A WOMANS ROLE

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A WOMANS ROLE IN THE CHURCH
I TIMOTHY 28 - 15
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I believe the role of women in the church is the
most controversial issue within evangelicalism
todaythe womens issue generally sparks more
intense debate, probably because women who must
defend their call to pastoral ministry feel their
personhood and dignity are being questioned by
those who doubt the validity of their ordination
- Thomas Schreiner, Two Views of Women in Ministry
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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY
11Let a woman learn quietly with all
submissiveness. 12I do not permit a woman to
teach or to exercise authority over a man
rather, she is to remain quiet.
- I TIMOTHY 211 - 12
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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile
to God, for it does not submit to God's law
indeed, it cannot.
- Romans 87
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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY
Let every person be subject to the governing
authorities. For there is no authority except
from God, and those that exist have been
instituted by God.
- Romans 131
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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY
because they keep watch over our souls.
- Hebrews 1317
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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY

• Older women are told to teach what is good and
  so train younger women. (Titus 23 - 4)

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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY

• Older women are told to teach what is good and
  so train younger women. (Titus 23 - 4)
• Timothy has the same faith as did his mother and
  grandmother. (II Timothy 15 315 Paul never
  says they taught Timothy, but it is the apparent
  meaning of the text)

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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY

• Pricilla, along with her husband, Aquila, taught
  Apollos (Acts 1826).

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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY

• Pricilla, along with her husband, Aquila, taught
  Apollos (Acts 1826).
• Believers are to teach each other (Colossians
  316 even in Judaism women could teach little
  childrenThe context thus limits the universal
  application to some extent

• William Mounce, Word Biblical Commentary,
• The Pastoral Epistles

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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY

• ) Pauls teaching was aimed at the bastion of
  feminist supremacy of religion (Richard and
  Catherine Kroeger, I)

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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY

• ) Pauls teaching was aimed at the bastion of
  feminist supremacy of religion (Richard and
  Catherine Kroeger, I)
• 2.) The Greek word translated to exercise
  authority is given a negative emphasis meaning to
  domineer or control.

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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY

• ) Pauls teaching was aimed at the bastion of
  feminist supremacy of religion (Richard and
  Catherine Kroeger, I)
• 2.) The Greek word translated to exercise
  authority is given a negative emphasis meaning to
  domineer or control.
• 3.) The phrase I do not permit is used in the
  present indicative and not the imperative,
  suggesting that Paul is speaking of a temporary
  arrangement rather than a binding principle.

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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY
4. The use of the words woman and women in the
passage refer to wives rather than to women in
general similar to I Peter 31-7.
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SUBMISSIVENESS AND AUTHORITY
4. The use of the words woman and women in the
passage refer to wives rather than to women in
general similar to I Peter 31-7. 5. The
interpretation of Galatians 328 as more than
just a statement about our spiritual standing
before Christ There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free, there is no male
and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

• Kent Hughes, I and II Timothy and Titus, pages
  67-68

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THE COMMAND AND INTENTION
In the Pastoral Epistles, teaching is associated
primarily with the proclamation of the Scriptures
within the context of the church (411-16
62-3 II Timothy 41-2).
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CREATIONS ORDER
All attempts to get rid of Pauls teaching on
headship (on grounds that it is mistaken,
confusing, culture-bound or culture-specific)
must be pronounced unsuccessful. It remains
stubbornly there. It is rooted in divine
revelation, not human option, and in divine
creation, not human culture. In essence,
therefore, it must be preserved as having
permanent and universal authority.
- John Stott, Decisive Issues Facing Christians
Today, pages 269 - 270
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CREATIONS ORDER
I cant dismiss masculine headship in the
cavalier way in which some evangelical feminists
do. There is something in the Pauline teaching
about headship that cannot be ignored as a purely
cultural phenomenon, because he roots it in
Creation. We may find his exegesis of Genesis 2
difficult that women were made after men, out
of men, and for men but he does root his
argument in Creation.
- Michael Maudlin, John Stott Speaks Out,
Christianity Today, Volume 37, No. 2, February 8,
1993, page 38
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CREATIONS ORDER
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and her offspring he
shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his
heel.
- Genesis 315
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• God places a high value on all of his creation.
  Men and women alike were created in the image of
  God.

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• God places a high value on all of his creation.
  Men and women alike were created in the image of
  God.
• God exalts the lives of many women throughout
  the Scriptures and speaks of their valuable
  contributions to his kingdom.

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• God places a high value on all of his creation.
  Men and women alike were created in the image of
  God.
• God exalts the lives of many women throughout
  the Scriptures and speaks of their valuable
  contributions to his kingdom.
• Women made the most valuable contribution in
  terms of ministry to Christ during his
  crucifixion.

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• God places a high value on all of his creation.
  Men and women alike were created in the image of
  God.
• God exalts the lives of many women throughout
  the Scriptures and speaks of their valuable
  contributions to his kingdom.
• Women made the most valuable contribution in
  terms of ministry to Christ during his
  crucifixion.
• The influence of women is far greater than their
  positions in a church may indicate.

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• Not every person is qualified for every
  position.

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• Not every person is qualified for every
  position.
• The desire for some positions is often without
  the knowledge of the great burden of the
  position. Not many of you should become teachers,
  my brothers, for you know that we who teach will
  be judged with greater strictness (James 31).

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• Not every person is qualified for every
  position.
• The desire for some positions is often without
  the knowledge of the great burden of the
  position. Not many of you should become teachers,
  my brothers, for you know that we who teach will
  be judged with greater strictness (James 31).
• Submission to others in no way takes away from
  our spiritual equality with each other in terms
  of our relationship to Christ.

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I see this fallacy again and again
Subordination denigration and equality
indistinguishability. Is the Son of God slighted
because He came to do the will of the Father? Is
the church denigrated by her subordination to her
Lord? Are church members less than fully
redeemed on account of their submission to their
elders? Are children less than fully human by
virtue of their submission to their parents?
- Ray Ortlund, Jr, Male-Female Equality and Male
Headship Chapter 3, Recovering Biblical Manhood
and Womanhood, page 104