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Paul also talked about taking good care of your slaves. We don't have slaves anymore because the keeping of slaves is an abomination and is immoral so this does not apply to us today. Unless you could apply it for your boss and his workers. Paul wrote for his day and age. As such, some of his writing must be interpreted differently.
Again, I agree with you. What really needs to be looked for when study the Word are principles that we can apply to our daily lives. Obviously not every single situation is addressed individually in the Bible, but we can search for the principles to apply to our lives.
Let's talk about Paul's verses on women speaking in church. It is important to note that at this time in one of the early churches, some of the women were causing trouble by gossiping in church and being irreverant. Thus, Paul said they should be silent and not teach men. It is important to note that much of Paul's verses were about equality between man and woman if you look closely enough, but Paul was still slightly effected by the sexism of the time. It is like something in our society that we accept that people would call bad years from now. Paul never said God forbid that women should speak in church. He said he forbid it. Big difference. Can this verse be applied to us today? sure it can! Some people whenever they go to church gossip and cause trouble. These people should be silent and learn from the gospel.
SWEET !!!! Come let us reason together. I am impressed by your age. Keep up the good work.
Thanks man. That line "let us reason together" reminds me of a clip I saw of the movie 300. Of course, I doubt you mean in in the way Xerces meant it in the movie.
Wow, that was a clusmy sentence.
some apply to life here and now.... we must remember that Paul was writing to specific situations in his time. He was not writing for us here in 2007. Thus we have to figure out what he meant then, after that we can see how it may apply to us here and now....
something tells me you are really serious about this... of course the question is, if God gives the gift, and the men don't believe it, then what?
Originally Posted by djconklin
Better approach I think is that when God commissions a woman to be a prophet then she is to speak. As one who is inspired by God to write Paul in essence speaks for God. We are to tread very lightly about dividing up the text into which part we will go by and which part we won't.
something tells me you are really serious about this
This doctrine of inspiration we have developed bears no resemblance to what is taught in the Bible. I would hope that my understanding of the Creator is better than Paul's.
