Wow this thread blew up in a day.
What does the Bible say or teach about women preaching the Word of God?
Example:
How about " Paster Joyce Meyer "
Women leaders exist in the bible, as an exception to the norm. God often creates exceptions to turn our dogma on its head and to invalidate the world's shallow sense of its own power and glory.
However, the norm was also set up by God, in which man was set up as a leader. One major reason this offends people now, is because people tend to think your status or position determines your worth. (It doesn't. Your heart and the quality of its service do.) On top of that there is a lot of toxicity injected between men and women (by the enemy, to divide) and then it is used to twist people's perceptions of the systems God set up (to separate us from Truth).
For example, people experience an abusive male husband/father who uses verses to validate his behavior. Or a controlling male pastor who does the same. So this is used strategically by the enemy to cut people off from the -positive, healthy- way that these roles are meant to work. God set up the gender roles, not to -become- our truth but to teach us about greater eternal Truth. People become disconnected from the Truth, by the weaponized lies and the pain they cause. A lot of how the world sees the past, sexism and racism, worldly progress and worldly ethics, are birthed from this disconnection.
So I would say, it's not offensive for a woman to be in authority over a man if God has clearly put that woman in that position. However, God has generally put men in that position, and this also shouldn't be offensive. The roles of men and women exist to teach us about leadership, and about service, and everyone has to learn the lessons that are taught by both roles. If a woman wants a position over men because of 'equality' and to prove her worth, she is not emulating Christ who humbled himself and became a servant. She is doing it of her own ego and worldly ethics.
What if Christ demanded that he not become a human because it was beneath him? The world is saying to many women nowadays, the old role of a woman (servant) is beneath you. But it is the highest position, it's close to Christ, and it's very powerful. And Christ also shows men that you can't lead unless you are doing it as a servant. The role that men have does not give them greater worth than women so they should have humility in it.
God can change the norms and the roles if he wants, but what is happening nowadays, is the enemy using the deluding power of pain to shift the norm... to cover up what God was showing us through the roles God established.
