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Re: Can Women Pastor ?

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear (Post 859691)

God Himself came into the world through a woman.

And where did Mary ever "preach messages" to men:___________?

The vessel that He used that was meant to bring benefit to all of mankind through the good news of the gospel in the face of the Savior was a lowly servant who was a woman....
The news of the resurrection came through a woman

So everyone who tells of his Ressurrection is now a "Minister"????

The GO YE command was given to all christians...

And I've repeatedly said that EVERYONE should reach for the lost. Are you not reading my words????

Acts 8 tells us both MEN and women preached....deny that and you denythe BIBLE....

The women were in prison cells. How could they "went everywhere preaching" from a prison cell??? You're torturing the text to fit your presuppositions. The text DOES NOT say what you say it does. But speaking of "denying the Bible": "I do not allow a woman to teach, or to excercise authority over a man......but these things write I to you so that you may know how to behave yourself in the house of God, which IS THE CHURCH....."

Now who's "denying the Bible"??

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Rdp....you have not told us who you are?

and by the way I really don't appreciate the way you slammed Brother Scheels...He is a great man of God and has done work for God all over the world. I have known him since we were "kids" and seen God give him an awesome church from nothing. Please examine your own ministry before you slam a sucessful man of God and probably one of the most intelligent men in our ranks.

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the bible saids and others....they the ones that were not in prison went everywhere and preached...if v 3 is men and women v 4 of Acts 8 is also me and women...

Re: Can Women Pastor ?

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear (Post 859771)

Philip’s Daughters

Acts 21:9: And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. Here we have a quartet of gospel women, who while living out their lives among heathen neighbors, continued doing God’s will.
Notice these “girls” were in the company of Paul who said in 1 Corinthians 14:34,35: “women keep silence in the church.” Along with their father Philip, they were prophetesses. Do you think Paul said girls, don’t prophecy; it is not permitted for you to speak? Of course not!
To prophesy is to preach according to Webster (National Dictionary of English Language P. F. Collier & Son, New York 1937). Prophetess “female preacher” (Young’s Analytical Concordance pg. 781).
Some are quick to say they prophesied only in homes, and not in church, but Ephesians 14:12 says, “Even so ye, for as much as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.”

I see your reading Scheel again. Let me explain. Webster is a westernized dictionary, not a part of the original languages, nor translation process. And Scheels here ignores Strong's/Vine's etc. definitions of "Prophetess" [which is entirely missing in the NT, save Jezebel in Rev., hmmmm??] & simply finds a concordance rarely used anymore by scholars to butress his position. Besides, quote the rest of Young's Concordance regarding this term.

And for the 20th time now, "PROPHECY IS PRIMARILY FORETELLING....NOT DELIVERING SCRIPTURAL EXPOSITIONS TO MEN...........GOOD GRIEF!

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Paul said he testified the gospel...maybe I could testify the gospel and be saved according to you...

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so a prophetess foretells?

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and just what do you have against Brother Scheels? I do not have his book with me but can go get it if I can find it in the church office. I do have a copy of his book and many other books...

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and who do women foretell to?

Re: Can Women Pastor ?

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear (Post 859773)

Did you not read my complimentary remarks about him? I highly honor him & you also. I respectfully disagree w/ his book as do many other men of God. Do you just ignore these comments & plod along any-how?

In fact, as I've said, we've even contributed to the Alvear's in times past.

Regarding my identity, it's irrelevant to the biblical texts.

Re: Can Women Pastor ?

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear (Post 859775)

the bible saids and others....they the ones that were not in prison went everywhere and preached...if v 3 is men and women v 4 of Acts 8 is also me and women...

Read the text again. It specifies that "they that were scattered abroad [a grammatical reference to vs. 1, not vs. 3] 'went everywhere preaching....' "

How could women "went everywhere" from a prison cell? Could you please answer this question?