DOCTRINE OF RIGHT MAN/RIGHT WOMAN
  1. There are three grace gifts from Jesus Christ to the human race.
    1. The woman. He built her, Prov.18:22; 19:13,14; Gen.2:22.
    2. Salvation. He did it, Eph.2:8,9.
    3. Doctrine. He thought it, 1Cor.2:16.
  2. The oldest grace gift is the woman. Jesus Christ is the author of sex, love, and marriage, Gen.2:18,22; Eccl.9:9.
  3. The greatest attack on right man/right woman (RM/RW) is related to the soul, Jer.31:22; Prov.5 (male); SOS (female); Eccl.7:2629; Prov.6:20-22; 1Cor.11:3-16.
  4. The perversions of RM/RW (perversions come when Satan attacks the grace of God), Rom.1:26,27.
    1. Auto eroticism: responding to self.
    2. Homosexuality: a male responding to male.
    3. Lesbianism: a female responding to a female.
    4. Bestiality, Lev.18:23.
    5. Fornication (normal), 1Cor.6:13,15-18.
  5. Mental attitude sins are destructive to the RM/RW relationship, SOS.8:6,7; Prov.6:34; 27:4; Col.3:19 (jealousy, bitterness).
  6. Negative volition to Bible Doctrine can neutralize the RM/RW relationship, Jer.15:15-21; 16:1,2; 17:9-11; 12:79 (do not date or marry a negative believer!).
  7. Analogies to RM/RW.
    1. The Lord and Israel, Ezek.16.
    2. The Lord and the Church, Eph.5:26-33.
    3. GAP (the grace apparatus for perception), Jam.1:19-22.
    4. Jesus Christ as the shepherd and bishop of the believer's soul, 1Pet.2:25; 3:1.
    5. Jesus Christ to the mature believer, 1Cor.11:7; Gen.1:26; 5:1.
  8. Monogamy is ordained by God as Divine Institution #2 (protection of category 2 love), 1Cor.7:24; Gen.2:24,25; Heb.13:4; 1Tim.5:14; Rom.7:2,3; Eph.5:22,23.
    1. Anarchy.
    2. Communal living.
    3. Haremsville.
  9. The man is the authority over the woman, Gen.3:16; 1Cor.11:3; 1Tim.2:11-15; Eph.5:22-24; Est.2:22.
  10. Sex is the ultimate expression of category 2 love, and is designed primarily for recreation, Gen.1:28; 5:2; 2:24 (the first blessing bestowed on man was sexual prosperity).
  11. The sign of the woman's submission to the authority of her Right Man is her hair; conversely, the man is to have short hair, 1Cor.11:7.
  12. Identification of RM/RW.
    1. God's interest preceded our concern, Gen.2:18.
    2. Circumstances of life precipitate human awareness, Gen.2:19,20.
    3. God provides RM/RW apart from human assistance, Gen.2:21.
    4. There is only one man that can fulfill the woman and only one woman that can complete the man.
    5. Both the woman's body and soul is designed especially for one man, Gen.2:22; cf. 1:27; Gen.5:2; Jer.31:22.
    6. Waiting on God to provide RM/RW saves wear and tear, Gen.2:22.
    7. The woman is under the authority of the man, Gen.2:23; 1Cor.11:8.
    8. Man recognized his RW to be unique, Gen.2:23.
    9. Man also recognized God's timing, Gen.2:23.
    10. Man is to see that he and the woman separate from their families, Gen.2:2.
    11. There is no distortion or perversion between RM/RW, Gen.2:25; 3:7,11.
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