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Friday, December 4, 2009

Women preachers

It’s common nowadays, that women, as part of the feminist movement, can become preachers and pastors. Many people do not care, because they haven’t heard the Bible’s opinion on the subject. Other people deny the Bible. And the minority stand up for what God actually has to say.
For on this subject, the Bible is clear. Citing 1 Timothy 2:11-14:
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
What does that mean? I’m positive it means that the woman should not teach in a church. She shouldn’t usurp authority over the man. Paul gives a reason for saying so too: the woman came after the man, and the woman was deceived in the Garden of Eden. How much clearer does it get?
And then we have 1 Corinthians 14:34-35:
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.  And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
Again, this is clear as crystal. The Bible mostly is. The woman should submit to the man, and not teach.
Women should preach the Gospel to the unsaved, that’s one of the clearest commands in the Bible, we should all preach God’s wonderful news, but when believers are gathered, the woman shouldn’t take control.
Another issue is that women very often cut their hair. The Bible says that women should keep their hair long:
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. (1Cor 11:15)
Men shouldn’t have long hair, as the preceding verse says (1Cor 11:14).

Also, there are certain rules concerning head coverings as well:

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. (1Cor 11:4-6)
So, if you're a man, and pray with a cap on, you dishonour your head. If you're a woman, on the other hand, you dishonour your head by not wearing a head covering whilst praying. You might as well be shaved.

Sadly, there aren't many who keep these commands. These modern times with their feminism and liberalism have had their impact on even the Church of Christ. Regardless of year and age, women should submit and be in silence, because the eternal and unchanging Word of God says so. It’s not an issue about worth or inferiority; God is no respector of persons, and loves men and women alike. But as followers of Christ, let us honour His Word, and obey it.