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Women pastors/preachers may or may not be sanctioned Bible wise. To be honest, I have not dwelt in that question. Which raises another question from me to the writer of this thread. Do they deserve to be or not? You make it sound like they have no knowledge or wisdom to impart men with. I will give my answer for this at the end of this discussion. (It's in two parts)
Yes there are well known women pastors and preachers. Are they accepted? I don't know. That doesn't mean that the Bible says that women are a step lesser than men anywhere in terms of wisdom or knowledge. Or that men should not listen to a woman's counsel within the Church. That they cannot teach is not true either.They can do that as well as any man I think. The Bible is full of examples where women lead people. It is said that Miriam lead the people in praise and worship after God rescued the Israelites from the Egyptians. No living being is more powerful and displays the power of God in Him than Jesus in the Bible. Yet he obeyed His mother. A woman.
Passage:
2 Two days later there was a wedding in the town of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine had given out, Jesus' mother said to him, “They are out of wine.”
4 “You must not tell me what to do,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
5 Jesus' mother then told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 The Jews have rules about ritual washing, and for this purpose six stone water jars were there, each one large enough to hold between twenty and thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill these jars with water.” They filled them to the brim, 8 and then he told them, “Now draw some water out and take it to the man in charge of the feast.” They took him the water, 9 which now had turned into wine, and he tasted it. He did not know where this wine had come from (but, of course, the servants who had drawn out the water knew); so he called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone else serves the best wine first, and after the guests have drunk a lot, he serves the ordinary wine. But you have kept the best wine until now!”
11 Jesus performed this first miracle in Cana in Galilee; there he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
John 2:1-11
That's just saying something about how much a woman is capable of leading men. And please do listen to Mary's tone. Those are commands. Not requests. That's the first miracle of Jesus publicly. I want to give this as a good example that women can lead.
Passages like this in the Bible are given to us to learn and understand God's purpose for us as human beings. As men and women. To think that a woman cannot lead is a fallacy. When women lead, I think they lead the people better than men lead in many cases. There are only good and bad leaders. Gender should not be the question here.
We may be male and female by design and God created us to bring forth new offspring. That's why men and women have different bodies. But the human soul is the same. Because it is said in the Bible as follows..
For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry. Matthew 22:30.
It's time Christians started acting like that on earth. Treating the opposite sexes as equals and not inferior either way and with due respect.
It is not my intention to cause an argument or division among the faithful with that question just discussion in a Christian and civil manner.
I have always simply posted the Word of God as it is written. I post this question in order to properly attempt to teach the Word of God....PEROID!
1 Timothy 3:1-2.........
"This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach".
According to the written Word of God, a Pastor can only be a "Male/Man".
Now, before anyone argues that point or disagree with me, remember that the "One" who said..."In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" also was the "One" who said......
"if a "MAN" desire the office of a bishop".
The old Major did not have anything whatsoever to do with what Jesus Christ placed into the Word of God. The old Major just reads it and accepts it as it is written so your disagreements will be with Christ and not me!!!!
Now the question must be WHY would God do that?
1 Timothy 2:13-14 .....
"For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."
It’s important to understand that Paul does not prohibit women from teaching in all contexts (Titus 2:3; Acts 18:25-26), only from teaching the Bible to men in the church.
Notice that Paul prohibits women from doing two distinct things.
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Women may not teach the Bible to men in the church.
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Women may not exercise authority over men in the church.
Teaching and exercising authority in the church are the two primary responsibilities of elders, pastors, or bishops. Thus, women are not to hold the office of pastor, but neither are they to perform these particular functions of a pastor over men in the church.
Again, for the inquisitive minds the question is still...WHY is that the case.
I will give you what I think is the reason behinds God's direction.
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The creation order is the first reason Paul gives for prohibiting women from teaching or exercising authority in the church.
Paul doesn’t ground his command in cultural considerations or a particular problem with the women in the Ephesian church. Rather, he grounds his command in creation. He says that the reason women are not to teach or exercise authority over men in the church is that....
“Adam was formed first, then Eve”. Paul means that God established Adam as the head and authority of his wife, Eve. God designed men to lead.
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The nature of women is the second reason Paul gives for prohibiting them from teaching or exercising authority in the church.
Paul says, “Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor” (1 Tim 2:14). Paul is saying something about the natural constitution of men and women, that men as a class are naturally more fitted to teach and have authority in the church, but women are not.
Dr. Wayne Grudem says, “This is by far the most common viewpoint in the history of the interpretation of this passage” (Evangelical Feminism & Biblical Truth 70).
