Oh so what about a mother who instructs her son, or tries to teach and preach the gospel of Christ to him? Or an older grandmother to a younger man?
You asked, so let the Bible answer.... My answer is from God's Word and now maybe you can see how the PROPER church of God operates...
James says PURE AND UNDEFILED RELIGIEN BEFORE GOD IS..... To visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction.... I saw widows in afflistion for the lack of LEAD of the passed away HUSBAND puts them in affliction every time the rebel young man goes astray. It is then that the ELDERS of the church should PRACTICE their pure religion. Go to the widows home and TEACH THE fatherless....
And the Bible adds how these fatherless MEN should be taught and WHAT they should be taught.... By whom? BE ANY MAN THAT PRACTISE PURE RELIGION AND VISIT THE WIDOWS AND FATHERLESS....
The Church of God has elders ABLE TO TEACH, and they d it in Church and at the homes of the fatherless and widows. What an AWESOME God we serve. Hs church is truly PERFECT! He HIMSLEF maintain and appoint the office bearers to CARE for His church. Amen!
God does not need women to fill posts in His church, he has enough men to do so. It is like using a small car to transport a whole basketball team, when you have a huge bus to use. God appoint FIT and ABLE teachers to teach the WHOLE church. Elders (teachers), pastors, evangelists, prophets, apostles... ALL MEN (accept for some women prophets that may prophecy to other younger women how to submit to their husbands). Remember all prohecies has to be in line with Scripture,,, So even the women prohecying will have to be in line with Scripture. If it is NOT in line with Scripture it is EVIL speaking...
So there that should answer you your question. Timothy was NOT taught b Hs grandmother and mother, and his gift of God did NOT come by the upbringing of two GODLY WOMEN, it ws given the moment PAUL layed hands on him. God HIMSELF is the ONLY teacher... Why do people think others can teach? Like my dear friend PAstac here, HE CANNOT TEACH... COBUS CANNOT TEACH.... Even if I am elder and APT TO TEACH... the APT is not me it is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit in me is the ONLY TEACHER that can teach.
This is how God teach..... The Word of God is given... The moment Jesus opened His mouth to bring the Gospel, God REVEALED ALL the hidden Words and revelations of God. When Jesus started to TEACH, God strted to reveal Himslef to us through Jesus. This revelation of God is the ONLY TRUTH we will EVER know.
Jesus is the Truth, and He is the ONLY one that makes (sets) us free. And knowing the Truth is the make free. How will I know the Truth if God does not REVEAL it to me.... Revelation from God is the TEACH! Only God can reveal, and God revealed to me..... The Truth makes me free. I am free from man-taught false Christianity, becasue I SEE GOD! I SEE Truth, I see JESUS! When I see Jesus, I see Truth, and I am free...
I know God and I know His church. I see God and I hear God. Not one person can mislead me, not ONE! Not even an angel can fool me. Why? God REVEALED HIMSELF TO ME! I know God and I SEE Jesus. The moment one speaks, I see the spirit. And be warned... THERE ARE MANY,
MANY of the spirit of the anti-christ...
Who is of the anti-christ.... These ones are... 1 John 4...
1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
1Jn 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1Jn 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
1Jn 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.