Women cannot have authority in the congregation.
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The Nazirite vow has nothing to do with women and their long hair. Samson was commanded to maintain his long hair as a Nazirite, but in general men were to cut their hair. Women, on the other hand, were told to not cut their hair, thus it became a shame for a woman to cut her hair. However, this if off topic.
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12 posts in and he's diving into the deep end. shark pool 
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Oh, but it is by force. Not force applied by my Lord, but force applied by me to deny myself. The Lord said over and over that to be worthy of Him we have to (i) deny ourselves and (ii) take up our cross daily. Galatians 5:17 teaches us that a monumental battle rages right within us; "For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." The solution is to be rather violent with oneself on many occasions. So Matthew 11:12 says; "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force."
I don't mean asceticism. I mean that my old man - the flesh, sometimes wants to go one way, and the Lord says to go another. To obey the Lord might entail some loss. Obedience costs. Look what it cost Jesus. I don't always succeed, but to obey the Lord Jesus is not always easy. Just tonight I prepared a response to a poster who attacked me. It took 15 minutes. At the end of it, the Lord said to me; "Is that conciliatory?", and brought to mind 2nd Corinthians 5:18 where we are given a ministry of reconciliation. I wanted to set the record straight and the Lord wanted me to swallow the rebuke. To wipe out 15 minutes work, and take the blows, took force - by me. And for every time I win, I lose the battle in another event. Thank the Lord Jesus for His longsuffering. Under Law I would, by now, be in serious trouble.
Go well sister.
I don't mean asceticism. I mean that my old man - the flesh, sometimes wants to go one way, and the Lord says to go another. To obey the Lord might entail some loss. Obedience costs. Look what it cost Jesus. I don't always succeed, but to obey the Lord Jesus is not always easy. Just tonight I prepared a response to a poster who attacked me. It took 15 minutes. At the end of it, the Lord said to me; "Is that conciliatory?", and brought to mind 2nd Corinthians 5:18 where we are given a ministry of reconciliation. I wanted to set the record straight and the Lord wanted me to swallow the rebuke. To wipe out 15 minutes work, and take the blows, took force - by me. And for every time I win, I lose the battle in another event. Thank the Lord Jesus for His longsuffering. Under Law I would, by now, be in serious trouble.
Go well sister.
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Is this what it means to jump the shark?
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Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe a moment when something that was once widely popular, but has since grown less popular, makes a misguided attempt at generating publicity that instead only serves to highlight its irrelevance.
I would say it is definitely less popular to force women to be quiet . safety first
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Justy out of curiosity I might go through the pages and count how many of these kinds of threads have been made in the recent month or two I wish there was a way to search for threads like you can with searching usernames.
Maybe I can just type women and see what pops up. Honestly if this kind of thing keeps going on I might talk to once fallen about limiting threads of this particular nature, if it was for actual discussing and learning that would be different but I have not seen any good come from them
Maybe I can just type women and see what pops up. Honestly if this kind of thing keeps going on I might talk to once fallen about limiting threads of this particular nature, if it was for actual discussing and learning that would be different but I have not seen any good come from them
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authority. what is it and can you handle it. an excerpt from one of my posts in a thread of similar nature
here is the dictionary definition:
the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
"he had absolute authority over his subordinates"
sure seems to be a very clear definition and I do not fit that profile and frankly, I don't think most women would
frankly, I would not let even a pastor have that kind of authority over me whether he be male or not.
enforcing obedience is what usually goes on in a cult. maybe submit one to another is a far better description of what should go on in a Christian community than giving orders that one must obey or be forced to obey
here is the dictionary definition:
the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
"he had absolute authority over his subordinates"
sure seems to be a very clear definition and I do not fit that profile and frankly, I don't think most women would
frankly, I would not let even a pastor have that kind of authority over me whether he be male or not.
enforcing obedience is what usually goes on in a cult. maybe submit one to another is a far better description of what should go on in a Christian community than giving orders that one must obey or be forced to obey
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The thing about limiting similar topics in threads is that the site adds new members all of the time and they didn't have the chance to make their voice known regardless of their point of view. In the 6 years I have been a member there probably has been at least 20 of women can't teach men / must be submissive / and keep quiet in church threads.
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Yeah that is true new members do come a lot and it isn't like everyone makes these threads just to argue, I don't have an issue with it if it is for the right reason but when it is made just to argue or assurt mans dominance over women it just really gets under my skin.
In the singles forum a ways back idk how many months ago a person like this told my friend ruby to submit to him it took everything I had in me to not release my rage on him I cannot stand such people
In the singles forum a ways back idk how many months ago a person like this told my friend ruby to submit to him it took everything I had in me to not release my rage on him I cannot stand such people
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