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1 | Can a woman speak in church? | 1 Tim 2:15 | Winona | 4538 | ||
Can a woman speak in church? I can't for the life of me see why it's wrong for a woman to occupy a place of authority, or say something during a church service. | ||||||
2 | Can a woman speak in church? | 1 Tim 2:15 | Lionstrong | 4539 | ||
1 Tim 2:11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. 1 Tim 2:12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 1 Tim 2:13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. 1 Tim 2:14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. 1 Tim 2:15 But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint. I know we live in an age of women's lib where the distinctions between men and women are blurred. For that matter, we also live in an age of animal rights where the distinctions between Man and animal are denied! But in Genesis 1, don’t we learn that there is a big difference between Man and the rest of creation? Both Man and his environment are creatures, created by an almighty and Sovereign God, yet the creature Man is different from the rest of creation. Man is not an animal; he is the image of God, and is placed over the rest of creation. Here, animals are no less of a creature than Man, but God makes a distinction. Winona, Your question is similar to that of Korah’s in Numbers 16 and 17. In effect he asked, why can’t any Israelite serve the Lord as a priest? We’re all holy to the Lord, aren’t we? (16:3). Unlike the I Timothy passage where God does explain through Paul his reasons for not giving a woman authority over a man in church government, He gives no reason for His choice of the sons of Aaron for the priesthood. It was simply His sovereign choice. Here the Levites and Danites were no less Israelites, but God makes a distinction. Gen 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. The female is no less Man than the male. Yet God makes a distinction: in the order of creation; in the consequences of the Fall; in the home and in the Church. God is a great equalizer. 1 Cor 11:11 However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 1 Cor 11:12 For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God. 2 Tim 1:5 For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. (It is great Christian mothers who make great Christian men.) And women do have a place in the health of the church: Titus 2:3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, Titus 2:4 so that they may encourage (or train) the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, Titus 2:5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored. Sorry for the long answer, Winona, but yours is a big and important question, in our day. Lionstrong. |
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