End Time Army of Women Preachers Psalms 68:11 - Page 262

Evang.Benincasa · #**2611** 06-04-2015, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I don't see any scripture that would preclude a woman sharing the gospel wherever she goes.

However, there are plenty of scriptures that speak against a woman being in a position of authority over men.

rdp · #**2612** 06-04-2015, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ApostolicKitty

Your hose analogy is a great one. I definitely would not consider the role of women in the church to be a small one at all. If we are married, we minister to our husbands. If we are mothers, we minister to our children. And whether or not we are married or have children, we always have each other to minister to... and, of course, the Lord! Then there are those we meet along the way whose lives we touch, be it a word, a prayer, friendship, visiting the sick or the elderly, etc.

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I don't see any scripture that would preclude a woman sharing the gospel wherever she goes.

However, there are plenty of scriptures that speak against a woman being in a position of authority over men.

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I would like to add....a woman does not have a lesser role in the church, because God has allowed both men and women to be filled with the spirit, to be gifted with the gifts of the spirit, and to share the gospel wherever we go. There is plenty of room for women to minister through the gifting of the spirit... but we must understand that as women we must be in submission to the headship as God has ordained.

Look at this example, if you will. In the garden, you need to connect two hoses together, however you have a problem if you have two of the same ends. They will never connect, and they will never be able to produce something greater. A male and male hose end to end will never ever be able to join, and create a steady flow of water. No. What it takes is a male end that is able to encompass and cover the female end of the hose, and when those two come together in unity, something great happens, water is able to flow through the hose, and greater things happen because two totally different entities came together in unity, and formed something greater than themselves.

It is the same way in the church. God created male and female, two totally different entities that were designed to come together in unity... together! Not separately, but together. As in the hose - the male end covers the female end, but without the female piece, the male is useless too. It is in this way that God set up lessons from the world around us for us to glimpse His great plan... and this picture can be reproduced in many ways... think of a battery - no power without a positive and a negative coming together... think of the fact that male and female bodies can come together in unity, designed perfectly to fit together to bring about something greater than themselves, a child.

Through this I see the beauty and knowledge of God. He takes two different roles, and allows them to bond together to produce something far greater than themselves. It is the role of a husband and wife working together as a team to produce, and allow the spirit of God to work through them in the church to bring about something much greater than themselves... believers, disciples, and souls who need to be saved.

There is a great ministry for women... God ordained indeed... but it must come about in the proper fashion, and then it will be mightily blessed and anointed of God.

Scott Pitta · #**2613** 06-05-2015, 07:03 PM

A woman can do anything in a church that a man can do. There are no glass ceilings in Christianity.

Evang.Benincasa · #**2614** 06-05-2015, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

A woman can do anything in a church that a man can do. There are no glass ceilings in Christianity.

Yeah, she can do anything but lead men.

Scott Pitta · #**2615** 06-05-2015, 07:39 PM

I taught Sunday School for many years. The Sunday School superintendent was a sister. No one worried about that relationship.

Bible college teachers can be women, and in fact there are many women college teachers. This is also acceptable.

I see no conflict with women leadership.

Evang.Benincasa · #**2616** 06-05-2015, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

I taught Sunday School for many years. The Sunday School superintendent was a sister. No one worried about that relationship.

Bible college teachers can be women, and in fact there are many women college teachers. This is also acceptable.

I see no conflict with women leadership.

No conflict in many denominations, but the Bible isn't a book written by a denomination.

KeptByTheWord · #**2617** 06-05-2015, 08:39 PM

A question for Scott:

Why did Jesus only pick male disciples? And, after the death of Judas, if women should have a role in leading the church, why were not women given a chance to be one of the 12?

And... regarding Priscilla and Aquila - their names are always mentioned together, as a team, never separate. Never did Paul mention Priscilla's name apart from her husbands. Why do you think that was?

Evang.Benincasa · #**2618** 06-05-2015, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

A question for Scott:

Why did Jesus only pick male disciples? And, after the death of Judas, if women should have a role in leading the church, why were not women given a chance to be one of the 12?

And... regarding Priscilla and Aquila - their names are always mentioned together, as a team, never separate. Never did Paul mention Priscilla's name apart from her husbands. Why do you think that was?

I like your pointing out that they were always mentioned together.

Also as far as the 12 are concerned, Luke 8:3 there were women who supported Jesus' ministry but were not part of the apostleship in the replacement of Judas.

Only two males were part of the lots. The qualification for the candidates, they had to be part of their original association. This was to be from the time that Jesus was among them, starting from the baptism of John, unto the same day Jesus was taken up from them. Obviously the scriptures show that women were part of their company during those times, yet not one woman made it in the line up.

Steve Epley · #**2619** 06-05-2015, 10:34 PM

I have not believed in women preachers nearly my entire ministry. I have friends who have advocated women preachers and friends who have opposed them. I really don't know any women who claimed to be called to preach ever stop preaching.

so I don't think the opposition has borne much fruit unless we kept some from being called?

Just a random thought.

thephnxman · #**2620** 06-05-2015, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

A question for Scott:
Why did Jesus only pick male disciples? And, after the death of Judas, if women should have a role in leading the church, why were not women given a chance to be one of the 12?
And... regarding Priscilla and Aquila - their names are always mentioned together, as a team, never separate. Never did Paul mention Priscilla's name apart from her husbands. Why do you think that was?

Aquila and Priscilla did NOT form part of the Ministry to the church: they were disciples
under the ministry of the Apostle Paul. They set a good example of how the Church is to operate
in "...the work of the ministry..."; that is, "...show forth the praises of Him who called you out
of darkness and into His marvelous light."

Together, they led Apollos unto a more perfect light of the gospel.