Distinctive Sexual Identity, Part 1

The point: There should be no demeaning of the sexes, no triumphalism and there should be no antagonism.

Martin illustrates the non-interchangeability of roles by describing Adam and Eve moving a boulder, highlighting Adam's greater physical strength as a God-endowed physiological difference.

And there is even in our day with all the genetic manipulation and steroids and this idolatry of getting the most gold medals at any world event be it Olympics or anything else it is still a fact that men and women are not that men and women are not created physiologically the same. And the first time Adam was rearranging stones in the garden and Eve was helping him they found this out. And when they came to a bigger boulder Adam didn't say well there female Hercules take it on. To subdue that part of the garden and to arrange it Adam had to bring his broad back and the strength of his God end...

28:45 - 29:47 Read in full sermon

The point: There should be no demeaning of the sexes, no triumphalism and there should be no antagonism.

Martin references the song 'I Can Do Anything Better Than You' to represent the modern cultural overturning of clear biblical distinctions between male and female roles and functions.

Though it was a song meant to make us laugh some of you are old enough to remember it. I can do anything better than you can. Remember that song? I can do anything better than you.

29:50 - 30:00 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Shifting to Genesis 2, Martin begins to explore the 'disparate identity' or fundamental differences between men and women, focusing first on distinctive male identity and…

Martin quotes Mr. Hurley's book 'Man and Woman in Biblical Perspective' to explain the significance of naming in Hebrew culture, where names reflected essence and the power to name indicated control, thereby illuminating Adam's authority in naming the animals and Eve.

said this is now bone of my bones flesh of my flesh she shall be called Isha woman because she was taken out of man Ish and then later on he names her Eve for she is the mother of all of the living now in a book that has some very helpful and excellent material I don't endorse every premise and every conclusion that Mr. Hurley makes but this is an excellent book man and woman in biblical perspective and Mr. Hurley comments on this matter of Adam naming the animals in a very helpful way the text of Genesis 1 and 2 make it clear that mankind and the animals were shaped by God mankind however was...

40:00 - 41:29 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Shifting to Genesis 2, Martin begins to explore the 'disparate identity' or fundamental differences between men and women, focusing first on distinctive male identity and…

Martin uses the example of naming pets (like a Siamese cat named 'Idlewild' for being idle and wild) to illustrate how modern people still associate names with characteristics or functions, even if not for children.

well in the Hebrew concept the name was more than just that the various names of God for instance described different aspects of his person and of his action Yahweh or Jehovah was his identity as the covenant God who promised his blessing to Abraham and to his seed to know a person or a God for a Hebrew might mean either to know about that one or to have experienced a relationship with him thus when God says to Moses that Abraham Isaac and Jacob knew him as God Almighty but not as Jehovah he was not saying that they had never heard the name of Jehovah he was rather saying they had not experien...

41:29 - 42:59 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Shifting to Genesis 2, Martin begins to explore the 'disparate identity' or fundamental differences between men and women, focusing first on distinctive male identity and…

The story of Jacob wrestling with God and having his name changed to Israel is used to demonstrate that the power to assign or change a name was connected with control and authority in the Old Testament context.

nicknames shorter shorty ginger fatty etc. a friend of mine observed even people who don't name their children according to essence or function name their pets that way our Siamese cat is called idle wild because he is he's both idle and he's wild someone didn't understand and asked bewilderedly why did you name your cat after an airport that's the old name of Kennedy airport it used to be idle wild airport name was associated with function now here's the key part and the power to assign or to change a name was connected with control Jacob whose name meant the supplanter obtained his older bro...

42:59 - 44:27 Read in full sermon

Driving home: a woman has a identity and she has fulfillment and she has worth and she can know who she is and have complete fulfillment without any reference whatsoever to men and that is the thing that is one of the driving passions…

Martin uses Elijah's mockery of the prophets of Baal (suggesting their god might be 'gone aside' or to the toilet) to justify using 'holy mockery' against the folly of certain intellectual feminist arguments.

of mockery just like Elijah did he said hey you're calling on your gods maybe he's had to go to the toilet that's what he was saying when he said maybe he's gone aside that's a euphemism he said maybe your god doesn't answer he's gone to the toilet you wait on him when he comes out you laugh that's exactly what he wanted them to do to laugh at the folly of God of idolatry and I want you to laugh with holy mockery at some of the so-called intellectual feminism no Eve felt no resentment when the one to whom she was brought gave her a name because in the very name he gave there was such endearmen...

56:14 - 57:43 Read in full sermon