in faith, and growing, but indeed the surest way to backsliding and family ruin is to depart from the counsel of the LORD, and attend churches that will not hold them accountable for their sins, and often it is simply because the wife does not want to worship God as He commands. (Whether it be regarding morning and evening worship on the Lord’s day, family worship, or the observance of pagan holidays, it is my experience that more often than not, it is the wife’s personal weakness, and to the family’s ruin when the husband governs according to those weaknesses, and not according to scripture.) Patience in a husband is absolutely important, and it is not becoming to altogether reject his wife’s opinion at every turn simply because she is the weaker vessel, and more easily deceived. He ought to be loving and compassionate, patient, and longsuffering, bearing with her faults, forgiving her faults, and listening to her complaints, and burdens. But even so, he is to obey the counsel of the LORD above all else, and should a complaint arise from his wife that would overturn this counsel, he is to speedily, and whole-heartedly reject it, correct her in love, and lead his family in holiness. Sacrificial love is not inconsistent with correction. Does not the Lord rebuke and correct His people when they go astray? Does He not sanctify them by the word? So ought men to love their wives: by building them up in the faith according to the word, and not ignoring the duty of correction and admonition.
True, undefiled, sacrificial love regards and concerns itself with the spiritual estate, and welfare of others before all else [1 Cor. 13:6, Phil. 2:4-5]. If husbands are not counseling their wives, correcting them, praying with them and for them, worshiping God with them, reading scripture with them and to them, and building them up, leading and encouraging them in all things pertaining to the faith, they do not love them as Christ loved the church.
The role of the wife.
Feminism has also corrupted the role of the wife. Rather than being encouraged to live according to Biblical values and godly principles, women are encouraged by secular educators to be feminist, and to pursue a life and career separate and independent from the family. This is directly contrary to Paul’s exhortations to Timothy. The Holy Spirit speaks by him saying, “The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” (Titus 2:3-5)
He exhorts the older and more mature members of the congregation to teach the younger women to (in opposition to the lifestyle of the world) be obedient to their husbands, and keep their houses with integrity. What seems so straightforward and simple is very much denied and corrupted by feminism in the modern day, as women feel that they should pursue a career and not focus on the home, or the care of their husbands and children. But as God speaks elsewhere saying, “she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control” [1 Tim. 2:15] the imperative becomes more clear that woman’s place is in the home, and the duty of the wife to be obedient to her husband, and to bear children. Recall again the original command to the first parents at creation, “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply.” [Gen. 1:28]
In the modern day, wives are taught to be independent of their husbands, and hold down jobs which make them in many cases the primary benefactor of the house.
This is directly opposite to the commands of scripture regarding wives. They are not commanded to work so that they can bring in additional money, but to be homemakers, love their husbands, obey them and bear children. Anything contrary is blasphemy, as we explained in the previous points. Will the world rage at this truth? Will the people be able to bear it? Let them rage, and let them whine like dogs, but we will not compromise Biblical truth for the sake of this evil and deranged world we live in. Christians must understand that the devil is pulling them more and more into the world, and it requires divine grace to pull them closer to God. God sanctifies His people by means. If Christians are not hearing faithful words, and heeding them regarding these subjects, they will instead be listening to the vile sewage of the world, and drink in the carnal refuse that will plague their house and destroy their family. In many cases, I am saddened to say, that exactly this has happened. Many wives pursue work, become accustomed to being away from the home, become alienated from their family, embittered at their husbands, and the result is often separation or divorce.
Some Christians act and live as if the Lord doesn’t hate divorce or was entirely indifferent to it. But the scripture verily says, “But did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.
“For the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.” (Mal. 2:15-16)
Here, like the flowing of many rivers into one ocean we see all these points we are making flowing purely and evenly into one passage. We have the uniting of man and wife together as one, the duty of them to raise godly offspring, the hatred of God for divorce and separation, and a solemn exhortation to obey these truths with diligence.
Since it is God who has ordained marriage, and made the woman for the man, it is God whose covenant we are obliged to keep, and God whose commands we are obliged to follow. It is blasphemy to pervert His word and ordinances, and promote and allow feminist practices which make ruin of families and result in these abominations which the Lord hates, namely adultery and divorce. Therefore let not the wife dream of life outside the home. Let her not seek freedom and independence from God’s law as many do. Let her humbly submit to her husband, caring for him, comforting him, encouraging him with pleasant speech, supporting his calling, managing the house, cooking and cleaning, maintaining proper order and discipline, to the end that she may not be a blasphemer of the Word of God. For to be a homemaker is an honorable role, and to seek contrary is rebellion against God’ perfect order.
The example of the parents to their children.
Another method Satan uses to corrupt the family by feminism is the secular education of children, and the illusion that in order to be successful in life, one must have (whether male or female) a college degree. My brethren, this may be how the world determines and measures success, but this is not how the Bible measures success. It is entirely destructive to a child’s upbringing to put them in a public school, especially daughters, and especially in their younger years. The goal of the Christian parent ought indeed to raise their children to be productive members of society, and if their son is gifted in academics, and desires to pursue a career that does in fact require college education, after being well grounded and instructed in the faith, it is by no means contrary to scripture for them to learn at a public academy (depending on the subject, and depending on the college). However this is for sons, and not daughters, and it ought never to be impressed upon a Christian parent’s conscience that they must educate their children according to the world’s standards. The primary duty of the Christian parent is to raise their children to be godly and sanctified, not to be successful in the world. How does feminism prevail in the churches except that men, women and children alike are not being educated in the faith, but only in the world? When the devil tempted Christ with power and authority in the world, Christ bid him depart saying, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.” [Matt. 4:10]
And how relevant this is for Christian parents in the education and discipleship of their children! Now, although this subject seems less directly related to feminism, it is absolutely relevant considering the connection between mothers working outside the home, rather than being in the home, able and willing to educate her children according to the Bible.
Also, because the influence of secular education plays a major role in Christian parent’s decision to send their daughter off to school, or worse – college. The weight of this point as pertaining to feminism is therefore toward mothers doing what they ought, and training their daughters to do what they ought; what pleases the Lord.
Following the instructions left by Paul to Titus, we are the more emboldened to apply this to mothers teaching their daughters as well. When Paul exhorts Titus to exhort the older women to teach the younger women, [Titus 2:3-5] this equally applies to mothers teaching their daughters; the mature teaching the unlearned. Deuteronomy 6:1-2, 7 says, ““Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”
Notice closely, that the LORD commands parents to teach the laws and statutes of God to their children diligently, and makes no mention of sending them away to be educated by the pagan nations. This is directly contrary to the whole nature of God’s delivering Israel out of Egyptian bondage. It is not for them to send their children back to Egypt to be educated by the heathen. These verses in conjunction with one another express that Christian mothers ought to be very diligent to teach their daughters how to keep the ways of the Lord, and walk in His law. They are specifically to train them to be homemakers that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. This seems like common sense drawn from the truth of scripture, but to many it has become strange, as the LORD laments by the prophet Hosea saying, “I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing.” (Hos. 8:12)
When secular culture has the prevailing influence, God’s word will seem like a strange thing, and how can secular culture gain this influence, but by continual and unrestrained secular education? The duty of Christian parents, we conclude is to keep their children from being influenced by the devil and the world, and raise them according to Biblical values, and principles, for if they should fail to do this, then no matter how successful their children may become, they will perish with the wicked, and suffer the consequences of their parent’s carnally-minded decisions.
1 John 2:15-17 says, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”
Likewise, James 4:4 says, “Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever, therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God”
2. The destruction of the Nation.
We ought to also observe that feminism has contributed to the destruction of the nation as a whole. The days in which men bore the responsibility of leadership, and government have been done away with, and have been replaced by female autonomy, and authority. When men followed scriptural ethics, and common sense, women were not even permitted to vote, let alone hold public offices of authority like judge, senator, congressman, governor, or president. Thankfully, on the day that this is being written we have not yet had the travesty of a female president, but how much longer until America gives themselves over to the devil to be ruled by a woman? There are already a great deal of women in leadership roles which has contributed to the corruption and destruction of the nation. The prophet Isaiah laments saying, “As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.” (Is. 3:12)
There is in these verses both a lament and mockery towards the children of Israel, who had departed from the right ways of the LORD, and followed after feminist idolatry, and the ways of the heathen. The sin of feminism is certainly a sin to be wept over, as Jeremiah wept saying, “My soul will weep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears” [Jer. 13:17]
Or as David wept saying, “O how the mighty have fallen!” [2 Sam. 1:19]
Oh, how the might of men has become weakness, how the strength of men has become frailty, the wisdom of men has become folly, the honor of men has become shame, and the glory of men has faded into darkness. They have given themselves over to be ruled by women, and has there been in time past such a conflagration of madness, and pride?
Their wicked hearts increasingly incline towards evil, and little by little they break the bonds which the LORD has set in place saying, “Let us break their bands asunder!”
But notice also that the prophet also mocks them saying, “Women rule over you!”
For is there anything more shameful than for what was strength to be defeated by weakness? What shame it was for the Philistines when Goliath the warrior giant was defeated by a shepherd boy. What shame it was for the Assyrians to be decimated by the Angel of the LORD in one night, or even as Peter who was of the closest disciples of the Lord Jesus was ashamed because he could not even confess His name before a servant girl.
How shameful it is for men to be ruled by women! What songs of mockery and jest they deserve to have written for them. They deserve the contempt and scorn of the righteous. Therefore the Psalm says, “He that sits in the heavens shall laugh. The LORD shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath and vex them in His sore displeasure.” God sends them strong delusion, and will bring their folly down upon their own heads. Those men who permitted women to rule over them and promoted their ascendency to power shall be eternally ashamed, and shall feel the weight of their guilt eating their conscience like fire, as they shall be awakened, rebuked and cast into hell on the last day. God will give them over to a reprobate mind, and permit them to fall, until they are utterly destroyed. Deuteronomy 32:35 says, “Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them.” And the prophet Jeremiah says, “Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the Lord your God, and the fear of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord God of hosts.” (Jer. 2:19)
God will punish all those who have corrupted the world by their wickedness, and seduced men to iniquity by feminist sorcery. The righteous shall both weep for their sin, and laugh at them, for their end is near, and the wrath of God hastens upon them even as they hasten towards their own destruction.
Abortion.
One of the most reprehensible sins, and abominations that occur in the world, and in America today is abortion. More deaths are caused by abortion every year than any other cause; nearly twice as many in fact. Women who become pregnant and are either unprepared or uninterested in having a child see to it that their child is instead snuffed out and destroyed. Filled up with all manner of ungodly lusts, and unsatisfied with fornication, they resort to murder, and in many cases repeat these heinous offences without any retribution from the law. Since when was a people so unrestrained in their wickedness that they were given over to the murder of children? They are enemies of God and prove it by their abominable works.
Therefore no abortion will escape the wrath and judgment of God, when He comes to condemn the world for its evil practices. But we ought to see what manner of hideous ideologies craft and create such unrestrained violence.
Of the many excuses and arguments wicked women make to promote their demonic agenda of death is to claim that it is their right, and that baby as being part of their body can rightfully be slaughtered. This is no more than to excuse sin based upon more sin. As if it was not enough for them to murder their own children, they take pride in it, attempt to excuse themselves from it, and demand the right to it. They say, “I have the right to abort my child” because the law will not speak. Justice is silenced, and equity is trampled upon. In the days of the Christian Roman Empire, the Roman Emperor Theodosius made abortion illegal and sentenced to death the physicians and midwives that performed them. In the scriptures it is considered witchcraft, and sorcery. Surely we see the evidence of utter depravity when Satan rules over people unrestrained, and holds them under strong delusions of sin and self-righteousness. Take the restraint of the law away, and you will soon know Satan’s malice. If it seems a monstrous thing to give a serial killer the right to massacre his victims with no hope of justice, how is it not monstrous to allow and permit the same to be done to those who have not yet seen the light of day? John Calvin said, “The unborn, though enclosed in the womb of their mother, is already a human being, and it is a most monstrous crime to rob it of life which it has not yet begun to enjoy. If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house than in a field, because a man’s house is his most secure place of refuge, it ought to be deemed more atrocious to destroy the unborn in the womb before it has come to light.”
This truth may not come easy, but abortion is the product of women’s rights. First they demanded to be allowed to vote, and then hold office, and after they have taken control, now look what has happened to the country. In a nation where Sodomy and abortion were outlawed, now it is the contrary. To speak against it is soon to be outlawed. The devil has used all manner of craft and treachery to seduce America into biting the fruit that would doom her.
Feminism is the beginning of the age of terror, and rebellion against God. When John Knox wrote his treatise, it was only a queen. Now it is a hundred lawyers, lawmakers, judges, senators, and governors. What despicable madness has reigned in the minds of men for them to be willing to be ruled by a woman, let alone a country of women! Abortion would never be tolerated if we had not surrendered the country to the weaker sex, the one more easily deceived by the devil, the one who ought to be under our protection, under our counsel, and under our care. Make no mistake therefore, this treatise is not against women, but against feminism. Men have given up their responsibility to work, taken off their armor, laid down their weapons, and allowed women to do what they were never meant to, nor made to do – establish justice, law, equity, justice and righteousness in a nation. The result is the unrestrained murder of the unborn.
Sodomy/Gender identity.
Another prevailing evil that is suffocating the morals of the country is the madness of gender identity confusion and homosexuality. Now although these both could be discussed at length, and in separate points, they are connected in their denial of both natural and moral law, and therefore will be discussed and condemned together.
Now before we discuss how these abominations are condemned by law, we must explain how in asserting and upholding a moral principle, the scriptures are condemning the antithesis (or any possibility of opposing propositions). If the Word of God is truth (which we fully maintain that it is), anything in opposition to a positive moral principle is both a lie, and is in disobedience to God’s will and command.
For example, in Genesis 1:27 when it is said that, “God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Not only is the scripture upholding God as the Creator, and Judge of all man, but also man’s dependence, and his original righteousness, as opposed to his current state of depravity. It is a declaration that in creating man, he made all things good. Therefore by necessary consequence, if man by nature is not good anymore, which the Psalmist and apostle do manifestly declare in Psalm 14 and Romans 3, then he cannot be said to bear God’s image in that God’s image is positively declared to be knowledge, righteousness and holiness in both Ephesians and Colossians. Also in this verse we have God’s standard for chastity, and matrimony. By saying (in the very first chapter) that God made them male and female, it is condemning all oppositions to this principle, and thereby condemning all fornication, adultery, homosexuality, and also feminism. Adam certainly knew this, and we can see that there was a godly line from Adam to Moses – those who kept God’s law, and obeyed His voice even before the law was given. In having Genesis 1, (which he would later pass down), Adam had the necessary moral principles he needed to direct his family in the ways of God.
It is ludicrous blasphemy to maintain as the liberals do that Jesus said nothing on the subject of homosexuality. First of all, Jesus being the second Person in the Holy Trinity was presently active in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah (raining fire and brimstone upon the heads of the sexually perverse), second, in the giving of the law, it was Christ who spoke from heaven to Moses and said to him, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.” [Lev. 18:22] And third, it is recorded in the scriptures that Jesus said to the Pharisees, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” [Matt. 19:4-6] Therefore, whatsoever is against these moral principles is contrary to scripture. Jesus is here making recourse back to Genesis, and telling the Pharisees that they are stubborn and rebellious for seeking divorces, for God has ordained matrimony to be for the union and communion of man and wife, and this bond is not to be broken. How much more is Jesus condemning homosexuality, when in these our days marriage is twice as profaned, and the name of God blasphemed by men filled with ungodly lusts, and twisted desire? Since marriage was and is ordained by God alone, it is God alone who can define it, and though the entire world believe the lie that there even can be such a thing as gay marriage, they only fall farther into the abyss, cover themselves with more shame, heap upon themselves more wrath, and will be punished by the Almighty when He returns to exact justice on all unrighteous breakers of His law.
So, we see that the Holy Spirit in the first chapter of the scriptures condemns all gender identity confusion by proclaiming that God made them male and female. There are two genders. Any attempt to confuse them is simply a denial of truth and an obfuscation of what is clearly set forth here in scripture. God made them male and female.
Consequently drawn from these facts is the distinction of the sexes, and the different gifts and abilities which God has (with all wisdom and prudence) distributed to them.
Hopefully we all can see that feminism (which is the denial of these roles) is linked inseparably to these aggravated and blatant assaults against the law of God – even the abominations we see in these days: namely homosexuality, and transgenderism.
Once you deny that God has specific roles for men and women, and has created them for an objective purpose – to do the will of God, you open the door for every other lie that the devil has to offer. Feminism leads to homosexuality. We can plainly see in these days that men have been given to the profound delusion that homosexuality is acceptable, but because of feminized men, and women being in power, it is also being treated as upright.
Since women are the more easily given to sentimentality, to the overthrow of justice and equity, we can see the effect of this upon the nation, in that homosexuality which is among the most detestable abominations which God hates with burning anger and righteous indignation, is actually promoted rather than contemned and outlawed.
Tolerating and approving of women’s rights and authority which God has in no wise given them or approved of is the first step towards the promotion of every evil thing, and the sign that the world is being made ready to be given over to the devil and anti-Christ.
The toleration of Islam.
Another prevailing absurdity in these our days: (which I believe to be a direct result of feminism) is the assertion that Islam is a religion of peace, and we ought to be accepting and tolerant of their beliefs. Just the other day, I saw a commercial even going so far as promoting Islam, and making all kinds of twisted sentimental arguments why the Muslim religion should be accepted in America. This nonsense could only be tolerated, accepted and promoted in a nation ruled and governed by women.
Never before in the history of the world has there ever been such an open denial of truth. Islam is a religion that was founded on violence, robbery, rape, and deceit.
The founder of this malicious religion was increasingly hostile towards others (especially Jews and Christians) when they rejected his perverted ideas, and in turn he gathered a group of raiders together, and formed a religion of conquest and violence, proclaiming that to kill his enemies was to fight for God. The religion of Islam has never and will never be a religion of peace. That is a lie spread by the deceivers and the deceived who are in bondage to the same devil that Muslims are. Neither is secular liberalism a religion of peace. They have peace and amity with each other, for they serve the same master. They both are sent by the devil to make war with the church. The toleration of Islam is a result of the nation going soft on matters they should be stoutest against.
Only in a feminized culture shrouded in unadulterated ignorance would you have people advocating for the most violent religion in the world calling it a religion of peace.
This delusion is not standard or natural delusion. This is a perverted and strong delusion which is willing to bring in and worship the anti-Christ.
Globalism. (Open borders)
Another prevailing problem in the nation today resulting from feminism is the notion that America should be open to all the immigrants coming over from South America.
Now to remind you, feminism is not only women advocating for leadership, but the subversion of the natural order, and any opposition to the roles God has intended for men and women. Therefore, women in seeking leadership are acting like men, and men allowing it and being ruled by women are acting like women. As discussed previously, this is where gender identity confusion comes from. This is the root, and they are the branches. The reason why open borders is another issue so affected by feminism is because it is the allowance and tolerance of what would otherwise by good order and just law to be illegal. It is the denial that the law should be upheld, and appealing to sentiment. This is how women think. They are not rational but emotional. Anyone with sense can see that. Therefore when an emotional creature is put in authority, it can only be deduced that the decisions which come are not rational. Now it may be argued that many women are more rational than many men. I agree. However, depending on their upbringing, whether more or less conservative, more or less influenced by men, (through reading or teaching) they are more stable in their thought due to a non-feminized environment. I am not stating that women are always the problem. Sin is the problem. Feminism is the problem. Therefore a man who was brought up in a liberal environment with no religious background (especially preaching at church), is much more likely to be brainwashed and foolish than a woman who is brought up in a patriarchal, conservative home. Having cleared this up, we return to our discourse.
There are a few notable verses that are twisted to advocate the tolerance of illegal immigration.
Exodus 22:21 says, “You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
Now, first of all, “stranger” is not synonymous with “illegal immigrant”. These were temporary sojourners who came to Israel for provision, shelter, or such. Second, they were subject to not only Israel’s law, but their divinely principled culture. They were commanded to keep the Sabbath, worship God in holiness, become circumcised to keep the Passover, ect. They were not permitted entry to do as they please, nor were they integrated into society. Israel was simply commanded to show mercy to them, and not oppress them. In fact, when the Gibeonites (who were a people close by Israel) deceived Israel by telling them they were a country far off, and Joshua made a covenant with them, it was without the LORD’s counsel, and after they sinned by doing so, the rulers made the Gibeonites into servants, and it is recorded, “Then Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell near us? Now therefore, you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” [Josh. 9:22-23]
So for those advocating open borders, and the tolerance of illegal immigrants coming over the border, if they would like to use scripture with consistency, we must also make them slaves. It certainly would stop the flow if we did that would it not? In many cases the illegal immigrants are families running away from a cursed land which is wasted and ruined by Catholicism. And can we blame them? Personally, no, but we should judge them fairly. It would not be unfair to make them labor harder for less pay. They are after all living in a better country than before in much better conditions. Also, it is self-destructive to America to permit them to remain in their Roman Catholic delusions. Since when did a country allow and permit illegal immigrants who bring ideologies and religion completely contrary to the principles currently established? No wonder there is such confusion in the nation today! There is no distinction between acceptable and non-acceptable ideologies and doctrines. During the Reformation nations, cantons and cities went to war to defend their religion. Many nations were Catholic, and although there were Protestants in Catholic countries and Catholics in Protestant countries, they quickly moved according to their ideals. The problem with immigration is that we are far too tolerant of what kinds of ideologies are allowed to settle and disseminate. If South American Catholics (judging by the content of their character) want to come to Protestant America, we should make it clear that to be American means to be Protestant, otherwise our country will soon become just as corrupt and degraded as the one they came from. What makes America great? Protestant ethics.
As king Solomon said (who was wiser than any king ever to reign on earth),
“Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people.” [Prov. 14:34]
Likewise Deut. 32:8 says, “When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations,
When He separated the sons of Adam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the children of Israel.”
Deuteronomy 27:17 says, “‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
It is a Biblical principle for a country to have borders, and it is surely weakness, and folly to tolerate the breaking of the law, simply because of sentiment, for it can in no wise be said to benefit the country.
V. The Final End of Feminism.
“Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly…” [Jude 14-15]
As there is surely a reward for the righteous, there will also be punishment for the wicked, and all who give themselves to the devil and promote his lies. The liberal, progressive cult which is at the front lines of the promotion of feminism shall reap what they sow, and every abominable branch that shoots forth from their soil will be added fuel to the fire which will make their punishment the hotter. The Lord reigns in heaven, and earth, and He is a just God, infinitely holy and righteous, and will by no means clear the guilty. All unrepentant feminist liberals will have their part in the lake of fire, and they will burn in hell for all eternity. This is surely a warning also for those given to the lighter forms of feminism. For although there are no doubt true saints tempted by feminism, and given to sinful autonomy, and independence, yet they must be warned that the end of sin is death, and God will not allow His law to be so trampled upon without either chastisement or retribution. This is also a warning to the men who think it a small issue, or perhaps permit and allow it in their household. They will assuredly be held accountable to God for all their actions. One of the most important doctrines in all of Holy Scripture is the sovereign Lordship of Jesus Christ. Upon His ascension, He ‘sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.’ [Heb. 1:3] And from there He rules all peoples, tribes, nations, kingdoms, and powers and orders all things according to His own purpose and will. God is the King on high, and it is ultimately His authority we are to be in submission to. This is the motive and purpose for this treatise: to bring men and women in submission to God (which is true blessedness) that they might not suffer His anger or His fiery judgments. It is a call to nation-wide repentance, and obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. God rules and reigns over us by His word, and it is to our everlasting blessing if we obey Him in all things that He makes known to us, and to our everlasting shame and contempt if we do not obey, but remain in rebellion and disobedience. A stubborn and hard heart is the evidence of an unconverted soul. Recall how the people of Israel tempted the Lord in the wilderness, complained at Moses, and then perished, their carcasses being left there as a witness, and their folly repeated numerous times throughout scripture, the more effectively to remind us that the path of complaining and murmuring at God’s law is the path to defeat and utter destruction. “They did not enter in because of unbelief.” [Heb. 3:19]
Jesus says again in Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
Don’t presume that because you call yourself a Christian, have Christian friends, go to a Christian church (or even a Reformed church), and read the Bible it automatically makes you a Christian. There are many false converts lurking abroad, and many who will say to Christ on the last day, “Lord, Lord!” and shall be cast into outer darkness.
Examine yourself, search your heart, and meditate upon whether or not you receive the word of God with readiness, or on the contrary do as the Israelites did, complain at it and say, “Our soul loathes this worthless bread.” [Num. 21:5]
Therefore, be sure that God will never cease to act with justice and will assuredly revenge Himself upon all that offend Him; in this case, on those rebellious and obnoxious women who take upon themselves more authority than ever God gave them by either reason, or revelation. As the LORD lives, He will surely vindicate the honor of His name, and the authority of His word, and punish those who defy Him, and live contrary to His most holy and righteous principles.
Psalm 19:9 says, “The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”
1. The end of feminism foretold by the overthrow of Jezebel.
Here in this last section, we are concerning ourselves not as much with the personal, and individual aspects of feminism, but the overthrow of it as a whole. We are not like many, who cast slander and contempt upon a woman’s name by calling her a Jezebel, or even saying she has ‘a Jezebel spirit”. This is unbiblical, unkind, and most of the time way out of context. The only people who fit the profile of Jezebel are women like Hilary Clinton who actively persecute and make war against the Christian church as Jezebel did, and live in total defiance and rebellion against God, daily blaspheming Him and casting off all natural restraint living as a devil in woman’s clothing.
Therefore let it be known that in this treatise we are not promoting the slander of women, the contempt of women, the abuse of women, the unkind treatment of women, or anything against the law of God, and the love of Christ. All these things we find to be utterly detestable. We believe women are equally valuable to God and society, and should be treated with love, compassion and tenderness. The subjects in this treatise are regarding activities, roles, and offices which are not permitted to them in scripture. We believe in the absolute authority of Christ’s word for all matters of life and doctrine, and this is what compels us to speak. Here we speak of feminism as a whole.
Therefore, let it be known that feminism as an ideology and enterprise will fall as assuredly and gruesomely as Jezebel did from her tower. Jezebel was the daughter of a Sidonian king, and became the wife of the seventh and most wicked of the kings of the Northern tribes of Israel, Ahab. Her name in the Hebrew is a play on words, and has a double meaning. It can either mean, “Without a husband”, or “Where is the prince”
referring to the ritual chants of her demonic religion of Baal worship.
Therefore her name can mean, “She who is without moral restraint, without conviction, truth, wisdom, piety, holiness or chastity.” Jezebel is the epitome of a wicked woman, and during that time, she sat as queen of the Northern tribes of Israel.
Matthew Henry comments that Ahab married her for the purpose of promoting Baal worship in the North. He comments, “As if it had been a light thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, he took to wife Jezebel (v. 31), a zealous idolater, extremely imperious and malicious in her natural temper, addicted to witchcrafts and whoredoms (2 Ki. 9:22) and every way vicious. The false prophetess spoken of in Revelation 2:20 is there called Jezebel, for a wicked woman could not be called by a worse name than hers; what mischief she did, and what mischief at last befell her (2 Ki. 9:33), we shall find in the following story; this one strange wife debauched Israel more than all the strange wives of Solomon.” We can see from the example of Jezebel what strange madness, error, blasphemy, and irreligion the world falls into when such a wicked woman is put into authority. How gracious the Lord is for sparing America from such an abomination!
Jezebel is also known for enticing Ahab to slay the LORD’s prophets, and persecute the prophet Elijah. Just as surely feminism seeks to silence the faithful preaching of the word and replace its faithful speakers with the false prophets of impiety and effeminacy.
But although she thought to exalt herself, and raise herself above her designated station, slaying and persecuting all who would speak against her, her prolonged diabolical reign would have a most gruesome end. When Jehu the newly anointed king came into the city to overthrow her government, she unabashedly and unashamedly painted her eyes, and flaunted herself in the window. Rather than being humbled, and abased, she thought to use feminine wiles to extend her reign of terror. Her last stand was not of repentance, but of continued rebellion and obstinacy. Now with no hope left, she desperately attempts to seduce Jehu into allowing her to live. But he full of fury and zeal against the Lord’s enemies calls out to the eunuchs of her court to cast her down, and throw her out of the window. So she falling headlong meets her final end, not in a tower, or in a place of peace and safety, but upon the ground, and is trampled upon by Jehu’s chariot, her blood being splattered on the wall and on the horses. [2 Kings 9:33]
Thus we see the end of the reign of feminism foretold, and accomplished here in 2 Kings 9. The queen of witchcraft, harlotry, fornication, and the persecution of the saints is finally cast down and destroyed, her skull, hands and feet being left behind as a warning and witness against all women who would dare to follow in her ways. Her skull is left that women might know that she who exalts herself will surely be abased. The end of her who is without godly counsel is death and destruction. As she thought to be head over man, so she is cast down and her skull is left as a warning. Her hands are left that all might know that the manipulation and seducing of men to evil works as the stoning of Naboth, is an evil work, and as she was guilty of stoning him to death, so she is revenged by having her head crushed by the ground. God’s providence may permit a sinner to live long enough for his pride to be bloated, but His justice shall not permit them to go unpunished. Whether in this life or the last day, God will recompense all the works of the wicked (the works of their hands) and they will fall violently back upon their own head.
Her feet are left that even as she walked in impudent rebellion, impiety, and harlotry, so the end of her path was destruction, and her scented perfumes, and painted eyes led her nowhere but perdition. The prophet Isaiah says, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk with outstretched necks
And wanton eyes,
Walking and mincing as they go,
Making a jingling with their feet,
Therefore the Lord will strike their head with a scab. (Is. 3:16-17)
Likewise Solomon warns saying, “These six things the Lord hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.” (Prov. 6:16-19)
All of which abominations Jezebel was thoroughly guilty of, and therefore she received the just due of her iniquity.
As Jezebel masked her iniquity behind her painted face, and regal apparel, so does the modern feminist movement mask their hypocrisy behind cleverly devised lies and fables. Do not be deceived by them, but be sober and vigilant that you may escape all these evils, and be counted as blameless upon the coming of the Lord, and that you might receive a full reward having nothing to be ashamed of.
2. The end of feminism foretold by the destruction of Babylon the great whore.
In the book of Revelation, the apostle John gives a vivid description of all the evils, and sorceries that will manifest themselves in the last days before the great and terrible day of the Lord. In chapter 17 he tells of a “woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy” (v3), and later calls her, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
Now this is particularly relevant to our subject at hand, because although this prophecy is counted by all learned theologians to refer to Rome, that city of blasphemy and wickedness, where the pope (that man of sin, the anti-Christ) sits calling himself the vicar of Christ, this is the theological basis for the whole of the subject. Why is the Roman Catholic religion so abominable and wicked? Is it not because they have taken the authority of Christ from Him and sought to give it to themselves? The three primary disputes that the Reformers had with Rome in the 16th century was regarding Justification by faith, the Lordship of Christ over His church, and the infallible authority of Holy Scripture.
We ought to see how in all these things, Rome has cast off the counsel and authority of her husband, and taken them upon herself, and is this not the very reason for writing the whole of this argument? How much like the feminist world the Roman church is who would have no man reign over her, no man save her, and no man guide her by righteous and reasonable counsel! Therefore her downfall is foretold here in Revelation 18, where the scripture says, “The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’ (Rev. 18:9-10)
We can see the stark parallel between Babylon and Rome here, for just as Rome seeks to live luxuriously, in decadent pomp and painted splendor, so shall it all waste away as in a moment. It may take years for her to ascend, but only an hour to fall. Then shall men fear, as all the carnal beauties she thought to deck herself with even as Jezebel did will be only added weight to bring her down to complete and total ruin. If God is angry with a woman who seeks to rule her husband in defiance and rebellion against the natural order, how much more indignation and wrath will He pour out on her who has sought to rule over Christ Himself!? What utter blasphemy the Roman church is daily guilty of, putting herself as the head, casting off obedience to Christ’s commands in His word!?
Shall the church reign infallibly? Shall sinful men be judges to determine truth? Surely not. We are only as strong as we cleave to Christ and His word. He is the head and we are the body.
Secondly, how subtle and wicked it is for a woman to marry a man when she has nothing, and by the abundance of his wealth she makes herself fat, and then divorces him and takes half of what he owns? This is surely a great wickedness. Such offenses will not escape the eye of the Omniscient, but will be recompensed upon their head. So how much more wicked and demonic is it for Rome to say that she has her own righteousness when the Bible has so clearly and dogmatically declared that there is none righteous!? She has crafted a robe of her own righteousness, which is in the sight of God as filthy rags, and an abomination! If she stands before His judgment seat in light of her own merit, she will be cast into outer darkness, because she wore not the wedding garment which is entirely of Christ’s own making. Cursed be those who make the righteousness of Christ of none effect by their wicked designs! Job 25:5-6 says,
“If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
How much less man, who is a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?””
Any garment which we appear before Him in apart from the untarnished, unstained, unmarred righteousness of Christ will be burned up by the fire of His eye, and we will be as naked before Him. Revelation 3:17-18 says, “Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.”
What abysmal darkness must be over man’s eyes to see himself as worthy of God’s favor? Thus we see that the end of such a doctrine, and all those who follow it is collapse and ruin. Thirdly, just as God is angry with women who are contentious, and argumentative towards their husbands, never backing down, but impudently asserting their way, which they will rage with frenzy to have, so He is furious and vengeful towards all those who live by their own traditions and not by the counsel of His word.
Shall the infallible Word of God be determined by man’s assent? As blasphemous as this sounds, this is the religion of Rome. She has cast off the pure word of the Lord, and invented her own system of living, in opposition to Him. She will not abide by lawful and right rule, but by her own laws of sentiment and human tradition. We should observe the connection here, because this is the root behind all kinds of feminism. The natural man walks by his sight, according to his own natural reason. In his natural state, his mind is darkened, his affections disordered, and his feet uneven. He walks only toward sin, the love of the world, guided by the vanity and darkness of his fallen mind. Without God’s word, there is no justice, no law, no moral restraint. However, God rules by law, and He will never abide a sinner to escape His wrath without the demands of His law being met. This is the basis and foundation for male headship. As God rules by law, and man by nature lives by his own carnal reasoning, so Christ must rule His church by His word, and the church is to submit to that law, and so a husband is to rule his house, and his wife is to submit to his authority. Otherwise the world will fall quickly into disarray, disorder, confusion, and diverse idolatries and abominations like we see today. False religion, idolatry, tolerance, vain and worldly sentiment, feelings over fact, the homosexual agenda, transgenderism, gender identity confusion, calling Islam peaceful, and the lot of absurdities stem from this – that God is righteous and rules by an immutable law which ought to be regarded, and submitted to but man in his exalted pride does not bow or bend. Man rules by his own reason which is disordered and dysfunctional. When man does not submit to God, the church does not submit to Christ, and woman does not submit to her husband, we can only expect all these evils to come upon the world until they are all together once again given over to the reprobate mind that brought in the flood of waters, and will bring again the fires of judgment.
“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” (Gen. 6:5)
“But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Matt. 24:37)
3. Damnation and Hell.
Finally, the end for all who rebel against God’s authority will be damnation and hell.
Romans 6:23 says, “The wages of sin is death.”
Galatians 3:10 says, “Cursed is everyone that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.”
And Matthew 25:41 says, “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels”
Rebellion against God is the sin we’re concerned with in this treatise, not rebellion against man. Should this be a temporal concern, it would not behoove us to speak so loudly, and boldly regarding it, but even as feminism is at its heart rebellion against Almighty God, we must sound the trumpet, and awaken those dead souls who are either wholly given to it, have been deceived by it, fallen into it for a time, or even as a reminder to the righteous to keep on the right path of obedience. As God rules by His perfect and righteous law, so He will allow no transgression to be broken without a full recompense to be made. If you are truly in Christ, blessed are you, for you shall be delivered from the wrath to come. If you are without Christ, woe be unto your soul, for you shall receive the just reward of all your deeds. Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” Therefore all your works, no matter with what intent you do them are as refuse to Him, an abomination. He is righteous, and you are filthy, full of deceit, iniquity, and all kinds of sin. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” If you fall short of a perfect righteousness, you must and will be punished by the righteousness of God. He will never cease to be holy and righteous, and will never cease pouring out His wrath on the ungodly. “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness.” (Rom. 1:18)
But do you think Jesus to be different from this avenging God? You are deceived.
Jesus says in Luke 19:27, “Bring here those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.”
As Luke’s gospel focuses on sanctification, so Christ’s rebuke pierces through the soul of the antinomian and slays him. Jesus is saying, “Being here those rebels who will not be ruled by my law, and slay them. Bring the men who would not be sanctified by my word, and destroy them. Cast them into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” All who rebel against the infinite majesty of heaven will be cut down and destroyed, for that is their purpose in life. As they rose up and sought to glorify themselves, so God will glorify Himself by cutting them down, as it says in the Psalm,
“When the wicked spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.” (Psalm 92:7)
Therefore do not think yourself to be out of the reach of the Almighty. He is infinite in power, and immutable in righteousness. He will take vengeance on all of your deeds.
This is the end of feminism. Feminism is rebellion against lawful government, and the attempt to be free from law and restraint. The more feminist society becomes, the more given over to sinfulness, lawlessness, and wickedness it will be.
Therefore if our nation is to have any revival or restoration of morals, we must put off this unholy, tattered and odious garment of feminism, and put on the Lord Jesus Christ, who rules, and governs by an infinite and immutable righteousness. Under His wings, you may find refuge, peace, comfort, and love. You will never find it in this world. For if you continue in rebellion against God’s word, howsoever loudly you proclaim “peace, peace!” surely there will be no peace, but God will bring upon you retribution and wrath.
“To those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil.”
[Rom. 2:8-9]
Conclusion.
In conclusion, our aim and goal here is not to cruelly berate women, or needlessly beat down the hammer on all the small sins, and weaknesses men and women have. There is mercy in Christ, and He is tender, and compassionate towards all who fear Him. But we must fear Him. We must be acquainted with His law, and know what pleases Him. We will never in this life be perfect, and so there is always a duty before us to improve, be sanctified by the Word, and make progress therein. God has made the world, and all things for His glory, and our goal and purpose in life is to align our hearts and minds to that glory, that we might not be found to fight against it, for He will be glorified one way or another, and if it is not in our obedience it will be in our chastisement, or our destruction. He has created man to rule, and woman to be submissive to that rule, to defer with meekness, fear, and reverence for God that His purpose might be fulfilled in all His creation, and that He alone might be glorified.
My desire therefore (as much as in me lies to glorify God in heart and mind), is for men to be men, for women to be women, and for all the world to be filled with the glory of Christ. Even so, come Lord Jesus.
Fearless Puritan: 