"We men and women are all in the same boat, upon a stormy sea. We owe each other a terrible and tragic loyalty." — G.K. Chesterton, The Illustrated London News (1906)
Men and women are very different and yet we are all in the same boat. We are sons and daughters of Adam and Eve respectively, but we are all image bearers of God. We all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and we all by grace through faith in Christ alone can becomes saved. Women becomes sons of God and men become the bride of Christ. In Him, we are undone and remade.
Men and women owe each other loyalty. We are in this together. As Chesterton points out, this is a terrible and tragic reality. The tragedy of sin and the fall of man has placed us in this violent sea, but the seed of the woman has calmed the storm. Covenants are conveyed by fathers and children are beared by mothers. Together, we are fruitful and we multiply. Together we inherit the kingdom of God. We are husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, and sons and daughters. We are the image of God.
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