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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: rwash Ordered by Date |
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1 | Can a deacon drink wine with dinner? | 1 Tim 3:3 | rwash | 2975 | ||
Sam, Thanks for your reply. Keeping the "law" has everuthing to do with what you call the law. Ten Commandments (which is what the 'law' is based on) no problem. Deuternomy, Leviticus, etc. were given to show mankind right from wrong and to lead them to Christ, who is the final authority........ There is no contadiction between what Jesus taught and modeled and what God wanted for his people. Grace supplanted work as the answer to finding favor with God.... |
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2 | Should women be teaching in churches? | 1 Tim 2:12 | rwash | 2965 | ||
Paul often admists that what he writes is his opinion. The Judeo-Mesopotamian culture dictated men's superiority. The Patriarchal Church has taken the culture of thousands of years ago and tried to make it "God Breathed" for our direction, admonition and edification. The culture of the Mesopotamians should ahve been relegated to the same status as the law, however, men have been in control for centuries and have perpetuated the pain suffered by the women of antiquity. Galations 3:28 - "for in Christ Jesus there is neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female, slave nor free." We must read the Bible in context and regard God's actions in the Old Testament as the history of His movement toward the grace of His Son Jesus Christ. The requirement for man is to Love God and Love His Fellow Man. We are not to keep rules to find favor with God. Keeping women under our thumb is one of those rules that is similar to "the law." Read God's word for principles and not for literalism. It is much harder for mankind to follow Jesus Christ and to respond naturally to Him instead of trying to measure up by following the rules. The law says do not kill, Jesus says "do not hate." The law says do not commit adultery, Jesus says "do not lust." Following Christ is a much harder task that following the rules of the law keepers and literalists. Paul continuosly elevated women in his teachings, although it seems harsh to us today. When Christ came to the earth, many Jews were still practicing polygamy and the gentiles practiced it freely. A woman had no rights in either Jewish or Greek culture. They could be sold into slavery or even killed with no impunity for the husband if they were caught in the act of adultery. Women could not own property or sue in courts. It took two women witnesses to equal the witness of one man. We men must elevate women continuously. We must model Christ's respectful and loving treatment of women. God gave them equal rights, it is not for us (or Paul) to take away.... Women are equal to men. Women can teach, preach, and in many cases better than a man... Marriage is best served if there is mutual submission by each partner. If the literal interpretation of Ephesians 5:22 is followed, marriages are doomed unless the women has no self respect or does not wish to be free from the yoke of Patriarchal, Judeo-Mesopotamian slavery. |
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3 | Can a deacon drink wine with dinner? | Not Specified | rwash | 2950 | ||
Ref. Romans 14 Jesus and Paul repeatedly direct us to love God and love each other as ourselves. All of the Law and the Prophets are summed up in these two commands. By grace are we saved lest anyone should boast. Paul says we have freedom in Christ and that those who are trying to earn favor with God by "keeping the law" are wasting their time. "Keeping the law" to most of us is the modern day equivalent of "don't drink, don't dance and don't smoke, etc." Romans 14 says we are to keep our interpretation of "freedom in Christ" between ourselves and God, however, we are not to do anything that would cause our brother to stumble. If a deacon or elder, or pastor for that matter, desires to have a glass of wine with dinner for the culinary experience, should he or she be able to do this in moderation in his own home without guilt? And without having to explain to those who are "weak"(still seeking to obey the law in order to find favor with God - Rom. 14:1) in a deacons accountability group. Is a church within Christ's teaching to ask a deacon to abstain from every type alcohol, even in the privacy of his own home if he does not act in any way to cause his or her "brother" to stumble. All of our deacons are screened to meet the requirements for deacons and elders in I Tim. 3. Tithing and abstinence from alcohol are the two issues that are church requirements but not New Testament requirements. What say the Lochman Foundation? |
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4 | Can a deacon drink wine with dinner? | 1 Tim 3:3 | rwash | 2960 | ||
Ref. Romans 14 Jesus and Paul repeatedly direct us to love God and love each other as ourselves. All of the Law and the Prophets are summed up in these two commands. By grace are we saved lest anyone should boast. Paul says we have freedom in Christ and that those who are trying to earn favor with God by "keeping the law" are wasting their time. "Keeping the law" to most of us is the modern day equivalent of "don't drink, don't dance and don't smoke, etc." Romans 14 says we are to keep our interpretation of "freedom in Christ" between ourselves and God, however, we are not to do anything that would cause our brother to stumble. If a deacon or elder, or pastor for that matter, desires to have a glass of wine with dinner for the culinary experience, should he or she be able to do this in moderation in his own home without guilt? And without having to explain to those who are "weak"(still seeking to obey the law in order to find favor with God - Rom. 14:1) in a deacons accountability group. Is a church within Christ's teaching to ask a deacon to abstain from every type alcohol, even in the privacy of his own home if he does not act in any way to cause his or her "brother" to stumble. All of our deacons are screened to meet the requirements for deacons and elders in I Tim. 3. Tithing and abstinence from alcohol are the two issues that are church requirements but not New Testament requirements. What say the Lochman Foundation? |
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