It's a very delicate balance for a godly woman to know when she is properly dressed,

to demonstrate the grace and the beauty of womanhood,

to show her love for her own husband and submission to him and yet to avoid being the center of attraction

that causes people's thoughts to turn away from God to those things which are shameful.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur.

I'm your host Phil Johnson. The role of women has gone through quite a change in the past 50 years or so. Think about business, academia, and the government, once it was the rarest of women who rose to prominence.

Today, women frequently rise to the top of those fields, and more regularly still, girls are told they need to be more than just wives and moms.

The question is, how positive have those changes been for women?

Consider that today as John MacArthur turns your attention to the

Bible's clear encouraging and yes even liberating counsel for women. With

Mother's Day approaching he's launching a look at God's High Calling for Women.

Well, John, as we kick off this study, let me ask, what challenges does a Godly woman face today?

What makes being a woman of God difficult in 2024?

I would say just about everything.

God's designed for women is under massive assault and it has been for decades and decades.

Women are basically pushed by this culture.

In every avenue that it has access to, they're pushed and they're pushed away from

God's design and therefore they're pushed away from true fulfillment.

All the stereotypes that abound relating to women's roles

take them in the opposite direction

that the word of God would lead them.

God has a plan for women that is fulfilling, that is energizing, that is thrilling, that is blessed, that is satisfying, everything a woman should want and could want is

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