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1 | Biblical - women preachers/teachers??? | 1 Tim 2:12 | EdB | 123729 | ||
Pam Let me give you one point to ponder. Is the question whether women should teach or not as big as issue as it appears? Or has Satan deceptively maneuvered it to become an issue of fairness? By that I mean no one really questions God when he gives one person a beautiful voice, or the ability to paint art. Yet if we are created equal then in the name of fairness we all should have that ability or none should. We don’t question why women can bear children and men can’t. Nor do we question why men generally have larger frames than women. There are differences between men and women, just as there are differences between people no matter of gender. I would love to drive a NASCAR but I don’t possess the reflexes and ability to be successful driver. While I may call this unfair is it, or does God have a different purpose for me? If everyone’s purpose was to preach who would listen? If everyone was to listen who would preach. Many focus on preaching as some sort of pinnacle or arrival point in a Christian’s walk. That is simply not true. Preaching is just another job in the church along with all the others. I have heard a lot of preachers in my time but nothing of what they said has impacted my life as did what my Sunday School teacher said. Incidentally my Sunday School teacher was a lovely woman doing a job nobody else wanted. I also guarantee if you or any other women your gifts will make room for you but perhaps not in the way you expect. Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men. I think we would all do well with this. 1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. EdB |
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2 | Biblical - women preachers/teachers??? | 1 Tim 2:12 | Pam D | 123952 | ||
Dear Ed, I’ve been pondering your very thoughtful answer. Having been a Sunday School teacher, I was touched that your Sunday School teacher impacted your life more than any pastor had. I hope I have impacted the kids I have taught as much as yours did for you. And I suppose that Satan has deceptively maneuvered the issue of women teaching men or becoming pastors to become an issue of fairness. But I don’t think it is a question of ability. Your argument follows as long as women have not been given the ability to teach or preach. But I don’t think that Scripture says that. Consider the following: Both men and women are made in the image of God (Gen 1:26),both men and women are born-again the same way (Jn 3:16), both men and women are new creations in Christ (2Cor 5:17), both men and women now have the mind of Christ (1Cor 2:16), both men and women have the Holy Spirit to teach and direct them (Jn 16:3,Ro 8:9-11), Both men and women are priests (1Pe 2:4-10), both men and women are ambassadors for Christ (2Cor 5:20), both men and women are “sons” of God (Gal 3:26), both men and women are the “Bride” of Christ (Rev 21:9), both men and women were created to rule the earth (Gen 1:26), both men and women will rule and rein with Christ in the Millenium (2Ti 2:12, Rev 20:6), both men and women receive the same kinds of spiritual gifts (1Cor 12, Eph 4:8-11). So I don’t think it is a question of ability. I have been thinking that God has chosen men to be preachers for a different reason. From experience as a Sunday School Administrator who directed male teachers and small group leaders, I think it might have to do with the physical make up of men and how some men who are living by the old nature act towards women. (One of the male small group leaders, who was in a bad marriage, and who was much bigger than me, made subtle sexual advances toward me. I think if I had been the pastor, I would have had a very difficult time counseling him or trying to teach him anything. He eventually divorced his wife and left the church.) What do you think Ed? Do you think perhaps God has chosen men to be the preachers for this reason? Blessings, Pam |
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