Making a case for women in leadership
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You may be right, my sins are many, but judging “hearts” is not one of them. Matthew 7:20- “By their fruits you shall know them.” What are the fruits of a woman publicly preaching in a church, by her own admission. I would say that is her “fruit “ that we can see. Our discussion has been about women taking leadership roles in the church. You may not see a problem with that, but I do.
“Testimony” is open to debate. You either believe it is from God or you don’t. I don’t. And I gave scripture to show why., just as I would with any other point that I disagree with -as does EVERYONE on this Site. I hardly think that is “heresy”. If so, then we are all guilty.
The “accuser”in Rev. 12 is Satan. Are you calling me the Devil? I try to show people the character of Satan to warn them as Paul did in 2 Cor. 2:11. “Lest Satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of His devices.” But I have never called anyone the devil. Nor have I ever called anyone a “jack donkey””. Calling people derogatory names, is something, I pray, I won’t ever do, regardless of how angry I might get. What’s that you were saying about the fruits of the Spirit?
If calling someone a “jack donkey” in response to their post is YOUR way of “handling any challenge to your interpretation of scripture” then, I’m glad I’m not handling it your way.
Attacking the “person”. Instead of the “argument” is called “ad homenin fallacy.” It means “against the man”, and it attacks the character, motives, or attributes of the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself. The goal is to discredit the person, hoping that the audience will therefore disregard the argument.”
We all agree there were spiritual gifts of prophesying, tongues, etc. at this time and 1Cor. 14 regulates those as they take place in the church. Women did prophesy, but not in public worship. See verse 34. These gifts and miraculous signs were temporary. ( See 1 Cor. 13:8-10. ) until the completed perfect word of God (Bible). They all “ceased”. That’s why Hebrews says “in time past” God spoke in dreams, visions, etc, BUT NOW, it’s different. God has only promised to speak through His word. So, yes, the prophesy of Joel in Acts 2 has been fulfilled.
I don’t know of any man I have “usurped” authority from. My post to Edith was to a woman—not a man. Are there positions of authority on this thread? I don’t know of any. Priscilla helped teach Apollo’s in a non-church situation. Acts 18.
I don’t know of any man I have “usurped” authority from. My post to Edith was to a woman—not a man. Are there positions of authority on this thread? I don’t know of any. Priscilla helped teach Apollo’s in a non-church situation. Acts 18.
