BIBLICAL ELDERS

[Paidiske]

Women can't preach in church anymore than a man can birth a child- they step up to the pulpit and simply speak- their words don't reach God's children.

This is simply not true.

I remember, for example, I preached one day on loving your enemies. And some days later, one of the people who heard that homily came to me, and told me of how that sermon had led to the healing of a rift in his family.

I tell you that, not because it's about me, but to show that God works through whomever God wills; and God can use a woman's service just as much as a man's.

We see good fruit coming from the ministry of women, and that's one way we can be confident that God is working through them.

 

[Episaw]

Women can't preach in church anymore than a man can birth a child- they step up to the pulpit and simply speak- their words don't reach God's children.

That may seem harsh, but it's biblical- God has never ordained a woman to preach- He has always chosen patriarchs and male apostles.
Even the angels are males; there is no female authority

Thankyou for your comment about angels. I had not given that any thought. I guess if the angels that were named were all male, it would be distinctly possible that all angels were male. If they were not, why didn't God send some female angels to help us?

 

[Episaw]

Yes there are always people who will maintain their integrity and focus. But for every Hudson Tailor there is a Sun Myung Moon, David Koresh or Jim Jones that goes of the rails doctrinally, morally, or otherwise.

I will have to disagree with you there. You have named three that were cults but there are thousands who are not. Locally a young man had a burden for the young people sleeping on the streets so with only a call from God he spent every weekend with them.
Now he has a church of these new converts in the two biggest towns in the country.

 

[HighCherub]

Thankyou for your comment about angels. I had not given that any thought. I guess if the angels that were named were all male, it would be distinctly possible that all angels were male. If they were not, why didn't God send some female angels to help us?

All the names of angels are masculine- it's simply the manner and nature of God to us, in fact it's why Adam was created first and plainly stated that men were not made for women but women for men (Corinthians 11:9)

 

[Episaw]

All the names of angels are masculine- it's simply the manner and nature of God to us, in fact it's why Adam was created first and plainly stated that men were not made for women but women for men (Corinthians 11:9)

I wonder why that verse is always missed out by those wanting to bring men into subjection to women?

 

[com7fy8]

In one sense I believe that every member of the body of Christ is a shepherd as we are told to care for one another. The system falls apart when someone in need is referred to "a pastor." When that happens it is usually the case that "the pastor" does not want to share the glory with another or we expect him to do all the ministry because we pay him a salary.

Well, our Biblical elders are our "examples" > 1 Peter 5:3 > so . . . possibly, we need to follow their example by also helping to shepherd God's people.

 

[Episaw]

Feminism happened- the idea that woman are equal to men even though in literally every observation other than bearing children they are inferior to men.

Now, I'm not a 'misogynist'- I love women just as I do my fellow men as all children of God- but there is an obvious problem in today's society that most people don't want to examine because they are afraid they will be made out as misogynists if they do.

Feminism is a funny thing. They demand that they are equal to men and then they fly off the handle and come up with so many diatribes about how useless and pathetic men are.

Why would they want to be useless and pathetic?

 

[Peter J Barban]

Episaw, I agree with your teaching on this thread. Good work.

 

[Episaw]

Episaw, I agree with your teaching on this thread. Good work.

Thankyou brother