God Created Man

“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Genesis 1:27-28

In my lifetime I have observed an erosion of what once was called “morality” according to biblical principles.  This gradual movement has gathered speed to the point it could be likened to a destructive avalanche, leveling all which once stood upright in its path.  This opposition of God, His Word, and ways has often been too subtle to notice in real-time but the effects are widespread and pronounced.  When seeds of wickedness are sown, those doing the planting deny anything bad will happen.  Eventually the corrupt and ugly fruit is displayed for all to see.

Man has rebelled against the order and laws established by God from the beginning – even concerning something simple like eating.  The appetites of the flesh were not satisfied by forbidden fruit, and sex is an area man delights to deviate.  Not content with the divinely ordained confines of marriage, people committed fornication and adultery.  Homosexuality and bisexuality have become increasingly common and widely celebrated.  People were not content with deviant sexual practices, but now the biblical definition of gender itself faces sceptical scrutiny and overthrow.  God created people male and female from the beginning, yet man thinks he knows better than God who created him.

The wisdom of God to create men and women male and female is plainly reflected in the terminology we use in hardware.  A plumber uses the term “male” and “female” to describe the type of fitting needed to connect pipes.  Just like two bolts alone or two nuts by themselves are incapable of fastening materials together, two male couplings do not fit together properly according to the design.  In the same way, God made people male and female to be fruitful and multiply, to reproduce according to their kind in the confines of the marriage relationship.  Attacks on gender are an assault primarily on God’s order, and this assault is nothing new.

Believers are called to hold fast to the scriptures, to uphold the righteous judgments of God no matter how thick the fiery darts fly.  In these darkening days we must grip the shield of faith and Sword of the Spirit (which is the Word of God) like never before.  Enemies of God and His truth will attempt to chip away at the foundations, but we can stand firmly upon them without fear of man.  We ought not apologise that God in His wisdom created men and women as distinct.  Our gender is a gift given to us freely by God, and we ought to rejoice in all God has provided by His grace.  Men and women of God are born and made, and it is God who makes them.