How a woman can become of God part 1

We are going to study how a woman can become of God. God has a way of making all of us become of God, regardless of whether or not you are a straight woman or a lesbian, or whatever. But most especially, the ones being referred to in our topic are the married women. God enumerated the ways on how, even the most wicked persons on earth can be converted and be made worthy in the eyes of God. That is what Acts 26:18 says—

“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God …”

The only thing that a person must do is to open his eyes so that from darkness he could turn to light, and “from the power of satan unto the power of God.” In other words, anybody who is in the power of satan can be delivered and be brought to God by following the requirement that St. Paul mentioned. And that is to open one’s eyes. But why must a person open his eyes? II Corinthians 4:4 says—

“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not...”

Satan, whom the Bible calls as “the god of this world”, is blinding the minds of the believers and the faithful. And once you have been blinded, you now become helpless. You cannot see the light anymore. No amount of spotlight can make you see because you are already blind. But if you are not blind, even if you close your eyes, you could still, somehow, have a glimpse of the light. Unlike if you are already blind, even if a high-voltage bulb is placed before you your eyes will not react at all. That is what the devil does. He is blinding our minds for us not to see the light, and for us to depart from God. II Corinthians 4:4 says—

“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

Of course, it is not the literal eyes that satan is blinding, but the minds of the people. A blind mind is worse than being void of sight. You will never understand anything good anymore because your mind has been blinded. How will you regard a father who rapes his daughter? Is he blind, or not? He is blind because if his mind is enlightened, he will never do that. No father, in his right mind, will ever rape his daughter. A father could afford to rape his daughter because his mind has been blinded.

And who made him blind? The god of this world, or satan, blinded him. The mind of the believers is being blinded, “lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” That is what St. Paul said.

That is why if you have been blinded, you are now completely under the power of satan. But God has a way. That is what Acts 26:18 says—

“To open their eyes …”

Why must their eyes be opened? Because they have been blinded by the devil. There are people who are blinded by money. For them, when it comes to money, nothing else should matter, not even blood relationships. For them, business is business. And being relatives should not get in the way.

That is foolishness! Whenever I get engaged in business, I always consider my relatives, and my brethren in God. We must exercise consideration, and the foremost of which is consideration as Christians. But, undoubtedly there are, indeed, people who have been blinded by money.

Also, there are men, whose eyes are blinded by the physical beauty of women. There are men who are willing to abandon their wives and children in favor of another woman. “If you will only go with me, I am ready to leave my wife.” This woman, on the other hand, will deliberately entice the man further. If I were a woman, I will never go with that man. Why? She must realize that, if this man could afford to leave his wife and children for the sake of another woman, the more he could afford to do it to her! He will surely abandon her, too, because he has been “blinded”.

There are a lot of other things that blind people. There are people who are blinded by money; there are people who are blinded by honor; there are people who are blinded by power. The devil is employing a lot of things in his desire to blind man. He will urge you to cheat, or kill your opponents during elections for you to stay in power.

Man can be blinded by so many things; the devil uses many things to blind men. And once you have been blinded, you will now depart from God. You will now be under the power of the devil. Nevertheless, there are still ways by which a man, who has been under the power of the devil could still be led back to God.

God is a loving God. He wants all of us to be saved. And should we not be saved, it would be due to our stubbornness already; inasmuch as God has done all the measures for Him to win back your souls and to lead you to the path leading to salvation. There is always a way by which a man can be redeemed. And if a man could not be redeemed, he would be condemned. And should that happen, it is no longer God’s fault, but ours.

The topic that we have studied dealt with marriage that is in accordance to the will of God. And you have fully seen the traits of a woman that is of God. But there are women who are not of God. There are only two kinds of people on earth. It is either you are of God, or against God. What John 8:47, 44 says is clear—

“He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.”

Whose are they?

“Ye are of your father the devil …”

Therefore, if you are not of God, “you are of your father, the devil”. However, if we are under the power of the devil right now, we must not lose hope. Do not allow yourself to totally succumb to sinfulness. There is still a way. For you to be of God, your eyes must be opened first. And what could open your eyes? What else, but the word of God! That is the “light” that could open your eyes and your minds.

Now, which woman is not of God? The infidel! It is she who, soon after her husband turns his back, already flirts with other men. There are women who are like that. A woman that is not of God is heartless, unfaithful to her husband, and lazy, such that, despite the fact that it is already noon, she has not risen from bed yet. She remains lying in bed while hers husband is the one doing the laundry. And when mealtime comes, the food must still be brought inside her room. Otherwise, she will yell at her husband. Question: is there still a possibility for that kind of woman to become of God? We will just do a little “repair”. She has to undergo a little repair. And if a woman would submit herself for a repair, she must first learn how to be tactful in her speech. She must learn how to hold her tongue because there are tongues which are tactless. At the same time, she must also polish and refine her manners.

And for us to understand what God wants us to do, we are going to study all of them one by one. First of all, let us find out how a woman can be of God. In II Timothy 3:17 it says—

“That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”

The Bible said, “That a man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” Therefore, for anyone to become of God, he ought to be taught of all the good works. That is why, for a man and woman to be of God, they have to be taught of all the good works. Now, let us ask the Bible. What are the good works that a woman must do so that she becomes of God? This is what I Peter 3:2-6 says—

“While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For 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 are ye, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.”

This is a rather lengthy pronouncement coming from St. Peter. And I want to discuss this with you point by point. The Bible says—

“While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quick spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For 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 are ye, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.”