The gospel of the carousel.
Dalrock | October 15, 2019 | by Dalrock
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Scott from Treasure State Psychological Services
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTKC0xBuhts] was kind enough to send
me a quote that is making the rounds on Facebook:

> Jesus didn’t die on the cross for you to be a side chick.

This is just one expression of an ubiquitous perspective by modern
Christian women, and the corruption of the message of the Gospel is
breathtaking.  The problem with this perversion is twofold.  First,
Christ didn’t sacrifice Himself on our behalf so that Christians
(male or female) could have a pleasurable life of sin.  Yet the
implicit frame of the statement is that women deserve a rewarding
experience on the carousel, and if they aren’t getting it men have
let them down.

Second, the message of the Gospel isn’t that we are worthy, but
_unworthy_.  This is a profound misunderstanding of our relationship
to Christ and the very nature of His sacrifice.  We
don’t _deserve_ the sacrifice He made for us.  We are utterly
unworthy.  If we _deserved_ forgiveness for our sins Christ’s
sacrifice would not have been needed.  Nor would we have reason to
forever thank and praise Him for what He has done for us, since He
would have merely been treating us as we deserved.

This twisted frame of mind is _everywhere_.  One commenter at Lori
Alexander’s blog reacted to her observation that men prefer debt
free virgins by asserting that the message of the Gospel is that she
is worthy
[https://thetransformedwife.com/what-men-thought-of-my-viral-post/#comment-36520]:

> Whether I have or have not gone to college, had sex before marriage,
> aquired debt, gotten a tattoo, etc. does not make me any less worthy
> of the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ, so what right does any
> earthly man (or woman) have to call me less than worthy to simply be
> his wife due to the same criteria?! Christ > humanity. Be careful
> that you preach Christ and not your own ideals.

For an even more astounding example of this perversion of the message
of the Gospel, see Wendy Griffith’s book
[https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Prize-Won-Settle/dp/0800725212] for
Christian women looking for a husband.  Griffith takes the parable of
the Pearl of Great Price and twists it so that _she and her readers_
are the Pearl of Great Price, not _salvation_!

> PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
> 
> Ladies, the Lord wants you to know that you are a pearl of great
> price, a treasure worth pursuing and protecting. You are worth
> fighting for and, like the pearl in the parable at the head of this
> chapter, worth everything it might cost a guy to obtain you. You are
> worth someone sacrificing his time, his routine, his comfort, his
> money, his whatever in order to have you. You are worth it! You are
> a prize to be won.

Keep in mind that the error isn’t just by modern Christian women. 
Christian men aren’t challenging this perversion because to them it
is perfectly sensible.  This message is anti-biblical, but it fits
with the chivalrous paradigm so Christian men remain silent or even
promote this message.  See for example Pat Robertson at CBN promoting
Wendy Griffith’s book:

> I’m holding in my hand a very special book. It’s a book that
> every young girl should have. Teenagers should have it, college
> students should have it, and young single women should have it.
> It’s called You are a prize to be won. Written by none other than
> the lovely Wendy Griffith, and she has had all kinds of experiences!

 

SEE ALSO:  Call me unchivalrous.
[https://dalrock.wordpress.com/2019/01/21/call-me-unchivalrous/]

 
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