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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: rwash Ordered by Date |
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1 | 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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