Female "Pastors", is It Biblical? | Audio Bible Teaching #7 | by Servants of Christ Alone
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Hello everyone, since this is a topic that I have seen a lot of push back from lately. This needs to be investigated. Does the Bible justify women leading or teaching in the house of God?
All feelings aside. As always, grab your Bible, read along, pray for discernment and wisdom into the Scriptures.
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So, can women serve as professors at Christian universities that include male students? What about as teachers at Christian high schools that include male students? Can women serve as street preachers to mixed audiences? Christian book authors? Christian RUclipsrs?
If "the church" is really "whereever two or more are gathered in Jesus' name" where do you draw the line between groups where women speakers/teachers are permitted, and situations where they are not permitted?
During COVID, for example, many church assemblies were closed and put online. We were encouraged to invite some friends over and watch and worship together. So, in my own living room, watching a church meeting broadcast, would it be OK for the ladies to sing? Share a testimony? Pray aloud? Praise God aloud? Share a Scripture?
My view is that it's my own living room and under my oversight. Whatever their convictions may be, brothers in Jesus are overstepping their bounds to tell me what I can and cannot permit in my own living room.
What say you?
So many questions. I am not so sure that they are sincere. Although I could be misjudging the intention behind the questions. Anyways, I will give you the benefit if the doubt brother, since you are definitely a brother. Let us dive in and see. One question at a time. Feel free to engage in some back and forth. This is a topic that many get emotional with. Let us put feelings aside and dive in to apply the Scriptures consistently and accurately.
I would say that a female teaching male and female students at a Christian university would be a negative. That would be a female in spiritual leadership over men. Direct opposition to the Word of God. Presumably everyone enrolled at a Christian university, is gathered, as atleast the self professed body of Christ. An official assembly of the saints. Thus negating female leadership. This also is contingent on what is being taught. If she is teaching math, a foreign language, or some other course, that does not directly affect doctrines of the Bible. Then she is ok. That would be the university side of things, not the Christian side of things. Thus leaving a bit of leeway.
Now for the High School teachers. Now we have the question of what do we classify as man or child. That is more open to debate. As Proverbs does say:
"My son, keep your father's command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother."
There is nothing directly prohibiting a female proclaiming Christ on a street corner to win souls. That is up for personal conviction. My wife believes no, I believe that they can. Both answers are ok since Scripture is unclear on that.
Just because someone writes something, that does not make it bad. As the one who yells about Jesus on the street corner, so is the book writer. Now where the problem would be is if it was written specifically to the males of the Church. Or written to brothers and sisters to teach biblical topics. If it was written to exclusively women of the Church, she should mention that.
Same as above with Christian RUclipsrs. I have literally rebuked Maranatha Global Bible Study, for letting a woman lead the Bible study. Not surprising since the person who runs it thinks it is ok to cuss on stage during his sermon, even warning others before cussing. Willful and blatant sin. This was an official meeting of the saints, to learn biblical concepts. An audience of both male and female. Led by a woman. Well deserving of a public rebuke. No one could combat the rebuke with Scripture, just feelings.
We have to keep in mind, this is concerning official, planned assemblies of the saints. Each person brings a teaching, a hymn, a prophecy, a tongue, etc... This is not just a couple of believers meeting up over dinner somewhere. My wife and I meet with people often and we both speak to them. Sometimes we meet with another married couple. All of us speak on a personal level. Not saying that a teaching may not come up in those intimate gatherings. But it is not a place where I go with a teaching already in mind.
Now for the last question concerning the watching of church from home. No one ever said that women can not sing, praise God, pray, share a testimony, etc... We are talking female leadership in biblical doctrine to groups including men. Spiritual authority over men. Just remember what Paul said, "If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord." So, if the problem is with the Scripture in the video. It is not a problem with man but with God. Who has full jurisdiction to dictate what we do in our living rooms.
Looking forward to hearing your input. May God bless you brother.
Sorry, I typed a long response, but hit the wrong key and deleted it by accident. In short, I tend to agree with you, but I am slow to judge others if they don't draw the lines in exactly the same places I do. I am also slow to judge others in extraordinary circumstances like a missionary in a distant land where the wife take a leadership role for a short time after her husband dies and no mature men are available. Thanks for your answer.
@@jesusprofessor314 I understand, it happens. I have done it numerous times myself. I actually pre type my comments in a text note before posting, just because of that.
I do agree with needing to be patient with others. That is something that God has really been showing me and working in me since last autumn. I actually just posted a teaching on being merciful and patient. Partially in an act of public repentance for having a divisive spirit. After coming back from the conference that I met you at. The repentance was a gradual process which took place between last autumn all the way up to the bus ride, to the Maranatha 4 conference.
There may be extreme circumstances where God may be temporarily lenient. I would hesitate on justifying the said circumstance. But God is merciful and long suffering. God will bear with sin temporarily, hoping that the situation levels out. Case and point, divorce in the Old Covenant, self defense and war in the Old Covenant. All things that were temporarily permitted, but miss the mark on what God intends for humanity. As Paul said, "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,"
May God bless you and godspeed.