Everyone knows Pauls words on women pastors or rather a women speaking or teaching in the church and at face value this would seem pretty clear however the context of the verse has to do with the issues that was going on in the church at the time but what really got me thinking was this right here
Galatians 3:28 states that in Christ Jesus, there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor male nor female, for all are one. This verse emphasizes the equality and unity of believers in Christ, transcending traditional social and cultural divisions. It highlights that these categories, while still present in human society,
are not determinants of value or significance within the Christian community and so this verse got me thinking if this is to be true then why do we take Pauls words at face value he would be contradicting the himself
unless of course he was speaking in regards to what was going on in the church at the time then it would make sense not to mention what about the women who he even baosted about who ministered to people such as Junia?
This one verse just doesn't make sense to me if indeed women are subhuman in the church and Jesus himself never forbid women of such a thing he never even addressed it
Would Jesus forbid the gospel being preached by a women?
after they received the spirit at pentocost
“But
this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days,
saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and
on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”
Acts 2:16-18 KJV
The reason I quoted this is because of this
“How is it then, brethren?
when ye come together, every one of you hath a
psalm, hath a
doctrine, hath a
tongue, hath a
revelation, hath an
interpretation. Let all things be done unto
edifying.
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.”
1 Corinthians 14:26, 29 KJV
clearly women would receive the gift of prophecy by the spirit after pentocost and clearly when the church gathered ( unlike today btw ) two or theee prophets were to speak whatever the lord had made known and the others were to listen and consider what they said.
Paul didn’t allow women to teach.
“But
I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
1 Timothy 2:12 KJV
now to me usurping authority is a different matter from being given the gift of prophecy and speaking to the congregation. But Paul says “ I do not allow a women to speak “
Jesus however , actually sent a woman to be the first to report his resurrection to the men folk who had all left by the time he rose up she remained there weeping and became the first commissioned witness of Jesus resurrection which is of course a main subject of the gospel.
aid the prophets are whos meant to speak in church and clearly women would receive the gift of prophecy by the Holy Ghost I don’t really see the issue in listening to what a woman has to say . Now there are both men and women who speak to congregations daily tbat are teaching wrong things but also those who are speaking good and correct things to the chrich
we’re so far from the biblical design of church it’s crazy . We have a pastor who speaks every week for a few minutes and then everyone claps . The design was for a group gathering where the whole congregation had some contributions one man a psalm of Hope another man a word of encouragement a couple prophets as the main speakers ect
Somewhere along the way we lost the truth of what’s still there