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NASB | 1 Timothy 2:12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet [in the congregation]. |
Subject: can a women preach and teach men |
Bible Note: Part 2 of 2 These false teachers are motivated by the same demons that motivated false teachers in the OT, such as Balaam, and Cain. Jude says that there were false teachers that contented with Enoch about the coming of the Lord, saying it would not happen. He also says that these false teachers still teach the same thing that Balaam taught in his counsel. What was that? Balaam told the Moabite king that the way to defeat the Israelites was to get them to compromise by marrying Moabite women. The Error of Cain was more than just killing his brother, but was the counsel behind getting the sons of God (Adam¡¦s Camp) to marry the daughters of men (Cain¡¦s Camp) thus corrupting in a short time the whole world living only Noah and his family left righteous. So the false teachers in Judes day were the Gnostics teaching the same thing, the Nicolaitains who taught a doctrine similar to ¡§you can sin with the flesh and not with the spirit¡¨ thus turning the grace of God into lasciviousness. So the fitting example of a false teacher today that is motivated by the same powers of darkness at work since the days of Cain, are those that teach that we can sin and still go to heaven, or we can indulge in the flesh and just loose some rewards, or that we can commit fornication and our spirit be free. Yes there are false teachers like this and they start up churches every day. This is not anything like the ¡§word of Faith¡¨ camp that you mention. There are some such teachers that annoy me for their brash personalities, but they are not guilty of being a wandering star. Not until they say that Jesus is not Coming again, or that we have to do other things to be saved, like join their group do they cross the line into false teaching. It is not a false teaching because you do not agree with it. ƒº I have found that it does not take any prayer at all to notice what is wrong with others. What I mean is that there is no such spiritual gift as ¡§the gift of criticism¡¨ This comes naturally. We are all very good at it. I challenge you to pray for a person like Joyce Meyers for one week in your prayers, asking the Lord to take away all selfish criticism and give you only His heart on the matter. (That is if it is even something you need to deal with, if not one should keep their mouth closed about another, In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin). If after a week of praying for her on your prayer list, listen to her on the radio or TV through a whole message. Realize you do not have to agree with every tiny thing someone says for them to still be saved just like you. If you find that she is teaching salvation by any other means than Christ alone, or other gross false doctrine, then call her a false prophet and be done with it. I might get annoyed at some of the personalities, circus acts, and even misinterpretations of scriptures I hear from Faith teachers, but I also get restless when I hear the misinterpretation of scriptures from those that despise the Faith teachers. I do not believe that God wants us to claim financial wealth but I do not call those that teach that false teachers. The Lord Knows the Hearts. God knows whether the man really believes that is what the scripture says or whether he is a wolf in sheep¡¦s clothing. We can know if he is a wolf by his fruits. If you know that a preacher lives a holy life and is full of good works, and he teaches such things, he may just really believe that is what the scripture teaches, in which he would be wrong not to proclaim it. If Joyce really thinks Jesus had to suffer in hell, as strange as that sounds to you, that does not make her a false teacher. It may be a misunderstanding she has. But please be careful. I think a greater sin is being committed by the church today than that of ¡§Hyper-Faith¡¨ and that is ¡§Hyper-Criticism¡¨ The Hyper-Faith teacher if sincere will have their teachings (works I cor 3) tried at the Bema seat of Christ, if it is not eternal it will be burned up and they will suffer the loss of rewards (this is not about sin but teachings of teachers such as Paul, Apollos, Peter in that passage) The ¡§Hyper-Critical¡¨ person is in danger of hell fire, as Jesus said on numerous occasions. May we humble ourselves and extend grace to those that we do not agree with while maintaining a holy standard of purity and righteousness. Let us continue to lift up Jesus and leave the controversial subjects to the Lord to judge. |