OK, so who is the "prophet" that Deborah is repeating in her command to Barak?
Also, how many "prophetesses" are there in the OT?
Also, how many "prophetesses" are there in the OT?
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Originally posted by Crazy4Christ
I do not agree... it is sort of sexist that males are better than females... I know one female pastor and she is really good, ( currently the youth pastor is male ) but I thought she had done a good job... Pastors are leaders and it shouldn't matter what their sex is... God speaks through Leaders, and it should not matter what kind they are... ~ God Bless
>> = Originally posted by BWSmith
s66 wrote:
> it is not what we think that counts. It is what God thinks.
>>So what you think is what God thinks and what we think is not what God thinks?
I never said what you think is not what God thinks. Test what you are thinking according to scripture and decide that for yourself.
> Read this from the Word of God:
> 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
>>This is Paul talking to Timothy in Ephesus 2,000 years ago. How is that equivalent to God talking to us today?
God is the same yesterday, today and forever. We cannot change
that. And if even some of Gods Word in the Bible does not apply today, what does? Who eill decide what applies and does not?
> If God's Word said otherwise, that would be my direction of thought. Is the servant wiser or greater than his master? One thing I do know for sure, my Master is God. If ever I say I know better than God, I must have gone mad.
>>Again, this is Paul talking to Timothy. It's in our Bibles as a witness to how the Holy Spirit has moved authoritative Christians in the past, not as marching orders for us today. Wasn't the law nailed to the cross? Then why is it being replaced by a "new law" of Paul?
Paul was anointed by God to give us His precepts and commands.
If you do not belive that the whole Bible is God breathed then will you decide what we should believe from the Bible and should not?
> Now, I have sat under the teaching of women and gained much.
>>Are you male? How can you justify being taught by a woman?
All I am saying here is that I am not going to burn in hell because I am open to the leading of the Holy Spirit and allow myself to occasionally be taught by a woman of God. It is being under the authority of a woman Pastor or anyone who sits over an entire church or body of Christ that Paul was talking about. Remember Priscilla taught Paul.
> But I am very discerning in what I believe, listen to and who I allow to teach me.
>>I would suggest that you be even more discerning in who you allow to teach you.
I am and I let Gods word, answers to prayer, the Holy Spirit, and those knowledgeable enlighten me with the Word of God.
> Look at Kay Arthur, she is a great teacher, and she believes a woman should not pastor a church. Pastorship goes beyond mere teaching.
>>If someone came to be saved through hearing a woman pastor preach, should we rejoice?
Absolutely, if the one receiving is another woman.
>>"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Gal 3:28